If You Are Serious About Saving the Planet
Iowahawk has some handy tips. Numbers six and nine seem quite useful. ;-)
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May 31, 2006
May 30, 2006
Superficial Searching Mostly Done
So today I continued with my superficial search of possible Graduate Schools and met with Taylor University. And at this point, it looks like the search is mostly over. The wifey and I had a brief chat about what Purdue would need and what Taylor would need with regards to time, money, family, etc. So it looks like (pending a couple of more calls) that it will be Taylor.
So Dr. Rottmeyer and Dr. Bennett, pending approval, you have my sincerest sympathies for what is about to be let upon your campus... ;-)
And yes, Dr. Bennett, those words will be heard again and again and again....in jest of course ;-)
May 29, 2006
DeAnn Can Relax
Because today I installed this in our home.
Saw it up and the evil WM place and decided what the hell. When I walked in the door and informed her of what my Memorial Day project would entail, I'm sure for about two minutes she seriously thought about smacking me in the head with a baseball bat to stun me just long enough for her dad to get here and install it correctly. And when I annouced that I was turning off the power to the A/C and fan to get it working is when concern turned to panic. But thankfully I was quick enough to cut the power, get it installed and back up and running in under 20 minutes. Which is pretty scary when it comes to my mechanical skills...
Proof I Was There
On graduation day at Huntington University. Now hopefully I can finish my superficial search for a graduate program within the next couple of weeks.
Indiana Beach May 2006
A large video montage courtesy of iPhoto on my new Mac through the eye of my new digital camera.
Warning, it's a 160MB file so it should only be downloaded by those with a high-speed internet connection.
Update: A slightly more bandwidth friendly Flickr album is located here.
May 27, 2006
What The Hell Is An Aluminum Falcon?
Click here to find out, slighty not safe for work/kids/easily offended rodents.
May 25, 2006
The Name Or The Place
So now that the "Piece of Paper"© is complete, the next step is what to do for my Masters work. Originally, I was looking at getting my degree in Telecommunications from the University of Denver, but after some deep thought I have essentially ruled it out. The problem with getting a degree in Telecommunications is that it is quite redundant for what I've done over the past fifteen years. It's like Eddie Van halen getting a degree in guitar performance from Berklee School of Music (not that I am the Eddie Van Halen of telecom, more like Michael Anthony graduating from Fred's Music Barn).
So now I am seriously looking at an MBA program since:
a). If I seriously want to look at getting into a directors position, I'm going to have to have some sort of advanced degree.
b). There is enough of a critical mass of programs so they are somewhat easy to attend.
I have seriously also through about the whole "get another degree in Comp Sci" but in my field, that's like getting a degree in Sanskrit, a four thousand year old dead language. And the only programs around here are "traditional" ones which means six+ years of crap to get another B.S.
So now my dilemma. I have at this point whittled down the choices to two programs. The first would be through Taylor University, the second would be at Purdue University. Here are the choices.
Taylor is much closer, offers a shorter overall schedule (16 months as opposed to 36 at Purdue), and is almost half the price (around 21k).
Purdue is much more prestigious, is a longer drive (think too far to drive home each night), and will cost around 36k.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not overtly thrilled about getting an MBA, but I also know that if someone is going to take me seriously in my job, I need to get it. I also know that what I would love to do is highly unlikely since I highly suck at Calculus.
Taylor looks like the winner, but since I'm not planning on starting full time until early 2007, I have some time to think about it. Ideas anyone?
Oh, and if any of you would like to donate to the "send Brian to college" program, please let me know and I'll put up a tip jar. ;-)
May 24, 2006
Who the heck needs a Hybrid?
When by driving smart (coasting, etc), this basic 2001 Honda Civic EX with a manual transmission still get over 36 mpg in the city.
May 14, 2006
The Switch
So I did the switch. I've moved (most) of my files over to a refurbished Mac Mini which now resides on my desktop (actually sitting on top of my external DVD burner).
So far, I've been impressed, but not to the point of "oh my God, what have I done with my life!" type of psychosis some people have. Yes, the desktop is quite nice, and I'm sure it will be even nicer when I find my damn DVI cable.
But I'm not horribly impressed, most of what I did on XP I can do on a Mac. But since this meshes well with my KVM switch (unlike the eMac saga whih won't be repeated in this case).
May 1, 2006
People Still Don't Get It
If you get a chance, read some of the comments about the entire Breiana Noe tragedy where the family of convicted murderer Judi Noe have been defending what she did.
This thread is especially enlightening.