The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes

Back in January when I was studying for the PMP Exam, I volunteered to help on the PMI’s Program and Portfolio Management Standards project. The goal was to construct a body of knowledge in program and portfolio management similar to the one PMI already has for project management (for those wondering what the difference is, …

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Being Republican

I guess at some point, during some election, I registered Republican. I’m not sure when but somehow I got on the GOP’s list. Just for full disclosure, I am currently registered as an independent and have been for many years. I vote for candidates from either party depending on how well they represent my interests. …

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I Want My RSS

If you’ve been with me a while you’ll note that I wrote an Email to RSS gateway some time ago. It was pretty much a simple little tool in PHP that I set up on a cron job to poll a POP3 server at a regular interval and grab emails sent to a specific account. …

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Diver Down Follow Up

I recently posted about scuba diver, Dan Carlock, who was left stranded in the water after a recent dive. Someone forwarded to me a press release sent out by the company who was responsible for leaving him: Venice, CA – April 30, 2004 – There has been extensive media coverage about the rescue of Dan …

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Hey, I Know That Guy!

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m a scuba diving fanatic. In fact, as a hobby, I teach scuba diving and am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. A friend emailed me this link to a story about a diver who was left behind on a dive recently and floated in the Pacific Ocean off of the …

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