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The Book Baton

I’ve been passed a book baton (yes, another baton) by Christian (Trench) over at 7milesdown, and since I don’t have any fresh content anyway, let’s pretend like this is interesting. Well, at least as interesting as anything else you read on this site. Set your standards low.
Number of Books on Shelf
I’d say somewhere [...]

Management vs. Technical

I’ve often wondered if it’s easier to teach a manager technical skills or to teach a technical person how to be a manager.
In talking to people on both sides of the fence, I’ve found that opinion is usually split down the middle. As a follow up, I should have asked how many of the [...]

The Year of Rovegate

After talking to a few people today, I was surprised to learn that not everyone is aware that Karl Rove has been identified as a major source in the 2003 leak of an undercover CIA agent’s identity.
I know that the political posts on this site are far from the most popular, and that a couple [...]

True Stories From The Theater

According to early projections, the weekend box office has beaten the same period in 2004 for the first time in 19 weeks. The awful reviews didn’t stop Fantastic Four from pulling in the crowds, and for some reason, people were still interested in watching Tom “Crazy as Hell” Cruise survive a poorly planned alien [...]

The Lost Month of June

Well, one thing led to another and then life happened, and long story short, there haven’t been any new entries since June 1st. I’d blame it on my cable connection, but they actually had that hooked up the week after we moved in. No, I guess Second Negative was just on summer hiatus.
I [...]