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Its time to move from my co-op in Queens. In truth, we can’t afford NOT to move. Interest rates are very low, and with a tanked housing market, and a need for further tax write offs, Rosie and I have decided to move on. We’ve been working on our home for quite some time and […]

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• May, 25, 2008
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So, I was out with my father today. He gave me a ride to a trunk rental place to pick up a truck. I was moving a few items out of my storage facility. Along the way I got gas for my SUV and the conversation went to the price of gas. With record oil […]

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• May, 19, 2008
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So,   I spent most of my weekend working on Java code for the telecom swithching sofware I’ve been writing.  I’ve always been a hack at coding Java, but I’m getting much better as a result of this project.  The project itself is also somewhat difficult and in its third iteration.  Initially, the code was to […]

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We can’t really discuss disrupting communications without talking about taking down the Internet. When you connect to the internet, you connect to an ISP ( Internet Service Provider). Think of your ISP as just a big LAN. For instance, when I log in using my road runner cable modem, I find myself on the road […]

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• May, 10, 2008
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A few months ago, two submarine cable breaks under the Mediterranean, caused global Internet problems. While it wasn’t felt much in the United States, it brought some countries to a stand still. It got me to thinking; how would one bring communications to a halt world wide. There are three methods in which voice and […]

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So, its been about three weeks since I’ve started working at “The Firm”.  Before taking this position I had a few offers that I’d turned down because I felt that I wanted “just the right position”.  My feeling was that I would be at whatever position that I’d accepted for a long time.  Because I […]

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May 1, 1964: First Basic Program Runs Happy Programming (BASIC Code from http://web.onetel.net.uk/~richardweston/Tutorial001.html) PRINT “How does it do it?” PRINT 5 PRINT 5+2 PRINT “5+2″ PRINT 6/3 PRINT 10*9 PRINT 10*(3+2) PRINT 12/(5-3) a=55 PRINT a PRINT a/5 PRINT 10^2 PRINT 10^3 PRINT SQR(16) PRINT SQR(2) A$=”This computer is a smart cookie” PRINT A$ L=LEN(A$) […]

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Well, I’m back to the old grind. My first day at “The Firm” was good. I’m really excited to be there. It’s a total culture shock and much different then my last position. There was a lot of good natured joking around and the personalities are a lot more laid back. That being said, theres […]

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As promised .. I do owe Sandra a post:) I ran into Sandra at my High School reunion last week. In high school, I may have mentioned the fact that I was a bit of a problem child *grin*. Things like homework were optional. I didn’t like to carry my books home with me like […]

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Yup, its my birthday again. Time to sit and reflect on my life and take an honest look at myself, especially the last year. With my 20 year high school reunion thats just passed, I feel like the years are zipping by like mile markers on the highway, and me .. driving a car with […]