http://www.biffsocko.com The End of the World Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:49:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My favorite superhero is Cliff Stoll Check him out on TED: Clifford Stoll on Everything and he's written one of my favorite books: The Cukoo's Egg (check out Stalking the Wiley Hacker) http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/03/02/cliff-stoll/ The Custer Observatory is home of the largest telescope on Long Island.  Since it's open to the public every Saturday night, I had the oportunity to gaze at the stars through it last weekend.  It was a beautiful stary night and I look forward to going back again. http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/02/24/custer-observatory/ I was lucky enough to get out to Montauk this past weekend. I hiked down the beach to "Camp Hero"      where the seals hang out on the rocks http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/02/24/montauk/ Ice Station Zebra Circa 1968. I'm giving this one 4 out of 5 stars. I DVR'd this one on the TCM (Turner Classic Movie Channel) and I'm glad I did. The movie didn't rely on a lot of special effects, and it had a teriffic plot. I've been ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/02/05/ice-station-zebra/ Evaluate / Install / Document SMS Messaging software.  This semester I'll be working with Kannel and RapidSMS in the context of Ushahidi.  It should be rather interesting.  My kickoff is tomorrow afternoon.  My wife will be away for a few days so it should give me a chance to get ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/02/01/the-assingment-school/ I'm getting a late start to school this semester.  Instead of taking a traditional class, I'll be working on a project.  It will combine SMS Messaging and Cloud Computing .  I think it will prove to be interesting.  While I have some of the details of the project I will ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/01/29/school-starting/ The 1970's, where men were men. You had to be a badass to pull stuff like this off. Here's a couple of bad asses just ready to set upon some enemy with a display of fistacufs that haven't been seen in a long time.  I woulda pooped myself if I ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/01/19/men-from-the-1970s/ With Christmas over, we swung right into New Years!!! We had New Years Eve at our house this year. A small group of friends and family came over and stayed the night. We couldn't have a huge party this year because we had to fly out on ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/01/13/new-years-and-orlando-in-2010/ Apex Technologies in Edison NJ, got a NJ court to shutdown websites that criticized their H1B program. This is clearly another company that I would not recommend people do any kind of business with or work for. This article from BrightFuturejobs.com is a very good read on the topic. Consider ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2009/12/29/apex-technologies/ http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html http://www.biffsocko.com/2009/12/23/norad-tracks-santa/