James Chamberlin

Yesterday was rather interesting around here. Charter is the only cable company in the area and all of their services went out. Internet, TV, and Telephone. All three went down for four hours or more. Of course it wasn’t in the middle of the night when no one would notice… it [...]

I’m not a long-time user of RSS feeds. I’ve only bothered to use them recently (less than 6 months). One of the RSS feeds I use in Google Reader is from History Channel. For a few of their shows, they have episode guides in RSS form. It’s a good idea in [...]

Although I follow the news and politics, it’s never something I feel compelled to discuss here. I guess it’s because I just get tired of it after a while and don’t want to bring it up again. Well, the fact that Hillary Clinton is still trying to become the nominee has, for me, [...]

Two of my network cables arrived the other day. They’re of the three-foot variety, which is a little too short. I think I should have grabbed six-footers instead, but they will work nonetheless. The run isn’t all that long anyway. It’s just less cabling hanging down behind the desk I suppose.
Anyway, [...]

I’ve been a frequent shopper at Amazon.com for quite a while. The prices are usually reasonable, though I usually wait for sales. But one thing [there are several, but I'll just mention one for today] that bugs me about their site is on the home page, they often have an announcement. It’s [...]

I received my new Dell yesterday. It’s my third one, and none of them have shipped with a piece of network cable. All I ask for is a cheap three-foot Cat 5 cable with connectors. Is that really too much to ask for? Not everyone uses wireless network technology.

I’ve been working on webpages off and on since 1999 and over the years I’ve used a lot of FTP programs. Being cheap, it can be difficult to find a free FTP program that’s worth my trouble. But I’ve found a few that I’ve liked, but they seem to always die in development. [...]

Just hours after yesterday’s blog entry, Ken Griffey, Jr. blasted home run number 597. As he gets closer to 597, he’ll get more press coverage.

I came across a post on another site courtesy of Digg this afternoon regarding Ken Griffey Jr.’s home run total. He’s currently at 596, four away from the next milestone of 600. And there’s very little press about this.
When I was younger, I collected baseball cards with a frenzy. I still have [...]

When it comes to college sports, I can’t say as though I’m the biggest fan. I don’t have a particular favorite and generally just don’t follow any of the major sports. But for some bizarre reason, I caught a few games in the early rounds of this year’s March Madness tournament. And [...]