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Steven enjoys all things technical, politics, fun and family. Basically life in general.
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Five Free Technical eBook Sites
If you are anything like me free is good and free technical books are better. Over the years I had collected a number of printed material and more often than not I always end up donating the books to organizations that can better use the material rather than sitting on my bookshelf and collecting dust. [...]
Tools of the Trade: February 2010
As a software engineer there are a number of tools that I use on a daily basis to both increase productivity and make my job easier. Each month I will discuss products that I either currently use, have used in the past, and what I am hearing is the next best product.
Products may include but [...]
Printer Friendly Web Pages
While I personally do print a great deal of web pages I do find myself from time to time running across an article that I want to to keep and a bookmark is something I do not want to use. Print is something that you can file away to ensure that the information is available [...]
How To Achieve Website Optimization
Why should you care about optimization when it comes to your website? Should it really be a surprise to learn that your visitors are impatient and wants what they want immediately? I think not. We have become a society of faster is better therefore you should take every approach possible to get your data rendered [...]
Amazon Black Friday Deals
To be honest I have never been the type of individual who desires to head out the day after Thanksgiving and fight the crowds and traffic. If you’re looking for some great deals from Amazon without leaving the comfort of your home then you are in the right place.
Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote: We [...]
Health Care Reform Passes And You Must Now Speak Out Even Louder
Saturday’s vote on the health care bill disturbs me and while it was a close vote the bill as is stands now did in fact pass and you can view the results yourself here, also I recommend that you read Michelle Malkin’s article titled Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. Joseph [...]
Honoring Those Men And Women In Uniform
I know each and every one of you are aware of the pressing matter in Afghanistan and if you are not then shame on you! The U.S. Military is fighting an ever increasing difficult war and these troops need our support and thoughts now. I realize this is a difficult time for mothers, fathers, brothers, [...]
Favorite Twitter Clients
I admit that I was a late adopter of Twitter and recently I have been looking at the various clients on the market. Below you will find the ones that I have ran across.
TwitterFox
TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends’ tweets on Twitter. This extension adds a tiny icon on the [...]
What Happened To Free Speech
Today I was catching up on the news and I read some disturbing reports about the digital age and how anyone can post a blog entry, send an email, or a text message that others may find objectionable or disagree with and the idea is that the government should step in and come to our [...]
Is Freelancing The Right Move
Have you ever considered making the move into freelancing? I have considered this idea myself over the years and I must say the idea is alluring for a number of reasons. First, who doesn’t want to be their own boss and at the same time provide a service to others that both works well for [...]
Information Technology: Embracing Tech and What It All Means
Information Technology (IT) is an area where over the last five years we have all seen a great deal of change and it is amazing at how quick things have changed. In today’s IT workplace many individuals are utilizing resources such as instant messaging and virtual meetings in a much more beneficial manner than ever [...]
Nancy Pelosi: Double Standards
Do you recall when Nancy Pelosi made the following statement about those Americans who protest and speak out at town halls?
However, it is now evident that an ugly campaign is underway not merely to misrepresent the health insurance reform legislation, but to disrupt public meetings and prevent members of Congress and constituents from conducting a [...]
Jimmy Carter Racism Comment Should Anger You
I was taken back and angered by what Jimmy Carter said about racism against President Barck Obama . I was born a great number of years ago in Eastern Tennessee where I grew up and joined the United States Air Force at the age of nineteen and served my Country for fifteen years. Upon an honorable [...]
What To Do Should You Be Laid Off
For many people this is the worst thing that can occur and with the economy in the shape that it is one should be prepared more so than they may have in the past. I will be the first to say that I did not always save for short term problems that may arise however I [...]
Girl Geeks Of 2009
Before I go into my list of those ladies (in no certain order) whom I believe falls in this category it is important to understand the term “geek”. Here is what Wikipedia says:
A derogatory reference to a person obsessed with intellectual pursuits for their own sake, who is also deficient in most other human attributes so [...]
Sex In Advertising: Kia Motors and T-Mobile
All one has to do is turn on the television, pick up a magazine, or fire up your web browsers to see that we are enclosed by ads that compete for attention. What do many of these ads have in common? Simple, the answer is sex! While it is human nature to be curious when [...]
The Life And Times Of A Software Developer
Today I was reading the article Programming Sucks! Or At Least, It Ought To from The Daily WTF and Programming: Love It or Leave It from Coding Horror and this got me to thinking about the pros and cons of software development.
I am sure that there a great number of you out there that one [...]
Health Care And Your Future
If you have not been keeping up with the health care plan that the Democratic Party has in mind then I suggest you take the time to review this plan for yourself. You can find details at The Democratic Party and H.R. II . I am in no way a supporter of this plan and [...]
Blogging Tips And Tricks
Introduction
Today’s bloggers are more often looking for a way to generate income from the time effort they put into their blog and why should you be any different? If one stops to think about blogging it provides a mechanism for you to publish your thoughts in a manner where anyone can read your point of [...]
Job Interviews: Series One
Job interviews can be a stressful time however it does not have to be so. I have interviewed with a number of companies during my career and if you believe in yourself and are confident in your skills then you have nothing to worry about. If you stop to think about the interview process and [...]
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