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Welcome to my LJ - do I know you?
This LJ blog is for friends only, with the exception of the list of books I read and am reading this year. If we know each other - electronically or in person, and you are interested, please let me know.
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MacBook Pro stolen
A short while ago (about an hour), deitrich's back pack was stolen at the Diesel. Among other things it contained a 13" MacBook Pro (early 2011). The serial number is C02FTC2DDH2H, so if anyone tries to sell you a machine with this serial number please respond to this post. The serial number is physically printed on the bottom part of the laptop. It ( Read more... ) -
How to become a Parisian
I am talking out of school here (for reasons that will become obvious in a moment), but something struck me as wrong when I stumbled upon an article about new publications in France that tell you how to be a true Parisian (check out the NYT here - http://nyti.ms/ebubc9). Now, in all fairness, a ( Read more... ) -
Books read in 2010
Completed
"Getting things done " David Allen
"The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana" Umberto Eco
"The Yiddish Policemen's Union" Michael Chabon
"Gentlemen of the Road" Michael Chabon
"Russian Reader" Vail & Genis
"In the beginning... was the command line" Neal Stephenson
"A History of Western Philosophy" Bertrand Russell
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What happened to encryption
I am somewhat amused by the indignation of many a country/world leader about what other countries' (okay, American) diplomats write about them in cables to Washington - http://nyti.ms/hBneTs. It comes across as posturing, hence it comes across as pathetic. I appreciate the wikileaks posts for a ( Read more... ) -
Oh them blogs
One of my Friday resolutions is to blog on a more regular basis. A little while back I started a personal Wordpress blog where I want to ride my hobby horse of distributed personal computing functionality, as well as a current job related marketing blog. Both are updated now. Okay, that felt pretty good... -
Oh, the colors
I felt like wearing red today. The first thing I see when I enter the office is a colleague wearing a red shirt. Walking to my desk, I see my pod mate wearing a red shirt as well. Another red shirt wearing colleague passed by. When the fifth red shirt wearing person walked in and sat at his desk I had to congratulate him about having "read the ( Read more... ) -
What makes for a good poem
This is totally subjective, but it just struck me that a response I have that is common to all the poems I love is the desire to memorize them. -
Delusions of grandeur
Innovation - whether in technology, finance, or politics germinates out of the cliche that the only constant is change. The world was one way, an innovator saw a better way, applied thought and energy to that realization, made an idea into reality and the world changed. What often happens, though, is that the innovator, if truly successful, ( Read more... ) -
Maybe I will go beyond just shooting
Well, I went beyond shooting a while back. And I am not talking about my rather short career in the US military that included a completely non confrontational stint at Gulf War I (my only confrontation was with a fellow Devil Dog who decided that driving through the post I manning was okay (it wasn't - you are supposed to stop and present your ( Read more... )