Braden's Corner Of The Net

The Caffeine Made Me Do It

Archive for April, 2010

Tim Geithner: "I Never Had A Real Job"

At least he actually admits to it, right? Believe me, Tim … it shows.

Read the rest of this entry »

Rainy Sundays

I prefer rain on Sundays.  Why Sundays?  Because Sundays aren’t my favorite day of the week.  Sundays always signify that the start of yet another work week.  All that being said, today seems very fitting to take the video from our JVC HDD-equipped camcorder and finally burn it to DVD.  Some of the videos on [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday Morning Music

This morning comes none other than Dusty Springfield and “Son Of A Preacher Man.” Enjoy!

Read the rest of this entry »

MySQL Upgrade

Nothing like making use of a late rainy morning to do some server maintenance. More specifically, I upgraded this site’s MySQL server to 5.1.46. Easy, painless, fast, done. I love it when stuff just works.

Read the rest of this entry »

Possible Deadly Fungus Attributed To Climate Change

That’s right. Climate change is now responsible for a deadly fungus strain. WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) – A potentially deadly strain of fungus is spreading among animals and people in the northwestern United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia, researchers reported on Thursday. The airborne fungus, called Cryptococcus gattii, usually only infects transplant [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

In Celebration Of Earth Day

Let’s see … I’ve got every single incandescent light bulb burning, I grilled sweet Italian sausages on the gas grill. I think I’ll continue the celebration tomorrow evening by firing up a most excellent maduro.

Read the rest of this entry »

Moo-Slime Group Warns South Park Creators

So much for the religion of peace, right? A radical Islamic group has warned “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone after a recent episode of the Comedy Central cartoon depicted the prophet Muhammad in a bear costume. “We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they [...]

Read the rest of this entry »