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Google DNS - the behemoth strikes again

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Dec 4, 2009, 8:02 pm
Google is certainly poising to take over the world. They are now offering a public DNS that you can route to rather than relying on the DNS server from your ISP. I’m skeptical as to how much bette...
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Catching up - November Update

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Dec 3, 2009, 10:27 pm
Looking back, I realized that I haven't really posted much of anything "informative" for a while. The past month or two has been crazy…and December's going to be busy too. Still, I figured...
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Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 30, 2009, 2:24 am

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Silent Monks Sing Hallelujah

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 23, 2009, 11:50 am
Thanks Banzai for sharing this.
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Big ol' meteor lights up the night sky like daylight

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 19, 2009, 9:29 am
There was a lot of talk about this yesterday morning at work. I didn't see it personally but it would have been cool to have seen. Lynette said she saw the flash out the window when it happened ...
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Review - Assassin's Creed 2 - Initial Reactions

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 18, 2009, 6:33 pm
The following is my review of the game after my first 3 hours of gameplay (noting that with my play style, those three hours barely took me to a point where I had a weapon…which is promising in term...
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Frank Beddor on Good Morning America

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 17, 2009, 12:39 pm
Follow this link for a great interview with Frank Beddor on Good Morning America. He talks about the creation of the Looking Glass Wars series. I really enjoy the approach taken in these books as an...
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Assassin's Creed 2 - Release Day Plans

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 16, 2009, 4:48 pm
After much waiting and excitement, Assassin's Creed 2 is officially released tonight at midnight. I thoroughly enjoyed the first game and was super stoked to hear that a sequel was in the works. ...
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Prince of Persia Movie Trailer

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 14, 2009, 2:50 am
I've been a fan of this franchise for a long time. I really enjoyed The Sands of Time. I never did finish playing through the entire trilogy with that Prince, but still had fun with it. I'm...
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Review - The Sun Also Rises

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 12, 2009, 4:31 am
I have had very little experience with Hemingway prior to picking up this book. For some reason I had it in my head that his writing would be haughty, inaccessible and laborious to read. I was pleas...
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Review - The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 9, 2009, 11:24 pm
This is the second book in the "Mysterious Benedict Society" series and while it can definitely be read as a stand alone book, I would recommend reading the previous book before starting in on this on...
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Sportsmanship

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 9, 2009, 4:39 pm
Saw this on the news last weekend and thought it was crazy. A lot of the commentary is giving the "yeah, but they hit her first" excuse. To which I have the same response that I have for my kids.......
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Assassin's Creed 2 - Join the Medici Family

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Nov 7, 2009, 2:44 am
The countdown to AC2 is in the single digits and things are heating up over in the Creed Community. There is still plenty of time to join the Creed, complete missions, and earn some cool swag. Pleas...
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Happy Halloween

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Oct 30, 2009, 3:43 pm
A post in honor of the holiday, here's some Halloween videos, images and other fun. I've always loved the Halloween season. I always have grand plans to "really get into it" and deck out the...
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Dazed & Confused

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Oct 30, 2009, 2:25 am
For the last week or so I've been in multiple muddles. I've had occasions where I felt very light headed, almost dizzy. I've had severe mood swings and bouts of melancholy. I've had...
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Review - Surrogates

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Oct 26, 2009, 6:07 pm
I'd seen the Surrogates graphic novel in the bookstore a few times and flipped through it. The storyline was intriguing, but I wasn't terribly keen on the art style, so I never picked up the ...
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Review - A Matter of Loaf and Death

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Oct 17, 2009, 5:27 am
If you haven't yet heard of or watched Wallace & Gromit, you are truly missing out. I only got turned onto them in the late 90s and even then it wasn't until probably 2002 that I really start...
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How lucky are YOU?

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Oct 15, 2009, 9:46 am
This video has been making the rounds so you may have seen it...but it's worth sharing. Enjoy.
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Review - The Professor's House

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Oct 13, 2009, 6:27 pm
I had a hard time deciding how to review The Professor's House. The plot itself is very straightforward and easy to describe. The characters are vivid and well-defined which adds to the realism ...
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Review - The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 28, 2009, 4:36 pm
Lynette and I have loved the music for The Scarlet Pimpernel since we first heard the concept album many years ago. The movie has been a long time favorite and I've finally started reading the bo...
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Review - Flogging Molly concert

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 28, 2009, 1:11 pm
Last weekend, Lynette and I went to see Flogging Molly at In The Venue. We did a quick dinner at the nearby Gateway food court and then headed to the club to wait in line for the doors to open. The ...
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What Kind of Reader are you?

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 28, 2009, 9:25 am
Apparently I'm a "Dedicated Reader." The description seems to fit...though I'm curious about the other possible results. What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader You a...
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Sherrilyn Kenyon's new series - The League - Book 1: Born of Night

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 26, 2009, 9:04 am
I haven't pushed too far into the paranormal genre that's spreading like wildfire in the book world so I'm not terribly familiar with Sherrilyn kenyon but I've heard good things about ...
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Review - The Public and Its Problems

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 26, 2009, 12:59 am
Reading this book reminded me why I'm not a poli-sci or sociology major. It's not that there was anything awful about the book, it's just not my 'cup o tea' as it were. The book ...
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Review - UP

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 24, 2009, 8:16 pm
I've really got to hand it to Pixar. They've got fewer than a dozen feature films to their name, and yet they are all (in my opinion) great movies well worth seeing. During the same time p...
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Monopoly and the War Effort

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 22, 2009, 6:37 pm
Knowing I'm a big fan of all-things-board-games, Greg sent me the the link to this article figuring I'd find it interesting…which I did. I'll let you read the article because they do t...
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Review - Red Harvest

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 19, 2009, 6:31 am
I have always enjoyed mystery and crime novels, but I can't say I'm an avid fan of either genre. I've read a fair amount of Sherlock Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe as well as some Victorian Goth...
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Review - Frankenstein (book - Mary Shelley)

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 16, 2009, 5:40 am
I think I bought my copy of Frankenstein when I was a Sophomore in High School. Pretty sad that it took me until now to finally get around to reading it (I won't tell you how many years it's ...
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Twilight New Moon?

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 14, 2009, 3:02 pm
OK...so I read Twilight back in the day. It wasn't any marvelous piece of literature, but it wasn't total trash either. It wasn' ... Vampires and their "law" is done well, I might be abl...
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Okie's Amazon Store

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 14, 2009, 12:55 am
OK...so I figured I'd try this thing out and I've set up an initial Amazon Store with some of my faves. It's obviously got a long ways to go if I want to make it truly representative of m...
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Terry Brooks - tonight in SLC

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 11, 2009, 4:14 pm
To all Fantasy readers in the Salt Lake area, Terry Brooks will be doing a reading from his latest book A Princess of Landover at Sam Weller's Bookstore. For those unfamiliar with Brooks, you'...
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Students of the 21st Century

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 9, 2009, 4:00 pm
Thanks to Education Stimulation for pointing me at this thought provoking video about students, learning, and teaching in the 21st century. I'm a little torn on what to do with this information. ...
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Review - Babbitt

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 7, 2009, 9:23 am
... a great sociological exploration into the American upper-middle-class family of the 1920s. It does a great job of showing work life and family life...of exploring the various issues a worker an...
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Frankenstein - What is freedom?

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 6, 2009, 12:28 am
I'm nearly at the end of Frankenstein and figured I'd share another brief quote that caught my attention. Full review coming soon (next week?) What do you think about this view of freedom? ...
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Family Mini Golf at Cherry Hill

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 4, 2009, 12:58 pm
With the end of summer upon us and school back in session, we made a trek to Cherry Hill for an evening family outing of Mini-Golf. We'd gone once over the summer and the place was packed. This ...
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Choose what you read in school?

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 3, 2009, 11:37 am
This New York Times article from last weekend describes a "radical new approach" found in some English classes where the teacher lets the students decide what they want to read. From a high level, th...
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How Parents can cyber stalk their kids in a few easy steps

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 3, 2009, 8:23 am
Enjoy. Thanks to Banzai for sharing. Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids
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Review - The Mysterious Benedict Society

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Sep 2, 2009, 5:58 am
Jason's 3rd grade teacher gave this book to him at the end of the school year last year and we read it over the summer before bedtime. All 3 kids enjoyed listening to the story...I'm not sure...
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Ah, Spanish

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 29, 2009, 8:03 am
I remember my first few classes of Spanish back in the day and thinking how cool I was when I could come home and say a few phrases in Spanish to confuse my family and friends. I continued with Spani...
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Review - Pillage

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 28, 2009, 12:04 am
Pillage is one of those fun adventure fantasy books that young boys should enjoy. In a time when Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and others are stealing the show, it's fun to find a fantasy book o...
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Review - The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 26, 2009, 3:04 am
I've enjoyed Sherlock Holmes both generally and specifically since I was a young kid. I've had a ton of fun with the various movies and TV shows, both those based directly on Conan Doyle'...
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Review - Chickens in the Headlights / Bullies in the Headlights

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 24, 2009, 3:05 am
Each night my wife and I read with the kids before bedtime. Over the summer, the kids got this pair of books and we started reading them. We unintentionally read them out of order, starting with Bul...
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Family Vacation 2009 - Yellowstone

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 21, 2009, 3:27 pm
It's been about 4 years since the last time we went to Yellowstone. I still remembered it as being gorgeous and relaxing, but until I got up there, I'd forgotten just how wonderful it was. W...
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Back to School

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 21, 2009, 5:43 am
Wow...this summer has flown by. Sadly I didn't accomplish a lot of what I had hoped I would, but that's the way life goes. I'm not terribly excited for another semester of school. After...
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Back from Vacation

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 19, 2009, 6:20 pm
Over the next few days, I'll hopefully post a recap of the vacation. For now, I'll just say that spending the last week in Yellowstone/Tetons/Jackson/Bountiful just relaxing and having fun wi...
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Suvudu Free Library

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 15, 2009, 3:29 am
I'm not a fan of eBooks and eReaders generally. I have some installed on my iPod and I've downloaded a handful to thumb through on my computer. But generally, I prefer the heft, feel and con...
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Music Video - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 13, 2009, 6:12 pm
A cool video worth checking out, even if you don't like Coldplay. And if you do like Coldplay, you'll like the music too. ;) Not that I watch a ton of music videos, but this is one of the c...
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Software Testing - Priority Versus Severity

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 12, 2009, 4:18 am
This article was sent to me a few days ago. It's a good example of why there needs to be good discussion between stakeholders, developers, testers and other members of a product team with regards...
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Man convicted of groping Minnie Mouse

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 11, 2009, 9:46 pm
Yikes... This is just a little freaky.
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The Ballad of G.I. Joe

Okie posted an article on cucullus non facit monachum - Aug 11, 2009, 3:45 pm
I haven't seen the movie yet...and I really want to. In the meantime, here's a fun little video that made me giggle a little. The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Olivia Wilde
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About Me

Married for 12+ years, father of 3. Work in the software industry (~10 years in video games, now in web design). Finalizing Education degree to teach High School. Aspiring writer hoping to land in major bookstores someday. Fan of board games, mind puzzles, action/mystery movies, British comedy, hiking, travel, beaches & video games.

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