About Clay

I'm a Data Center Operations Engineer in beautiful Charleston, SC. I'm happily married to my wonderful wife Nan and we have an teenage daughter Lela. I'm a total geek. I got into electronics when I was around 9 or 10 and got hooked on computers shortly thereafter. I also love Sci-Fi, (not fantasy) particularly Star Trek. My favorite outdoor activities include rollerblading, biking and hiking. I'm also a bit of a car guy and amateur racing driver.

Bush’s circular logic

Yesterday President Bush admitted that he was responsible for sending our country to war on bad intelligence. What gets me is that he still thinks that invading Iraq was the right thing to do regardless. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see how the ends justify the means. Is Iraq better off? Perhaps, or perhaps not. I was surprised to see that John McCain was suckered in by Bush’s latest speech. He of all people should be able to see that this is little more than a ploy to up the President’s ratings while not actually admitting wrongdoing. Bush even had the audacity to claim credit for fixing the problems with intelligence that his administration created in the first place! At least it hasn’t seemed to have an effect yet. NBC mentioned this morning that the President’s approval ratings were down to 36% with 60% disaproving of his job performance.

New toys

iPod NanoI’ve wanted an iPod Nano since it first came out. I picked one up a couple of weeks ago and I love it! Apple’s new mighty mite is every bit as capable as its larger siblings. In fact, the software image appears to be roughly the same as the iPod photo. The best thing about it is the memory Apple used. Transfer speeds are faster than any flash drive I’ve used. However, one thing that is disapointing is the lack of firewire support. (it will charge via firewire however) ArsTechnica has a great article where they disect a 2GB Nano to see what makes it tick.