nathan hammond

One June 20th–after my third hard drive failure in as many months–I finally broke down and bought myself a Solid State Drive: a 240gb OCZ Vertex 2.The two primary criticisms of SSDs are with regards to storage space and reliability, but my luck with spinning disks, a brand new Apple Time Capsule, and the collection 2.5" ...

Dear Santa Steve, I know it is still May, but since I know there is a lot of work still to do, I figure the best way for us to start is for me to give you a heads up on my wish list. I'm a happy owner of a first-generation Unibody MacBook which I got ...

A couple of months ago, after a bit of research, I took the plunge and tried name.com, a registrar I hadn't previously used, for the startup I'm cofounding: Typewire. My domains have lived at many different places throughout the years but so far the only place I've been relatively happy with them is at DreamHost–and they ...

Let me start off by saying that I don't plan on dying any time soon. However, we're all too familiar with the fact that we aren't in control of our own mortality. This point was made painfully clear to me back in 2006 by the death of a close friend at the age of 21, killed ...

First, check out Radiation Info. Since the earthquake in Japan I have been closely following the news to keep up with what is happening. Of particular interest to me (and initially, concern) were the events unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plants. As I was trying to follow along I kept becoming frustrated with the reporting ...