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I got a new laptop.. Yeah! Part of the idea of this new laptop is to run a bunch of vmware sessions to do some multi-server development.  Lots of ram, fast CPU… now the challenge is getting the unix enviornment working.  I’ve been using gentoo at work for a while — also on my own [...]

Once again I’m faced with the challenge of how to make good decissions.  It’s not Life vs. Death, not anything meaningful in the scope of the world, but something amazingly simple — where to eat!  Two easy examples where this has been a problem: Last Night — I’m “stuck” in a hotel in Washington DC [...]

Got an interesting email the other day… David, I want to take this opportunity to personally introduce myself to you. While going through our database, I came across your information and thought you might have mutual interest in what we are currently working on. Just so you know… this email is not an attempt to [...]

Had this thought in the car the other day…  Given the copious lending strategies of our society, this might be a way to send your teen to school… Step 1: Go to the best school possible, try and finance 100% of their education with no cosigners.  This includes credit cards, housing etc.  Rack up as [...]

I hate silos…  A long time ago a very smart engineer who worked for me pointed out that you can never under communicate.   I’ve worked in many organizations where under communications was the norm, the classic example is somewhere between micro managment and lack of awareness. Example #1: You’re working on a project, there might [...]

Our cul-de-sac has a halloween tradition of building a fire and having a potluck at the end of the street.  It’s a great place to catch up with the happenings in the neighborhood and chatting about all sorts of topics. One of the topics that came up was the recent acqusition of Wink by Reunion.com [...]