Author: tracy

The first rule of web development is… Backup. The second rule of web development is… Never transfer files when you’re tired. In a related note, look what I pushed out last night for my brother: http://brianfinifter.com/

It all started before the 2009 season.  Albert Haynesworth was introduced as the latest in a long line of high-profile free agent acquisitions by the Snyder/Cerrato team, with a contract worth up to $100 million dollars.  Shortly after that, it was revealed that Haynesworth was charged with two misdemeanors for something or other in Tennessee.

I gotta give a lot of kudos to my new (well, newish) favorite sushi joint, Rolls n’ Rice (Congressional Plaza, Rockville).  I come in a lot for lunch during the week, but a few weeks ago I brought my entire family there for dinner.  My 5 year old son is easy; he loves sushi already and had…

Dear citizens of Chicago, Illinois: Fire Cutler now! You will never win with him, as evidenced by yesterday’s 17-14 loss to the Washington Redskins. His arrogance stands between your team and any real success.

I just had a rather frustrating experience trying to use a timestamp in a plugin I’m writing.  Even though I have my timezone dutifully set in my php.ini file, as all good PHP 5.3.* developers should, the timestamp that WordPress was giving me in the admin section was for UTC instead of America/New_York.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101005/pl_yblog_upshot/rural-tennessee-fire-sparks-conservative-ideological-debate Okay, I get it. It’s tough times financially for governments as well as people.  And for whatever reason, Gene Cranick of rural Obion County, TN didn’t pay the requisite $75 to the city of South Fulton to allow South Fulton firefighters to save his home.  (No one was hurt, fortunately, but four pets were killed in…

Hitting the “screen off” button during a call while having my headphones plugged in = screen locked. Hitting the “screen off” button during a call while not having my headphones plugged in = disconnected call. WTF?

Oh, Mike Shanahan, looketh what thou hast wrought. The first time I ever saw a coach “ice” an opposing kicker, the Denver Broncos were doing it to the Raiders’ Sebastian Janikowski. A split second before the snap on a potentially-game winning field goal, Broncos coach Shanahan called a time out. Janikowski’s first kick went through….

The important thing to note in the Redskins 13-7 victory last night is that it was the kind of game we’re not used to winning.  A game in which the Redskins were able to capitalize on their opponent’s mistakes and not commit too many of our own.  Yes, the punting in the second half was…

Where are the large, friendly letters when you really need them? After a decisive preseason victory over the pathetic Buffalo Bills, the Redskins fared significantly worse against a team with higher prospects, the Baltimore Ravens.  On the surface, there’s more than just the 23-3 score to panic over:  there was the utter lack of performance of…