Business, Culture, Writing, and Other Stuff
This dream was too bizarre not to share. Dressed in a suit (something I don't even own right now), I visited a Southern Baptist church specifically to watch Doug E Fresh perform. Who wouldn't? The church was packed with white people in suits. I could only sit in the back. Doug E Fresh came out [...]
I've been thinking a while about the case of Google Books massive scanning project. It reminds me of the Harvester machines from Terminator Salvation. Google was hell-bent on acquiring books and it eventually became a battle between publishers and the Google Harvester. Publishers at least had the funds to hire attorneys and the ramifications of [...]
When not doing my real job, I pursue the Great Purge of 2008. I appear to be behind schedule so it's like most big IT projects. In my defense, proper purging is predicated by planning, precision, premeditated patterns, and pre-medicated posturing, especially when it applies to paper. So here's a little story: Once upon a [...]
Image by seiuhealthcare775nw via Flickr Fair warning: the following is a rant. No, I'm not flying a plane into a building. At worst I may kill this mosquito buzzing around my desk or break a pencil or two. However, there is a churning in my gut that feels different than most afternoons after lunch. I've [...]
Long Way From Home by The Heavy