‘Work’ Category Archive

Stagnation Station, What’s Your Motivation?

Oct 22

Stagnation occurs – in my opinion – when you no longer have the energy to continue learning something new at least every day. Unfortunately with projects like my home renovations and the contract with Tobyhanna Army Depot I am unable to devote as much time as I’d like to my own knowledge development. However, IRead the whole post.

 

A List Apart Survey 2008

Aug 10

If you are a professional web developer and you haven’t yet taken the 2008 ALA Survey you may want to consider doing so. It provides some interesting insight on the career landscape for people of our expertise and trade. I for one like to see what the world marketplace is like for my chosen careerRead the whole post.

 

Intel® Pentium D® space heater 840

Feb 22

In March of 2007 I built a file server for ELK Lighting, Inc. The server was built from a bare bone kit purchased from Global Computer Supplies, a subsidiary of Systemax, Inc., and it seemed like it was going to be the right system for the job. The job was to build a 1.5 terabyteRead the whole post.

 

Silly IT Recruiters

Aug 18

Why is it that recruiters – particularly those that sound like they are of mid-eastern descent – feel that it is necessary to  immediately follow up an e-mail with a phone call? Is their urgency such that they think that we IT professionals don’t check our e-mail? It is not that urgent to me thatRead the whole post.

 

Tornado rolls through Nesquehoning / Jim Thorpe

Aug 18

Here’s some video footage of a tornado / thunder storm that went through today while I was at work. Here is some video footage taken by me. I just happened to have my digital camera with me today. The storm included hail and high winds. It actually came through town, and swept back around andRead the whole post.