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some definitions are in order. wardialing. random dialing of analog phone numbers in search of a receptive computer network. think wargames. is it legal? that depends. wardriving. wandering around (by car) in search of an open wireless network. derivation and further information is here. also called warwalking when no car is involved. hobo signs. remember …

this compact disc addiction of mine, it is a problem. but i recognize it as such, and isn’t that the first step towards recovery? of course. just agree with me here. but something needs to be done about all of these bins and boxes of loose discs. stacks of jewel-cased product litter my shelves and …

or a bastard uses a sapphire to catch a sapphire. something along those lines. or maybe nothing even so cryptic. the long and the short of it? a month after shutting down her site, it seems that my original web mentor has accepted a proposal of marriage. the whole story, complete with appropriate setting, remarkable …

albeit one fitted with a 10,000 kilowatt light bulb. that’s pretty much the way midtown feels this afternoon. but this is just the way of things in an atlanta july. if you can’t take the heat, get out of the city or back into the comfort of your air-conditioned corporate cubicle, your air-conditioned sport utility …

and we are all still here. i stayed in the city, deciding not to head to points north or east or otherwise. i was on-call at work anyway. the day was marked simply enough with lowkey acknowledgements of the holiday. minimalist patriotism. lunch at fat matt’s rib shack, a nod to the culinary delights brought …

strange as it may seem, there are mornings that make me miss the commute i knew when i first moved to atlanta. it was 1995, november. i had accepted a position with andersen consulting. it was not a great job, not even a good job, but it was enough to move me out of chattanooga …