I know it’s true, I read it on the Internet

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As most of you know, I have lived in the computer world for most of my adult life. Almost from the day I started using computers, I’ve been connected to some form of network. When I first started using computers in 1986, it was bulletin board services (BBS). In 1990 when I started at CSULB, … Read more

Saber Rattling for Dollars

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So, I think this is interesting. The current administration is one of the first to call North Korea on its creative methods of procuring monetary aid. In the past, at least as far back as Reagan, North Korea would rattle its saber, making noises of hostile action. They would insist on direct negotiations with the … Read more

Paying It Forward

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At one point in my teenage years I wanted to become a sound engineer. I liked sitting behind the mixer, blending the sounds the individual microphones picked up into the whole piece that the audience heard. In one of those interesting twists that compose a life, I had the opportunity to learn, at least for … Read more

Elections Must Be Drawing Near

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Congress is debating the Iraq War again. The article points out that Democrats appear to be divided into three ‘camps’; leave Iraq this year, object to setting any kind of timetable, begin redeploying forces (that means bring them home) by year’s end but don’t set a date when all troops should be out. Setting a … Read more

Santa Cruz Earthquake

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We had an earthquake this morning. It wasn’t Loma Prieta but it rattled the windows and got the adrenaline pumping. Happened about 05:30. See what it takes for me to blog these days. That kinda sucks. aloha PS. Check out the Sacred Digital podcast over on iTunes Music Store. Tako isn’t dead yet.

Corporate Life…

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I remember now why I don’t like life as a corporate slave. It sucks your life away. You spend your time working on that which is only of marginal importance and have little time for the things in life that are truly important. Aloha [posted with ecto] Technorati Tags: commentary, life, philosophy, psychology , sociology

Catching Up

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Two weeks! It’s been 14 days since I last posted anything. That sucks. Things are a lot busier. Spending 8 to 10 hours a day doing someone else’s work makes it really hard to find time to do the work you want to do. Such is life, I guess. My friend Tim & his wife … Read more

The Proud Owner of Smittie.com

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From the beginning I wanted smittie.com as my domain. Someone had registered it and was offering it for sale. Initially, the web page said that the minimum offer that would be considered was $500. Some months later it was $850. Today, it is $1230. However, they accepted a significantly lower offer from me. So, I … Read more

Day Without Immigrants

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Yesterday there was a national protest dubbed, Day Without Immigrants. In the late afternoon I could hear the protesters marching by my office chanting something I couldn’t hear well enough to understand. The core of this issue and the cause of the protest is the McCain-Kennedy bill (H.R.2330, S.1033). It is interesting to me that … Read more