Dr. Randy Pausch

Wish he was my boss

Steve Balmer is so passionate about software development and his company, it conveys a feeling of ownership and motivates to work...

The one boss I've had in my career and someone I refer to many times on what she'll do in times of adversity is Bev Mitchum. Bev is now retired from CSULA and with her announcement from the University, that was a dark day. I left CSULA a few months after.

Anyhow, here's some motivation:

Proof

So I waited for you
What wouldn't I do
And I'm covered it's true
I'm covered in you

And if I ever want proof
I find it in you
Yeah I honestly do
In you I find proof

Light and dark
Bright spark
Light and dark
And then light

So I waited all day
What wouldn't I say
And are there things in your way
Things happen that way

Oh and if I ever want proof
Then I find it in you
Oh, yeah I honestly do
In you I find proof

Light and dark
Bright spark
Light and dark
And then light

Light, light, light, light

Interesting

Almost finished...

Finally, two more weeks and I'll be finished with my graduate program. It's been three years working towards this and I'm looking forward to riding my bike, getting back in a proper training routine and loosing the fat I've gained in the past six months :)

Want to change the world?

Do one act of random kindness everyday.

Having a bad day?

This is a really cool video. The two parts I like are, the smoker in the bathroom, they deserve that, and the lady who appears to be talking too much and her co-worker breaks her phone. I feel like doing the same thing...it's freaking annoying, STFU!

Amazing finish by Ross Edgar

My Trinidad trip

I'm too tired to give a full description of the entire trip but it was interesting, fun and met many old acquaintances. Here are a few pics:

My good friends, Richard, Julian, and Ricky. These guys run the gas projects back in Trini ;)

A sweet shot of Southern Trinidad. You can clearly see Point Lisas and San Fernando.

Does anyone know how to write JMS applications?

I feel like I'm going to explode. Just got back from SLC, Utah from portal admin training; many new features learned, and I now have to figure out java, the messaging services and how the heck to connect the pieces to an Oracle db.

Am I up to the challenge? Hell yeah! It's been a good year so far, work related, Oracle db training, .Net training, Luminis 4.0 portal administration and now this. As for the relationship side...a pathetic one.

Anyhow, if you know of a good source, besides Sun's website, drop me a line. "I'm working on a tutorial right now and it feels like I'm trying to discovery and new element or something".