Welcome to the tumblelog of Bennett Joseph, a web developer and chess instructor from Chicago. Bennett loves great software products and the tools used to make them. He especially enjoys PHP, Vim and Slackware Linux. You can find him in other places of the marvelous Internet like: Facebook Twitter Flickr Internet Chess Club var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5254874-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @snowdonkey)http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/Spent a nice day out with family, now relaxing at home listening to Lauryn Hill and the Fugees.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/123675408http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/123675408Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:38:45 -0500Lol at ants that seem to like the cool breeze of the intake fan on my case.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/118660849http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/118660849Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:42:13 -0500Just watched Drag Me to Hell, Sam Raimi’s (Spiderman, The Evil Dead) latest horror flick—a hilariously scary movie everyone should see.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/117561098http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/117561098Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:40:55 -0500I’m having a chill night in, finally gonna watch Ringu.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/115931264http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/115931264Sun, 31 May 2009 17:32:28 -0500Wow, it’s only been 2-3 weeks since I’ve had Honey Cheerios but now that I have them in my mouth they taste sooo goood.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/115028799http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/115028799Fri, 29 May 2009 17:32:26 -0500Recently finding Facebook chat actually useful.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/113969975http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/113969975Wed, 27 May 2009 17:32:20 -05002 graduation parties on Saturday, playing chess all day Sunday, and a great barbeque for Memorial Day—all with close friends. Life +=1.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/113389688http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/113389688Tue, 26 May 2009 15:19:05 -0500Since when did Flock start supporting Firefox 3.0 extensions?! No reason not to try to make it my primary browser now. <a href="http://flock.com">http://flock.com</a>.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/113389690http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/113389690Tue, 26 May 2009 15:19:05 -0500Just configured Creative Audigy SE sound card ($15, 50% off, refurbished at Frys). HUGE difference from my onboard audio…http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/111428512http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/111428512Fri, 22 May 2009 07:18:03 -0500Happy for official 64-bit release of Slackware Linux! I appreciate the slamd64 team but it was unstable for me. <a href="http://www.slackware.com/">http://www.slackware.com/</a>http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/110944772http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/110944772Thu, 21 May 2009 07:17:55 -0500Last night at Boston Market I heard the manager tell an employee, “If you drop my corn I’m going to fire you again!” Talk about motivation.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/109953652http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/109953652Tue, 19 May 2009 07:17:34 -0500Spent 10 hours yesterday shopping for and helping build a pimping Intel Core i7 system yesterday. Kurt at MicroCenter absolutely rocks!http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/109001167http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/109001167Sun, 17 May 2009 07:17:31 -0500Finally sick of fucking Windows users who constantly complain about how bad it is, but refuse to buy a Mac, and too stubborn to try Linux.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/98715081http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/98715081Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:00:34 -0500My favorite episode of South Park is on Chicago channel The U right now! Halloween episode where they spoof Scooby Doo!http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/93072046http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/93072046Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:58:52 -0500Woot, overclocked my Q8200 15%. That’ll have to do until better cooling is procured…http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/92610059http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/92610059Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:27:00 -0500I’m absolutely thrilled about my new white socks I bought yesterday, after several months of them disappearing.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/91935597http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/91935597Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:07:32 -0500Gata Kamsky beat Veselin Topalov today in a match to challenge Anand for World Chess Champ! Kamsky’s the best American since Bobby Fischer.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/80338035http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/80338035Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:15:17 -0600About to leave with the Glenbard West chess team for the State Championships in Peoria. SO grateful to coach such an awesome group of kids.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/77823987http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/77823987Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:22:22 -0600Reading up on referencing JavaScript event objects in Internet Explorer; listening to a rap mix on my computer. Who’s your favorite rapper?http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/77320982http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/77320982Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:14:50 -0600I was in a Wendy’s tonight when the power went out. On cue, 2 guys eating explained exactly what happened like experts in a horror movie.http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/77047300http://blog.bennettajoseph.com/post/77047300Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:14:18 -0600