The R3dragon’s Blog

When I was barely one and a half (or maybe two) in 1986 Ronald Regan (then President of the United States) said, “Our trade policy rests firmly on the foundation of free and open markets. I recognize … the inescapable conclusion that all of history has taught: The freer the flow of world trade, the [...]

Yesterday I got a chance to check out my new electronic/computing device: Asus’s newest Eee PC model the 901 ‘netbook.’ Upon unwrapping I was absolutely amazed at the size of it.. IT’S Small! (my own pictures coming soon) (Stock Photo) (take two regular cd’s and put them side by side to get an idea of [...]

Briefly I’ll try to describe what all has been happening. I’ve been messing around all week trying to configure this web server to run a simple bloglike front end while also maintaining a web file server type deal. Well it worked, then it didn’t, then it did, then my mysql server got corrupted (without knowing).. [...]

Building up a new pet-project today called “R3dnet”R3dnet is something I may have blogged about before, if not– It’s meant to be my personal server, the home server, my file browser, and web lab for my website I admin for (rangernet.org).In essence it’s for a dozen of things. So far I’ve set it up with [...]

Here’s a tiny little update..I’ve been busting hard these past weeks in the gym to get back into decent shape and it seems my work hasn’t gone unrewarded.This morning after the shower I checked up on the scale to see where  all I was today and it read 189. So three or so weeks of [...]

The first political science class I took in college my freshman year taught me that the hardest thing to do in electoral politics is to run against an incumbent. That, of course, isn’t some rule or anything, but general fact about election politics. There’s a number of reasons why, but two of the biggest reasons [...]

If one strictly followed the US Media only, You would be led to believethat Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is only watched, and admired, by theconservative right.. Not so.. according to Variety Magazine whichreported yesterday that infact Foreign Audiences, especially theJapanese, are extremely interested (and enthusiastic) of the young VicePresidential Nominee.From Variety Magazine: Think Americans are [...]

Last night watching the stirring speech by Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin I was awestruck by the witty & charming appearance of a person ready to face a cynical, but accepting America. I happen to not be the only one too. From the political mob squad of MSNBC’s First Read- From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and [...]

Part of the job that I love the most is that once in awhile I find some really fascinating stuff that people have done with the web. Some of these things might have been around for a long time, and some are brand new– but it’s near impossible to find them all which is why [...]

I see it happening now more then ever– it appears as though both parties want to train the youth of America to pick sides and to attack (with added fervor) opposing viewpoints. However, we are not the generation that rejects members for opposing viewpoints.. Or.. Are we??Myspace, Facebook, and Blogs are what we’ve grown to [...]