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Road Trip: I'll Be on Long Island on Friday!

Well, all right. I'm be working in New Jersey for most of the time I'm there. But I did take a little bit of extra time on the weekend to say hello to anyone in the area that my rental car will reach.

So, if anyone wants to say hi, I'll be there. I don't leave until the next Friday, but I will be stuck in a hotel and a couple of laboratories in New Jersey from Monday to Friday. I might be able to do things at night. I'll be very close to Manhattan.

Snow Angel?

Snow Angel?

www.BecomingACodeSmith.com

I introduce something I've been working on for a while.  

 I'm publishing twice a week the ups and downs of the learning to be a great programmer.  I hope all of you will read, enjoy, sing, advertise, and even give Oprah a call on it.   

Read it.  I'm hoping it will change your life. 

Or at least provide another chuckle.  www.BecomingACodeSmith.com

iPad: Technology For Mom

via www.apple.com

Let me answer some questions.  No, I don't want one.  But I'm not the market for this thing.  I'm keeping my Kindle. I'm holding on to my MacBook Pro.  

This is what you get your Mom who just wants to look at the internet and email.  This is a toy for the non-technical.  The geeks I know would rather get around with a laptop.  Mom doesn't need all those bells and whistles.  They want to look and share at photos of grand children.  This is not a bad thing.  I like anything that will help get everyone to use more technology.

The market for this is for those who don't feel comfortable with technology.  This is perfect for that audience.  It's good for short emails and quick appointments.  I think this is a play for those who are not quite comfortable with macs but may have a Windows machine mostly for email and browsing.   It's a Facebook tool.  I'd recommend this to people looking to get a net book.  This has the beauty for keeping things simple. 

But there's no camera.  My iPhone / laptop both have a camera.  There's no tethering capability.  I'm okay with typing on my iPhone.  I can blog my phone.  Even with the dock-able keyboard, how can you balance that on your lap?   

Bottom line, I don't need a dinner plate to do what I do.   

Star Trek Online

via www.startrekonline.com

This is where I bid my some of my close friends a warm farewell. Thanks to this game I may not see them until late 2012.

Here's to the next summer Olympics! :-)

Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues - CNN.com

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Some fans say James Cameron's "Avatar" may have been too real "Avatar Forums" has a topic thread discussing depression over "Pandora being intangible" Cameron's movie has pulled in more than $1.4 billion in worldwide box office

via www.cnn.com

I Should Be Posting About An Apple Tablet

Or sending up a photo of Jade. Perhaps a quick plug for having dinner with good friends on Saturday. Maybe another rant against time never letting up. Or resolutions both past and present.

Nah. I'll just take this moment to say hi. And ask how you are doing. I hope the year is treating you well. With so many changes none of you expect. Where once carefully laid plans find themselves crumbled on the side of a once familiar road.

We just move on. While these words just sit here and watch it all go by.

One Of My Favorite Commercials

"Mr.Prince isn't keen on discussion or any other form of mutiny."

What Five Books Should Every Person Read?

What five books should every person read?

 Blame my blog software for kicking this in here.  I don't believe in lists that all people MUST read this book.   But if I could influence a few people they would be:

Getting Things Done by David Allen - I'm a big fan of this method of controlling email, tasks and projects

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Space is big - really big.

Outliers: The Story of Success- Practice makes you great.  

Enders Game - Blame My Cousin.  

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King nails what it is to write sans nonsense.

So, what are your five books?

The Muppets Perform "Bohemian Rhapsody."

If you don't laugh out loud at this, your soul is dead and your karma is forgotten.

 Sorry for the other people here in Starbucks. :-)