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I thought I was going to have a few weeks off between gigs.  It’s shaping up not to look that way.  The telecom I work with is rolling out a new software platform in a few weeks.  I’m going to end up spending my downtime between gigs working full time for them.  The University called […]

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• Mar, 18, 2008
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Hello all. My contract at “The Bank” is ending. My last day will be on Thursday. I can’t say I’ll miss it though. I’ve been here for a number of months but I’ve never really made a connection with this place. It all looked great on paper, but I never loved it. I equate it […]

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I spoke to Bear Stearns yesterday about a job. They were totally thrilled, and I thought they would probably have a teriffic compensation package (pension, matching 401k, 4 weeks vacation, good salary, dental, medical, stock purchase plan, etc) .. The conversation went VERY well. They wanted to have one more round of interviews before making […]

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• Mar, 09, 2008
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I’ll start this post by stating the fact that Java and Children probably don’t go well together. Rosie and I were at at my in-laws house where I got to see all my nieces and nephews. I got mugged by five children. I was lucky enough to marry into a family with lots of children. […]

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Jut a bit of an update. <teaser> Some big announcements will be made later this week </teaser> Ok, I got that out of the way. Last night, Rosie and I saw Eileen Ivers. The show was at the Staten Island College campus. We went with her Dad, sister Annie and brother-in-law, Charlie, The music wasn’t […]

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• Feb, 25, 2008
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Welp, I received notice that my 20 year high school reunion is coming up.  I went to St. Johns Prep in Astoria NY. I can almost hear the gasp of some of you when you read that. A prep school? Really? I realize that I may not fit the mold of one that was educated […]

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Cyber Command is the US Air Force’s newest command. If there was ever a government group that I’d want to be a part of, its this one. How flippin’ sweet would that be .. hack foreign nations all day. I got a call from the library I have been working with for ten years. I’m the […]

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As a consultant I’m in the job market more often then most people.  Because of this, I have learned a few tricks to get my resume noticed and to zero in on the right job I’m looking for.  I’ve decided to post some of that information here. 1- Post your resume on-line.  I use Dice.com, Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com and […]

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For those that may not be aware, BeOS is an operating system that was developed in the early 1990’s. I mention it here because of an article I came across today : First look: Haiku poetically resurrects BeOS. In a nutshell there is a small group that has been developing open-source clone of BeOS. The […]

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Agent 99 is the greatest character name on any TV Show.    // prints a random number #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> int main () {         int num=0;         time_t *tloc;         /*          * get random numbers          */         srand(time(tloc));         num=rand();         printf(“%d\n”, num);         exit(0); }