Category Archives: General

Guest Blogging

My coworker Harry is out of the office on vacation. While he is gone he has asked me to do some guest blogging on his website, Devhawk. I will most likely put copies of itmes I post up there on … Continue reading

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Personal Observations

I often wonder how personal I should get on this blog. I know of course that anything I write enters the public domain, and can be taken and used different ways. That leads me to want to keep certain items … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts For A Monday

  I don’t generally believe in moral victories in sports. While it is great to see a team not expected to be competitive make a game interesting, nobody remembers you unless you win. That being said, I felt like the … Continue reading

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Lack of Blogging This Week

Contrary to popular opinion I have not lost interest in blogging this week. In fact I have started several posts. Basically this has just been a busy week on both the work and home fronts and I just haven’t found … Continue reading

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Short Takes on a Friday

Family My mother has been in town for the last week and a half. It has been good to see her. She has really helped out around the house and I am glad the kids have a chance to spend … Continue reading

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Piracy a Good Thing?

I was reading a blog about piracy this morning. In it the author, Tim O’Reilly argues that piracy is a good thing because it actually gets more users/listeners of the pirated material which will then lead to more publicity and … Continue reading

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Microsoft Campus

I drove up to the main campus today; I work down in Issaquah for those who don’t know. The main campus is very nice and had an interesting discussion around Business Process Monitoring versus Operations Monitoring. I believe they are … Continue reading

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Weird Wild Weekend

Well, this was one of the busiest weekends I have had in a while. Saturday   I got up and went to help my in-laws with Dream Dinners. Afterwards, I drove down to Lynnwood and took my kids to a … Continue reading

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Origin of the Site Name

I have been asked by a few people about the source of the name of this space. Many people have identified that Rush Limbaugh has used a phrase involving half my brain on his show several times. While it true … Continue reading

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