Filling a request

May 31, 2005

Hello devoted TECHNOSAILOR readers…it me GEMINI 38 (formally The Angry Black Man) filling in on a special request for my brother. I see there have already been a couple of guess entries on Memorial Day so I will drop just a quick blurb.
Memorial Day has a more personal meaning for me because it is my [...]

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Feedster Feed of the Day

May 31, 2005

I’m still in Connecticut and a quick shout out to Mike and Carol who have both posted in my absence. I’m not back in the saddle yet as I have 8 hours worth of travel to make today.
I recieved word today from Feedster that Technosailor was named Feed of the Day today. To me, that [...]

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Memorial Day

May 30, 2005

Memorial Day
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
By Moina Michael
What does it mean to American�s today? In my youth the [...]

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Hi All!

May 29, 2005

It’s me, Carol Ott, filling in for Aaron.
So Aaron, in all his wisdom (or lack thereof), asked me to guest blog this weekend — I assume he’s off having fun this weekend. Hnmpf.
I swear last night I stayed up until almost 3 AM trying to think of something that wasn’t completely ridiculous to write [...]

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Off to Connecticut

May 28, 2005

It’s off to Connecticut this morning for a visit to my sister and her husband. It will be the first time we have had the chance to get up there and I’m just ready to go. In my absence, my friend Carol will be posting here. Also, Mike will be making his debut guest writing [...]

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Open Standard for Office Documents

May 27, 2005

OpenDocument has been ratified by member organizations, including IBM and Sun Microsystems to endorse a standard Office Document format that is vendor independant and cross platform compatible.
“Office productivity applications and the documents they create are key to today’s knowledge economy. Information critical to the long term functioning of any organization is stored in the spreadsheets, [...]

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Rockville: One Week In

May 27, 2005

As I indicated, I was moved to the Rockville office as of this past Monday.
One week in, I am thrilled.
I mean, sure the commute is hell (approximate location of home provided), but at least I can say a couple things I’ve gathered from observation in my first week here:

People are nicer when they aren’t in [...]

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CIA Cyber Wargame In Progress

May 26, 2005

Okay. The CIA is engaging in Operation Silent Horizon, a three day wargame meant to simulate a cyber terror attack on th United States. A cyberattack would cripple much of the U.S. economy, including government and corporate entities that rely on internetworking to function. Although reports apparently keep cyber terrorism on a low-risk assessment, my [...]

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Stupid Users

May 25, 2005

My job is a graceless job. We get hell when something goes wrong and only sometimes recognition for a job well done. It’s a no wonder that when users come along that fit into the category of “stupid users”, they too should recieve the same graceless treatment we do.
I’m not as bitter as I sound [...]

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Book Contributor

May 24, 2005

Well, yesterday was a day of firsts for me. Most notably, Jeremy Wright asked me to write a contributory piece, a sidebar really, toward his new book on blogging. It was quite an honor to be asked as that has never happened before. This might be one of the more high profile things I’ve participated [...]

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Moving on to Rockville

May 22, 2005

Thursday afternoon, there was an incident at work. But let me back up. I have been in a political hailstorm at work since the first day on this job. The customer hasn’t liked me and quite honestly, I don’t like them. Much to their disappointment, they didn’t have a choice as to whether I was [...]

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