Computing rant- December 31, 2002 Ugh... i know we have all heard it before. I'm the IT administrator for my home network, I have to debug all my friends and family's tech problems. The latest. My wireless network is flaky downstairs. On top of that, the cablemodem drops it's IP address and refuses to renew unless I hard boot the bugger. I finally moved my wireless hub... just a little. My reception downstairs went from a "low" or "no signal" or a "good" (4 bars!) wahoo! Next, of course, is my mother-in-law's home computer....http://www.simplegeek.com/permalink.aspx/24 XBox, History, and Houses- December 29, 2002 Spent a big chunk of today playing 6 player Halo over at a friend&146;s house. That game is so amazing. We talk a little bit about the idea of video games being a spectator sport. Not a new or novel concept. In fact there are people getting paid to play video games today. There are, of course, professional testers and play testers, but then there are also those people paid to play massively multiplayer games (like Everquest and Ashron&146;s Call). I have a friend that was given free online time.http://www.simplegeek.com/permalink.aspx/19 Career history- December 24, 2002 Reading &147;On Becoming a Leader&148; has been really interesting, mostly because it suggests that a key differentiator of leaders is the vision that leaders provide, while others are content to be driven. Interestingly I have been spending a lot of time at work trying to determine what I should be trying to do... I have been asking a lot of people to try and understand what my role should be, but instead I should have been defining my vision. Coincidentally enough I&146;ve been working on a...http://www.simplegeek.com/permalink.aspx/13 |