the name game

my wife and i had to come up with names for a new blog so we could be official with our lives.  i came up with several AWESOME names which sprouted mostly from tv shows we enjoy together.  apparently stacey had a different idea in mind.  csi was a show we shared early in our relationship, which brought to mind some options.  can't you imagine a blog called "blunt force trauma" or "pitichial hemorrhaging"?  or from the office, "tell me before i come there" or "that's what she said"?  totally appropriate!  also from the office, "protruberance" or "the moonfaced kid".  and then there's the MMA fights which offers a plethora of submission names:  "rear naked choke" or "the peruvian necktie"...all gold (or at least diamonds in the rough).  stacey opted for a much less aggressive option and one that was much more inclusive and descriptive of us.  i'm honored to be included in the title of "stackeylee".  "stackey" the name that was donned somewhere amidst the mayhem of youth ministry, "lee" the name that was given to me upon, well, birth (apparently john was too boring and leland was too weird).  so there you have it. 

so why "fiestaleland"?  

WHY NOT.

THE NERD OFF (6e657264206f6666)

what better way to kick off an online computerworld blog than to dedicate this inaugural post to a nerd-off conversation by brother and i (and my undercover-nerd wife) just had as he/they explained how binary works, and the ins-and-outs of the art of hexadecimal.

hexadecimal? it's "base 16"...derrrrr.

...you know, how "0" (pronounced "OH") can't be the letter "O", because in computerworld "OH" has no place in hexadecimal (because it only goes to "f"...of course!), but in the builderworld "o" (pronounced "OH") is most always a "zero" usage...like a 3068 door (three-oh-six-eight) means 3-feet wide by 6-feet 8-inches tall--the "oh" signifies "zero" inches.

WHAT?! yeah, i'm still lost. so you know what i said to him? i just stomped my foot and said,

"7768617465766572206e657264".

HA! that'll show 'em!