The ongoing observations of a native Northern Californian
Taken, a new film staring Liam Neeson, is a well done action, spy, kidnapping movie.
Neeson does an excellent job playing a retired mysterious spy whose daughter is kidnaped. The movie starts a bit slow as the characters and story develop. Once the main plot is revealed the action and intensity pick up. Think of this movie as a combination of the Bourne series and Man on Fire. The trailer is very intriguing.
Taken on wikipedia (spoilers).
Merry Christmas to anyone that reads this!
This morning I saw a link on a Yahoo news section of my home page that stated that Steve Jobs would not be going to Macworld this year. And Apple will not attend Macworld in 2010 even if there is one.
According to my own Macworld info, my Expo pass states that Macworld 2010 will be January 4-8. Yes, I am still going to Macworld 2009. This will be my 3rd. Even if Apple does not attend in 2010 I would consider going depending on hoe Apple tech develops through 2009.
When I first saw the story about Apple and Macworld I googled the story for more news from different perspectives. There was only one story at 5 pm. Now at 8:45 pm there are 638 links to stories.
Finally, got my original 3 projects that I have been running for a while above 95% ranking.
SETI@home
Rosetta@home
Einstein@home
I added 3 more projects a few weeks ago. Mainly due to a lot of down time on my other projects from maintenance issues. I added:
Malariacontrol.net
ABC@home
SZTAKI Desktop Grid
These projects are running on 4 different computers that I own. Two of the computers are older and are dedicated to only running BOINC.
Awhile ago after reading various blogs, I came across the below video on Vimeo. This is one of the best lip sync music videos around. It looks very professional. Timing and syncing are great. Enjoy!
Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.
I thought about doing a favorites page with some polls asking others favorites or opinions, but not now. I will just stick to single posts or adding to the About page for this little read blog.
Starting with my all-time favorite songs and groups.
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
These groups were local rock radio’s most popular when I was growing up in the late 70’s as a young teenager, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Individual stand out favorites would be Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, Iron Man by Black Sabbath, Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. It is very difficult to pick only one or even two or three favorite songs. I rarely only listen to one song from these groups at a time. Two or three songs back-to-back works best in order to fully enjoy the experience.
I received my diploma from SFSU last Monday, March 1, 2008. According to information I found I was led to believe I would not receive my diploma until about May 2008. I thought I would receive two separate diplomas for each degree, but they were combined on a single diploma. Probably due to the fact I applied for both degrees at the same time/school term.
This may not seem very important or significant to anyone but it is to me since it brings finality to the SFSU college experience.
Yesterday I finally achieved 100,000 credit on my 3 combined BOINC projects.
If you have available computing time and power download the BOINC client and support a project that could find extraterrestrials with SETI@home or cure some human disease with Rosetta@home.
I took my last final exam last Friday at SFSU.
I am graduating with a BS degree in Accounting and a BS degree in Decision Sciences.
Job outlook?
Next month I plan to write an extensive review of my SFSU experience.
Another semester dealing with a lack of sleep. Keeping busy teachs you to be very well organized and to plan ahead.
Time management is one cure for sleep deprivation. This will only work if there is actual time that can be utilized more efficiently. With work, commute, and school there is very limited time left over for any unforeseen issues. Support from family and/or friends can be helpful when available.
I have no time for procrastination or just plain screwing around if I want to get required school work completed and still have time for other interests or hobbies.