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Archive of entries posted on August 2009

Carnegie Mellon Orientation

Just got back from a long weekend in Sunnyvale, CA for Carnegie Mellon’s incoming student orientation. It was a fun weekend – filled with seminars and workshops. Nancy went with me and spent the time visiting her family.
The orientation opened on Friday morning with class pictures and a “mixer” activity designed to help [...]

Contrasts

Driving to work today I saw a license plate holder that said the following:
I see it, I want it, I throw a fit, and I get it
While obviously intended to be funny, the sentiment struck me as a glorification of selfishness and childishness and that one would not consider putting such a sentiment on one’s [...]

Beets

Today was the day I decided to break in my new pressure canner by doing beets. We planted two rows of beets and most of the seeds sprouted so we had tons. We started off using the beets by making Borscht and beet salad. They were really good but we grew tired [...]

A Little Light Reading

I just got the reading/course material for classes this fall. I have two classes: Elements of Software Management and Metrics for Software Managers. The books for the Metrics class are:
Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed
Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results
The books for [...]