I took a trip with my son last weekend to Fort Worth. If you haven't met him, he is energetic, curious, and quite a bit more vocal than I am. His curiosity, while a good thing, sometimes gets to be a bit much. I find myself trying to divert his re...
Pygmalion and Praise
After instructing my kiddo or giving him feedback, I often find myself questioning if I'm helping or hurting him. Did I give him too much praise for something that should be considered elementary? Am I setting the bar too low or too high for him? ...
Be vendor friendly
One of the most valuable lessons I learned at PepsiCo was to listen to the salesmen vendors or startups send over. Not necessarily because they are right, but because they linked a product or service that they can provide to a plausible return on ...
Media server?
Sorry about the lack of posts - weekends have been pretty busy. Since the last post, I've added about 30 things I want to do that have nothing to do with the media server. Sensing a trend in which nothing gets accomplished, I'm going to focus on t...
Prepping Ubuntu Desktop for development
On my previous post, I talked about how to install Ubuntu desktop and doing the first update of it. This post focuses on installing the right IDEs (eclipse for most development and aptana for ruby dev). First off - you need music. Go here - to get...
Installing & Setting up Ubuntu Desktop
In my previous post, I build a desktop for under $400. The vision for this computer is to become a media server that will be used (with some code and a password protected private Roku channel) to share videos and pictures to the rest of our family...
How to build a computer for under $400
The title of this post may change. It could be: How to build a computer for under $400 How to injure yourself building a computer How to limit your trips to Fry's when building a computer How building a computer could get you kicked out of the hou...
Damn you Game of Thrones
Dear George R.R. Martin, I will likely end up in the insane asylum because of you. I had to catch myself before calling my wife a wench. I hear "snow, snow" whenever a bird chirps. I'm very close to naming my labradobie "Ghost". I'd like to cart i...
How-to successfully run for president
And now for something completely different. Yes it is yet another blog about this year's presidential election. This one is a bit different though. I think it would be good to opensource some code that would tell candidates if they have a fighting...
Multiple roadmap disorder
When you've found 15 versions of a product roadmap circulating around in email chains and shared drives, you've got a problem. Just like there should be only one number one priority at any given time, there should be only one source of truth for t...