Woo hoo! Bisexuality at the Olympics!

Biathlon? Awesome! I can't wait to see it!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/biathlon/index.html

Wait a sec! Oh darn.

Well, let me tell you this. If I was planning that event it would have been totally different.

Cheney's hunting accident vs the olympics

Then there's the Cheney biathlon: Going downhill fast in the polls and shooting a fellow right-winger.

(thanks to lilbjorn here)

Chapter-by-Chapter review of my book

Human Modem's blog is posting a chapter-by-chapter review of my TMSA book. You can read it via LJ here: humanmodem_rss.

He wrote to me:

Hi Tom,
I wanted to let you know that I recently picked up your "Time Management for System Administrators" book and fell in love with it! I had previously read and enjoyed "The Practice of System and Network Administration" and I knew right away that I had to pick up this book. It seemed to magically come to my attention at a time when I was getting bogged down at work and really starting to feel the stress. The suggestions have really helped me out and I've taken to giving it a chapter-by-chapter review on my blog (http://blog.humanmodem.com). Check it out if you have a free moment, I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Once again, this book has been a real lifesaver! Easily the best investment I've made so far this year.
Take care,
Phillip McCollum

National Academy of Engineering Elects 76 Members and Nine Foreign Associates

This is a particularly special honor as it comes only through election by peers who are already members.
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/02102006?OpenDocument

He invented the Unix “pipe” and was manager/coach of most of the famous Bell Labs computer scientists when they made their biggest discoveries: M. Douglas McIlroy, adjunct professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. For fundamental contributions to the development of computer operating systems and programming languages.

He is the reason all the internet protocols work. He wrote/managed the internet protocol standards in the early days, setting the tone and culture that made the internet so successful: Paul V. Mockapetris, chairman and chief scientist, Nominum Inc., Redwood City, Calif. For contributions to the Internet, including pioneering and standardizing the Domain Name System.

My CEO, who turned two crazy graduate students’ successful project into a company that changes the world every day: Eric Schmidt, chairman of the executive committee and chief executive officer, Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif. For the development of strategies for the world’s most successful Internet search engine company.

Computer science majors know Hoare’s algorithm, QuickSort. This is the guy. Read this speech made in 1980: Charles Anthony Richard Hoare, senior researcher, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom. For fundamental contributions to computer science in the areas of algorithms, operating systems, and programming languages.

Happy Valintines Day! (almost)

Remember this?

Google’s 2000 Valentines Day log

Howard Dean's first year as DNC chair

Democrats.org has a post called "Annual Report to the Grassroots" that's worth checking out...

One year ago today... Governor Howard Dean launched his plan for building a new Democratic Party.