Amsterdam
Posted by Jim Jagielski on Saturday, March 29. 2008 in Personal
In a little over a week I'll be traveling to Amsterdam to attend ApacheCon EU 2008. I'll be doing 2 sessions but unlike other conferences, none of them will be technical in nature.
I was unable to attend last year's conference, so this will be my first time in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, due to other commitments, I won't be able to stay very long, flying in on Monday and then back out on Friday. That's a lot of traveling for just a few days, but it's well worth it.
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Comix
Posted by Jim Jagielski on Friday, March 28. 2008 in Personal
As a comic-book fanboy, let me just say 2 things:
1: Marvel, you have screwed up Spider-Man for the last time. I'm canceling my subscription.
2: I am SO looking forward to The Dark Knight, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.
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Goodbye Sir Arthur
Posted by Jim Jagielski on Wednesday, March 19. 2008 in Personal
Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed away
Even if all he had ever done was "2001: A Space Odyssey" then his reputation would have been well deserved. But in addition to being an exceptional writer, he was also a true engineer and visionary. He was also, by all accounts, a humble, nice man as well. A number of ASF friends and associates, while attending the Sri Lanka Open Source conference a few years ago, were actually lucky enough to meet Sir Arthur, something that I am still jealous of to this day.
He is one of my favorite authors, someone who early on sealed my fate as a SciFi addict. Although I'm not a collector of books, I do enjoy owning them (it's just the difficulty of finding storage space for all of them), and I most likely have more ACC books than any others. One of my prized possessions is a signed copy of Sir Arthur's "The Lost Worlds of 2001".
I shall miss his talent.
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Audio
Posted by Jim Jagielski on Friday, March 14. 2008 in Personal
In my spare time (yeah, right!) I enjoy using my Macs to play around with various forms of digital media. I've spent time moving pretty much all of our home videos to iMovie, and using Lightroom to organize my digital pictures. I've created DVDs for people and slideshows and I have a great time doing it.
But lately I've also gotten quite involved with audio. Partly it's due to my and my sons involvement in the Maryland State Boychoir, and also due to my middle son Tim being in a few "bands". But also it's due to the Mac making it all so easy, and the fact that you can do great things with a very, very small budget. Behringer in particular has professional equipment at really affordable prices, especially their Podcast Studio Bundle.
It really is quite amazing that there are so many opportunities to be creative, and scratch that gotta-make-something itch, whether it's code or a CD or a DVD. And, as always, I love my Mac.
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Change
Posted by Jim Jagielski on Thursday, March 6. 2008 in Personal
I weep for a populace that is so eager and hungry for change, that experience and substance are secondary to simple, constant pronouncements. Certainly with the country in the shape that it is, both domestically as well as internationally, we need someone who can be President, not just talk it.
BTW: I am a Libertarian, but here in Maryland you can't vote in primaries unless you are registered under one of the 2 main parties, so I am registered as a Republican. But neither party is where my allegiance is.
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