Risk Factor
It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.
- Robert Rawls
November 30, 2004
November 29, 2004
Doing
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson
November 28, 2004
Proper Alignment
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
November 27, 2004
Happy Birthday, Stelli!
Happy birthday to my friend Stelli.
November 26, 2004
Happy Birthday, Nicole!
Happy birthday to my sister!
November 25, 2004
November 24, 2004
Soap Opera
If you have to be in a soap opera, try not to get the worst role.
- Boy George
November 23, 2004
Interesting Quote
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Anonymous
November 22, 2004
Path to Success
Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.
- Helen Hayes
November 21, 2004
Charity
Charity looks at the need, not at the cause.
-German Proverb
November 20, 2004
Way Back
How on earth did I ever get so behind on my blog?
As I read that question, I realize how stupid it is. My blog is not the only thing that is light years behind. I need to catch up on a lot of things in my life; because my life is passing me by.
November 19, 2004
Singing to Myself
There are a lot of options that are right, but in conflict. There is the plan, the goal, what is right, and what you want. In a perfect world, I can only assume that these you all be the same thing; however, in my world, they are not. The joy of making choices is upon me.
November 18, 2004
Eh, Sure
Just another day in America, the roads are ruled by giant vehicles. The gaps are filled by people talking on their cell phones and putting on their make-up. Ah, the beauty that is this great country.
November 17, 2004
Ask
Today, I learned a lesson from a person that I truly dislike. She proved that it is better to ask the seemingly stupid question. She risked looking stupid by asking, but it turned out that almost no one at the table knew. Maybe there are no stupid questions, or at least not as many as we thought there were.
November 16, 2004
Call You What?
It just gets me every time. Why on earth would you ask someone to call you Dick? If my name was Richard, I would go by Richard... or maybe even Rich or Rick, but Dick... why?
November 15, 2004
The Joys of Gooey
Moving from the scripting world to the programming world allows for creating graphical user interfaces (GUI). This is a much more fun way to create applications. The application no longer only does something; it can now react with a user. I am having a lot of fun with the really simple GUI features.
November 14, 2004
Huh?
I hate it when you are talking and it feels like no one is listening... and to make it worse, they add comments that support the fact.
November 13, 2004
The Brand Gap
Here is my short review of the Brand Gap.
While the content of the book was outstanding, the thing that I really enjoyed the most was the style of the book. It was laid out in what is called a whiteboard overview. It gets straight to the content. There is no reading for pages to get the point. I also enjoyed the heavy use of illustration and examples; it further added to the understandability of the subject.
The only thing that I did not like about the book was the small margins; and that is purely a difference of opinion in design.
November 12, 2004
Green Ideas
Ideas stolen from a friend, some financial rules to consider:
1) "Sufficiency" is key. Anything more only weighs you down with worry.
2) Trade services instead of cash when and where ever possible.
3) Pursue your passion and funds for making a "living" of it will follow.
4) Nix the retirement fund. Invest in the present and the making of a memory fund.
5) Find "work" that you love so much that you would never want to retire from it.
6) Don’t EVER look at magazines.
7) Give away (or sell) everything that you don’t use on a weekly basis.
8) Say "no" to credit cards and loans.
9) Check your bank account one day a month. Forget about it the other 29.
10) Take public transport.
11) Don’t spend money on alcohol.
November 11, 2004
Just Luck
Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.
- Langston Coleman
I find I'm luckier when I work harder.
- Dr. Denton Cooley
Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.
- Don Sutton
November 10, 2004
Community
I am interested in creating several online communities. I have several hobbies and special interests that do not have quality online communities... and some barely have decent communities to speak of.
The primary issue is starting a community website there is a lot of effort that goes into getting it started. What I have noticed is that once started, the communities tend to take care of themselves, which is good.
November 09, 2004
Suggested Reading
For those stuck in the world of Microsoft, such as myself, I suggested the following FREE publication - Redmond. It is a great monthly magazine for the IT involved individual.
November 08, 2004
WSF
I have never used a Windows Script File (WSF), but I am considering it. It appears to be a single file that can be run as a script. The advantages is that is can mix languages and even run remote scripts, similarly to linking to external scripts in HTML.
Mixing Perl, Python, VBScript, and JScript in a single file can save a lot of development time by reusing existing development, or by borrowing script from other locations. This could speed up development time for projects that do not need to be maintained. For long term projects, this mixing of languages would not be a good idea; however, the project could be refactored in the time that would be saved by implementing WSF.
November 07, 2004
Pour Me Another One
On average, I have about 14 internet browser windows open when I am surfing the web; and I hit at least 20 websites in a single session. My guess would be that this puts me in the "heavy user" category.
November 06, 2004
Lonely Outerspace
Strange as this may sound, I get a little lonely feeling when I logon to the internet and my buddy list is offline. Even though I may not communicate with anyone each and every time that I am online; there is something comforting about know that there is someone out there doing what I am - surfing the web.
November 05, 2004
Blogger Be Slow
It seems to me that the new Blogger has become really slow. It takes forever to go from page to page. This is not the only site that I frequent who seems to be going this direction. The whole internet seems to be getting slower and slower.
My guess at the issue is feature overuse. Sure, there are tons of new little technology tid-bits to be using; but why use them all on a single page. The internet should be getting faster, not slower.
Use technology wisely. Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should.
November 04, 2004
Success
Under normal periods, any man's success hinges about 5 percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.
-James A. Worsham
November 03, 2004
Listening
I am asking around and seeing what successful people feel was the key to their success. It is very interesting to hear their stories. Thus far, everyone has attributed their success to deeper values in their life.
I am now very interested to find our how they felt they acquired these attributes.
November 02, 2004
A Better Merc
I am reading Seven Habits for the second time; and I am reading How To Win Friends for about the third time. I am attempting to strengthen my core personality into a stronger pillar for driving me forward in life. I just don't need the overhead of bad habits; life is rough enough.
November 01, 2004
Crazy Dog
Our dog is simply insane. It enjoys eating a q-tip over a dog treat. Paper is the greatest toy ever created. It loves cats and hates dogs. It has more energy than a room full of toddlers.