Top 10 Nerd Movies of All Time
Yeah – one of those posts. But I’m not talking about the latest blockbuster, and I’m not even talking about anything even remotely “Matrix-Like” (though it does make the list) I’m talking about the movies us techie-types hate to admit that we loved. And these are my favorites – feel free to comment with your [...]
Blogging Christmas
Christmas is usually a hard time for me. Saying that my family was dysfunctional growing up puts it mildly. My parents were both hard-core drunks, as were most of my brothers and my one sister. Were that the only problem, I might be fairly O.K. So of course, growing up, family gatherings were always times [...]
Speed Check!
How cool is this? That’s the downstream equivalent of 20 T1′s.
The real costs of not bailing out the auto industry…
Someone asked me on twitter why I batted around numbers like $100 billion when it comes to what the direct cost to the taxpayers is if we *DON’T* bail out the auto industry. Well the number is a guess, based on figures I’ve heard batted around on NPR, CNN, and a number of other news [...]
Outsourcing = Un-American
I have a rant – if you don’t want to hear it, fee free to move on. Ok – in this economic climate, it has to be said. To those companies who continue to outsource tech-labor to third-world countries without even a good record on basic human rights, let alone strict laws and oversight on [...]
The Dumbing Down of America
So…Watching modern media these days has led me to conclude one thing. Man we’re getting dumber and dumber as time goes on. With shows like Survivor, Real Housewives of and whatever other tripe is popular on TV these days, I can only conclude that modern media of this country is playing to the lowest common [...]
So our first family getaway in 7 years is done…
It went like this: Friday – Drive to Pennsylvania. Friday Night – Hershey Park’s “CandyLane” Christmas special in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Saturday – Ride on “Thomas the Tank Engine” in Strasburg, Pennsylvania Sunday – Drive Home. We did good. Got to the hotel, checked in, rested a bit, and hit the park around 7pm. We had [...]
Survivor’s Guilt…
Survivor’s guilt is the guilt felt by someone who, usually through no fault of their own, survives an accident that takes the lives of others. I feel that way about this economy and job market. On January 5th, Monday, I report to my new assignment, a one-year engagement in Washington DC. In the next week [...]
On Recessions….
<rant> Heard on the news that we’re in a recession. No fucking shit. Nice of the economists to finally break down and tell us something that anyone who’se been shopping has known for a year now. What a lot of people don’t know is the root cause: Here’s how recessions happen: An external stimulus causes [...]
My disappearing act…
I do it from time to time. Disappear without telling anyone. This was a lot more common in my youth. I was the proverbial “James Dean” type. Bad boy, rode a motorcycle (though nothing too cool, I never spent more than $750 on one) and the whole nine yards. I would take off for months [...]
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