New laptop arrived – ThinkPad T60p, 3GB RAM, dual core processor, dual 100GB SATA drives.
Couple of gripes – there is still no support for 4GB RAM in the ThinkPad – needs a BIOS update and it’s been months.
Second problem is that something in the Lenovo updater causes the whole security and connectivity to blow up when the machine runs Vista and is part of AD.
Still using LinkedIn; still watching who is doing what and making educated guesses.
I wrote a while ago about LinkedIn users intent:
Let’s say that you see a connection who has been somewhat dormant in the past few months suddenly start adding connections like crazy and writing and getting recommendations.
Maybe they got organised and started working on their LinkedIn profile; just as likely is they are fishing around for a new role and want to polish up the profile.
I’ve noticed about a 70-80% correlation on this in the last year; profile gets refreshed and updated; a few months later people move on.
The other sure sign is adding a ‘recruiter’, ‘recruitment consultant’ or ‘candidate placement’ person to your profile. Here’s an example (names obscured to protect the innocent):
I’ve done this myself; I worked closely with a couple of really good recruiters and placement people; nothing came of it; but during the months I worked with them I found them to be exceptional at their role. I linked to them.
Half height rack – courtesy of Dan who’s moving away soon.
Now the servers will have a real home again!
Never ignore the cones in the construction zone.
Seen on State Street at about 10000 South in Sandy.
Guess someone has some explaining to do. That thing wasn’t coming out of the 3 foot deep pipe trench.
I visited the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing yesterday with Laurence.
It is one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastries in the world; there is considerable controversy about the political freedom of the Tibetan Buddhists – certainly the monks in the monastry were all goverment approved.
That aside – it was a very tranquil and relaxing end to the day. The road to the monastry was lined with shops selling insense sticks; the smell of sandalwood was incredible.
Two more large panoramas – they are large files so download may be slow. The originals are massive.
Art imitating life?
Here is the advertising promotion for ‘Shangri-la towers’ in the film Brazil:
And here is the poster I saw on the Beijing subway:
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