http://mark.itpimps.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:22:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not too long ago the Foo Fighters released their Greatest Hits CD. It's a compilation of all of the singles that have been released since the band's inception, along with 2 new tracks and the acoustic version of Everlong that has been playing on KROQ here in LA since ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2009/11/18/a-reflection-on-the-foo-fighters-and-their-greatest-hits/ Yes, I have not completely abandoned this thing! Life has been one crazy blur this past year, and all I can do is roll with the punches. So, I've decided to mix things up a bit - add a little flair by changing themes, and write with (possibly) proper punctuation. So ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2009/04/28/rolling-with-the-punches/ Sorry folks, haven't had internet at home in a while. Hope to be back online soon! -m http://mark.itpimps.com/2009/02/17/been-so-long/ Manny Pacquiao proved himself in the ring this past Saturday by taking down Oscar De La Hoya. The consensus among most analysts was that De La Hoya was the bigger, stronger man and would knock him out. Pac-man proved otherwise, and almost drew the KO himself. I watched the ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/12/07/manny-pacquiao-great-fighter-great-representation-of-pilipinos/ it's hard to believe that i've been here for almost 10 years already... man how time flies! here are some of the things i will miss about the place when i'm gone: food places: pho bac philly's best sushi riki tenko the taco factory (tustin) lee's sandwiches wahoo's trabuco oaks steakhouse Diedrich's coffee (they have the best cappuccinos in ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/11/03/things-ill-miss-about-irvine/ so it's been a while, and while i left off with Obama's speech, i have been trying to keep up. i didn't get a great chance to see McCain's speech at the RNC, so i couldn't really give my thoughts on it... after several weeks though, i have to say ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/10/26/trying-to-keep-up/ thursday was a pretty exciting night: Barack Obama officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president, and gave a wonderful, moving speech. if you picked up the the twitter feeds that night, people were going crazy about it. now i will admit that i was unable to see the entire speech ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/08/30/the-barack-obama-speech-am-i-the-only-skeptic/ thanks to the people at smashingmagazine.com, i'm now utilizing a new theme! it's pretty nice and i'm trying to use some of the newer wordpress features, but there are some quirks. i do say though, i like being able to rotate themes every so often, so i'm glad ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/08/27/some-thoughts-and-a-new-theme/ for some reason i keep thinking about stuff that i want to post, but i just never write down any notes or remember when i sit in front of my computer. maybe i should get a moleskine. i know for sure the one thing i wanted to say was that ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/08/07/i-keep-forgetting-what-i-was-going-to-write-about/ i'm an avid reader of coding horror and the author, Jeff Atwood, is an advocate of programmers (and professionals in general i believe) to not only practice their art, but to write about it as well. so, i thought i'd share some stuff about being an interviewer. note: ... http://mark.itpimps.com/2008/07/18/being-an-interviewer/