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13 May 2012

Social thinking

It strikes me as great irony that we are well engaged in a 'social media' experience, where we are friends, and share, and like, hangout in circles, and gossip - er, tweet, and all of this becomes profited on, but this socialism doesnt seem to extend to the real world. I keep seeing articles that say the internet is decreasing our ability to interact in real life in one way or another. And then there are those Americans who think even basic services are 'Socialism'. I wonder what they think of Facebook - do the ads reassure them about a capitalist motive? Read more... about Social thinking

06 May 2012

Bus Updates

Its a never ending project, seems like. I get a few things scratched off the list, and theres another bunch on there!

So this spring I spent another $gajillion and finally finished all the suspension work, did an injector rebuild, and new front tires. There is no mechanical item in need of attention now - its like new! Kinda scary to think about how bad it was on previous trips though, especially the first one.
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01 Apr 2012

Over It

I am just going to give it to you straight; I am breaking up with you. I just don't think I can trust you anymore.  Read more... about Over It

18 Mar 2012

I had an idea about an intereactive art piece. A large scale diaroma of a period in music that is viewed through a window. Looking different directions through the window you would see different artists or events, and as you focused on them the music would play the appropriate selection. So a piece on hippie music might have artists like Janis Joplin or Jimi Hendrix, or an event like Woodstock displayed inside the piece, and when you looked in the direction of these displays through the window, Janis or Jimi or announcer clips and crowd noise might play as appropriate. Read more... about Line of sight art

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25 Feb 2012

Certifiable

My employer finally sent me to some training; Red Hat certification fast track. I have never had any certifications, and thats a fairly big deal in my industry, as that is how most employers measure your ability (and value). I do have a lot of work history and personal experience with the subject, so you might expect this would be an easy win for me, but the RHCSA/RHCE tests are pretty tough. The standard for linux admin certs, really. I was confident, but maintained healthy skepticism about my ability.  Read more... about Certifiable