The Occasional Blog

…you might as well look back even further.

I liked my previous post comparing 1999 to 2009, but the interesting thing was while I was finishing it up, the family and I have been watching the original Star Trek season 1 via streaming from NetFlix on the PlayStation 3. New tech to watch old tech. Honestly, I was never much of a fan of the original series but they were interested due to the recent MythBusters episode where they tested the hand-made cannon that Capt. Kirk used against the Gorn (“The Arena”, s1 ep 18).

It’s fun to look back. It’s also good to give the kids some perspective on such an influence on modern science fiction.

A lot can change in ten years. Since it seems to be such the in thing, here’s my assessment of what difference ten years can make.

What	Then	Now
Computer		(my work computer)
Connection	56Kbps	20Mbps (366x faster)
Company
Position	Systems Administrator	Manager, Information Technology
Me
Becky
Kaelyn
Brian

• Home today @ 2:00. 10 days home with my family. Oh yeah! #

• As the year winds to an end, I can look back on a notable 12 months and am quite happy with how it turned out. #
• Honestly, I have a team of skilled guys that are always impressing me with their ability and creativity. I'm honored to be their boss. #
• O.K. this could be good or bad. Just had a two beer lunch with one of our preferred vendors and now I need to work on budgets. #

• Nothing gets you into the Christmas spirit more than waiting for your car to get smogged. #
• I've been checking out Google's Chrome browser (http://www.google.com/chrome). I'm kinda liking it. #

Created by Online Education

• Whew! I'm done with megameeting(tm) now I can… go to another meeting. #
• This was an awesome week. The potential from the things discussed during meetings have me really enjoying where I work. #

• I think I did a fair job trying to cram a 10 hour day into 90 minutes. Now, off to the mega-meeting(tm). #

• Be kind, rewind. #
• Hoping to win the CrashPlan Central giveaway. Thanks @crashplan and @webappstorm #
• @Naughty_Dog, Congratulations for winning VGA Game of the Year! #UNCHARTED2 in reply to Naughty_Dog #

• Is it wrong that the highlight of my day (professionally) was the lunch with my guys? #
• Please forgive me, but anyone that doesn't like "It's a Wonderful Life" is suspect in my eyes. #Christmas #