The Ramblings of a Simple Man

  • What does it take to get some action?

    For months now, I’ve chronicled the state of my internet service on my facebook account. Well, after months and months of constant call to the support center and hearing “WOW! You’ve had 100 drops in the last week!” and having several technicians come out to the house, only to have them tell us “You’re getting…

  • How I kicked Cross Origin Resource Sharing’s Ass!

    Just this past week I was working on a project that required me to write an uploader script. Nothing new or revolutionary here. There was, however, one major fly in the ointment – the upload handling script was being hosted on a different domain to script that was submitting the upload request! This was causing…

  • This is my vow

    I promise to love you, honour you and protect you for rest of my life. You are the missing piece to my puzzle. Without you I’m incomplete. I offer you this ring as a token of my love and a symbol of our commitment to each other – Forever and unending.

  • Kony 2012 and the Invisible Children

    For the last few days I’ve seen mention of Kony 2012 on Facebook and Youtube. Not knowing what it was, I finally got around to watching the video and what I saw now has me enraged.

  • Extreme Bias in the Media

    For some time now, my wife has been following the GOP primary with some interest. You see, she’s an avid Ron Paul supporter. I tend to be a little more apolitical most of the time, but over these last few months I’ve been somewhat forced to take notice of what is going on.

  • Sometimes you need to stretch out

    There are moments in life that REALLY stretch you. Sometimes those moments are personal, such as a rough patch in your significant partnership, or an illness in the family, or even yourself. Sometimes those moments are sports related, such as an injury in the middle of a big game, or a slump in performance.

  • Bowling balls and static weights – Part II

    Having defined how the static weights are determined in Part I, it’s now time to move forward and determine what they reportedly do and where the points of contention come in.

  • Bowlers: Are we the problem or the solution?

    Since my arrival in the US, I think it’s fair to say I’ve become somewhat obsessed with Bowling. As in the ten pin variety. Most days, my thoughts are absolutely consumed with bowling. It’s really just a matter of time before I get involved in the industry in some capacity. More than likely, it will…

  • Bowling balls and static weights – Part I

    For some time there has been constant debate in the bowling world that has pretty much polarized the professional community. Do static weights REALLY matter?

  • Does the drilling angle matter on Symmetric balls?

    This question appears to be asked again and again on BowlingChat.net. If you don’t know anything about the Dual Angle Layout Technique, please feel free to read the introductory pieces I wrote on it’s use and application.

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