Life…as it relates to Technology.

Posted on September 20, 2006 by scott

November 10, 2005: I get a large life insurance policy cuz I’m doing the responsible thing per Suze Orman.
December 25, 2005: My wife gets me the “MEXICO MOTOCROSS ADVENTURE” for Christmas (possibly encouraged by Suze Orman as well).
Luckily, my brother (a motocross madman) comes down for the day. We’re in rural Mexico. We’ve got unlimited access [...]

Posted on September 17, 2006 by scott

I have the attention span of a shrew. Sometimes at night (when I’m tooling away on my laptop) my wife asks questions and inevitably gets mad at me.
Wife: Are you gonna fix the air conditioning this weekend?
Me: Yes
Wife: Are you even listening to me?
Me: Yes
Wife: Are you going to drown yourself in the bathtub tonight?
Me: [...]

Posted on September 15, 2006 by scott

Prior to getting married my wife and I had a very successful long distance relationship. I was working for Merrill Lynch in Chicago and she was finishing her Physical Therapy Masters in Dallas. We didn’t have a “plan” to handle the relationship, but basically it went like this: (1) call frequently to check in just [...]

Posted on September 13, 2006 by scott

 
Day One (10:00 a.m.): I get a shiny, new job as a “manager” for the first time. I show up on my first day and the overhead light in my 8′x 8′ office doesn’t work. (There is a small techno-industrial-I-shop-at-Sharper-Image desklamp and plenty of light from outside.)
The guy I will be working for bounds in [...]

Posted on September 13, 2006 by scott

So I’m fishing the other day at lake Dixon with a brand new rod/reel set from Wal Mart. Dixon grew a world record bass recently, so I thought I’d blow an afternoon hiking the banks – throwing cheap lures into the drink. Upon arriving, I immediately hiked to the furthest point. After about three casts, [...]

Posted on September 11, 2006 by scott

You can see in the photo that my son is excited and repelled at once upon opening his first can of worms for fishing.
It immediately got me thinking: In software development someone inevitably uses the analogy, “opening a an of worms” for probably half the projects in which I’ve ever been involved.
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