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I like Cloud Computing. It makes life easier. The problem with it is being able to access it. Face it, cellular companies are putting a cap on usage. Connection speeds varies. Therefore, whatever I put on the Cloud, I have … Continue reading
I just received a beta invite to Small Demons. As I was perusing, it reminded me of an idea that I had during my graduate days. As I was looking through the site, I noticed in the footer, there was a link to Freebase.
“Freebase is an open, Creative Commons licensed repository of structured data of almost 22 million entities.”
As I started to go through the Freebase site, I got excited. This is something that I need to make my idea happen.
It’s the end of the summer. I cannot believe how fast it went buy. It was a blur. My husband and I were very busy. There were grad parties, mini-family reunion, and vacations. Here’s a brief outline:
- June
- Lance & Heather’s Wedding
- Grad Parties (Kenny & Krystal)
- Mini family reunion
- July
- 8th – 10th – Camping at Verona Beach, NY
- 22nd – 24th – NYC (Yankees Game!)
- August
- Jason & Thu’s Wedding
- 12th – 21st – Vero Beach and Walt Disney World (will do a post about this trip soon)
Stretch and fold.
Crack here and a push there.
Snapping away to capture the moments. Moments filled with surprise, joy, and sadness.
Him: "What song?"
Me: "How about 'Sweet Lady'?"
pause…then I decided to sing the chorus softly: "Sweet Lady, will you be mine? Sweet love for a lifetime. I'll be there when you need me. Just call and receive me." He joins me in the chorus and says that's all he knows. I told him that was all I wanted to hear.
"Oh." he says.
I asked him if he remembered how he sang this song to me. And he says yes. He falls asleep and as I drift off, I remember how it was…the beginning of our relationship. http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/Tyrese/Sweet+Lady–2168442
These two articles were sent to me through some colleagues and got me pondering:
I’m a month away from hitting my 3 year mark at Cynergy. As I get closer, I start to reflect on how I got here, what I am doing now, and where I want to go. I started off wanting to do UX but ended up as a Programmer.
One thing that I have been trying to work on is balancing my design vs programming side. I’ve been programming so much, that I often have a strong urge to create.
But what do I want to create and will it suffice?
In my current project, I’ve been tasked to do some refactoring. It’s amazing and humbling to look back at old code and see how far a person has come along. With every task that I have been assigned, my skills as a programmer has grown. Sometimes, I wonder if my design side is diminishing because of that. What can I do, to keep my design skills as sharp?
After being on the computer all day, I come home and avoid the computer. I just don’t have the energy or desire at this time..
Last week (5/29/11 – 6/2/11), I went to Chicago with a few of my closest friends (W,V, and S) for a mini-vacay. Chicago is a different feel from New York City. Not so touristy, cleaner, and people aren’t as nice. According to my friends, no one thanks for holding the door open (etc). I didn’t really notice, or maybe I was that oblivious.
An itinerary of what happened:
- Sunday
- I arrived to Chicago. My flight was delayed by.. a lot. My flight was supposed to leave at 10 am ish, but ended up leaving at 2:15 pm. Arrived to the Marriot at Magnificent Mile.
- Dinner at Pompei Little Italy.
- Monday
- Brunch at Eatt (very good and affordable)
- Baseball game at Wrigley Field – Cubs vs Astros. (Cubs lost) (My first baseball game ever! Was fun. Love the atmosphere)
- Headed to Millenium Park – for concert, checked out Cloud Gate. (The bean is fascinating.)
- Dinner at Emilio’s Sol y Nieve (tapas) (not bad)
- Tuesday
- Brunch at Cosi (it’s like Panera’s)
- Adler Planetarium (meh)
- John G Shedd Aquarium (meh)
- Dinner at The Purple Pig (Holy crap! It was good! Although some of the stuff can get salty, loved the dessert – expresso over toasted cinnamon ice cream)
- Skydeck at Willis Towers (decent)
- Wednesday
- Museum of Science and Industry (a lot of kids, saw the body exhibit there…a little freaky…especially the fetus/babies….)
- Field Museum (not bad)
- The Art Institute of Chicago (I only had two hours, in which I covered the entire top floor, and part of the lower level. Must go there again to finish.)
- Architecture Tour (Wow, I was on a boat! Learned a lot.)
- Pizzeria Uno (Deep dish pizza was not bad. Buttery crust.)
- Thursday
- Home!
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Editor’s note: The following guest post was written by Ryan Finlay who blogs at www.recraigslist.com.
The scrap yard’s electromagnetic steel excavator picked up my two steel die cast molds and put them on the scale. 1,240 pounds of steel! That meant $179.80 in my wallet for an hour of…
