Did some experiments with the new DIY clamp light / diffuser setup today and was pretty happy with the results. Will have a nicer arrangement on the dining room table sometime this week and can do more testing then....

Got some camera goodies in the mail today - a 58mm lens adapter and a PL/UV/FLD filter kit for my Canon S3 IS. As soon as I stopped by Houston Camera Exchange to get a 58mm lens cap, I was off to take pictures! My first stop has become a tradition with any new camera gear - the AT&T Central Off...

Home sick today, but I had a voicemail at work - no surprise, it was someone from Madison Who’s Who wanting to contact me about a listing. I think at this point I’m going to talk to our phone folks and see if they can just block calls from their number. This is almost the tenth call I...

We are in Mexico City this week for account reviews, customer visits, and other fun activities to make customers happy and revenue flow. The teams here are much more "mature", as Mexico has been a strong country for Sun and Sun PS for many years. The feeling of "teamwork" here is amazing, and the pe...

I suspect someone at Parker Brothers got fired shortly before this Word of the Day was changed....

The Emerging Markets PS team spent the past week in Brazil. A whirlwind tour of the key accounts and key opportunities in Sao Paulo and Rio. One week is definitely not enough time to spend in Brazil when you are in the office 12 hrs a day and hopping flights within the country to get from office to ...

Well, so far I’ve bootstrapped an operating system older than I am, on an emulated IBM mainframe: Unfortunately, while VM/370 is able to be redistributed freely and legally, the documentation that goes along with it is not. I’d kill for proper manuals, or even newer IBM mainframe OSes to...

I don’t know if it’s because of the weblog post I made two days ago, but twice so far today I’ve had an incoming phone call where the Caller ID indicates it’s Madison Who’s Who. I answer the phone, and hear nothing but background noise for a few seconds before the other...

I just received another call from someone at Madison Who’s Who. I have no interest in their scam. This is the third or fourth call I’ve gotten from them AFTER I requested that they not contact me again. I’m not interested in being ripped by paying them money to be listed in a ̶...

I’m looking for an IBM flow chart template, like this or this. Here is the reasoning behind why I’m looking for one; mostly nostalgia value. Anybody have one for sale? I keep looking on eBay but nothing turns up; the one auction I had a bid on I got sniped by fifty cents in the last ten ...