Last Friday when I had an interview for a possible department change at work, the question was asked "What is your favorite operating system?" My answer without hesitation was Ubuntu Linux. Even on this new computer which was pre-installed with Windows 7, I have a separate partition running Ubuntu Linux 10.04, and am doing this blog post in the ( Read more... )

With the upcoming remake of The Rockford Files, I got to wondering if maybe NBC shouldn't revive another mystery series from the 70's. The NBC Mystery Movie was a showcase for three different shows, and with television dramas being as expensive as they are, showing three 60-minute mystery shows in rotation would help. Instead of gambling on one ( Read more... )

From the first chapter of the Hagakure:
   When one's own attitude on courage is fixed in his heart, and when his resolution is devoid of doubt, then when the time comes he will of necessity be able to choose the right move. This will be manifested by one's conduct and speech according to the occasion. One's word is especially important. It is not ( Read more... )

Today's British general elections promise to be interesting since instead of the usual "big two" parties of Labour and Conservative, there is a third major player in the game. Liberal Democrats have become a factor in these elections, to the point that we might be looking at the first hung parliament since the general elections of February 1974.
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My plan for the upcoming week is to start working on a linkedin profile.  While I update my resume and am always trying to better myself at my current job or one I want in the future, I have come to realize something. My career is mine alone. Gone are the days of putting in 20 years at the same company while moving vertically or finding a better ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the Russian subway was bombed in a terrorist attack. As soon as it happened, the United States increased security in the New York subway system. One has to wonder why this was done when there has been historic evidence of tensions between Russian and the North Caucasus, even Putin made reference to it in a speech today. I always say to ( Read more... )

On Facebook earlier today, I made a comment in regards to this post. Looking at the comments afterwards, I realize that the format and nature of something like Facebook does not allow one to really go into any depth on something as complicated as this. In the next paragraph, I will correct this.
Oddly enough, I do not oppose prayer in schools. ( Read more... )

As I sit here sipping a 50/50 mix of regular and chocolate milk, I got to thinking about the health care reform bill being voted on in the House. No, I'm not going to get political here, but the bill itself shows how technology (and to a narrower extent, the internet) is making things more accessible for everyone. Go back to about 15 years ago, I ( Read more... )

Recently, I went to two visitations in a week. The first was for a co-worker who died at age 37 from cancer. The second was the father of a friend who died at the age of 82 from complications resulting from a fall. Funny thing is, these funerals didn't make me question or dread my mortality. My studies and embracing of Eastern philosophies ( ( Read more... )

As I sit here in a Starbuck's having a cup of coffee on my netbook, I seem to get a thought about how this affects jobs in the 21st century.
We are still seeming to look at jobs in the 20th century perspective. We get out of college (if we went that route), find a job, and stay at said job for 20-30 years, then retire to the house you bought and see ( Read more... )