Monthly Archives: September 2006

Every Year but only once

Every year; but only once and sans kids, my wife and I do a weekend away.  This year we chose to go here.  This place is cool, has restaurants, art galleries, nice shops, and interesting nightlife.  We tend to not … Continue reading

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The PTO

Not the Parent Teacher Organization… Its Personal Time Off.  First time in 8 months I’ve done this and I only took 2 days. I shoulda done a week now that I think about it. I have some personal stuff to … Continue reading

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Miles, Days, time to go before I sleep

You all remember that famous Robert Frost lyric which chimes with time and places and distances we have to go, right? It seems to tell us all we have places to go, things to see, and distances to travel before … Continue reading

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The PDPC, Linux, Freenode

I found this over on Slashdot this evening regarding an old friend and colleague Rob Levin. Rob appears to have passed away in a bikeriding accident. I worked with Rob on initially building the PDPC and making it a non-profit … Continue reading

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Truth be Told

You all remember when you were kids and an adult would tell you to tell the truth and that lies pave the way to

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Weekend Ploys and Skullduggery

Its yet another weekend and around noonish here in the wonderful east or south bay of San Francisco depending on if you are standing on your head looking at a map. I

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Sometimes you feel like a nut

I’ve been building this new computer system at home now for about 4 days of frustrating installing, removing, retrying, etc.  Things work to a point and then for some reason when I mount the motherboard it shorts out completely and … Continue reading

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how can you tell when its time for a change?

For us men, we know when to say when.  I’ve read that men do three career changes in a life.  I’ve counted mine.  I’m up to three now.  These would be completely different career paths.  The one I come back … Continue reading

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Muddling through the colonoscopy

I don’t know how many of you fine folk are over 50 years of age; but as my Doctor told me today, “when you hit 50, there are new places to go and things to do”.  I told him like … Continue reading

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