I eat, I drink, I code. Sometimes I write about it.Tumblr (3.0; @alexrockwell)http://blog.rockshouse.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0xorjJkP11qas56xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m not even sure I believe this was a genuine interaction, still an excellent composition.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/19346618253http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/19346618253Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:06:55 -0400<p>Comcast/xfinity is terrible&#160;: 5.5mb/s on a Friday afternoon, tethering on my 4g phone&#160;: 25mb/s</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/16194180341http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/16194180341Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:40:10 -0500<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/01/02/why-best-buy-is-going-out-of-business-gradually/print/">Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually - Forbes</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://siegej.tumblr.com/post/15239803228/why-best-buy-is-going-out-of-business-gradually">siegej</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brokentrinkets.tumblr.com/post/15221714910/why-best-buy-is-going-out-of-business-gradually">brokentrinkets</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I used to patronize Best Buy for everything. DVDs, CDs, video games, computer parts, cables and everything else. Now it’s an infuriating experience, in person and online.</p> <p>Good riddance to bad rubbish.</p> </blockquote> <p>Can we accelerate this process?</p> </blockquote>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/16117875541http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/16117875541Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:57:51 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly1yzm0asN1qas56xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/16117861334http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/16117861334Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:57:22 -0500<p>got excited about getting into the diablo 3 beta, only to be quite dissapointed by the amount of content available and poor writing for your voice actors.  </p> <p>&#8220;bring me his bones&#8221;, from &#8220;the skeleton king&#8221; - totally didn&#8217;t see that one coming.</p> <p>anyway, if you could maybe attempt a release sometime this decade i might give it a shot, but at this rate i&#8217;m expecting a duke nukem forever experience; that is to say, i probably won&#8217;t even buy it.</p> <p><img height="597" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkkp8ItPB1qb5gkjo1_400.jpg" width="400"/></p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/15087757122http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/15087757122Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:31:25 -0500“<p>I know who 2pac was<br/> I know what playing cards are<br/> I know what a cassette tape is</p> <p>It just does click for me</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Jools</em>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14509288971http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14509288971Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:11:52 -0500<blockquote> <p>Dec 19, 2011&#160;6:47 AM</p> <p>On FedEx vehicle for delivery</p> <p>SOUTH BOSTON, MA</p> </blockquote> <p>Welp, there goes my productivity.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14454380134http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14454380134Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:13:24 -0500galaxy nexus<blockquote> <p><span>@[REDACTED because fuck you I won&#8217;t play into generating clicks] makes running apps in the cloud as simple as sharing files in a Dropbox.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>Thanks, but I have a solid enough grasp on technology where I don&#8217;t need to associate the words &#8220;apps&#8221; and &#8220;cloud&#8221; in this manner.  </span></p> <p><span>You see, some of us already comprehend client-server architecture, and we are aware of how valuable interoperable data can be.</span></p> <p>But please, stop dressing up established concepts as new or innovative simply because you can fool people with terms like &#8220;cloud&#8221; - it&#8217;s really getting old.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14405060554http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14405060554Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:43:20 -0500<p>&#8220;Nokia: Youths are fed up with iPhone, baffled by Android&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;Nokia&#8217;s Windows Phones haven&#8217;t hit the U.S., but at least one company executive thinks they&#8217;ll be a slam dunk.&#8221;</p> <p><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43455/nokia-iphone-fed-up-baffled-android"><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43455/nokia-iphone-fed-up-baffled-android">http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43455/nokia-iphone-fed-up-baffled-android</a></a></p> <p>This may fool your shareholders for a while, but the rest of the industry is wise to your impending demise.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14219178403http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14219178403Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:02:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3lz9htQY1qas56xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Old tech rules!</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14119551883http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14119551883Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:04:21 -0500<p>Dear verizon, your fucked up &#8220;launch&#8221; of the galaxy nexus is pushing me away for good.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14116585332http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/14116585332Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:08:58 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-TpFlOioXys?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Stephen Fry on American Prisons Facts</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13831868848http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13831868848Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:52:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsjw2dbNN1qas56xo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I don’t usually go for rage comics, but I liked this one.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13829898946http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13829898946Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:45:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqlhi34l71qas56xo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13780538385http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13780538385Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:24:53 -0500<p><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111128/10175516914/nbc-universal-threatens-partners-that-they-need-to-sign-grassroots-support-sopapipa-it-might-have-to-drop-them.shtml"><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111128/10175516914/nbc-universal-threatens-partners-that-they-need-to-sign-grassroots-support-sopapipa-it-might-have-to-drop-them.shtml">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111128/10175516914/nbc-universal-threatens-partners-that-they-need-to-sign-grassroots-support-sopapipa-it-might-have-to-drop-them.shtml</a></a></p> <p>This will be fun to watch, might be time for the radio setup.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13514115697http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13514115697Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:59:36 -0500“Melodic partner. He hump giant man. Putrid crack; leaves.”http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13132276999http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13132276999Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:55:19 -0500<a href="http://htop.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=downloads">Gratz to htop hitting 1.0</a>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13110182048http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/13110182048Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:30:28 -0500<p>Dear MySQL,</p> <p>I need further nesting of dimensions and related options than you currently support.</p> <p>Thanks, <br/>-GuyWithPilesOfDataAndLimitedTablePartitioningOptionsAndApparentlyCamelCase</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/12928481026http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/12928481026Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:50:17 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunkxngtT21qas56xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/12788638793http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/12788638793Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:46:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lueseshW5t1qas56xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WTB this on etsy.</p>http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/12564486857http://blog.rockshouse.com/post/12564486857Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:49:39 -0500trogdor