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What more can I say?
Adult ADD Strengths » Top 10 Advantages of ADD in a High Tech Career
I am the person they describe in this article.
And my boredom level is running high…resume link!
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If you are wondering about the picture at the top of this page (sorry for you folks in RSS readers, gotta head to the blog to see it), I can tell you one thing.
It is real.
[PS: Photo provided by Chris Magnusson.]
I grew up in the shadow if this mountain called, oddly enough, Mount Seven. The Seven is a natural event that only appears in the spring as the snow recedes from the summit.
The other claim to fame for this peak is among paragliders and hang-gliders. If you ask anyone who partakes in these sports if they have ever heard of Mount Seven, their eyes will likely glaze over and drool will run from their mouths,
Why?
Well, the banner doesn’t do the mountain justice from the perspective of a non-powered flight aficianado. This perspective for Google Earth give you a better idea.

When you depart Mount Seven, it is a free and clear 5,000 foot drop into the valley below. And it’s not just any valley; it’s the Rocky Mountain Trench. At a minimum of 5 miles wide, the flying is free and clear. One glider took off from the mountain and ended up in Montana.

Mount Seven is a glorious landmark, and one of the few fond rememberances I have of the town I grew up in.

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What happens when you are a highly trained consultant in a company that is being managed into a commodity status?

Remember, that resume link is here.

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So today, I re-instated blogging on my own hardware and also migrated my b2evolution articles to WordPress 2.0.
It was painless.
Five-minute WordPress install.
Run the b2evolution -> WordPress import script. [here]
Ummm…that’s it.
I will be tweaking the theme over the next few days until I feel it is more me.
Guess I’m just like Ben Metcalfe.

It should come as no surprise that I am a fan of “graphic novels”, known as “comic books” when I was coming of age. One of my favourites is the Dark Knight | Dark Knight Returns series.
In the Dark Knight Returns, the US is run by a cabal with a holographic presidential avatar as their figurehead. In this world, the “Freedom FROM Information Act … makes anything worth knowing secret”.
That quote has stuck with me for most of the last week. The American population is supposed to hang its head and march quietly in line with everyone else, never looking to the side because they might accidentally see their freedoms dying in the ditches.
The United States is Rome, and the babarians (no, not the elephant king, barbarians you fool!) are on the far banks of the Rubicon, with their feet in the water.
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Ok, this domain will live again!

Thanks to Matt and the WordPress.com crew for putting up with my abuse over the last few months while we determined what was going to happen with the Newest Industry.

Welcome back?

Two separate cuts. [here]
Ugh.
Not again.

Dan Bricklin writes up a great description of what I am getting next week: Verizon FiOS. [here]
So, now you know. It’s the PPPoE that’s going to kill my static connection to the Internet.
Any of you folks who volunteered to host GrabPERF, now would be a great time to step forward.

Wow.
This morning, I checked my e-mail, and had a note from Matt…
…via PayPal.
Wow.
Matt, you are one of the true gentlemen out there. Thank you for dropping by and restoring my faith in the community.
Wow.
Now, about the lack of template control in WordPress.com… 😉

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The folks at WordPress.Com scraped up one of their tin tickets for me, and I will be migrating appropriate content over to the new site:

http://newestindustry.wordpress.com/

See you there!

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