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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is coming to a movie theater this Christmas!

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Leticia and I went down to Arlington Cemetery this morning to view the Memorial Day proceedings. We got there just in time to see the presidential motorcade, and we saw President and Mrs. Bush. My camera couldn’t catch it because they were driving fast and my camera’s cycle time is a little slow.
We listened to [...]

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My thoughts about episode 3

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Another version, with major improvements

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To preface, I am not a mathematician. I can hold my own in most college-level math (I’ve taken 3 years of algebra, trig, geometry, 3 years of calculus, and 1 year linear algebra: where is all that knowledge now?), but I’m still easily impressed.
I’ve been working through an algorithm textbook (more on that later), which [...]

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John Dvorak has an interesting commentary on the implosion of the Linux community.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m sympathetic to the view that Linux and OSS in general are having problems with religious zeal affecting people’s better judgement.
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I finally bought myself a copy of Steve McConnell’s Code Complete, 2nd Edition. I’ve read about a third of it so far and love it. It’s by far the most practical and useful book on programming I have ever read.
But how to learn it all? Sure, an experience programmer will pick up many of these [...]

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I’ve decided to go with a much simpler blogging application: WordPress. I’m still figuring out how it works, but so far I like it a LOT more. The articles and projects have yet to make it here, but I’ll try and get to it this weekend.
Hope you enjoy it!
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A little under a month ago I began a new job with a company called ORBIMAGE. It’s a satellite imaging company with contracts with the government and private corporations. Any google search will tell you more about the products and services it offers.
Specifically, I work on the SeaStar team as an Applications Analyst. I do [...]

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