Category Archives: Friends, Family, Life
TV and Radio!
Check out the great things afoot at Mark’s site. Keepin’ my fingers crossed for yas 🙂
Sleeping Angels Beef and Beer A Huge Success
I said yesterday that my personal life was limiting the time I could spend online – and that’s a good thing. I just got home from the first Sleeping Angels Fund Beef and Beer and it was powerful. Big turnout. Over 130 people came to have a good time and share. You couldn’t help but be inspired. I’m proud of my brother and sister-in law. Thank you to those that came out to support us. On a personal note it was especially great to be with old friends who I havn’t seen in many, many years.
Gen-X whiners… No Sorry, and How Poor is Poor?
From Fortune, Gen-X’s worst fears are finally becoming true.
From the Miami New Times, How Poor Is Poor? According to the 2000 USCensus, Miami is now the poorest big city in America. Philadelphia comes in at number nine. I wonder what the change has been?
From BusinessWeek is a report on Global Poverty.
From the NYTimes, a much more personal perspective, In Trenches of a War on Unyielding Poverty.
From me comes the ever strengthening realization I build software that leads to people loosing jobs. I know it doesn’t need to be that way.
there are three big themes
In great literature, there are three big themes. The first is the new kid comes out of nowhere and beats the odds — David vs. Goliath. Next act is the kid meets fate, has bad luck, makes bad choices, and falls. The third is redemption.
At any one time — as a person, in a career, with my sports teams — you’re in one of those acts.
Amazing Grace in harmonics
This tablature sounded sweet when played. Last night I riffed off of it for a real long, long time. Very simple, very pretty.
As a kid, I never could relate to so many great songs, this amoungst them.
The Homeless Guy – Get A Job
I’m both happy and sad to have found via DayPop “The Homeless Guy“. He shares his story and it’s one that needs to be heard.
There seems to be controversy over his motivations. I don’t care. From what I’ve read, he’s sharing the truth in his posts, and that can be very educational for you.
For example, in Get A Job he summarizes the major obstacles faced in gaining self-sufficiency. He’s speaking the truth.
Slightly Less Common Latin Phrases
I am a geek. I must be since I think these are funny.
Help me please 🙂
An SCJP 1.4 certification primer
The Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) examination has recently been updated for J2SE 1.4, which means you’ll have to jump through some new hoops to get a passing score. In this primer to SCJP certification, Pradeep Chopra, cofounder of WHIZlabs Software, outlines some of the most important changes to the SCJP 1.4 exam, suggests several ways to prepare for it, and offers some sample questions to get you started.
Read the rest at developerWorks.
I want to update my certification just to keep up-to-date.
A man who was homeless
A great thread over at Kuro5hin, sometimes homelessness isn’t what you think.