Apr
18
2008
The “Back in the Midwest” edition

- The Ascent Of Everest - [How Lonely Sits The City! #03] Molotov
- Gabriel Fauré - [Requiem (Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra) #03] Sanctus
- Extol - [Undeceived #02] Undeceived
- Apostle of Hustle - [The National Anthem of Nowhere #09] Fast Pony…
Apr
17
2008
I write today safely back in the Midwest after spending about 5 days in Anaheim, California (for which see my previous post). My purpose in California was the annual Sungard Summit, a very large gathering of customers of Sungard Higher…
Apr
13
2008
Orange County
Yesterday, I flew to Anaheim, California, for the annual “Summit” conference for Banner users. It’s quite possibly the largest higher ed. conference in the nation (more than Educause), drawing about 8′000 attendees by Sungard’s measurements. This is my first…
Apr
11
2008
I’ll be at the Sungard Summit in sunny Anaheim from Saturday, 12 April through Wednesday, 16 April.
Posting might be light.
Apr
11
2008
The “Why are there so many songs about rainbows?” edition
- Jason Mraz - [Live at Café Dachkammer #09] Rainbow Connection
- Everon - [Bridge #04] Travelling Shoes
- Nine Inch Nails - [Ghosts I-IV CD2 #16] Ghosts IV
- The Bad Plus - [Prog #07] Tom Sawyer
- Samuel…
Apr
11
2008
I really wish this was an article from The Onion…. but no, it’s not.
On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a…
Apr
07
2008
Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan
- Publisher: Del Ray
- Year: 2004
- Pages: 384
- See the rest of this year’s listings
- What is 52 Books in 52 Weeks?
- №31
I read Richard K. Morgan’s debut novel, Altered Carbon, earlier this year, and though my feelings on it were mixed, I gave it…
Apr
06
2008
Great. Now expect the U.S. to be five years behind Sweden and Japan and most of the the other established countries in the world.
Apr
04
2008
I love Jeff Atwood’s blog, and can even accept that he’s drank of the Microsoft Kool-Aid seemingly for both desktop and server because he’s a great writer and a great programmer.
But I admit to being troubled by his recent post.…