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 Sunday, January 12, 2003
Managers make the difference

I have been lucky enough to work with some absolutely amazing managers while at MS. Apparently not everyone gets so lucky [from Benjamin]. I'm linking to this site to help remind people how important good managers are.
8:21:02 PM    comment []
Integration and Simplicity

My frustration over upgrading my in-laws PC drove me to write "Integration and Simplicity Upgrades". I wrote it as a Radio "story" instead of a rant, because I hadn't used that feature yet :)
7:54:42 PM    comment []
Addicted to media?

Erick (friend with no blog) described me to another friend as being a "massive media consumer"... I read a ton of books, web sites, watch hours of TV, movies, and listen to all kinds of music... I realize that I really need to pickup a few magazine subscriptions and start reading the newspaper (i get my news from the web right now)... sounds like a good challenge!


10:51:59 AM    comment []
Live from Bahgdad

Currently reading Live from Bahgdad by Robert Wiener. I have the HBO version Tivo'd, but I'm waiting to finish the book before I watch it. It must be amazing to have a job where you literally have to put your life on the line. Makes me a lot less stressed about making a big presentation to management. :)

I know it has become trite to say it, but Tivo is one of the world's best technology product.


10:49:06 AM    comment []
Schedule

Trying to keep with my new schedule for the last week... so far i've slept in twice, but overall I'm happy that I have time each morning for organizing my day, relaxing, etc. Reading some of the various management books over the past few weeks I am totally buying into the philosophy - without getting your life into balance you can't succeed at work.
10:43:47 AM    comment []
Kart Day!

Not to be confused with Cart which is basically the US version of Formula 1 racing, Kart can be either described as mini-F1 racing, or large Go-Kart racing... Everyone knows about Go-Karts - those little gas or electric powered cars that put along an indoor track, and sometimes go all the way up to 30 mph.
We drove a Rotax Kart which is a style of "stock" karts that people race a lot. The top speed can approach over 100mph, and speeds hit 80mph on the track that we ran (although we probably only got to 60-70mph given our newbie-ness). You encounter up to 2.5g taking sharp corners. Amazingly, the shifter karts (that we didn't rent) can go 0-60mph in under 4s and have top speeds in excess of 120mph. We rented the kart for the day from Cycle Barn for around $250 and raced at XPLEX Seattle - a deal considering that we raced for 5 hours!

The three of us (Erick, Adam, and myself) each took turns with about 5 laps each on the 7/10's mile track. Eric is the only one that managed to keep the kart on the track for the entire day. Both Adam and me managed to have somewhat significant wrecks, although no major damage was done to people or the kart. We were there on practice day, so there was no real race, but we were continually being passed - we took a turn at 30-40mph and the real drivers went at 50-60mph with about 4in between our open wheels and theirs.

Simple awesome!

10:38:24 AM    comment []

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