Author Archives: Mark Egge

About Mark Egge

Transportation planner-adjacent data scientist by day. YIMBY Shoupista on a bicycle by night. Bozeman, MT. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Computer running slow? Diagnosis it here.

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Mark Egge

Diagnose 75% of common causes of computer slow-ness with one short article. If your computer is running slow, it’s likely the result of either adware or a hardware failure. Of the two, it’s far more likely to be adware. Before … Continue reading →

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Deer Tick

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Mark Egge

Deer Tick is a band from Texas. This isn’t true, but pretend it is. They’re as redneck as they come–at least in appearance: Wrangler jeans, plaid, well worn t-shirts. Lead singer John McCauley sings with a conspicuous (and new) silver … Continue reading →

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Emeralds + Caribou

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Mark Egge

Caught Emeralds and Caribou at The Clubhouse last night. Both blew my mind. I’ve been searching for music that fits the my “Phoenix” season in life. I think I’ve found it, with electronic / ambient / noise. Let me preface … Continue reading →

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LAMP Virtualhost Backup Script

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Mark Egge

I’ve cobbled together a couple scripts to create a handy LAMP (Ubuntu) environment backup script for web servers running multiple virtual hosts. The script dumps each of your MySQL databases to a gzipped file, then backs up each sub-directory in … Continue reading →

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Sunrise on the Supes

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Mark Egge

5:41 am. Sunday, October 3rd, 2010. Awaiting sunrise atop the Superstition Mounatins. Four million people, spread out in the valley below me. Yet not a soul for miles. Ed Abbey writes, Exultemus! Gloria in excelsis nihilo! In the east, the … Continue reading →

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Barefoot

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mark Egge

I once read a parable given by The Buddha, which went something like this: To carpet the entire forest floor and make it soft for the foot is a great task. How much better to rendered the forest soft by … Continue reading →

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Thoughts while brushing my teeth

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Mark Egge

A roommate in college (Bovard) would often complete his entire morning routine with toothbrush in mouth, wearing just his bath towel. Sometimes the internet (or other shiny distractions) would intervene–and I don’t doubt if some mornings Bovard brushed his teeth … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Phoenix

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Mark Egge

Phoenix. I’ll be honest: I moved here for a job. Though there are some big cities I’d love to live in (New York, London, Portland), Phoenix isn’t one of them. That said, I’m discovering that Phoenix deserves more credit than … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 16, 2010 by Mark Egge

I got tired of not having a blog. This isn’t at all ready for prime time, but here it is. If you find yourself reading something you don’t feel you should be reading–please, do us both a favor: stop.

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Posted on August 14, 2010 by Mark Egge

Bah! This blog inexorably trends toward idleness. This lamentable result owes to two factors. First, my gradual capitulation to the numb stuffed-couch comforts of passive entertainment (not a sentence and I’m passive entertainment over it). My life has become increasingly … Continue reading →

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