runawayjim (Jim Rizzo)

Interests

beer, craft beer, drupal, great beer, linux, Music, urbanism, web 2.0, web design, WordPress

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RunawayJim.org
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About Me

What to say about myself (my least favorite topic)... I like good beer, I've somehow gotten myself into a little web design all because I said that I know HTML on my resume, I love Phish (and just about any other kind of music), and I try to advocate for good urbanism. I work in tech support and run the IT Helpdesk at Providence College, though my job entails a lot more than simply tech support (which is where the web design comes in). I just started blogging about things that interest me and I tend to be very opinionated. I have a large staff of student workers and they get me through each day (or sometimes make it longer). I live in Providence and hope to stay here for quite some time... I grew up in southern CT. I went to UConn where I got my BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. It was there that I had my first taste of Higher Ed. IT while working for ResNet, and that's how I ended up at PC.

Recent Comments

Source: Rhode Island Twitter "Sound Off" (Blog) Submitted: January 29th, 2009 - 6:47am link

I'm @RunawayJimPVD

Source: Any Decent Tech Recruiters in RI? (Forum) Submitted: July 30th, 2008 - 9:30am link

At PC, we have used Robert Half to help us fill some temporary positions at the beginning of the school year. I know they do all sorts of tech hiring. They might be worth looking at.

Source: Apple Store July 11th - are you in? (Forum) Submitted: July 8th, 2008 - 2:31pm link

I won't be buying an iPhone, I'm in a contract with Verizon until next summer (when I will be considering an iPhone), but I'm curious about the plans. I'm having a hard time finding good information (you'd think they'd spell it out boldly for you about how much the plans cost). AT&T says that the data plan will cost $30 on top of a "qualified" voice plan. Does the cheapest voice plan (at $39.99) count or is that not "qualified"?

Also, for everyone curious, Apple's website say it'll go on sale on Friday at 8:00am. Sounds like no midnight openings.

Source: What blogs are you reading? (Forum) Submitted: October 29th, 2007 - 7:26am link

I read Slashdot and Boing Boing (and BB Gadgets and TV) religiously. I watch Rocketboom daily on TivoCast (it's a blog, but I happen to see it on Tivo). I read the Projo's Subterranean Homepage News and 7to7 Blog daily as well. Every now and then I check out Gizmodo and Life Hacker and a few others.

Source: Spinning Lady - this is wild (Forum) Submitted: October 29th, 2007 - 7:21am link

That was bizarre. I saw it clockwise and couldn't adjust by refocusing until I scrolled the page and it pause and then I saw it counter-clockwise. Scrolled again, and back to clockwise.

Source: Anyone here have Verizon Fios yet? (Forum) Submitted: October 29th, 2007 - 7:16am link

Based on the reading I have done, Verizon has a practice of removing the copper to your home when they install the fiber, leaving you no option to switch to a different landline carrier (if you still have one) or to a DSL connection. I use Cox for my phone service because it's cheaper (and I get a decent deal having all 3 services from them). I don't know how I feel about having the copper ripped out leaving no choice for competition on the landline phone. I also don't know how I feel about losing the option of a low cost broadband service, which is now their DSL (leaving Cox as the only provider for a low cost cable connection with their economy plans). I would definitely need to read up on it before I'd consider making a switch to FiOS.