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The end of an era

by | Jan 2, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I finally threw away hardware that was part of my old test lab – I’ve not had use for this for a long time:

WAN and network emulation:
2x Cisco Catalyst 4500
Fitted with ISDN, FDDI, Ethernet and Serial (X25)

Cross platform testing:
Sun Sparc Enterprise 2
Dual Sparc, 512MB RAM, mirrored 4GB SCSI!

Wow – that was old and crufty.

I also threw out and shredded a lot of old documentation and notes from the late 90s and early 00s.

Guy Kawasaki blogging

by | Jan 1, 2006 | blogging, Evangelism, evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Guy Kawasaki (author of such titles as “Selling the Dream” – another must read book) has a new blog.

One of his first posts really rings true – about the use (and abuse) of PowerPoint.

I am trying to evangelize the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.

Nice. I hope I try to keep to this rule during 2006. I’ve certainly been trimming my slideware dramatically in the last year; talk and interaction (traditional “conversations”) are much more effective than the Dilbert-esque death by PowerPoint.

Guy is a renowned technology evangelist – I’ll be following his blog with interest.

Ski boots

by | Dec 27, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized, Utah

Sigh – I’ve been looking for ski boots again – and nothing fits.

I’ve tried rentals before – and I’ve always had a really painful few hours with cold, cramped, uncomfortable toes. I’ve tried buying – and nothing seems to work for me.

If anyone knows of any good Utah based ski boot shops that will fit to strange, large feet and calves – let me know!