2008
DateTitleViews
07/12Seattle to Portland 2008
My one-day bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland. 		30
01/07How to increase security of public Internet terminals
Discusses tools and techniques to improve the security of your Internet usage on public terminals. 		236
2007
DateTitleViews
12/312007 Year In Review
Our top 11 list for 2007! 		221
12/28Favorite Firefox Add-ons of 2007
A list of the Firefox extensions I have installed. 		250
12/02Costa Rica
Two weeks in Costa Rica: San Jose, Osa Peninsula, Monteverde, Fortuna, and Monteverde. 		227
07/04Bend 2007
4th of July long weekend in Bend. 		277
06/19The Perfect Storage Solution with LVM, dm-crypt, and XFS
I present several recipes I used to construct an encrypted XFS filesystem on top of LVM. 		511
04/08Vista Gadget: Presto's Sidebar Clock
A Vista gadget to elegantly display the current date and time (with optional time zone support). 		17300
2006
DateTitleViews
12/312006 Year In Review
What we did in 2006, including bicycling the Pacific Coast and a lot of travel. 		524
11/07Vista Gadget: Presto's Hard Drive Monitor
A Vista gadget to monitor the free space on up to four hard drives. 		11576
11/03My Windows Vista System Build
A list of all the software that I installed when I set up a new Vista desktop. 		499
09/10Presto's Presentation Timer
Presto's Presentation Timer is a simple, completely free countdown timer that sits in the corner of ... 		6052
06/04Maui 2006
9 days in Maui, May 27 - June 4, 2006. 		733
03/29My Favorite Firefox Extensions
A list of extensions that I add whenever I install a fresh Firefox build. 		619
03/01401k: Should You Invest?
An analysis of whether 401ks are still the great deal they always have been. 		599
02/11Building an encrypted, redundant network storage device
How to build your own RAID5 encrypted network file server 		1407
2005
DateTitleViews
12/192005 Year In Review
Our year-in-review letter for 2005. 		913
09/05Camp Lake/Chambers Lake Hike, Central Oregon
Labor day weekend hiking trip to Camp Lake, located between the Middle and South Sisters in Central ... 		624
08/27Best Credit Card Deals
A summary of the best credit card deals for people who don't carry a balance. 		1325
03/27My Favorite Firefox Extensions
Extensions I'm using right now. 		98
01/19Preston's Investing Axioms
My current thoughts on investing. 		1081
2004
DateTitleViews
12/232004 Year In Review
Our year-in-review letter, written by Aimee this year. 		974
11/01Italy 2004
Trip report from Aimee's and my 2-week vacation in Italy. 		730
10/01My WinXP System Build
A list of all the software that I installed when I set up a new XP laptop. 		845
08/07Book review: Price of Loyalty
Bush according to the insiders 		688
08/01Book review: Under the Banner of Heaven
Survey of Morman fundamentalism by Jon Krakauer. 		643
06/18Presidential voting reform: An open letter to Congress
A letter I sent to David Wu and Ron Wyden regarding the need for presidential voting reform. 		711
05/17Why I Hate George W. Bush
Why I'm not voting for Dumbya. 		979
01/30Restaurants near my condo
A list of my favorite restaurants. 		858
01/29Birthday Freebies
A list of free stuff that you can get on your birthday. 		1028
2003
DateTitleViews
12/10My New Aquarium
Details about how I'm putting together my first salt water aquarium. 		1569
08/17Ride Across America
My buddy Eric and I bicycled across America during August and September in 2003. 		611
07/04Bend Three-day Bicycle Touring Trip
Aimee, Larry, and I spent the weekend (July 4-6) bicycle touring in the Bend area. Aimee and I want ... 		1185
06/22Mt. Shasta Trip Report
Zack, Hoenig, and I did a one-day ascent of My. Shasta via the Avalanche Gulch route. 		1093
05/27Recommended Portland Area Bike Rides
My favorite road and mountain bike rides around Portland. 		4317
04/05Interesting Iraqi War Links
A bunch of interesting links about the war in Iraq. 		638
02/23Closing a Money Losing IRA
Discusses how to close a money-losing Roth IRA and take a capital loss. 		692
02/23Sites I Like
Web sites that I like. 		698
02/22Charitable Donations Fair Market Values
With tax season here, I made a trip to Goodwill to figure out the 		882
02/21Company Scorecard
A list of companies and the reasons I do or don't recommend them. 		735
02/12Preston's Portland Fun Guide
A list of everything fun in Portland. 		5326
01/28Heart Rate Monitor Watch Comparison
Update (June 26, 2003): I have been using the Polar 720i all summer so far and it has exceeded a ... 		1202
01/142002 Year In Review
How I spent 2002. 		853
2002
DateTitleViews
12/27Valentine's Day Ideas
Some Valentine's Day ideas. 		914
12/03Sabbatical 2002
I investigate various ways to spend my paid 2-month sabbatical, for which I'm eligible starting Feb ... 		1246
11/19My Favorite Software
A list of my favored (and hated) software. 		4239
10/20Biking Advice
Miscellaneous bicycling advice I've collected over the years. 		784
10/14Internet Mailing Lists
Review of Internet mailing lists. 		745
07/21Mt. Adams 1-day Summit Trip Report
My fastest ascent of Mt. Adams to-date. 		960
07/09Domain Name Registrars Evaluation
I did an exhaustive search for the best domain registrar when I renewed my domain in 2000. Here are ... 		777
06/29Banff Roadtrip
Banff trip 		2683
05/25Smith Rock Trip Report
Aimee, Tim, Steph, and I went rock climbing at Smith Rock on Memorial Day Weekend 2002 (May 25-26). ... 		713
05/18Mt. Hood - South Side Climb
Climb up Mt. Hood with Aimee and Hoenig. 		897
05/16Remapping Windows Keys
Describes how to remap keys in Windows XP. Includes downloadable files that will remap the CapsLock ... 		9003
05/15Links to Things I Have Done on the Web
Things on the web that are somehow related to me. 		701
05/11Mt. St. Helens Climb #2
Turbo summit and snowboard descent of Mt. St. Helens with Hoenig. 		860
05/03Moab 2002
Fourth annual mountain-biking-and-rock-climbing trip to Moab, Utah. 		1418
04/292002 Biking Season Mileage
My biking stats from 2002. 		564
03/30Mt. St. Helens Climb - Worm Flow Route
One day ascent and snowboard down of Mt. St. Helens with Aimee, Brian, and Zack. 		11320
02/15Ice Climbing in Leavenworth
My first time ever waterfall ice climbing with Mark McClure. 		1050
02/08Laptop comparison and recommendation
I helped my parents select a new laptop to replace their aging desktop system. I analyze four low-c ... 		1512
01/192002 Summer Goals
My athletic goals for summer 2002. 		886
2001
DateTitleViews
11/04My resume
A somewhat dated version of my resume. 		733
08/25North Plains to Maggie's Buns Road Ride
Half century road ride that I did with some friends from work. 		682
06/21First Air Travel After WTC
I wrote this after flying for the first time after 9/11. 		597
06/21Fat Tire Farm and the Demise of Customer Loyalty
Why I hate Fat Tire Farm. 		861
06/21Why You Should Avoid American Express Brokerage
AmEx may have a great credit card, but they suck when it comes to investment services. 		765
06/01Internet Radio Stations
My favorite net radio stations. 		727
05/02Moab 2001
Annual trip to Moab, May 2-6, 2001. 		1070
03/06The "Preston Hunt" Hunt
A list of other Preston Hunt's I've found on the web. 		666
01/01Contact info for Preston Hunt
Everything you need to stay in touch with me. 		776
01/01Old Prestos: Previous web site designs
Several previous versions of my web site, immortalized in space and time. 		665
01/01Dramatis Personae: My Friends on the Web
My friends on the web. 		1933
2000
DateTitleViews
09/15Lifetime e-mail address
Discusses the advantages of having a permanent e-mail address and how to obtain one. 		881
09/04Mt. Deception Trip Report
My attempt to climb Mt. Deception with Brian and Aimee. 		778
08/01Smith Rock Trip Report
Rock climbing at Smith Rock with Zack, Tim, Steph, and Aimee. 		627
07/18Mt. Adams (South Spur) - July 2000
My second attempt at climbing Mt. Shasta. 		751
1999
DateTitleViews
06/11Mt. Hood South Side Climb
Climb up Mt. Hood. 		400
01/01Gordon the Guided Missile
The Gordon the Guided Missile philosophy for managing your life. 		1001
1995
DateTitleViews
10/18Top ten reasons we think Preston Hunt might be a Borg
An e-mail my friends at Motorola wrote explaining why I might be a Borg. 		1024
01/01The Ghia
Interested in classic (or just plain old) cars? Does the thought of catalytic converters and emissi ... 		780
1993
DateTitleViews
05/01Who is John Galt?
This is an essay I wrote for my final project in PST3105, an ethics class at Georgia Tech. Our assi ... 		989