Corporate Culture Run Amok
This Digg article The Most Egregious Reasons People Quit Their Jobs On The Spot reminded me of the I quite a job without giving notice, without looking back, without being…
Growing Iowa Women’s Basketball
In 1983, I matriculated at the University of Iowa to study computer science. Also in 1983, C. Vivian Stringer was hired as head coach for the University of Iowa women's…
Unwanted Cold Calls
As a technology professional, I'm fairly self-sufficient on all things web: for over 20 years, I hosted personal web sites, email domains, and audio streaming from my basement. I own…
Cool Photos #2
While editing an internal work document, our cat Lojo decided to review and proof-read my work. He stood there for almost five minutes before, I assume, deciding he had nothing…
New York Public Library Main Branch
More formally known as the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the flagship branch of the New York Public Library is above and beyond most other libraries I've visited, in particular the architecture.…
Cool Photos #1
I moved from Brooklyn, NY to Green Island, IA with my mom and siblings in 1972, arriving in time to start second grade. To make it seem exciting, our mom…
Teasing The Cat
I was working today when I noticed my cat, Lojo (named after a French music group my wife and I love), perched on my desk peering at something. At first,…
Random Learnings #18
My maternal grandfather, Carl Henke, died when I was very young; not sure when, but too young to remember him. I heard and learned little about him, other than he…
Random Learnings #17
I occasionally go to the University of Minnesota's Wilson Library to view microfilms of old newspapers. Today, I was reading about Queen Victoria's death in January 1901 and stumbled across…
The Citizenship Games
Military battles and wars aside, success in international athletic competitions is often viewed as increasing pride in one's nation. It's all for the sake of the nation, at least as…