reagan

Reagan.com Email is a Misguided Effort

I heard a commercial with the booming and illustrious voice of Rush Limbaugh. After I recovered from banging my head against my desk, I reflected on what was said in the commercial. Rush pointed to the popular free email providers (Yahoo, Google, and others) to remind you that they scan your email. To remind you …

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The Falsities Regarding Oil Production Under Obama

President Obama has this ad out that cheerily says, “Boost U.S. oil production? Under President Obama, it’s already the highest in eight years.” Then this fancy graph swoops across the screen to impress you with the vast amounts of oil barrels being produced each day. And, if you’re wishing the U.S. was producing more barrels of oil, …

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VirtualBox

Using VirtualBox to Host a VPS

Oracle’s VM VirtualBox is a virtualization program that allows you to run another operating system from within your native operating system. Though it is most commonly used to run fully functional operating systems such as Linux or OS X from within Windows 7 (or vice versa), it can also be used to host a Virtual …

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PHP

Secure PHP Login

When perusing the internet for discussions on PHP sessions and cookies in regards to credential validation and user logins, I’ve never been satisfied with the approaches I find. Many of the tutorials are just plain lousy or incomplete. And the others seem to imply that you should only use sessions or cookies and never mix-and-match, …

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Stop SOPA and PIPA

SOPA Highlights

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are two bills currently mingling in the United States House of Representatives. It would take too much time and effort for me to explain how ludicrous it is that we have misinformed politicians writing litigation for an internet that they apparently do …

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Welcome

This website is a hodgepodge of elements thrown together by Yours Truly for the sole purpose of amusing myself and, perhaps occasionally, others. Most likely you’ll just find it boring though. After all, who really wants to sift through my monotonous portfolio?  Or, worst of all, take a look into the inner-workings of my mind in my blog? 

I am Alex Laird, a 2011 Computer Science graduate of Cedarville University, Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins, and freelance web designer and server administrator extraordinaire. I earned a wife named Jessica from Cedarville, so I recommend the school.  I am also the youngest sibling of a crazy oldest sister (Jenna), one brother (Andrew), and one other sister (Ashley).

Being born and raised into a Christian family, I have since made God (not to be confused with religion) the center of my life; my faith is something I’m particularly passionate about, which is most likely one reason I’ve decided to attend a Christian University and get a minor in Biblical Studies. My faith in Christ is the most important thing in my life.

As far as personal interests and random facts go, I’m very interested in my relationships with friends and family, programming and web design, table tennis, Rubik’s cubes, basically anything Apple makes, and creative writing. If you’d care to learn more, I’ve compiled a list of sixteen random facts about myself, and it can be found here.

I’ve never officially been able to decide on a favorite band, but I’ll usually listen to any music from any genre.  More specifically, I love bands that put effort into combining meaningful lyrical content, especially that I can relate to personally, with creative and unique sounds. Just not too creative. As far as movies go, my favorites are Gladiator, V for Vendetta, Blood Diamond, Identity, and The Simpsons Movie. On that note, my favorite TV shows are Seinfeld and The Simpsons. And what kind of a Computer Science major would I be if I didn’t enjoy Firefly?

In addition, I love witty sarcasm and all things humorous. Bill Cosby and Jerry Seinfeld are always favorites as far as comedians go, and I’m currently digging Brian Regan and Demetri Martin.

Oh, and I love anything and everything relating to fire, explosives, and just danger in general.  True story.

In closing, be true to your school just like you would to your girl, and your dreams come true. And speaking of girls, if you’re here because you’re interested in pursuing a relationship with me, please fill out and submit this exam. Though I am already married to Jess, who is the love of my life, you’re welcome to submit the quiz and fight her for the position.  But she’s one tough cookie.

Enjoy the site!

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