Yesterday I purchased a Wii. I was on my way home from picking up a medical document for Ethans pre-school and stopped by ToysRUS to see if they had a Wii Fit; I needed one for work. No dice but they did have Wii’s. This was the first time I actually laid eys on a … Read More “Mii and my Wii” »
Year: 2008
Here is a list of things I can do that I couldn’t do before: Think in practical terms with reality based designs. Interact directly with the care delivery team Install stuff without threat of IT police chasing me like the gestapo No longer have suffer from work guilt Understnad, impliment and use virtualization and virtual … Read More “Ten things I can do now” »
Over the years I’ve managed my own home web server in various forms. My first web server started on a RedHat distribution back in 2001 and then morphed to IIS running Sharpoint. Now it is finally back to Ubuntu. All of this running on old antiquated systems (even in 2001). However the times are a … Read More “New from Virtualization” »
I was having a random conversation today where one conversationalist complained that TV today lacked the family wholesomeness of yore. I thought about it for all of two seconds and quickly disagreed. Lets take a closer look at some of those old shows. First up the Partridge Family. Now who wouldn’t admire the gumption of … Read More “TV ain't what it used to be…” »
Thrice in the last two weeks I’ve received an email from a facility in northern California asking employees and visitors to refrain from wearing fragrances, perfumes on campus. Apparently someone in the sprawling facility has severe allergies to perfumes. I didn’t know such a thing could be but alas for some poor soul it does. … Read More “Work smells good but not for long” »
I’ve had a storied career, well maybe not storied but an interesting one I should think. Well maybe not interesting but at least I ain’t pick’n cotton. Not there is anything wrong with picking cotton I’m just not doing it. Anyway… Today was an awesome day at work. I had the chance to do something … Read More “The way Wii are” »
Part of an annual compliance training I saw posted on the internet of some random company: “I got a call from a reporter at a local newspaper. She wants to know what I think about a recent event about your employer. Should I talk to her?” Answer: *NO* What? As a journalist by training I … Read More “Don't talk to Reporters?” »
Favourite quote of the day, “If your program needs goto (especially in C++) the design is screwed.” –Erunno Thanks Faceboo for lowering my respect for your platform. I’ll be the first to admit I am a bad programmer, so bad I had to become a enterprise architect to avoid programming. Seriosly though, even I know … Read More “GOTO Facebook” »
I don’t really know much about it. It looks like FaceBook to me. It gives you the option to upload a photo. Oddly it ask you not to upload a picture of a pet. Now that is weird…
A colleauge of mine was interested in utilizing social networking as an adjunct to a project she is running. The idea was to use a Web 2.0 technology that would enable people to connect with people with similar interest. “Easy!”, I said. FaceBook just released their platform as open source. Of course I had only … Read More “FaceBook OpenPlatform? More like SadFace BrokenPlatform” »