Reading list

I just subscribed to GQ, something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I actually had been trying to decide between Details, Esquire, and GQ. All of them are similar but have subtle differences. I saw a deal on GQ for a 2 year subscription. Amazon made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

I love reading both online and in-print. I actually prefer print. I find large amounts of text on a screen are hard on the eyes. I think that's the appeal of the Nook and the Kindle.

New Years Resolutions

1. Running more-I'd like to PR at the 8k and Half Marathon distance
2. doing my CISSP
3. Practice my German more-There are immersion groups in the area and use pen pals in a German speaking country (letternet.de)
4. keep in better contact with relatives and past connections from old jobs and stuff
5. build a better relationship with my fraternity chapter and the graduate advisory group
6. invest more aggressively
7. Use Kiva more
8. Blog more frequently
9. Get organized
10. Get into hardware hacking and diy electronics projects

I came up with these several weeks ago but I just finalized them.

What I've been reading

Latest Read
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (book cover from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Library site)

 The first book of one of my favorite modern and still living writers. I picked up a copy of this while I was in Amsterdam's airport while on my way home to the US.

 Stylistically it seems very similar to the other books he has written in the sense that it is about the protagonist trying to find their identity. The major difference is that there isn't an alternate reality portrayed such as with Kafka on the Shore, The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, or my introduction to his work- The Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It was a relatively quick read. I think I finished it in about 4 or 5 hours while on the plane and in the airport.

Link dump -=11-4-09

• Architecture for Humanity: Ending Poverty by Design: http://bit.ly/2aX5nq
• How Gina Trapani customized Media wiki for the comprehensive guide to Google Wave at completewaveguide.com:http://bit.ly/1yFTWW
• huffingtonpost 
  
    
  
  Muhammad Movie Planned: Film Brings Together Hollywood Producer And Banned Muslim Cleric http://bit.ly/1xl8Yz
  
• PSFK 
  
    
  
  DARPA’s Network Challenge Celebrates 40 Years of The Internet With Nationwide Treasure Hunt http://bit.ly/4kASF4 < @psfk
  
• Irlandia 
  
    
  
  @FEmaven Host Dale Kutnick and Guest Joanne Galimi – Predictive Analytics: A Healthcare Insurer Imperative ♫http://blip.fm/~fr0bv
  
• Some interesting sustainability projectshttp://bit.ly/338dkS
• TEDchris 
  
    
  
  From a secular/scientific standpoint, Robert Wright's compassion talk is incredibly interesting http://bit.ly/1zmTUW #TED
  
• donttrythis 
  
    
  
  TSA site back up (or my link fixed) a MUST read:http://www.hlswatch.com/200...
  
• artsbeat 
  
    
  
  Book Review Podcast: Anne C. Heller, Biographer of Ayn Rand http://bit.ly/2XmBjf
  
• pitchforkmedia 
  
    
  
  Trent Reznor lends voice, music to "Fringe" ad. He recites Leonard Nimoy's lines! http://bit.ly/XWXz2
  
• ImermanAngels 
  
    
  
  Jonny on ESPN Radio: ESPN radio interviewed Jonny Imerman, founder of Imerman Angels, who shared his person .. http://bit.ly/hfMl
  
• SteveLeveen 
  
    
  
  Ayn Rand visits the Daily Show http://bit.ly/RyUjc
  
• HlpPntAdvocate 
  
    
  
  RT @VOLOforDRBC: Great articles on#business continuity re: #H1N1 http://bit.ly/y4wq8http://bit.ly/1ar1HS
  
  
  

Dead Like Me-Netflix

I've been watching this show for the last couple of days over Netflix instant view over my laptop.

It's an older show but it's witty and clever. It's not a typical show. Here's the rundown. The main character is named Georgia Lass when she was 18 and conscripted to become a Grim Reaper while living a normal life. The show is more about life than death.

The sense of humor is a tad bit morbid, but if that's your cup o' tea. This is a show worth watching.


IMDB entry

Google Wave (pt2)

A closer slightly closer look at Google Wave shows that it doesn't do well in waves with lots of participants. I was in Lifehacker's public wave (or at least one of them) and made Firefox 3.5.3 almost unusable. That particular wave made the tab Chrome 3.0.x sluggish. Keep in mind, from a technical or even an organizational standpoint collaborating with 200+ people in a wave is not likely and not efficient between so much movement in the wave at any given time making it hard to read, hard to manage, and slow to load.

My other complaint is that there are so few people that I know in real life that it isn't really worthwhile (yet). I think it's only a matter of time before people I have stuff to collaborate with have access to it. But I do see a lot of potential once there are more adopters.

Google Wave

I managed to get a Google Wave preview account. I don't think any of my friends are on it and I don't have any invites (yet) unfortunately. So I'm kind of dead in the water on what I can do with it.