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April 30, 2006
Moon with a Screw Top
I'm going to show you some of the most unusual recent pictures I've seen from our space program. Pictures so unusual that some of people on the fringes claim that this moon of Saturn is actually an advanced spaceship put into a parking orbit around the planet thousands of years ago!
Why Blog?
What are you blogging for, anyway? A lot of time people start blogging for one reason and then change their mind without realizing it.
April 29, 2006
Is UFO Classification Hurting Our Country?
I was just watching the May 2001 National Press Club briefing by Project Disclosure, which is dedicated to declassifying UFO information held by the United States government. I'm a science fiction buff, but a "want to believe" skeptic when it...
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Saturday batBack Roundup
Since batBack is getting off the ground, I thought I would share with you some of the latest rated articles for the last week. Don't know what batBack is? Check out the FAQ. Huge Increase in Ununsured Americans on Melissa's...
April 28, 2006
Cool .NET RUP Gig in DC at the Federal Reserve
One of the neatest contracts I've had was working for the Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors back in 2003. Not only was the view cool -- check out that view from the cafeteria! -- the project was neat and the people were friendly.
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CSS: Use it or Lose it
I drove several hours today to talk to a client. They were switching CIO consultants, and I was there to possibly fill-in for a couple of months until they found somebody else. It was a small shop, and as usual some of the concerns were about controlling development and consistent look-and-feel. They were using VB.NET and SQL Server 2005.
April 26, 2006
Anybody here speak Spanish?
So my cell phone rings yesterday, and I let the voice mail take over. When I go to get the voice mail, the message, she be in Spanish!
The Seven Best Classic Rock Songs To Code To
I think I'm more productive when I code and listen to music. Do you? What's your favorite Rock-n-Roll songs to code by and why?
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April 25, 2006
Does the Singularity Cometh?
Over on Winds Of Change, Joe started up a very interesting thread about Ray Kurzweil and the coming singularity. Will machines take over from people? Will we have everlasting life because we will become robots?
Brain Teaser
Years ago, when I was interviewing for Trilogy Software Group in Austin, Texas, I got my first brain teaser question.
April 24, 2006
Rummy Vs. the Arguing Experts
I'm watching a retired general on CBS this morning talkng about how our current Secretary of Defense should resign.
April 22, 2006
One thing, two things, three things, 27
Why is it that stuff is so clustered?
Hooked on Beethoven
I've got an earworm like I've never had before. You have to help me get rid of it.
April 21, 2006
Are Technical People Natural Suckers?
I was reading a good book yesterday, "The Word is Flat", by Thomas Friedman. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it, especially if you are a little outside the technology sector.
April 20, 2006
News From the bat Cave
I thought I would write and let everybody know what's going on with me lately. As you might know, I am a web pogrammer and an inventor, so I spend a lot of time programming and doing Intellectual Property stuff.
April 19, 2006
Flocking up your Blog
Have you ever been reading a blog, like you are reading this blog now, and wonder how many other blogs have similar content as this one? Not just posts or topics, but writing style and tone?
Spring Cleaning
It's that time of year again, when you get out the cleaning supplies, the rubber gloves, the scrubby brushes and --- clean up your blog.
April 17, 2006
XJAX Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
I've been busy on my own writing this new XJAX application called batBack (which you can see on this blog), and it struck me how different the development environment of the future is going to be from today.
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Starting Over
Knowing when to say when the secret to project success I'm starting to get that uneasy feeling again. If you've ever doneo software development, you'll understand that it's not like building a bridge. When you build a bridge, you know...
April 13, 2006
Being Wrong
Iraq seems like it has been in the news every day for years now. I'm not getting into the whole "should we have went" debate. We're there now. I am, however, interested in this idea of the Iraqis setting up...
April 11, 2006
Do You Know Your Name?
I have this batBack program I am developing to give people a free server-less blog toolkit. It does all kinds of things -- allows people to vote on your articles, allows you to recommend articles to friends, allows you to run custom javascript on people's blogs, allows you to change the skin of the toolbox. All for free.
April 10, 2006
Breaking News: I am an Informon
I've spent much of my professional life learning new skills: database programming, object-oriented anlaysis and design, negotiation. Things that I think will help my clients on my future assignments. I guess you could say that the only way to be successful in the consulting game is to study deeply areas of interest several years before your clients realize they need help.
April 8, 2006
Same Lesson, Different Day
One of the things I hate the most about programming is when you make the same mistake twice.
April 6, 2006
JSON vs XML
JSON vs XML
April 3, 2006
batBack Keeps Rolling Along
We've been working on batBack and we thought you would like to know what new features are available. Over the last month, a lot has changed! The biggest addition is the new batBack Sidebar. You can see it over on...
April 1, 2006
Em and Ems
Recently I read an article on the web espousing the use of "em" in measurements for your web page.