Motoma’s Crap Shoot

I spent the past couple of weeks working on a performance testing tool for webserver. The tool is called PyLoris, and you can find out more information about it at my professional site: http://motomastyle.com/pyloris/

So...The latest post on my professional blog was posted on Hack a Day.

So you can live vicariously through my philanthropy. I will post a review of the device once the weekend comes around.

One Laptop Per Child Give 1 Get 1

Cthulhu

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Halloween is just around the corner, and I couldn't be more excited. A couple weeks ago I made the decision to disguised myself Dread Cthulhu on All-hallow-even. For an idea of what this monstrosity entails, assess the picture on the right. What you are seeing is the mask to my truly gruesome costume. The rest of the outfit is to terrific to post here; panic and terror do not bode well on the blago-tubes.

Halloween itself stirs up a number of emotions I rarely feel. I like stalking around at night. A cool fall breeze and a bright moon low on the horizon is all it takes to send the chill of excitement running down my spine, cause hair neck stands on end, and heighten my senses to the point where I can feel movement 30 meters away on the tips of my fingers and even the darkest of shadows hides nothing from my eyes. Even the traditions associated with the season arouse me. Dressing up in frightening and horrible disguises is a fulfills an inner desire for escapism. Halloween is the single day where it is socially acceptable to don a costume and be a completely different person.

On my primary site, to which this blog is a supplement, I posted an article entitled "Security: Perceived Risk versus Potential Damage" in which I delineate a common misconception if small programming projects. If you are a programmer, security buff, or a generally paranoid individual, I would be overjoyed to hear your opinions on what I had to say. So rush over and read Security: Perceived Risk versus Potential Damage.

As I side note, some people have asked me why, when I have such low opinions of most blogs, I write two of my own? I generally dislike blogs. They tend to raise the authors opinion over the opinions of those who post responses. They are typically designed for some unnecessarily narrow 600 pixel wide screen; They don't print books on receipt paper for a reason. They typically lead to jumbled conversations, ordered by time rather than thoughts.

However, they are a tremendously easy medium to publish on. I try my best to maintain a open structure and foster community collaboration, with the hopes that these two blogs will break the stereotype.

Finishing off with a quote, which lifted my spirit during a hectic week:

"Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final."
-Hunter S. Thompson

I am picking up Vox as a personal supplement to my professional blog. I also snagged up an account on Vimeo, but that will really have to wait until my HV20 comes.

I've been a little sick lately.

Over the past two months I have become increasingly frustrated with the gumstix hardware, and their inability to definitively answer my simple questions regarding powering their systems. I have had two consoleLCD-vx boards burn out using their regulated power supply, and when they aren't frying themselves, the LCD draws too much power for the verdex to power up.

I've got a new Wacom tablet. Playing around with the Intuos3, check out my deviantART page for my latest work. Perhaps I will post the ones I like here as well.