Category Archives: Personal Development

Bill Gates Gives Father a Birthday Gift

December 5th, 2005

As much as the software industry overdog and the its representatives are disfavored, I do find Bill Gates very respectable. The scholarship program for law students that was formed in honor of his father is a great gift. I, as a juror, have seen young public defenders and prosecutors at work. I am fairly certain […]

Searching for an Open Source Project

November 20th, 2005

My interest in contributing to open source projects has been growing lately. I use several open source operating systems, and I rely on many open source applications. There are many applications that I am very interested in developing for myself, and the open source community can provide a lot of off-the-shelf components that I can […]

Remaining Competitive

August 24th, 2005

Checking out university course descriptions and syllabi is one way I remain sharp and competitive within the computing industry. They serve as a great resource on what books to purchase for recreational reading. They sometimes also validate other books I bought after some cursory reading at traditional bookstores. I have always questioned why otaku fascinate […]

“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish”

July 31st, 2005

On the twelfth day of June in the year two thousand and five, Steve Jobs addressed alumnae and alumni at Stanford University during their commencement ceremony: I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this […]

Hello, World!

July 28th, 2005

Here’s my variation of Brian Kernighan’s famous phrase: std::cout << “Hello, World!” << std::endl;