Archive for February, 2009

Visiting the Andalusian Music Festival

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Festival is, perhaps, a bit of an overstatement. However, there was a collection of artists who participated in the event held recently at the Rialto in Atlanta. My wife and I joined some acquaintances there to explore the culturally rich music of the Arabo-Andalusian. Representing the classical music were musicians from three cities; the Tunisian [...]

Musings for the week of 2009-02-23

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Just had an *amazing* time at Cafe Istanbul! #

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My Company Just Reinvented Itself

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

For those of you who don’t know, and that’s probably most of you, my employer just made it a lot eassier for me to explain where I work.
My company reinvented itself, and has established a new brand-awareness campaign to get that ball rolling.

Welcome to the New Fiserv
New market approach. New brand identity.
Fiserv is leading the [...]

Embrace Humility

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

In a recent rebroadcast from WNYC’s RadioLab show, listeners compare animal and human morality. As the brain is studied under morally stressful situations, scientists learn that a battle is being fought in our minds for the right answer to a difficult question.
Scenario 1: Before you are two sets of train tracks splitting away from a [...]

Musings for the week of 2009-02-16

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Our baby, Sorscha, should have been named “Droolie Ann.” #
Yikes! World’s worst ad for kids’ products: http://is.gd/ja5l #

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Musings for the week of 2009-02-09

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Four snow flake clods hit my window. Is hat all we’re going to get this winter? I’m moving to Alaska. #
Listening to someone you’ve probably nevver heard: Suleiman Warwar #
A lot of people got some bad news today… #
My wife is driving a pregnant, homeless woman to a Waffle House at the Cumming exit on [...]

Paying My Dues

Monday, February 9th, 2009

It has been a long time since I was really sick. This morning, I awoke with the feeling that perhaps my stomach was still full of last night’s dinner. Turns out, it was; never a good sign. When I’m nauseous, it seems that everything provokes it. You’d hope, at least, that having a real sick [...]

The Singularity is Nigh

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Singularity University » Overview
Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges.
Singularity University is the latest buzz in technology news this week.  I liken what I’ve seen to [...]

If you pay me enough, I’ll sing these songs at a karaoke bar

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Plinky brought a new question to the forefront of my mind, and again it had something to do with music. Well, the first question it asked was something, something, presidential cabinet, something, something. Blah, blah, blah. I’m trying to do better with my political savvy, but for now I’ll stick to my [...]

CSS and XHTML: Cyber Arts and Crafts

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Not being the first to get into this argument, I’ve picked a less offensive title than one that might otherwise get a lot of attention:
Why CSS should not be used for layout
“I would rather spend my allotted time skiing or making love to my wife than worrying about whether or not I need to define [...]