As I was laying down to sleep, I started to think about the next generation Gameboy (GBX, Gameboy Next). Honestly, I don’t remember the train of thought that lead me to thinking about it, but I was sooo engrossed, that...
Just to wrap up my Austin trip, here’s a few random, slightly organized thoughts on the city of Austin and my trip: There’s lots of good, cheap Tex-Mex food in Austin (but I guess that this is true for most...
On an interview yesterday, one of my interviewers asked about my experience at ITT. Specifically, he asked whether I knew Chris :-o. Now a quick flashback; Chris was my second level manager at ITT. Towards the end of my stint...
As I was browsing through the forums at Arstechnica, I came across a post titled “Alternatives to outsourcing?“. Being an IT consultant, this immediately caught my attention. I read in Time, a while back, that a few companies were experimenting...
There has to be other people out there like me. I have issues. Many issues. We all do. Perhaps the one that gets to me the most is that I’m a perfectionist when it comes to certain things, like designing...
Quite a long weekend. It culminated on Sunday with the lecture given by the Dalai Lama at my alma mater, Rutgers. I also attended a wedding the same night; quite a spectrum of events to absorb in one day. I...
Over the weekend, I was looking for some nice .Net based, open source web based photo gallery applications. There are only a small handful of such products, including nGallery and Community Server (which uses nGallery). On the other hand, one...
I’ve been in a rather long debate with my co-worker, Igor, about the American public education system. Igor, being the father of a 9 year old and me, being the husband of a fourth grade school teacher. This is not...
Via Gaming-Age Forums: “What non-gimmick games would benefit from the Revolution controller?” Classic reply: “Baseball – you’ll get to see how much you suck at baseball First person quarterback – you’ll get to see how much you suck at football...
I finished watching Spellbound this past weekend with the wife. It’s quite amazing watching some of these kids, as young as 9, prepare for the Scripps Natiaonal Spelling Bee with such intensity and focus. However, I’m mixed on the significance...