Im excited to be moving. It will take 3 more months to actually move in, but Im still excited. Home ownership is truly the American Dream. See the house in progress. Ours is in the middle. See here to find out more about the neighborhood plans.

Bill Clinton is visiting Cody’s Books in Berkeley on June 29. (See link). The question is: Should I go? I would have to buy his 950 page book. Am I going to read it? I dont know. I can’t imagine its well written. Is it honest? Will it get me…

Just started reading another book my boss gave me called Critical Chain. Same author who wrote The Goal. Its such a clever technique to write a novel to teach a scientific theory. However, I wonder how to apply this to my current job. I think I need to read a…

I’ve decided. My life’s ambition is to gain wisdom. Intelligence is illusory. I can read all the books in the world and know all the facts, but where does one find wisdom? Im not sure where I will find it, but it’s my Goal. I think it’s important to have…

The title of this article says: Court dismisses pledge suit. Just reading that title you might think the Supreme court said something about whether the words “under God” should be in the pledge of allegiance. They, in fact, did not. They said the plantiff was not the legal guardian of…

Why do I always have so much trouble with FTP? Now, Ive got a Sonicwall Tele3 which is working fine. But then I upgraded the firmware. And now the FTP is screwed. FTP PASV Bounce Attack being dropped every time I try to FTP. What a pain in the ass.…

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Katie always gets the funniest hats. Which hat do you think she should get next? Look at these.

Shortly after I wrote the previous blog, my boss gave me The Goal to read. Its a business book, but its written like a novel. Not bad so far. Should go quick. It states that every business can only have one goal. If your life had only one goal, what…

The best vice presidential candidate for John Kerry would be John Madden. He has gravitas and is loved by kids (Madden 2004 game players) and adults (Monday Night Football and Tough Actin Tinactin!). Pass it along. Does anyone know Kerry personally? Let him know.

Just finished the Al Franken book. Very funny, well written, slightly depressing because of all the lame stuff right-wing nutcases do. Just started American Dynasty by Kevin Philips. Not that well written, but very well researched. Depressing because I was not born into the andover, yale, skull and bones tradition.…

I just bought this FTP server. Its so much nicer than any of the others Ive used. $50. Its worth it. Works with SSL for real security. Also, I just replaced my Microsoft mn-100 router with a Sonicwall Tele 3 SP. Its got all kinds of bells and whistles and…

Sometimes you run into a website and it captures your imagination. Read the history of Monopoly and see if you feel the same way:

This is a “disruptive” technology. By this I mean that it will change the entire structure of how we currently deliver information from anywhere to anyone. Current structure: – Fiber Optic lines connect to copper lines to deliver phone service (long range). – Same copper lines deliver sub T-1 internet…