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Due to a number of issues that are beyond my control, the possibility of me getting back to China for any length of time in the future is greatly diminished. Due to a number of issues that are beyond my control, the possibility of me getting back to China for any length of time in the future is greatly diminished.
I consider several of the people that I met in China to be close friends of mine to this day....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2008-10-14 22:46:00 -0500 -0500">14 Oct 2008</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to One Year Ago" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2008/10/one-year-ago/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>30 Days</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Haidian District I consider several of the people that I met in China to be close friends of mine to this day....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2008-10-14 22:46:00 -0500 -0500">14 Oct 2008</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to One Year Ago" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2008/10/one-year-ago/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>30 Days</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Haidian District
Beijing, China Beijing, China
To My Readers… I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that… To My Readers… I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that…
For someone who reads my blog, but has not spent time in North America, something is missing. That person is without an understanding of the North American version of ’expected’. Many of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a North American perspective on what is ’expected'. For someone who reads my blog, but has not spent time in North America, something is missing. That person is without an understanding of the North American version of ’expected’. Many of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a North American perspective on what is ’expected'.
For those of you who actually know me well, I probably mentioned that I wanted to use this site to capture first impressions… things that I found interesting, because they are different from the way things are where I come from (the US)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-12-11 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">11 Dec 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to 30 Days" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/12/30-days/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>YongHeGong, Lama Temple</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Near ShangDi November 9, 2007 For those of you who actually know me well, I probably mentioned that I wanted to use this site to capture first impressions… things that I found interesting, because they are different from the way things are where I come from (the US)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-12-11 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">11 Dec 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to 30 Days" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/12/30-days/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>YongHeGong, Lama Temple</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Near ShangDi November 9, 2007
A very brave woman at work once asked me if she could show me around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of the Lama Temple. A very brave woman at work once asked me if she could show me around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of the Lama Temple.
Morning Meeting November 10, 2007 Morning Meeting November 10, 2007
We agreed to meet at a KFC (not “the KFC”, but one a block away) between 10:30 and 10:45. She arrived about 10 minutes after I did apologizing that she was very late....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-11 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">11 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to YongHeGong, Lama Temple" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/yonghegong-lama-temple/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Note on Photos</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public. We agreed to meet at a KFC (not “the KFC”, but one a block away) between 10:30 and 10:45. She arrived about 10 minutes after I did apologizing that she was very late....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-11 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">11 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to YongHeGong, Lama Temple" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/yonghegong-lama-temple/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Note on Photos</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public.
http://photos.vollink.com/ http://photos.vollink.com/
If I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, “Friends at Work” and “Friends at Hotel”. If I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, “Friends at Work” and “Friends at Hotel”.
If I don’t know you, you can still sign up for an account, but you’ll get no benefit, and will have given your Email address to another random site on the internet....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-11 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">11 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Note on Photos" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=next href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/page/2/>Next »</a></nav></footer></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/>On My Mind...</a></span> If I don’t know you, you can still sign up for an account, but you’ll get no benefit, and will have given your Email address to another random site on the internet....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-11 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">11 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Note on Photos" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=next href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/page/2/>Next »</a></nav></footer></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.com/>On My Mind...</a></span>
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To My Readers&amp;hellip; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&amp;hellip; To My Readers&amp;hellip; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&amp;hellip;
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<description>Near ShangDi November 9, 2007 <description>Near ShangDi November 9, 2007
A very brave woman at work once asked me if she could show me around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of the Lama Temple. A very brave woman at work once asked me if she could show me around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of the Lama Temple.
Morning Meeting November 10, 2007 Morning Meeting November 10, 2007
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<title>Note on Photos</title> <title>Note on Photos</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public. <description>There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public.
http://photos.vollink.com/ http://photos.vollink.com/
If I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, &amp;ldquo;Friends at Work&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Friends at Hotel&amp;rdquo;. If I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, &amp;ldquo;Friends at Work&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Friends at Hotel&amp;rdquo;.
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<title>Double Dragon Gorge</title> <title>Double Dragon Gorge</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>Very Near Shang Di <description>Very Near Shang Di
November 1, 2007 November 1, 2007
There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo;. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up. There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo;. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up.
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<title>My Halloween</title> <title>My Halloween</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>Haidian District <description>Haidian District
October 31, 2007 October 31, 2007
From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the &amp;ldquo;experience&amp;rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn&amp;rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn&amp;rsquo;t been taken as rude&amp;hellip; it&amp;rsquo;s just not easy to express&amp;hellip;</description> From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the &amp;ldquo;experience&amp;rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn&amp;rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn&amp;rsquo;t been taken as rude&amp;hellip; it&amp;rsquo;s just not easy to express&amp;hellip;</description>
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<title>Food Impressions</title> <title>Food Impressions</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>Bread I think of bread as being anywhere between San Fransisco sourdough to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf, split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits; dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really bread at all would be much appreciated in this place of rice and noodles. <description>Bread I think of bread as being anywhere between San Fransisco sourdough to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf, split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits; dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really bread at all would be much appreciated in this place of rice and noodles.
Wait though, it&amp;rsquo;s not that bread doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist. There&amp;rsquo;s a lot of bread here.</description> Wait though, it&amp;rsquo;s not that bread doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist. There&amp;rsquo;s a lot of bread here.</description>
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<title>Great Wall Hike</title> <title>Great Wall Hike</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up &amp;ldquo;in order&amp;rdquo;. <description>For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up &amp;ldquo;in order&amp;rdquo;.
27 October 2007 27 October 2007
North East Beijing Territory North East Beijing Territory
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<title>How Time Does Fly</title> <title>How Time Does Fly</title>
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<description>23 October 2007 <description>23 October 2007
8 Gate Shopping Mall 8 Gate Shopping Mall
So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, &amp;ldquo;Wo You Er&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, &amp;ldquo;Wo You Er&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo;
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<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/photos/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/photos/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/photos/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/photos/</guid>
<description>Check out my photos. Right now there aren&amp;rsquo;t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I&amp;rsquo;m excited about getting a place to share them, so I&amp;rsquo;m posting about it before it&amp;rsquo;s well populated. I promise I&amp;rsquo;ll get more photos out there soon. <description>Check out my photos. Right now there aren&amp;rsquo;t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I&amp;rsquo;m excited about getting a place to share them, so I&amp;rsquo;m posting about it before it&amp;rsquo;s well populated. I promise I&amp;rsquo;ll get more photos out there soon.
Credit Due&amp;hellip; Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.</description> Credit Due&amp;hellip; Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.</description>
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<title>Friday Night Out</title> <title>Friday Night Out</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>October 19 <description>October 19
Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we&amp;rsquo;d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday&amp;rsquo;s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn&amp;rsquo;t very promising, but I promised myself I&amp;rsquo;d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there&amp;rsquo;s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5).</description> Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we&amp;rsquo;d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday&amp;rsquo;s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn&amp;rsquo;t very promising, but I promised myself I&amp;rsquo;d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there&amp;rsquo;s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5).</description>
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<title>A Note To My Readers...(from China)</title> <title>A Note To My Readers...(from China)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>BlogSpot and China BlogSpot and China do not appear to get along very well. This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me. <description>BlogSpot and China BlogSpot and China do not appear to get along very well. This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me.
If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email).</description> If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email).</description>
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<title>Big Night</title> <title>Big Night</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/big-night/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/big-night/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>After work, left with two women from the office who are also from other places and staying at the same hotel. One from Japan the other from Singapore. They also wanted to go shopping, then eat, and I didn&amp;rsquo;t have anything better to do&amp;hellip; <description>After work, left with two women from the office who are also from other places and staying at the same hotel. One from Japan the other from Singapore. They also wanted to go shopping, then eat, and I didn&amp;rsquo;t have anything better to do&amp;hellip;
One Thing I Really Don&amp;rsquo;t Like In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and tries to get ahead of everyone else - it&amp;rsquo;s considered rude, and overall the majority of people will not do that.</description> One Thing I Really Don&amp;rsquo;t Like In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and tries to get ahead of everyone else - it&amp;rsquo;s considered rude, and overall the majority of people will not do that.</description>
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<title>Short Update</title> <title>Short Update</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</guid>
<description>I&amp;rsquo;m pretty much over my jet lag, but I feel like I&amp;rsquo;m getting sick. I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest. I didn&amp;rsquo;t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch. <description>I&amp;rsquo;m pretty much over my jet lag, but I feel like I&amp;rsquo;m getting sick. I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest. I didn&amp;rsquo;t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch.
I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place. They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few English descriptions which helps me a lot.</description> I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place. They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few English descriptions which helps me a lot.</description>
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<title>Getting there is NOT half the fun</title> <title>Getting there is NOT half the fun</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>October 14 <description>October 14
Zhong Guan Cun District, Beijing Zhong Guan Cun District, Beijing
3:50. Really? No, can&amp;rsquo;t be. It feels like I slept all day. Yep, 4:10 AM. Still pitch dark outside. This must be that jet lag people kept warning me about. 3:50. Really? No, can&amp;rsquo;t be. It feels like I slept all day. Yep, 4:10 AM. Still pitch dark outside. This must be that jet lag people kept warning me about.
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<title>Reporting for Duty</title> <title>Reporting for Duty</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/</guid>
<description>Haidan District, Beijing There&amp;rsquo;s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It&amp;rsquo;s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don&amp;rsquo;t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist.</description> <description>Haidan District, Beijing There&amp;rsquo;s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It&amp;rsquo;s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don&amp;rsquo;t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist.</description>
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<title>Welcome To Beijing...</title> <title>Welcome To Beijing...</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/welcome-to-beijing.../</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/welcome-to-beijing.../</guid>
<description>October 13 <description>October 13
Beijing, China Beijing, China
Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of. Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of.
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<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</guid>
<description>October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA <description>October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA
So, I&amp;rsquo;m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun. So, I&amp;rsquo;m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun.
Don&amp;rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn&amp;rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn&amp;rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on.</description> Don&amp;rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn&amp;rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn&amp;rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on.</description>
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November 1, 2007 November 1, 2007
There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a “natural area”. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a “natural area” sure sounded inviting, so I signed up. There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a “natural area”. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a “natural area” sure sounded inviting, so I signed up.
Double Dragon Gorge Somewhere West of Beijing Double Dragon Gorge Somewhere West of Beijing
Saturday, November 3, 2007 Saturday, November 3, 2007
First, it’s a long way away. It took nearly three hours by bus, through mountains (and one unexpected detour due to construction)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-08 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">8 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;9 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Double Dragon Gorge" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>My Halloween</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Haidian District First, it’s a long way away. It took nearly three hours by bus, through mountains (and one unexpected detour due to construction)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-08 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">8 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;9 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Double Dragon Gorge" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>My Halloween</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Haidian District
October 31, 2007 October 31, 2007
From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the “experience” of Halloween. To my mind, this isn’t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn’t been taken as rude… it’s just not easy to express…...</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-04 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">4 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to My Halloween" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Food Impressions</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Bread I think of bread as being anywhere between San Fransisco sourdough to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf, split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits; dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really bread at all would be much appreciated in this place of rice and noodles. From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the “experience” of Halloween. To my mind, this isn’t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn’t been taken as rude… it’s just not easy to express…...</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-11-04 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">4 Nov 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to My Halloween" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Food Impressions</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Bread I think of bread as being anywhere between San Fransisco sourdough to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf, split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits; dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really bread at all would be much appreciated in this place of rice and noodles.
Wait though, it’s not that bread doesn’t exist. There’s a lot of bread here....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-29 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">29 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Food Impressions" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Great Wall Hike</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up “in order”. Wait though, it’s not that bread doesn’t exist. There’s a lot of bread here....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-29 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">29 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Food Impressions" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Great Wall Hike</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up “in order”.
27 October 2007 27 October 2007
North East Beijing Territory North East Beijing Territory
Some people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it’s very strenuous… Some people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it’s very strenuous…
Gubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-28 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">28 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Great Wall Hike" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/>« Prev</a> Gubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-28 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">28 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Great Wall Hike" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/>« Prev</a>
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8 Gate Shopping Mall 8 Gate Shopping Mall
So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, “Wo You Er…” So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, “Wo You Er…”
The kid behind the counter looks at me like I’m an idiot and says, “Yeah, you want two… I get it”, in a perfect ’lost youth’, American accent....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-28 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">28 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to How Time Does Fly" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/how-time-does-fly/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Photos</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Check out my photos. Right now there aren’t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I’m excited about getting a place to share them, so I’m posting about it before it’s well populated. I promise I’ll get more photos out there soon. The kid behind the counter looks at me like I’m an idiot and says, “Yeah, you want two… I get it”, in a perfect ’lost youth’, American accent....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-28 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">28 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to How Time Does Fly" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/how-time-does-fly/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Photos</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Check out my photos. Right now there aren’t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I’m excited about getting a place to share them, so I’m posting about it before it’s well populated. I promise I’ll get more photos out there soon.
Credit Due… Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-23 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">23 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Photos" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/photos/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Friday Night Out</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>October 19 Credit Due… Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-23 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">23 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Photos" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/photos/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Friday Night Out</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>October 19
Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we’d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday’s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn’t very promising, but I promised myself I’d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there’s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-20 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">20 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Friday Night Out" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>A Note To My Readers...(from China)</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>BlogSpot and China BlogSpot and China do not appear to get along very well. This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me. Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we’d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday’s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn’t very promising, but I promised myself I’d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there’s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-20 14:00:00 +0800 +0800">20 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Friday Night Out" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>A Note To My Readers...(from China)</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>BlogSpot and China BlogSpot and China do not appear to get along very well. This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me.
If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-20 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">20 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to A Note To My Readers...(from China)" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/page/2/>« Prev</a> If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-20 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">20 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to A Note To My Readers...(from China)" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/page/2/>« Prev</a>
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One Thing I Really Don’t Like In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and tries to get ahead of everyone else - it’s considered rude, and overall the majority of people will not do that....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-18 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">18 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Big Night" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/big-night/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Short Update</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I’m pretty much over my jet lag, but I feel like I’m getting sick. I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest. I didn’t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch. One Thing I Really Don’t Like In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and tries to get ahead of everyone else - it’s considered rude, and overall the majority of people will not do that....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-18 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">18 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Big Night" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/big-night/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Short Update</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I’m pretty much over my jet lag, but I feel like I’m getting sick. I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest. I didn’t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch.
I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place. They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few English descriptions which helps me a lot....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-18 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">18 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Short Update" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/short-update/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Getting there is NOT half the fun</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>October 14 I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place. They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few English descriptions which helps me a lot....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-18 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">18 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Short Update" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/short-update/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Getting there is NOT half the fun</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>October 14
Zhong Guan Cun District, Beijing Zhong Guan Cun District, Beijing
3:50. Really? No, can’t be. It feels like I slept all day. Yep, 4:10 AM. Still pitch dark outside. This must be that jet lag people kept warning me about. 3:50. Really? No, can’t be. It feels like I slept all day. Yep, 4:10 AM. Still pitch dark outside. This must be that jet lag people kept warning me about.
I’m already unpacked, no chance of going back to sleep. I spend the next 45 minutes watching the end of Karate Kid 2, dubbed in Mandarin, with Chinese sub-titles. I was totally lost until the big dramatic fight scene at the end....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-15 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">15 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Getting there is NOT half the fun" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Reporting for Duty</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Haidan District, Beijing There’s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It’s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don’t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn’t exist....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-15 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">15 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Reporting for Duty" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/page/3/>« Prev</a> I’m already unpacked, no chance of going back to sleep. I spend the next 45 minutes watching the end of Karate Kid 2, dubbed in Mandarin, with Chinese sub-titles. I was totally lost until the big dramatic fight scene at the end....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-15 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">15 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Getting there is NOT half the fun" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Reporting for Duty</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Haidan District, Beijing There’s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It’s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don’t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn’t exist....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-15 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">15 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Reporting for Duty" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/page/3/>« Prev</a>
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Beijing, China Beijing, China
Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of. Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of.
Looking out the windows, it wasn’t possible to see very far. This must be one of the ‘bad’ smog days. Looking out the windows, it wasn’t possible to see very far. This must be one of the ‘bad’ smog days.
I remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to customs. I remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to customs.
My employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing Airport to the Hotel....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-14 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">14 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Welcome To Beijing..." href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/welcome-to-beijing.../></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Getting there is NOT half the fun</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA My employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing Airport to the Hotel....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-14 12:00:00 +0800 +0800">14 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Welcome To Beijing..." href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/welcome-to-beijing.../></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Getting there is NOT half the fun</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA
So, I’m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun. So, I’m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun.
Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn’t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-14 04:00:00 +0800 +0800">14 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Getting there is NOT half the fun" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/page/4/>« Prev</a></nav></footer></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/>On My Mind...</a></span> Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn’t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2007-10-14 04:00:00 +0800 +0800">14 Oct 2007</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Getting there is NOT half the fun" href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/page/4/>« Prev</a></nav></footer></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.com/>On My Mind...</a></span>
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History Since 2009, I have been using a Google product called G Suite, which has since been renamed to Google Apps for Domains, and most recently renamed to Google Workspace. History Since 2009, I have been using a Google product called G Suite, which has since been renamed to Google Apps for Domains, and most recently renamed to Google Workspace.
This service was always free, for me, as I signed up before the free-tier was cancelled in December of 2012. I even bought my wife, Jen, a domain and set is up on G Suite before then (neiher of us could remember which year), as we were just dating at the time....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-28 15:39:33 -0400 -0400">28 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Switching This Blog to Self Hosting" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/switch-to-self-host/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Terminal Colors with Highlight.js</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This is another post where I’m working on Hugo capabilities. This time, though, I’m mostly dealing with expanding highlight.js, which is the highlighting tool used by the PaperMod theme. This service was always free, for me, as I signed up before the free-tier was cancelled in December of 2012. I even bought my wife, Jen, a domain and set is up on G Suite before then (neiher of us could remember which year), as we were just dating at the time....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-28 15:39:33 -0400 -0400">28 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Switching This Blog to Self Hosting" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/switch-to-self-host/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Terminal Colors with Highlight.js</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This is another post where I’m working on Hugo capabilities. This time, though, I’m mostly dealing with expanding highlight.js, which is the highlighting tool used by the PaperMod theme.
Terminal in color This shows my terminal prompt in approximately the colors that I see. Terminal in color This shows my terminal prompt in approximately the colors that I see.
gvollink@javavm [GIT: (✅) master]:0 🏠/src/web/hugo-blog$ The above, in source, has embedded ANSI escape codes. To do this I created a language called terminal for highlight.js and an accompanying PlugIn....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-25 20:45:29 -0400 -0400">25 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Terminal Colors with Highlight.js" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/hugo-term-color/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Test: Using a Docker image to Build This Blog</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I use Docker to run several microservices across my websites. Generally, they are standalone tools and demonstrations, mostly made to teach myself how to get these things done in microservices. gvollink@javavm [GIT: (✅) master]:0 🏠/src/web/hugo-blog$ The above, in source, has embedded ANSI escape codes. To do this I created a language called terminal for highlight.js and an accompanying PlugIn....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-25 20:45:29 -0400 -0400">25 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Terminal Colors with Highlight.js" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/hugo-term-color/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Test: Using a Docker image to Build This Blog</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I use Docker to run several microservices across my websites. Generally, they are standalone tools and demonstrations, mostly made to teach myself how to get these things done in microservices.
I recently came across the concept of utility containers. Up to now, all the containers I run are meant to run all the time, and be easily replaced by spinning up a replacement container. Utility containers, on the other hand, are literally containers that hold the bits needed to process input data into output data, do that process, then exit....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-21 15:34:49 -0400 -0400">21 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Test: Using a Docker image to Build This Blog" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/test-docker-blog/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Trying Hugo</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This is a post where I’m literally doing nothing but testing hugo to see if it will work for what I need. I recently came across the concept of utility containers. Up to now, all the containers I run are meant to run all the time, and be easily replaced by spinning up a replacement container. Utility containers, on the other hand, are literally containers that hold the bits needed to process input data into output data, do that process, then exit....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-21 15:34:49 -0400 -0400">21 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Test: Using a Docker image to Build This Blog" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/test-docker-blog/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Trying Hugo</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This is a post where I’m literally doing nothing but testing hugo to see if it will work for what I need.
Turns out, it works pretty well. Here are some features I’m likely to use. Turns out, it works pretty well. Here are some features I’m likely to use.
Sub With Code Trying a sub-topic Sub With Code Trying a sub-topic
my $test = MyStuff->new(); if ( ! $test ) { printf {*STDERR} "Error.\n"; } Final Thoughts It took me over a week to figure out how to extract what I needed from my old Google blogger account, and now that I’ve done that, I’m … happy enough … with the results....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-16 21:52:30 -0400 -0400">16 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Trying Hugo" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/trying-hugo/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=next href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/2/>Next »</a></nav></footer></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/>On My Mind...</a></span> my $test = MyStuff->new(); if ( ! $test ) { printf {*STDERR} "Error.\n"; } Final Thoughts It took me over a week to figure out how to extract what I needed from my old Google blogger account, and now that I’ve done that, I’m … happy enough … with the results....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2022-05-16 21:52:30 -0400 -0400">16 May 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Trying Hugo" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/trying-hugo/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=next href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/2/>Next »</a></nav></footer></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.com/>On My Mind...</a></span>
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<description>This is another post where I&amp;rsquo;m working on Hugo capabilities. This time, though, I&amp;rsquo;m mostly dealing with expanding highlight.js, which is the highlighting tool used by the PaperMod theme. <description>This is another post where I&amp;rsquo;m working on Hugo capabilities. This time, though, I&amp;rsquo;m mostly dealing with expanding highlight.js, which is the highlighting tool used by the PaperMod theme.
Terminal in color This shows my terminal prompt in approximately the colors that I see. Terminal in color This shows my terminal prompt in approximately the colors that I see.
gvollink@javavm [GIT: (✅) master]:0 🏠/src/web/hugo-blog$ The above, in source, has embedded ANSI escape codes. To do this I created a language called terminal for highlight.js and an accompanying PlugIn.</description> gvollink@javavm [GIT: (✅) master]:0 🏠/src/web/hugo-blog$ The above, in source, has embedded ANSI escape codes. To do this I created a language called terminal for highlight.js and an accompanying PlugIn.</description>
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<title>Test: Using a Docker image to Build This Blog</title> <title>Test: Using a Docker image to Build This Blog</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/test-docker-blog/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/test-docker-blog/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 15:34:49 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 15:34:49 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/test-docker-blog/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/test-docker-blog/</guid>
<description>I use Docker to run several microservices across my websites. Generally, they are standalone tools and demonstrations, mostly made to teach myself how to get these things done in microservices. <description>I use Docker to run several microservices across my websites. Generally, they are standalone tools and demonstrations, mostly made to teach myself how to get these things done in microservices.
I recently came across the concept of utility containers. Up to now, all the containers I run are meant to run all the time, and be easily replaced by spinning up a replacement container. Utility containers, on the other hand, are literally containers that hold the bits needed to process input data into output data, do that process, then exit.</description> I recently came across the concept of utility containers. Up to now, all the containers I run are meant to run all the time, and be easily replaced by spinning up a replacement container. Utility containers, on the other hand, are literally containers that hold the bits needed to process input data into output data, do that process, then exit.</description>
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<title>Trying Hugo</title> <title>Trying Hugo</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/trying-hugo/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/trying-hugo/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 21:52:30 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 21:52:30 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2022/05/trying-hugo/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2022/05/trying-hugo/</guid>
<description>This is a post where I&amp;rsquo;m literally doing nothing but testing hugo to see if it will work for what I need. <description>This is a post where I&amp;rsquo;m literally doing nothing but testing hugo to see if it will work for what I need.
Turns out, it works pretty well. Here are some features I&amp;rsquo;m likely to use. Turns out, it works pretty well. Here are some features I&amp;rsquo;m likely to use.
Sub With Code Trying a sub-topic Sub With Code Trying a sub-topic
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<title>Linux Command Prompt in Color</title> <title>Linux Command Prompt in Color</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2021/11/linux-command-prompt-in-color/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2021/11/linux-command-prompt-in-color/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:21:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2021/11/linux-command-prompt-in-color/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2021/11/linux-command-prompt-in-color/</guid>
<description>In this modern world, basically every terminal is compatible with VT-52 terminal sequences. These includes Windows Terminal (free from Microsoft on the Microsoft Store), Terminal.app (on macOS) and most terminals available under Linux. Further, most of these support emoji and 256 colors. <description>In this modern world, basically every terminal is compatible with VT-52 terminal sequences. These includes Windows Terminal (free from Microsoft on the Microsoft Store), Terminal.app (on macOS) and most terminals available under Linux. Further, most of these support emoji and 256 colors.
Yet, most of the advice out there on how to deal with this suggests hard-coding these escape sequences directly into your prompt. This is great, and probably will work just fine, but I find it to be painful.</description> Yet, most of the advice out there on how to deal with this suggests hard-coding these escape sequences directly into your prompt. This is great, and probably will work just fine, but I find it to be painful.</description>
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<title>[Book] Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon</title> <title>[Book] Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2020/01/of-curses-and-kisses/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2020/01/of-curses-and-kisses/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2020/01/of-curses-and-kisses/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2020/01/of-curses-and-kisses/</guid>
<description>Book cover I usually don&#39;t do the comparative thing, but this one stuck me pretty directly.&amp;nbsp; Imagine the movie Crazy Rich Asians, but teenagers at a boarding school in the mountains outside of Aspen, with a broadly international cast.&amp;nbsp; Main point: pretty much everybody is insanely rich. <description>Book cover I usually don&#39;t do the comparative thing, but this one stuck me pretty directly.&amp;nbsp; Imagine the movie Crazy Rich Asians, but teenagers at a boarding school in the mountains outside of Aspen, with a broadly international cast.&amp;nbsp; Main point: pretty much everybody is insanely rich.
The main character, Jaya Rao, is a princess from an old kingdom of India who is literally there to break someone&#39;s heart.</description> The main character, Jaya Rao, is a princess from an old kingdom of India who is literally there to break someone&#39;s heart.</description>
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<title>Stopping Regular Book Blog</title> <title>Stopping Regular Book Blog</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/10/stopping-regular-book-blog/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/10/stopping-regular-book-blog/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/10/stopping-regular-book-blog/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/10/stopping-regular-book-blog/</guid>
<description>For over a year, I have published a book review every other week, on Wednesday, at noon.&amp;nbsp; Every week in the middle of both summers. <description>For over a year, I have published a book review every other week, on Wednesday, at noon.&amp;nbsp; Every week in the middle of both summers.
Reading for review Reading for review
My wife is a librarian, and when I started this blog, it was partly a way for me to share something about the numerous pre-release books that she and I would get when we went to book events.&amp;nbsp; Also, when I started, doing this was fun, and I figured that if I were any good at it, maybe I would reach other readers.</description> My wife is a librarian, and when I started this blog, it was partly a way for me to share something about the numerous pre-release books that she and I would get when we went to book events.&amp;nbsp; Also, when I started, doing this was fun, and I figured that if I were any good at it, maybe I would reach other readers.</description>
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<title>[Book] The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen</title> <title>[Book] The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/10/the-snow-queen/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/10/the-snow-queen/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:36:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>Title Illustration I read somewhere that the story of Disney&#39;s Frozen was based on this book, so I decided to read and review it for this blog.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I want to be clear that there is almost nothing that the story of Frozen has left in common with this original fairytale, except for a talking reindeer.&amp;nbsp; This is a short read, and I&#39;ve linked to the full text via Project Gutenberg in the book information block below.</description> <description>Title Illustration I read somewhere that the story of Disney&#39;s Frozen was based on this book, so I decided to read and review it for this blog.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I want to be clear that there is almost nothing that the story of Frozen has left in common with this original fairytale, except for a talking reindeer.&amp;nbsp; This is a short read, and I&#39;ve linked to the full text via Project Gutenberg in the book information block below.</description>
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<title>[Book] The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman</title> <title>[Book] The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/09/the-graveyard-book/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/09/the-graveyard-book/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover The Graveyard Book isn&#39;t a horror novel, but it is absolutely goth and macabre. The story follows a boy from 18 months old when his whole family is murdered and he wanders off into the night through his childhood as he is raised in a graveyard by two ghosts and a vampire as guardian (who supplies physical things, like food and clothes).&amp;nbsp; At one point, we meet a werewolf and ghouls as well.</description> <description>Book cover The Graveyard Book isn&#39;t a horror novel, but it is absolutely goth and macabre. The story follows a boy from 18 months old when his whole family is murdered and he wanders off into the night through his childhood as he is raised in a graveyard by two ghosts and a vampire as guardian (who supplies physical things, like food and clothes).&amp;nbsp; At one point, we meet a werewolf and ghouls as well.</description>
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<title>[Book] This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren</title> <title>[Book] This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/09/this-fight-is-our-fight/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/09/this-fight-is-our-fight/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/09/this-fight-is-our-fight/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/09/this-fight-is-our-fight/</guid>
<description>Book Cover Elizabeth Warren is running for president, and pretty much every candidate writes a book prior to running.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s a good way to let folks know where they are coming from, and do so in a long format, unfiltered by the journalist&#39;s desire to pare things down into sound-bites. This book is subtitled: The Battle to Save America&#39;s Middle Class.&amp;nbsp; This is a book about politics, personal history of the author and the economic history of the country along with ample explanation of why the past matters today.</description> <description>Book Cover Elizabeth Warren is running for president, and pretty much every candidate writes a book prior to running.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s a good way to let folks know where they are coming from, and do so in a long format, unfiltered by the journalist&#39;s desire to pare things down into sound-bites. This book is subtitled: The Battle to Save America&#39;s Middle Class.&amp;nbsp; This is a book about politics, personal history of the author and the economic history of the country along with ample explanation of why the past matters today.</description>
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<title>[Book] How To Be A Snow Queen by Mari Schuh</title> <title>[Book] How To Be A Snow Queen by Mari Schuh</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/how-to-be-a-snow-queen/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/how-to-be-a-snow-queen/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/how-to-be-a-snow-queen/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/how-to-be-a-snow-queen/</guid>
<description>Book cover This is a children&#39;s (6 to 10 years) book about leadership, the subtitle is Leadership With Elsa.&amp;nbsp; While recapping the story of Disney&#39;s Frozen, it is a combination of pointing out leadership traits within the story,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;pop-up video&amp;nbsp;style call-outs to movie related facts.&amp;nbsp; Because this is an educational title riding on top of the fictional story of Frozen, it is categorized as a non-fiction book.</description> <description>Book cover This is a children&#39;s (6 to 10 years) book about leadership, the subtitle is Leadership With Elsa.&amp;nbsp; While recapping the story of Disney&#39;s Frozen, it is a combination of pointing out leadership traits within the story,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;pop-up video&amp;nbsp;style call-outs to movie related facts.&amp;nbsp; Because this is an educational title riding on top of the fictional story of Frozen, it is categorized as a non-fiction book.</description>
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<title>[Book] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain</title> <title>[Book] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/</guid>
<description>Book cover This is a book that I&#39;ve known about for most of my life, and Tom Sawyer is a character that I&#39;ve heard referenced through my entire life.&amp;nbsp; A fairly large area of Disney&#39;s Magic Kingdom is dedicated to this book; one of my favorite places to hang out for an hour.&amp;nbsp; Yet, nothing of the story was spoiled for me. <description>Book cover This is a book that I&#39;ve known about for most of my life, and Tom Sawyer is a character that I&#39;ve heard referenced through my entire life.&amp;nbsp; A fairly large area of Disney&#39;s Magic Kingdom is dedicated to this book; one of my favorite places to hang out for an hour.&amp;nbsp; Yet, nothing of the story was spoiled for me.
First and foremost, the &#34;</description> First and foremost, the &#34;</description>
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<title>[Book] Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray</title> <title>[Book] Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/defy-the-fates/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/defy-the-fates/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>Book Cover This is the final book of the Defy the Stars trilogy (start with reviews of book one and two).&amp;nbsp; There are probably mild spoilers for the first and one major spoiler for the second book in this review of book three, so please proceed with that in mind. <description>Book Cover This is the final book of the Defy the Stars trilogy (start with reviews of book one and two).&amp;nbsp; There are probably mild spoilers for the first and one major spoiler for the second book in this review of book three, so please proceed with that in mind.
As I wrote in my review of Defy the Worlds, I do not recommend diving into this book without reading the previous two first.</description> As I wrote in my review of Defy the Worlds, I do not recommend diving into this book without reading the previous two first.</description>
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<title>[Book] Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie</title> <title>[Book] Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/peter-pan/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/peter-pan/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:05:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/08/peter-pan/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/peter-pan/</guid>
<description>Book cover Originally a play, then released in book form as Peter and Wendy, this book is the basis of Disney&#39;s cartoon movie, Peter Pan.&amp;nbsp; The movie is surprisingly faithful to the book with the exception that Disney&#39;s version doesn&#39;t portray deaths that the book does. <description>Book cover Originally a play, then released in book form as Peter and Wendy, this book is the basis of Disney&#39;s cartoon movie, Peter Pan.&amp;nbsp; The movie is surprisingly faithful to the book with the exception that Disney&#39;s version doesn&#39;t portray deaths that the book does.
Problematic doesn&#39;t begin to describe this experience.&amp;nbsp; Like a lot of classic literature, defenders will point out that this is a product of its time.</description> Problematic doesn&#39;t begin to describe this experience.&amp;nbsp; Like a lot of classic literature, defenders will point out that this is a product of its time.</description>
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<title>[Book] Every Tool&#39;s A Hammer by Adam Savage</title> <title>[Book] Every Tool&#39;s A Hammer by Adam Savage</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/every-tool-s-a-hammer/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/every-tool-s-a-hammer/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/every-tool-s-a-hammer/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/every-tool-s-a-hammer/</guid>
<description>Book Cover Subtitled, Life is What You Make It, this is a book about making things.&amp;nbsp; It has many, many other components though.&amp;nbsp; It is partly a memoir of the author&#39;s career.&amp;nbsp; It is partly a book about management, especially the end of Chapter 4 which covers delegation and the importance of communication.&amp;nbsp; It is also very instructional, in that it prescriptively lays out a number of best practices for making, along with illustrative stories of why these practices are so important.</description> <description>Book Cover Subtitled, Life is What You Make It, this is a book about making things.&amp;nbsp; It has many, many other components though.&amp;nbsp; It is partly a memoir of the author&#39;s career.&amp;nbsp; It is partly a book about management, especially the end of Chapter 4 which covers delegation and the importance of communication.&amp;nbsp; It is also very instructional, in that it prescriptively lays out a number of best practices for making, along with illustrative stories of why these practices are so important.</description>
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<title>[Book] Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray</title> <title>[Book] Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/master-and-apprentice/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/master-and-apprentice/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/master-and-apprentice/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/master-and-apprentice/</guid>
<description>Book cover Set before the first prequel movie, this book follows Jedi Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, and his Jedi Apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, on a diplomatic mission set forth by the Jedi council.&amp;nbsp; They are sent to a planet, Pijal, that we haven&#39;t seen before, which really is a great way to see the author&#39;s creativity. We are presented with a wide array of new characters on this new world, like the Jedi Rael Averross, who has been the regent of Pijal for the last 8 years, and the escaped slave Rahara Wick.</description> <description>Book cover Set before the first prequel movie, this book follows Jedi Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, and his Jedi Apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, on a diplomatic mission set forth by the Jedi council.&amp;nbsp; They are sent to a planet, Pijal, that we haven&#39;t seen before, which really is a great way to see the author&#39;s creativity. We are presented with a wide array of new characters on this new world, like the Jedi Rael Averross, who has been the regent of Pijal for the last 8 years, and the escaped slave Rahara Wick.</description>
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<title>[Book] Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson</title> <title>[Book] Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/treasure-island/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/treasure-island/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/treasure-island/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/treasure-island/</guid>
<description>Book Cover Every once in a while, I try to get in a review of a classic.&amp;nbsp; Something that some of my readers are likely to have read themselves.&amp;nbsp; I do this, mostly, to help readers calibrate my taste...&amp;nbsp; That is, it seems likely enough that some readers are likely to disagree with everything I like, and might find it compelling to read a book that I really didn&#39;t like.</description> <description>Book Cover Every once in a while, I try to get in a review of a classic.&amp;nbsp; Something that some of my readers are likely to have read themselves.&amp;nbsp; I do this, mostly, to help readers calibrate my taste...&amp;nbsp; That is, it seems likely enough that some readers are likely to disagree with everything I like, and might find it compelling to read a book that I really didn&#39;t like.</description>
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<title>[Book] Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor</title> <title>[Book] Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/binti-trilogy/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/binti-trilogy/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/07/binti-trilogy/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/binti-trilogy/</guid>
<description>Book cover This short book (novella) is the first in the trilogy.&amp;nbsp; Binti is the name of the main character.&amp;nbsp; This book starts on a distant future (unspecified timeline) Earth where humans are now space-faring, and alien races are known. <description>Book cover This short book (novella) is the first in the trilogy.&amp;nbsp; Binti is the name of the main character.&amp;nbsp; This book starts on a distant future (unspecified timeline) Earth where humans are now space-faring, and alien races are known.
There is a lot to unpack in the world-building and the world is built along with the story.&amp;nbsp; Each chapter is unusually episodic, in that some small part of the last scene of a previous chapter will be often be repeated at the beginning of the next.</description> There is a lot to unpack in the world-building and the world is built along with the story.&amp;nbsp; Each chapter is unusually episodic, in that some small part of the last scene of a previous chapter will be often be repeated at the beginning of the next.</description>
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<title>[Book] Defy The Worlds by Claudia Gray</title> <title>[Book] Defy The Worlds by Claudia Gray</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/06/defy-the-worlds/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/06/defy-the-worlds/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover This is book 2 of the Defy the Stars trilogy.&amp;nbsp; I recommend first reading my review of Defy the Stars before diving headlong into this review.&amp;nbsp; Also, there may be mild spoilers of the first book in this review.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m not sure that can be helped. <description>Book cover This is book 2 of the Defy the Stars trilogy.&amp;nbsp; I recommend first reading my review of Defy the Stars before diving headlong into this review.&amp;nbsp; Also, there may be mild spoilers of the first book in this review.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m not sure that can be helped.
I recommend not reading Defy The Worlds until Defy The Stars has already been read.&amp;nbsp; Like most sequels, this book could stand-alone, but there is not as much exposition and recap as I&#39;m used to reading in sequels.</description> I recommend not reading Defy The Worlds until Defy The Stars has already been read.&amp;nbsp; Like most sequels, this book could stand-alone, but there is not as much exposition and recap as I&#39;m used to reading in sequels.</description>
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<title>[Book] The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King</title> <title>[Book] The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/06/the-good-neighbor/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/06/the-good-neighbor/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/06/the-good-neighbor/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/06/the-good-neighbor/</guid>
<description>Book cover Subtitled, The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, this is a biography of a man that most Americans over 30 grew up watching as children on Mister Rogers&#39; Neighborhood, which is a show that ran on US public television stations (PBS) for 31 years (1968-2001). <description>Book cover Subtitled, The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, this is a biography of a man that most Americans over 30 grew up watching as children on Mister Rogers&#39; Neighborhood, which is a show that ran on US public television stations (PBS) for 31 years (1968-2001).
I cannot review this book without noting that Fred Rogers means a lot to me, as I watched his show regularly for many years.</description> I cannot review this book without noting that Fred Rogers means a lot to me, as I watched his show regularly for many years.</description>
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<title>[Book] Defy The Stars by Claudia Gray</title> <title>[Book] Defy The Stars by Claudia Gray</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/05/defy-the-stars/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/05/defy-the-stars/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/05/defy-the-stars/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/05/defy-the-stars/</guid>
<description>This is book one of a three book series (the third book came out earlier this month), and since I&#39;ve already had good reviews of two other books by this author, I decided to pick up this series as well to see what she had done outside of the Star Wars universe. <description>This is book one of a three book series (the third book came out earlier this month), and since I&#39;ve already had good reviews of two other books by this author, I decided to pick up this series as well to see what she had done outside of the Star Wars universe.
Book cover Through a ring of stabilized wormholes, large enough for whole ships to pass through, Earth expanded to five other planets.</description> Book cover Through a ring of stabilized wormholes, large enough for whole ships to pass through, Earth expanded to five other planets.</description>
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<title>[Book] Maid by Stephanie Land</title> <title>[Book] Maid by Stephanie Land</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/05/maid/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/05/maid/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/05/maid/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/05/maid/</guid>
<description>Book cover Start from one mistake, one that is tragically common - becoming a parent a little to young.&amp;nbsp; From that point, almost everything that can go wrong in someone&#39;s life while still making the best possible choice for the circumstance is laid out in the first four chapters of this book.&amp;nbsp; This beginning is a treatise on despair and government anti-poverty programs. <description>Book cover Start from one mistake, one that is tragically common - becoming a parent a little to young.&amp;nbsp; From that point, almost everything that can go wrong in someone&#39;s life while still making the best possible choice for the circumstance is laid out in the first four chapters of this book.&amp;nbsp; This beginning is a treatise on despair and government anti-poverty programs.
The arc doesn&#39;t exactly get better from there, but it starts to be framed in a way that shows gratitude for the things that haven&#39;t gone completely wrong, though things do continue to go wrong.</description> The arc doesn&#39;t exactly get better from there, but it starts to be framed in a way that shows gratitude for the things that haven&#39;t gone completely wrong, though things do continue to go wrong.</description>
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<title>[Book] Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik</title> <title>[Book] Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/05/spinning-silver/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/05/spinning-silver/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 17:48:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 17:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/05/spinning-silver/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/05/spinning-silver/</guid>
<description>Book cover This is the second book that I&#39;ve reviewed by Naomi Novik, the first was&amp;nbsp;Uprooted.&amp;nbsp; At a high level, there are some parallels between these books, but they are definitely different worlds.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s a quick overview of the setting: <description>Book cover This is the second book that I&#39;ve reviewed by Naomi Novik, the first was&amp;nbsp;Uprooted.&amp;nbsp; At a high level, there are some parallels between these books, but they are definitely different worlds.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s a quick overview of the setting:
A Jewish girl of about 16 named Miryam lives in a medieval small unwalled town with the name of either Pakel or Pavys, but the residents simply called it town which is a third of the way between two larger cities in the Kingdom of Lithvas.</description> A Jewish girl of about 16 named Miryam lives in a medieval small unwalled town with the name of either Pakel or Pavys, but the residents simply called it town which is a third of the way between two larger cities in the Kingdom of Lithvas.</description>
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<title>[Book] Predators Gold by Philip Reeve</title> <title>[Book] Predators Gold by Philip Reeve</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/04/predators-gold/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/04/predators-gold/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:26:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/04/predators-gold/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/04/predators-gold/</guid>
<description>Book cover This is book 2 of the Mortal Engines Quartet.&amp;nbsp; For convenience, here is a link to my review of book 1, Mortal Engines, which I posted a month ago. <description>Book cover This is book 2 of the Mortal Engines Quartet.&amp;nbsp; For convenience, here is a link to my review of book 1, Mortal Engines, which I posted a month ago.
I&#39;m going to start this review with a note about a changed name.&amp;nbsp; The books were originally released in the UK with a character named Shrike.&amp;nbsp; For the initial US release of the books, that character was renamed to Grike.</description> I&#39;m going to start this review with a note about a changed name.&amp;nbsp; The books were originally released in the UK with a character named Shrike.&amp;nbsp; For the initial US release of the books, that character was renamed to Grike.</description>
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<title>[Book] Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace</title> <title>[Book] Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/04/creativity-inc/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/04/creativity-inc/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/04/creativity-inc/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/04/creativity-inc/</guid>
<description>Book cover This is a different kind of book about business management.&amp;nbsp; This book is not about success, at least not an initial success.&amp;nbsp; Instead, this book is about continuing to succeed after that initial success.&amp;nbsp; It does this by talking very candidly about narrowly averting complete failure. <description>Book cover This is a different kind of book about business management.&amp;nbsp; This book is not about success, at least not an initial success.&amp;nbsp; Instead, this book is about continuing to succeed after that initial success.&amp;nbsp; It does this by talking very candidly about narrowly averting complete failure.
The very beginning of this book does capture the early history of Pixar up through the release and success of Toy Story.</description> The very beginning of this book does capture the early history of Pixar up through the release and success of Toy Story.</description>
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<title>Fixing the Broken</title> <title>Fixing the Broken</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/fixing-the-broken/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/fixing-the-broken/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/fixing-the-broken/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/fixing-the-broken/</guid>
<description>I was reading my twitter feed, when I stumbled upon this: <description>I was reading my twitter feed, when I stumbled upon this:
If a process is broken throw it in the trash and start over. Nothing is set in stone. The simplicity of the tweet is absolutely true.&amp;nbsp; It totally reminded me of a problem I&#39;ve seen multiple times though.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The process is rarely the difficult part of fixing a problem. If a process is broken throw it in the trash and start over. Nothing is set in stone. The simplicity of the tweet is absolutely true.&amp;nbsp; It totally reminded me of a problem I&#39;ve seen multiple times though.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The process is rarely the difficult part of fixing a problem.
A long time ago, when I was a team lead, the group I worked with had an automated build system that was extremely complicated, built entirely in-house, and didn&#39;t follow the conventions of any of the standard build-systems that exist.</description> A long time ago, when I was a team lead, the group I worked with had an automated build system that was extremely complicated, built entirely in-house, and didn&#39;t follow the conventions of any of the standard build-systems that exist.</description>
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<title>[Book] Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve</title> <title>[Book] Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/mortal-engines/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/mortal-engines/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/mortal-engines/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/mortal-engines/</guid>
<description>Book cover Over a thousand years before the book&#39;s present, there was a war that effectively destroyed all of society.&amp;nbsp; Picking up the pieces of the technology that was left behind, London was put onto treads, run by steam, so that it find and consume other towns for resources and, ultimately, more fuel to keep moving. <description>Book cover Over a thousand years before the book&#39;s present, there was a war that effectively destroyed all of society.&amp;nbsp; Picking up the pieces of the technology that was left behind, London was put onto treads, run by steam, so that it find and consume other towns for resources and, ultimately, more fuel to keep moving.
Over time, other towns and cities did the same, while another group, called the Anti-Traction League, created a defensive wall across the only pass in a mountain range to keep these traction cities at bay on the other side.</description> Over time, other towns and cities did the same, while another group, called the Anti-Traction League, created a defensive wall across the only pass in a mountain range to keep these traction cities at bay on the other side.</description>
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<title>[Movie] Won&#39;t You Be My Neighbor (2018)</title> <title>[Movie] Won&#39;t You Be My Neighbor (2018)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/movie-won-t-you-be-my-neighbor-2018/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/movie-won-t-you-be-my-neighbor-2018/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/movie-won-t-you-be-my-neighbor-2018/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/movie-won-t-you-be-my-neighbor-2018/</guid>
<description>Movie poster This is a documentary film about Fred McFeely Rogers, who was on a popular children&#39;s program called Mister Rogers&#39; Neighborhood from 1968 through 2001.&amp;nbsp; The movie starts his career with a children&#39;s show that he produced before Neighborhood, the Children&#39;s Corner, though skips his earliest work for NBC. <description>Movie poster This is a documentary film about Fred McFeely Rogers, who was on a popular children&#39;s program called Mister Rogers&#39; Neighborhood from 1968 through 2001.&amp;nbsp; The movie starts his career with a children&#39;s show that he produced before Neighborhood, the Children&#39;s Corner, though skips his earliest work for NBC.
Won&#39;t you be my neighbor is a very well paced, carefully timed, and beautifully edited documentary.</description> Won&#39;t you be my neighbor is a very well paced, carefully timed, and beautifully edited documentary.</description>
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<title>Managing Difficult Problems</title> <title>Managing Difficult Problems</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/managing-difficult-problems/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/managing-difficult-problems/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/managing-difficult-problems/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/managing-difficult-problems/</guid>
<description>I can no longer count the number of times that I&#39;ve been able to re-invigorate a problem investigation, even if I have zero visibility on the actual problem.&amp;nbsp; This takes some self-discipline that doesn&#39;t come easy, especially during an urgent investigation. <description>I can no longer count the number of times that I&#39;ve been able to re-invigorate a problem investigation, even if I have zero visibility on the actual problem.&amp;nbsp; This takes some self-discipline that doesn&#39;t come easy, especially during an urgent investigation.
Here&#39;s that one weird trick:I do the depth of reading myself.&amp;nbsp; If I see multiple threads, I&#39;ll read all of them.&amp;nbsp; Then I will write as short a summary of all of the facts that I can.</description> Here&#39;s that one weird trick:I do the depth of reading myself.&amp;nbsp; If I see multiple threads, I&#39;ll read all of them.&amp;nbsp; Then I will write as short a summary of all of the facts that I can.</description>
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<title>[Book] Fear by Bob Woodward</title> <title>[Book] Fear by Bob Woodward</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/fear/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/fear/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/fear/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/fear/</guid>
<description>Book cover I haven&#39;t been sleeping well.&amp;nbsp; A good friend of mine suggested that my reading this book may be one of the reasons.&amp;nbsp; I can&#39;t dispute that directly.&amp;nbsp; As I write this, right before New Year&#39;s 2018, I&#39;m actively looking for employment, and that is stressful, but this book definitely hasn&#39;t helped. <description>Book cover I haven&#39;t been sleeping well.&amp;nbsp; A good friend of mine suggested that my reading this book may be one of the reasons.&amp;nbsp; I can&#39;t dispute that directly.&amp;nbsp; As I write this, right before New Year&#39;s 2018, I&#39;m actively looking for employment, and that is stressful, but this book definitely hasn&#39;t helped.
Subtitled Trump in the White House, Fear is about the presidency of Donald Trump and written by the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.</description> Subtitled Trump in the White House, Fear is about the presidency of Donald Trump and written by the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.</description>
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<title>Book Reviews Introduction Page</title> <title>Book Reviews Introduction Page</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/book-reviews-introduction-page/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/book-reviews-introduction-page/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/03/book-reviews-introduction-page/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/03/book-reviews-introduction-page/</guid>
<description>I put up a book review introduction page: <description>I put up a book review introduction page:
https://blog.vollink.com/p/book-review-introduction.html </description> https://blog.vollink.com/p/book-review-introduction.html </description>
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<title>[Book] Catch-22 by Joseph Heller</title> <title>[Book] Catch-22 by Joseph Heller</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/02/catch-22/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/02/catch-22/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/02/catch-22/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/02/catch-22/</guid>
<description>Book Cover This is a different form than my normal reviews.&amp;nbsp; I usually don&#39;t go back to old books to add to my reviews, but this is a touch-stone.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s a book that a LOT of folks have read, and I hope it might help someone who also read this book tune in on where I&#39;m coming from.&amp;nbsp; I read this book several years ago, and though I flipped through it to refresh my mind for this entry, I didn&#39;t just read it again in full.</description> <description>Book Cover This is a different form than my normal reviews.&amp;nbsp; I usually don&#39;t go back to old books to add to my reviews, but this is a touch-stone.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s a book that a LOT of folks have read, and I hope it might help someone who also read this book tune in on where I&#39;m coming from.&amp;nbsp; I read this book several years ago, and though I flipped through it to refresh my mind for this entry, I didn&#39;t just read it again in full.</description>
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<title>[Book] Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu</title> <title>[Book] Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/02/ball-lightning/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/02/ball-lightning/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:14:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/02/ball-lightning/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/02/ball-lightning/</guid>
<description>Book cover I have a fairly particular view of science-fiction and how it is different from fantasy.&amp;nbsp; The fantastic element in science fiction is usually both a catalyst for the story itself as well as a way to explore the reactionary side of society.&amp;nbsp; Where in fantasy, the fantastic element is simply present.&amp;nbsp; Used as a tool, maybe even explored in depth, but isn&#39;t the main goal.</description> <description>Book cover I have a fairly particular view of science-fiction and how it is different from fantasy.&amp;nbsp; The fantastic element in science fiction is usually both a catalyst for the story itself as well as a way to explore the reactionary side of society.&amp;nbsp; Where in fantasy, the fantastic element is simply present.&amp;nbsp; Used as a tool, maybe even explored in depth, but isn&#39;t the main goal.</description>
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<title>[Comic] Darth Vader 1-25 by Charles Soule, art: Giuseppe Camuncoli</title> <title>[Comic] Darth Vader 1-25 by Charles Soule, art: Giuseppe Camuncoli</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/01/comic-darth-vader-1-25-by-charles-soule-art-giuseppe-camuncoli/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/01/comic-darth-vader-1-25-by-charles-soule-art-giuseppe-camuncoli/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/01/comic-darth-vader-1-25-by-charles-soule-art-giuseppe-camuncoli/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/01/comic-darth-vader-1-25-by-charles-soule-art-giuseppe-camuncoli/</guid>
<description>Issue 1 cover If you read my review of the book, Oracle Year, I mentioned that Charles Soule writes for comic books, this is one of them that I&#39;ve kept up on, and have read from start to finish, as this run ends at #25, though Charles Soule will have more to write for Marvel in the Star Wars world. <description>Issue 1 cover If you read my review of the book, Oracle Year, I mentioned that Charles Soule writes for comic books, this is one of them that I&#39;ve kept up on, and have read from start to finish, as this run ends at #25, though Charles Soule will have more to write for Marvel in the Star Wars world.
This series starts moments after the end of Star Wars episode 3, Revenge of the Sith, and tells the story of both Darth Vader becoming the Dark Jedi Master under Palpatine, but also tells of the growth of the Empire during that time.</description> This series starts moments after the end of Star Wars episode 3, Revenge of the Sith, and tells the story of both Darth Vader becoming the Dark Jedi Master under Palpatine, but also tells of the growth of the Empire during that time.</description>
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<title>Book Review Feedback Request</title> <title>Book Review Feedback Request</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/01/book-review-feedback-request/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/01/book-review-feedback-request/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>I have gone through and updated tags on all existing and future book reviews, with the hope they may be easier to find in the future. <description>I have gone through and updated tags on all existing and future book reviews, with the hope they may be easier to find in the future.
First, all book reviews (even short ones) now include the tag book-reviews.&amp;nbsp; That is, if I&#39;m telling you what I think about a book, it is a book review.&amp;nbsp; There are also short-book-reviews&amp;nbsp;on some. First, all book reviews (even short ones) now include the tag book-reviews.&amp;nbsp; That is, if I&#39;m telling you what I think about a book, it is a book review.&amp;nbsp; There are also short-book-reviews&amp;nbsp;on some.
If my general impression of a book is that I enjoyed it, I&#39;ve included the tag,&amp;nbsp;recommend.</description> If my general impression of a book is that I enjoyed it, I&#39;ve included the tag,&amp;nbsp;recommend.</description>
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<title>[Book] Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford</title> <title>[Book] Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2019/01/hotel-on-the-corner-of-bitter-and-sweet/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/01/hotel-on-the-corner-of-bitter-and-sweet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover Seems an appropriate way to start off the first book review of 2019 with a book that came out in 2009.&amp;nbsp; On top of that, it&#39;s a book that I really, really enjoyed reading. <description>Book cover Seems an appropriate way to start off the first book review of 2019 with a book that came out in 2009.&amp;nbsp; On top of that, it&#39;s a book that I really, really enjoyed reading.
This book follows the protagonist, Henry Lee both as a 13 year old in 1943, and an adult in 1986.&amp;nbsp; If you have been reading my reviews for a while, you&#39;ll note that I get picky when time starts jumping around, and I&#39;m really happy to say that this book gets this simple detail absolutely right: Every chapter title includes the year.</description> This book follows the protagonist, Henry Lee both as a 13 year old in 1943, and an adult in 1986.&amp;nbsp; If you have been reading my reviews for a while, you&#39;ll note that I get picky when time starts jumping around, and I&#39;m really happy to say that this book gets this simple detail absolutely right: Every chapter title includes the year.</description>
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<title>[Book] Euphemania by Ralph Keyes</title> <title>[Book] Euphemania by Ralph Keyes</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/12/euphemania/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/12/euphemania/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/12/euphemania/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/12/euphemania/</guid>
<description>Book Cover I love puns, and this is a book about the grandfather of puns... the good ole euphemism.&amp;nbsp; This book moves smoothly from subject to subject bringing up lots of history.&amp;nbsp; It is sometimes funny, but it doesn&#39;t overplay.&amp;nbsp; Overall, it&#39;s a pretty serious book about the very human desire to avoid talking directly about certain subjects. <description>Book Cover I love puns, and this is a book about the grandfather of puns... the good ole euphemism.&amp;nbsp; This book moves smoothly from subject to subject bringing up lots of history.&amp;nbsp; It is sometimes funny, but it doesn&#39;t overplay.&amp;nbsp; Overall, it&#39;s a pretty serious book about the very human desire to avoid talking directly about certain subjects.
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Mincing Words Mincing Words
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<title>[Book] There There by Tommy Orange</title> <title>[Book] There There by Tommy Orange</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/12/there-there/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/12/there-there/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover I will start by noting that this book started slow for me.&amp;nbsp; It took me over two weeks to read the prologue up through the fourth chapter.&amp;nbsp; Once I passed that, I read the next 80% of the book in two days finishing on a third. <description>Book cover I will start by noting that this book started slow for me.&amp;nbsp; It took me over two weeks to read the prologue up through the fourth chapter.&amp;nbsp; Once I passed that, I read the next 80% of the book in two days finishing on a third.
Every character in this book is a Native American either from or converging on Oakland California.&amp;nbsp; There is a lot of exploration, especially among the young characters, of what it means to be Native in the city.</description> Every character in this book is a Native American either from or converging on Oakland California.&amp;nbsp; There is a lot of exploration, especially among the young characters, of what it means to be Native in the city.</description>
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<title>[Book] I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney</title> <title>[Book] I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/i-am-not-famous-anymore/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/i-am-not-famous-anymore/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:15:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/i-am-not-famous-anymore/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/i-am-not-famous-anymore/</guid>
<description>Subtitled, Poems after Shia LaBeouf, this is a short volume of erasure poems lifted from interviews with Shia LaBeouf.&amp;nbsp; Before this book, I had only seen erasure poetry in poster or postcard format.&amp;nbsp; Kitch, at it&#39;s best.&amp;nbsp; Also, I have very little patience for poetry.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;ve read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and never completely read any of the song-poems that are scattered throughout those volumes. All of this leaves me quite surprised that I really enjoyed this book.</description> <description>Subtitled, Poems after Shia LaBeouf, this is a short volume of erasure poems lifted from interviews with Shia LaBeouf.&amp;nbsp; Before this book, I had only seen erasure poetry in poster or postcard format.&amp;nbsp; Kitch, at it&#39;s best.&amp;nbsp; Also, I have very little patience for poetry.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;ve read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and never completely read any of the song-poems that are scattered throughout those volumes. All of this leaves me quite surprised that I really enjoyed this book.</description>
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<title>[Book] A Guile of Dragons by James Enge</title> <title>[Book] A Guile of Dragons by James Enge</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/a-guile-of-dragons/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/a-guile-of-dragons/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover The book starts in a very promising place.&amp;nbsp; It offers a map.&amp;nbsp; All of my favorite fantasy novels have included a map, and this leaves me excited for a tale with some traveling.&amp;nbsp; The first very short chapter introduces some world building back-story, a short story about gods.&amp;nbsp; Then, on page 19 (or the third page of story) the novel lands in a fantasy space that I find very overused and tired.</description> <description>Book cover The book starts in a very promising place.&amp;nbsp; It offers a map.&amp;nbsp; All of my favorite fantasy novels have included a map, and this leaves me excited for a tale with some traveling.&amp;nbsp; The first very short chapter introduces some world building back-story, a short story about gods.&amp;nbsp; Then, on page 19 (or the third page of story) the novel lands in a fantasy space that I find very overused and tired.</description>
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<title>Google Cardboard is a Terrible Experience</title> <title>Google Cardboard is a Terrible Experience</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/google-cardboard-is-a-terrible-experience/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/google-cardboard-is-a-terrible-experience/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/google-cardboard-is-a-terrible-experience/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/google-cardboard-is-a-terrible-experience/</guid>
<description>Every time I ever try to do anything with Google cardboard - apart from the demo itself - the entire thing is a horrible experience. <description>Every time I ever try to do anything with Google cardboard - apart from the demo itself - the entire thing is a horrible experience.
Take something that seems like it should be relatively common: VR video.&amp;nbsp; Go into cardboard (the app), request the VR video channel.&amp;nbsp; Find a video.&amp;nbsp; Start that video.&amp;nbsp; THEN hit the cardboard icon that will put it into cardboard mode.&amp;nbsp; Then pause it.&amp;nbsp; Put my phone into the cardboard-compatible viewer and hope it doesn&#39;t touch anything on the way in.</description> Take something that seems like it should be relatively common: VR video.&amp;nbsp; Go into cardboard (the app), request the VR video channel.&amp;nbsp; Find a video.&amp;nbsp; Start that video.&amp;nbsp; THEN hit the cardboard icon that will put it into cardboard mode.&amp;nbsp; Then pause it.&amp;nbsp; Put my phone into the cardboard-compatible viewer and hope it doesn&#39;t touch anything on the way in.</description>
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<title>[Book] David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones</title> <title>[Book] David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/</guid>
<description>Book sleeve cover The author of this book took a huge amount of time to collect together statements and interviews from a vast array of people who knew or in some cases even briefly met David Bowie.&amp;nbsp; Jarringly, there are places where David Bowie&#39;s own statements are included.&amp;nbsp; All of these vignettes are presented each in whole, collected into chapters into an approximate order as to when the main point of each vignette happened.</description> <description>Book sleeve cover The author of this book took a huge amount of time to collect together statements and interviews from a vast array of people who knew or in some cases even briefly met David Bowie.&amp;nbsp; Jarringly, there are places where David Bowie&#39;s own statements are included.&amp;nbsp; All of these vignettes are presented each in whole, collected into chapters into an approximate order as to when the main point of each vignette happened.</description>
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<title>[Tech] Web Server Notes</title> <title>[Tech] Web Server Notes</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/tech-web-server-notes/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/tech-web-server-notes/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>This is a link to my notes on how I run my web servers at home, hosted on my home servers. https://www.home.vollink.com/gary/setup.html </description> <description>This is a link to my notes on how I run my web servers at home, hosted on my home servers. https://www.home.vollink.com/gary/setup.html </description>
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<title>Next Career Move</title> <title>Next Career Move</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/next-career-move/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/next-career-move/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/next-career-move/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/next-career-move/</guid>
<description>The company I work(ed) for has been planning a division sell-off for most of the year.&amp;nbsp; Weeks after that division spin-off into Private Equity, I was notified that my last day will be 29 October.&amp;nbsp; The last time I was laid-off, it was similarly driven by a corporate action.&amp;nbsp; Upper management had been talking about a flatter organization, and cutting out management levels, so I was well prepared mentally.&amp;nbsp; I actually expected that I would take it much worse than I did.</description> <description>The company I work(ed) for has been planning a division sell-off for most of the year.&amp;nbsp; Weeks after that division spin-off into Private Equity, I was notified that my last day will be 29 October.&amp;nbsp; The last time I was laid-off, it was similarly driven by a corporate action.&amp;nbsp; Upper management had been talking about a flatter organization, and cutting out management levels, so I was well prepared mentally.&amp;nbsp; I actually expected that I would take it much worse than I did.</description>
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<title>[Book] Bloodline by Claudia Gray</title> <title>[Book] Bloodline by Claudia Gray</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/bloodline/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/bloodline/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:38:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/bloodline/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/bloodline/</guid>
<description>Book cover I realize that I&#39;ve read and reviewed a lot of books that I don&#39;t really like.&amp;nbsp; This review isn&#39;t that.&amp;nbsp; I liked the book, Leia; Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray so much that when I found out she had another book in the Star Wars universe, I bought it right away.&amp;nbsp;I really like to keep these reviews spoiler-free, and if I really enjoy a book, I actually have a much harder time writing about it, because - well - everything I enjoy about a book seems like a possible spoiler.</description> <description>Book cover I realize that I&#39;ve read and reviewed a lot of books that I don&#39;t really like.&amp;nbsp; This review isn&#39;t that.&amp;nbsp; I liked the book, Leia; Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray so much that when I found out she had another book in the Star Wars universe, I bought it right away.&amp;nbsp;I really like to keep these reviews spoiler-free, and if I really enjoy a book, I actually have a much harder time writing about it, because - well - everything I enjoy about a book seems like a possible spoiler.</description>
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<title>[Book Spoiled] North American Lake Monsters</title> <title>[Book Spoiled] North American Lake Monsters</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/book-spoiled-north-american-lake-monsters/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/book-spoiled-north-american-lake-monsters/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/book-spoiled-north-american-lake-monsters/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/book-spoiled-north-american-lake-monsters/</guid>
<description>The book, North American Lake Monsters, is a collection of short stories that I reviewed here.&amp;nbsp; Read that first, without it, this will have little context. <description>The book, North American Lake Monsters, is a collection of short stories that I reviewed here.&amp;nbsp; Read that first, without it, this will have little context.
Seriously, the following is absolutely full of spoilers, and I don&#39;t want to hear about it.&amp;nbsp; Well, for the stories that I actually like, I still try to keep them a little spoiler free, but the first story ... that one I lay out ALL the main points.</description> Seriously, the following is absolutely full of spoilers, and I don&#39;t want to hear about it.&amp;nbsp; Well, for the stories that I actually like, I still try to keep them a little spoiler free, but the first story ... that one I lay out ALL the main points.</description>
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<title>[Book] North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud</title> <title>[Book] North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/north-american-lake-monsters/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/north-american-lake-monsters/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/north-american-lake-monsters/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/north-american-lake-monsters/</guid>
<description>Book cover North American Lake Monsters is a collection of short horror or at least suspense stories.&amp;nbsp; One short, The Monsters of Heaven,&amp;nbsp;won the Shirley Jackson Award, and this book is on its third printing. <description>Book cover North American Lake Monsters is a collection of short horror or at least suspense stories.&amp;nbsp; One short, The Monsters of Heaven,&amp;nbsp;won the Shirley Jackson Award, and this book is on its third printing.
Several of the stories introduce a monster, but the monster itself is inactive ... in one case, already dead, leaving these stories to be more about the evil we bring with us where the monster is just a catalyst or even excuse for some all-too-human transition into bad behavior.</description> Several of the stories introduce a monster, but the monster itself is inactive ... in one case, already dead, leaving these stories to be more about the evil we bring with us where the monster is just a catalyst or even excuse for some all-too-human transition into bad behavior.</description>
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<title>[Book] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson</title> <title>[Book] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/</guid>
<description>Book cover Since this is a non-fiction and educational book, I&#39;m not going to worry about inadvertent spoilers as I usually do with fictional, or even narrative true-stories.&amp;nbsp; This book does have a narrative flow, better that a lot of the fiction books I&#39;ve already reviewed, but it is the narrative flow of a documentary, moving from subject to subject, building knowledge. <description>Book cover Since this is a non-fiction and educational book, I&#39;m not going to worry about inadvertent spoilers as I usually do with fictional, or even narrative true-stories.&amp;nbsp; This book does have a narrative flow, better that a lot of the fiction books I&#39;ve already reviewed, but it is the narrative flow of a documentary, moving from subject to subject, building knowledge.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the top science communicators alive today.</description> Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the top science communicators alive today.</description>
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<title>[Tech/PC] VirtualBox, Windows 7 and a new CPU</title> <title>[Tech/PC] VirtualBox, Windows 7 and a new CPU</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/tech-pc-virtualbox-windows-7-and-a-new-cpu/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/tech-pc-virtualbox-windows-7-and-a-new-cpu/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/tech-pc-virtualbox-windows-7-and-a-new-cpu/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/tech-pc-virtualbox-windows-7-and-a-new-cpu/</guid>
<description>As I&#39;ve done from time to time, this blog serves as a bit of a bench-notes of what I did.&amp;nbsp; However, maybe someone else hits the same problem, and finds my blog via search. <description>As I&#39;ve done from time to time, this blog serves as a bit of a bench-notes of what I did.&amp;nbsp; However, maybe someone else hits the same problem, and finds my blog via search.
About a month back, the new nVidia 2080 Ti card was announced.&amp;nbsp; I decided to hit up eBay to see if anyone was selling off a 1080 Ti, and I was not disappointed in the price drops.</description> About a month back, the new nVidia 2080 Ti card was announced.&amp;nbsp; I decided to hit up eBay to see if anyone was selling off a 1080 Ti, and I was not disappointed in the price drops.</description>
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<title>[Book] Leia, Princess of Aderaan by Claudia Gray</title> <title>[Book] Leia, Princess of Aderaan by Claudia Gray</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/leia-princess-of-aderaan/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/leia-princess-of-aderaan/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/leia-princess-of-aderaan/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/leia-princess-of-aderaan/</guid>
<description>Book cover This book is a Star Wars story.&amp;nbsp; It takes place during Leia Organa&#39;s 16th year.&amp;nbsp; I would like to say that familiarity with the Star Wars universe isn&#39;t absolutely necessary, but I cannot be sure of that.&amp;nbsp; It is, at its base, an exhilarating and sometimes sad, coming of age story, where we see Leia grow from a teen who thinks she&#39;s all grown up, to a woman who knows she isn&#39;t quite there.</description> <description>Book cover This book is a Star Wars story.&amp;nbsp; It takes place during Leia Organa&#39;s 16th year.&amp;nbsp; I would like to say that familiarity with the Star Wars universe isn&#39;t absolutely necessary, but I cannot be sure of that.&amp;nbsp; It is, at its base, an exhilarating and sometimes sad, coming of age story, where we see Leia grow from a teen who thinks she&#39;s all grown up, to a woman who knows she isn&#39;t quite there.</description>
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<title>[Book] Home After Dark by David Small</title> <title>[Book] Home After Dark by David Small</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/home-after-dark/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/home-after-dark/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover Bonus review this week (because this book comes out on the 11th), and I finally figured out what to say about it. <description>Book cover Bonus review this week (because this book comes out on the 11th), and I finally figured out what to say about it.
This tale is, all at once, heartbreaking, terrifying, uncomfortable, troubling with a tiny bit of hopeful mixed in.&amp;nbsp; Trigger warnings would be helpful here: racism, suicide, sexual predation, sexual bigotry, bullying, alcoholism, violence (both human and animal), parental abandonment, and smoking.</description> This tale is, all at once, heartbreaking, terrifying, uncomfortable, troubling with a tiny bit of hopeful mixed in.&amp;nbsp; Trigger warnings would be helpful here: racism, suicide, sexual predation, sexual bigotry, bullying, alcoholism, violence (both human and animal), parental abandonment, and smoking.</description>
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<title>[Book] Insurrecto by Gina Apostol</title> <title>[Book] Insurrecto by Gina Apostol</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/insurrecto/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/insurrecto/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/insurrecto/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/insurrecto/</guid>
<description>Book cover Even though I&#39;m reviewing an Advance copy, this story is surprisingly nonlinear, and I doubt that will change, though - really - it could.&amp;nbsp; The book starts, like a 1970s movie, listing the cast of characters in the approximate order in which the characters appear.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s a story about two people, writing screenplays that are not exactly about the same thing, but are derived from a shared starting point and past.</description> <description>Book cover Even though I&#39;m reviewing an Advance copy, this story is surprisingly nonlinear, and I doubt that will change, though - really - it could.&amp;nbsp; The book starts, like a 1970s movie, listing the cast of characters in the approximate order in which the characters appear.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s a story about two people, writing screenplays that are not exactly about the same thing, but are derived from a shared starting point and past.</description>
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<title>[Book] Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin</title> <title>[Book] Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/things-that-make-white-people-uncomfortable/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/things-that-make-white-people-uncomfortable/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>Book cover &#34;We have got to make the white population uncomfortable, because that is the only way to get their attention.&#34;&amp;nbsp; That quote at the start of this book is from Bill Russell in 1964.&amp;nbsp; He was a Basketball player, but also a civil rights activist. <description>Book cover &#34;We have got to make the white population uncomfortable, because that is the only way to get their attention.&#34;&amp;nbsp; That quote at the start of this book is from Bill Russell in 1964.&amp;nbsp; He was a Basketball player, but also a civil rights activist.
I categorize this book as a Memoir, mostly because it follows the narrative flow of a memoir.&amp;nbsp; It starts out introducing the reader to Michael Bennett&#39;s childhood on a rural farm in the South, into college through the NFL, and discusses his own discovery of the importance of both support and activism on a number of issues of equality.</description> I categorize this book as a Memoir, mostly because it follows the narrative flow of a memoir.&amp;nbsp; It starts out introducing the reader to Michael Bennett&#39;s childhood on a rural farm in the South, into college through the NFL, and discusses his own discovery of the importance of both support and activism on a number of issues of equality.</description>
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<title>[Shopping] eBuyer Beware</title> <title>[Shopping] eBuyer Beware</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/shopping-ebuyer-beware/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/shopping-ebuyer-beware/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/shopping-ebuyer-beware/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/shopping-ebuyer-beware/</guid>
<description>I know this.&amp;nbsp; Read the fine print.&amp;nbsp; I didn&#39;t do that.&amp;nbsp; The rest is geeky details having to do with rack-mountable servers. <description>I know this.&amp;nbsp; Read the fine print.&amp;nbsp; I didn&#39;t do that.&amp;nbsp; The rest is geeky details having to do with rack-mountable servers.
I have a 12U rack.&amp;nbsp; Sort-of an end-table next to the couch.&amp;nbsp; I have two servers.&amp;nbsp; One of them is happily racked.&amp;nbsp; The other one is awkwardly sitting sideways across the top of the rack. I have a 12U rack.&amp;nbsp; Sort-of an end-table next to the couch.&amp;nbsp; I have two servers.&amp;nbsp; One of them is happily racked.&amp;nbsp; The other one is awkwardly sitting sideways across the top of the rack.
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<title>[Book] Drawing The Dragon by April Adams</title> <title>[Book] Drawing The Dragon by April Adams</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/drawing-the-dragon/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/drawing-the-dragon/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/drawing-the-dragon/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/drawing-the-dragon/</guid>
<description>Book cover Imagine the universe of Battlestar Galactica but add elves, trolls and dragons, remove the religious overtones entirely.&amp;nbsp; The dragons are spaceships, a bit like the galactic whale from Jim Henson&#39;s Farscape.&amp;nbsp; Instead of Battlestar&#39;s Cylons, we have Constructs, which are a bit closer to the Nexus of Bladerunner fame. <description>Book cover Imagine the universe of Battlestar Galactica but add elves, trolls and dragons, remove the religious overtones entirely.&amp;nbsp; The dragons are spaceships, a bit like the galactic whale from Jim Henson&#39;s Farscape.&amp;nbsp; Instead of Battlestar&#39;s Cylons, we have Constructs, which are a bit closer to the Nexus of Bladerunner fame.
Scarlett, Jade and Blue are elite pilots of young dragons on the cruiser known as the Opal Dragon.</description> Scarlett, Jade and Blue are elite pilots of young dragons on the cruiser known as the Opal Dragon.</description>
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<title>[Book] Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman</title> <title>[Book] Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/norse-mythology/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/norse-mythology/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/norse-mythology/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/norse-mythology/</guid>
<description>Book cover According to the preface, this book is a carefully researched retelling of surviving stories of the Nordic gods, Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and others.&amp;nbsp; Where surviving versions of a story differ, artistic license allows for the best of each to be used. First and foremost, these are Nordic tales.&amp;nbsp; If you are familiar with these characters from Marvel comics or movies, be prepared to relearn a lot of what you thought you knew.</description> <description>Book cover According to the preface, this book is a carefully researched retelling of surviving stories of the Nordic gods, Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and others.&amp;nbsp; Where surviving versions of a story differ, artistic license allows for the best of each to be used. First and foremost, these are Nordic tales.&amp;nbsp; If you are familiar with these characters from Marvel comics or movies, be prepared to relearn a lot of what you thought you knew.</description>
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<title>[Book] Uprooted by Naomi Novik</title> <title>[Book] Uprooted by Naomi Novik</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/uprooted/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/uprooted/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/uprooted/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/uprooted/</guid>
<description>Book cover The descriptions of the country, fashions and even the names of characters channels Poland of the 1500s or 1600s.&amp;nbsp; The story focuses on a peaceful valley with little villages nestled along the Spindle river, but a dark forest grows nearby.&amp;nbsp; Corrupted creatures come from the forest late at night and attack human, livestock or both.&amp;nbsp; Or worse, a cloud of pollen might come in and corrupt a neighbor where they stand, turning them.</description> <description>Book cover The descriptions of the country, fashions and even the names of characters channels Poland of the 1500s or 1600s.&amp;nbsp; The story focuses on a peaceful valley with little villages nestled along the Spindle river, but a dark forest grows nearby.&amp;nbsp; Corrupted creatures come from the forest late at night and attack human, livestock or both.&amp;nbsp; Or worse, a cloud of pollen might come in and corrupt a neighbor where they stand, turning them.</description>
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<title>[Book] She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore</title> <title>[Book] She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/she-would-be-king/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/she-would-be-king/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/she-would-be-king/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/she-would-be-king/</guid>
<description>Book Cover (from publisher) This is divided into two books, THE THREE and SHE WOULD BE KING.&amp;nbsp; A quote from the Author&#39;s Note (before the book even begins): <description>Book Cover (from publisher) This is divided into two books, THE THREE and SHE WOULD BE KING.&amp;nbsp; A quote from the Author&#39;s Note (before the book even begins):
{Gbessa is pronounced &#34;Bessah&#34;} The first book is the story of three characters, each from different places and backgrounds.&amp;nbsp; Gbessa is exiled from her African village as a witch.&amp;nbsp; June escapes slavery from a plantation in Virginia.</description> {Gbessa is pronounced &#34;Bessah&#34;} The first book is the story of three characters, each from different places and backgrounds.&amp;nbsp; Gbessa is exiled from her African village as a witch.&amp;nbsp; June escapes slavery from a plantation in Virginia.</description>
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<title>[Book] Skyward (Omnibus) by Jeremy and Kelly Dale</title> <title>[Book] Skyward (Omnibus) by Jeremy and Kelly Dale</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/skyward-omnibus/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/skyward-omnibus/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/skyward-omnibus/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/skyward-omnibus/</guid>
<description>Before I start this: <description>Before I start this:
I met Jeremy Dale with Kelly by his side on several occasions at various comic book conventions.&amp;nbsp; I am always on the lookout for a well written all-ages comic book story, and I found Jeremy and Skyward when there were only two issues, self-published and in black and white.&amp;nbsp; Later, I saw him at a different convention and got issue 3, and he said that issue 4 should be out by NYCC.</description> I met Jeremy Dale with Kelly by his side on several occasions at various comic book conventions.&amp;nbsp; I am always on the lookout for a well written all-ages comic book story, and I found Jeremy and Skyward when there were only two issues, self-published and in black and white.&amp;nbsp; Later, I saw him at a different convention and got issue 3, and he said that issue 4 should be out by NYCC.</description>
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<title>[Book] Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale</title> <title>[Book] Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/unbeatable-squirrel-girl-2-fuzzy-2-furious/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/unbeatable-squirrel-girl-2-fuzzy-2-furious/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/unbeatable-squirrel-girl-2-fuzzy-2-furious/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/unbeatable-squirrel-girl-2-fuzzy-2-furious/</guid>
<description>Book cover Fourteen year-old Doreen Green is back in this second adventure of Squirrel Girl.&amp;nbsp; Her parents are a little more used to the idea that she has super abilities, but are still nervous parents.&amp;nbsp; Her Best Human Friend Forever (BHFF), Ana Sofia, is also a friend of Thor, and Agents of SHIELD show up. Her Best Squirrel Friend Forever (BSFF), Tippy Toe, also joins in to help her solve the big mystery.</description> <description>Book cover Fourteen year-old Doreen Green is back in this second adventure of Squirrel Girl.&amp;nbsp; Her parents are a little more used to the idea that she has super abilities, but are still nervous parents.&amp;nbsp; Her Best Human Friend Forever (BHFF), Ana Sofia, is also a friend of Thor, and Agents of SHIELD show up. Her Best Squirrel Friend Forever (BSFF), Tippy Toe, also joins in to help her solve the big mystery.</description>
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<title>[Book] The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro</title> <title>[Book] The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/the-remains-of-the-day/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/the-remains-of-the-day/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/the-remains-of-the-day/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/the-remains-of-the-day/</guid>
<description>Book cover (paperback) This is the 1989 book that later became a movie (which I never saw).&amp;nbsp; This won the Booker Prize.&amp;nbsp; We follow a quintessential British Butler named Stevens sometime after World War 2 on a journey to look up an ex-employee.&amp;nbsp; The journey itself is beautifully and descriptively written. <description>Book cover (paperback) This is the 1989 book that later became a movie (which I never saw).&amp;nbsp; This won the Booker Prize.&amp;nbsp; We follow a quintessential British Butler named Stevens sometime after World War 2 on a journey to look up an ex-employee.&amp;nbsp; The journey itself is beautifully and descriptively written.
While the main thread is the journey, the bulk of the story is Stevens&#39; recollection of his past.</description> While the main thread is the journey, the bulk of the story is Stevens&#39; recollection of his past.</description>
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<title>[Food] Homage to Pizza Gone By</title> <title>[Food] Homage to Pizza Gone By</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/food-homage-to-pizza-gone-by/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/food-homage-to-pizza-gone-by/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/food-homage-to-pizza-gone-by/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/food-homage-to-pizza-gone-by/</guid>
<description>Gone Not too far from where I live is a &#34;turn key fully equipped restaurant&#34; for lease.&amp;nbsp; The restaurant that was there until a few weeks ago was called Pizzaniste. <description>Gone Not too far from where I live is a &#34;turn key fully equipped restaurant&#34; for lease.&amp;nbsp; The restaurant that was there until a few weeks ago was called Pizzaniste.
Pizzaniste had really good pizza.&amp;nbsp; Gourmet, all fresh ingredients, coal fired, whole-wheat crust as an option; even gluten free as an option.&amp;nbsp; Partly because they also made custom fresh salads, there were some unexpected ingredients: Real anchovies, fresh basil, artichokes, black beans, corn, cilantro, carrots, chickpeas, eggplant, hard-boiled egg, zucchini and two types of olives to choose from (along with all the other things you might expect every pizza place to have).</description> Pizzaniste had really good pizza.&amp;nbsp; Gourmet, all fresh ingredients, coal fired, whole-wheat crust as an option; even gluten free as an option.&amp;nbsp; Partly because they also made custom fresh salads, there were some unexpected ingredients: Real anchovies, fresh basil, artichokes, black beans, corn, cilantro, carrots, chickpeas, eggplant, hard-boiled egg, zucchini and two types of olives to choose from (along with all the other things you might expect every pizza place to have).</description>
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<title>[Book] eyE Marty by Marty Feldman</title> <title>[Book] eyE Marty by Marty Feldman</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/eye-marty/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/eye-marty/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/eye-marty/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/eye-marty/</guid>
<description>Book cover Marty Feldman is probably most famous for playing Igor in the 1974 Mel Brooks movie, Young Frankenstein.&amp;nbsp; He died in 1982, and his autobiography sat in the attic of his widow&#39;s home until her death in 2010 when it was discovered by Mark Flanagan.&amp;nbsp; Flanagan had it transcribed, exactly as it was found, including photo inserts and published without further editing. This book is in desperate need of editing.</description> <description>Book cover Marty Feldman is probably most famous for playing Igor in the 1974 Mel Brooks movie, Young Frankenstein.&amp;nbsp; He died in 1982, and his autobiography sat in the attic of his widow&#39;s home until her death in 2010 when it was discovered by Mark Flanagan.&amp;nbsp; Flanagan had it transcribed, exactly as it was found, including photo inserts and published without further editing. This book is in desperate need of editing.</description>
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<title>[Book] Ohio by Stephen Markley</title> <title>[Book] Ohio by Stephen Markley</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/ohio/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/ohio/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/ohio/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/ohio/</guid>
<description>Book Cover This follows four main characters who had gone to high school together back in the early 2000s, and on one night in 2013, all came back home to their hometown of New Canaan, Ohio. <description>Book Cover This follows four main characters who had gone to high school together back in the early 2000s, and on one night in 2013, all came back home to their hometown of New Canaan, Ohio.
After the prelude, the first section of the book follows Bill Ashcraft, a drifter who is loaded up on drugs.&amp;nbsp; Appropriate to the character - for the parts where we are following his narrative - the story is jumping back and forth between his past and present with no direct warning in-between, full of non-sequiturs, and frankly - hard to follow.</description> After the prelude, the first section of the book follows Bill Ashcraft, a drifter who is loaded up on drugs.&amp;nbsp; Appropriate to the character - for the parts where we are following his narrative - the story is jumping back and forth between his past and present with no direct warning in-between, full of non-sequiturs, and frankly - hard to follow.</description>
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<title>[Book] Catching Stars by Cayla Keenan</title> <title>[Book] Catching Stars by Cayla Keenan</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/catching-stars/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/catching-stars/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/catching-stars/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/catching-stars/</guid>
<description>Book cover The world building is probably the thing I liked the most about Catching Stars.&amp;nbsp; There are people who have magical abilities and a larger group of people who don&#39;t.&amp;nbsp; Within magic users, there are different types of magic users.&amp;nbsp; There are kingdoms and politics, palace intrigue, roving gangs, sailing ships, petty rivalries and fierce prejudices.&amp;nbsp; Though the story is quite different, the emotional feel of the world is similar to the book Steeplejack by A.</description> <description>Book cover The world building is probably the thing I liked the most about Catching Stars.&amp;nbsp; There are people who have magical abilities and a larger group of people who don&#39;t.&amp;nbsp; Within magic users, there are different types of magic users.&amp;nbsp; There are kingdoms and politics, palace intrigue, roving gangs, sailing ships, petty rivalries and fierce prejudices.&amp;nbsp; Though the story is quite different, the emotional feel of the world is similar to the book Steeplejack by A.</description>
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<title>[Book] The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman</title> <title>[Book] The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/the-real-lolita/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/the-real-lolita/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/the-real-lolita/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/the-real-lolita/</guid>
<description>I got an advanced readers copy of this book from the first day of BookExpo.&amp;nbsp; It is supposed to be released in September 2018, but that is preliminary, and the date could slip. <description>I got an advanced readers copy of this book from the first day of BookExpo.&amp;nbsp; It is supposed to be released in September 2018, but that is preliminary, and the date could slip.
Book cover I don&#39;t usually read true-crime genre books.&amp;nbsp; If I had never read the Nabokov fiction, Lolita, I would have never been interested enough in this book to read The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman.</description> Book cover I don&#39;t usually read true-crime genre books.&amp;nbsp; If I had never read the Nabokov fiction, Lolita, I would have never been interested enough in this book to read The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman.</description>
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<title>[Book] Piggy and Pug by Anne Wheaton, Illustrated by Vipin Alex Jacob (No-Spoilers)</title> <title>[Book] Piggy and Pug by Anne Wheaton, Illustrated by Vipin Alex Jacob (No-Spoilers)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/piggy-and-pug/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/piggy-and-pug/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/piggy-and-pug/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/piggy-and-pug/</guid>
<description>This is a story about the journey that brings together Pug, who&#39;s searching for a new family, and Piggy, who&#39;s searching for a new friend.&amp;nbsp; That text is lifted almost directly from the&amp;nbsp;piggyandpug&amp;nbsp;web site, but it&#39;s a short book, so hard to not spoil anything... This is a children&#39;s illustrated book, from Monolith Press, 32 pages.&amp;nbsp; I was at BookExpo at the end of last week, and I got an opportunity to flip through this book with the book&#39;s publicist, Susan, watching me intently for reaction.</description> <description>This is a story about the journey that brings together Pug, who&#39;s searching for a new family, and Piggy, who&#39;s searching for a new friend.&amp;nbsp; That text is lifted almost directly from the&amp;nbsp;piggyandpug&amp;nbsp;web site, but it&#39;s a short book, so hard to not spoil anything... This is a children&#39;s illustrated book, from Monolith Press, 32 pages.&amp;nbsp; I was at BookExpo at the end of last week, and I got an opportunity to flip through this book with the book&#39;s publicist, Susan, watching me intently for reaction.</description>
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<title>[Book] Oracle Year by Charles Soule (No-Spoilers)</title> <title>[Book] Oracle Year by Charles Soule (No-Spoilers)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/oracle-year/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/oracle-year/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:09:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/oracle-year/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/oracle-year/</guid>
<description>I read this book in only two days, which is way shorter than I usually read, especially a book of 416 pages.&amp;nbsp; I generally only read on weekends, and usually only for a few hours at a time.&amp;nbsp; This book really had me hooked from start to finish.&amp;nbsp; I definitely lost sleep for reading. Will Dando, a struggling New York musician, dreams up 108 predictions.&amp;nbsp; A line of information and a date for each.</description> <description>I read this book in only two days, which is way shorter than I usually read, especially a book of 416 pages.&amp;nbsp; I generally only read on weekends, and usually only for a few hours at a time.&amp;nbsp; This book really had me hooked from start to finish.&amp;nbsp; I definitely lost sleep for reading. Will Dando, a struggling New York musician, dreams up 108 predictions.&amp;nbsp; A line of information and a date for each.</description>
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<title>The Agony of No Heat</title> <title>The Agony of No Heat</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/01/the-agony-of-no-heat/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/01/the-agony-of-no-heat/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:30:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/01/the-agony-of-no-heat/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/01/the-agony-of-no-heat/</guid>
<description>Or: The Longest Move <description>Or: The Longest Move
15 days without heat.&amp;nbsp; 25 days to complete a delayed move, because we really couldn&#39;t live without heat.&amp;nbsp; History and some details below. 15 days without heat.&amp;nbsp; 25 days to complete a delayed move, because we really couldn&#39;t live without heat.&amp;nbsp; History and some details below.
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<title>Agile Development on Infrastructure</title> <title>Agile Development on Infrastructure</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2017/10/agile-development-on-infrastructure/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2017/10/agile-development-on-infrastructure/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2017/10/agile-development-on-infrastructure/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2017/10/agile-development-on-infrastructure/</guid>
<description>After a friend asked about using agile, I started thinking about the skateboard to car drawing.&amp;nbsp; The author of this,&amp;nbsp;Henrik Kniberg, wrote a really good blog breaking this down, called&amp;nbsp;Making sense of MVP&amp;nbsp;(Minimum Viable Product).&amp;nbsp; This model is absolutely important, and makes a very good case for going about building something brand new. <description>After a friend asked about using agile, I started thinking about the skateboard to car drawing.&amp;nbsp; The author of this,&amp;nbsp;Henrik Kniberg, wrote a really good blog breaking this down, called&amp;nbsp;Making sense of MVP&amp;nbsp;(Minimum Viable Product).&amp;nbsp; This model is absolutely important, and makes a very good case for going about building something brand new.
I&#39;ve spent most of my post-Agile time doing infrastructure projects.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m not building a product for end-users.</description> I&#39;ve spent most of my post-Agile time doing infrastructure projects.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m not building a product for end-users.</description>
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<title>Tired of Panic - Paris Climate Accord Edition</title> <title>Tired of Panic - Paris Climate Accord Edition</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2017/06/tired-of-panic-paris-climate-accord-edition/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2017/06/tired-of-panic-paris-climate-accord-edition/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2017/06/tired-of-panic-paris-climate-accord-edition/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2017/06/tired-of-panic-paris-climate-accord-edition/</guid>
<description>The President of the US, Donald Trump, has decided to push for the US to leave the Paris Climate Accord. &amp;nbsp;The world is imploding! &amp;nbsp;Well, looking at Twitter it seems the world is imploding. <description>The President of the US, Donald Trump, has decided to push for the US to leave the Paris Climate Accord. &amp;nbsp;The world is imploding! &amp;nbsp;Well, looking at Twitter it seems the world is imploding.
There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that the world will drown in 3, 2... There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that the world will drown in 3, 2...
There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that we are aligned with Syria by doing this. &amp;nbsp;(There are those that mention Nicaragua, but that country&#39;s non-participation is much more complicated).</description> There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that we are aligned with Syria by doing this. &amp;nbsp;(There are those that mention Nicaragua, but that country&#39;s non-participation is much more complicated).</description>
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<title>Trump Boasts of Power Not Attraction</title> <title>Trump Boasts of Power Not Attraction</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2016/10/trump-boasts-of-power-not-attraction/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2016/10/trump-boasts-of-power-not-attraction/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2016/10/trump-boasts-of-power-not-attraction/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2016/10/trump-boasts-of-power-not-attraction/</guid>
<description>Locker room talk, no it isn&#39;t necessarily a locker room. &amp;nbsp;In any place where one is surrounded by only peers, language and boasts can be sometimes be observed. &amp;nbsp;The braggadocio is always trying to make themselves seem better. In the context of sexual liaisons here are some samples of things I have heard: She was all over me She couldn’t keep her hands off me I leaned in to ask her something and she just started kissing me She couldn’t resist me</description> <description>Locker room talk, no it isn&#39;t necessarily a locker room. &amp;nbsp;In any place where one is surrounded by only peers, language and boasts can be sometimes be observed. &amp;nbsp;The braggadocio is always trying to make themselves seem better. In the context of sexual liaisons here are some samples of things I have heard: She was all over me She couldn’t keep her hands off me I leaned in to ask her something and she just started kissing me She couldn’t resist me</description>
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<title>Misplaced Pride - and Getting Over It</title> <title>Misplaced Pride - and Getting Over It</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2016/10/misplaced-pride-and-getting-over-it/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2016/10/misplaced-pride-and-getting-over-it/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2016/10/misplaced-pride-and-getting-over-it/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2016/10/misplaced-pride-and-getting-over-it/</guid>
<description>&#34;You wanted to be a manager so badly, that you&#39;d probably be a good one. &amp;nbsp;Now you are.&#34; <description>&#34;You wanted to be a manager so badly, that you&#39;d probably be a good one. &amp;nbsp;Now you are.&#34;
Someone said this to me who had heard the same from someone else. &amp;nbsp;This comes from about three years ago, and was said in the context of my then current role (having moved from process and supervisory management to direct people management). &amp;nbsp;It bothered me. Someone said this to me who had heard the same from someone else. &amp;nbsp;This comes from about three years ago, and was said in the context of my then current role (having moved from process and supervisory management to direct people management). &amp;nbsp;It bothered me.
I first got to be in management, some 20 years ago.</description> I first got to be in management, some 20 years ago.</description>
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<title>BLOG: The Sad State of 3D on a PC</title> <title>BLOG: The Sad State of 3D on a PC</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/11/blog-the-sad-state-of-3d-on-a-pc/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/11/blog-the-sad-state-of-3d-on-a-pc/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/11/blog-the-sad-state-of-3d-on-a-pc/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/11/blog-the-sad-state-of-3d-on-a-pc/</guid>
<description>This month, I built myself a new gaming PC, and decided to spend just a little extra money for the nVidia 3D Vision 2 package with a pair of shutter glasses and a USB controlled IR timing transmitter. &amp;nbsp;What I&#39;m talking about here is PC gaming in stereoscopic 3D.&amp;nbsp; This is gaming that not only depicts a 3D play environment, but also looks 3D to the player&#39;s eyes. <description>This month, I built myself a new gaming PC, and decided to spend just a little extra money for the nVidia 3D Vision 2 package with a pair of shutter glasses and a USB controlled IR timing transmitter. &amp;nbsp;What I&#39;m talking about here is PC gaming in stereoscopic 3D.&amp;nbsp; This is gaming that not only depicts a 3D play environment, but also looks 3D to the player&#39;s eyes.
I remember that Descent came out in 1995, and it had support for a virtual reality headset called the Forte VFX-1.</description> I remember that Descent came out in 1995, and it had support for a virtual reality headset called the Forte VFX-1.</description>
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<title>[Geek] Authban : 4 Years Later</title> <title>[Geek] Authban : 4 Years Later</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/09/geek-authban-4-years-later/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/09/geek-authban-4-years-later/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/09/geek-authban-4-years-later/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/09/geek-authban-4-years-later/</guid>
<description>Four years ago, I wrote about a script that I had been working on called Authban (though I didn&#39;t name it at the time): <description>Four years ago, I wrote about a script that I had been working on called Authban (though I didn&#39;t name it at the time):
http://blog.vollink.com/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter.html http://blog.vollink.com/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter.html
I first started running a custom script to block IP addresses that tried too many times to login to ssh back in 2010. &amp;nbsp;At the time, the script (and my home web host) was running on an Ubuntu virtual server. &amp;nbsp;The name, Authban, surfaced in early 2011, as I organized the script to do more than just block ssh.</description> I first started running a custom script to block IP addresses that tried too many times to login to ssh back in 2010. &amp;nbsp;At the time, the script (and my home web host) was running on an Ubuntu virtual server. &amp;nbsp;The name, Authban, surfaced in early 2011, as I organized the script to do more than just block ssh.</description>
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<title>NYCC : Horrible Shopping Experience</title> <title>NYCC : Horrible Shopping Experience</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/05/nycc-horrible-shopping-experience/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/05/nycc-horrible-shopping-experience/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/05/nycc-horrible-shopping-experience/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/05/nycc-horrible-shopping-experience/</guid>
<description>I already have tickets for two other conventions this year, but NYCC is the big one that happens in the city where I live and work. I know in the last few years tickets have been harder and harder to get, and I figured my chances were not going to be very good. <description>I already have tickets for two other conventions this year, but NYCC is the big one that happens in the city where I live and work. I know in the last few years tickets have been harder and harder to get, and I figured my chances were not going to be very good.
If this is too long one can safely scroll down to the Conclusion at the bottom. If this is too long one can safely scroll down to the Conclusion at the bottom.
I tried to buy tickets to NYCC the minute they went on sale.</description> I tried to buy tickets to NYCC the minute they went on sale.</description>
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<title>Manhattan Flagship Stores Are Not For Me</title> <title>Manhattan Flagship Stores Are Not For Me</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/02/manhattan-flagship-stores-are-not-for-me/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/02/manhattan-flagship-stores-are-not-for-me/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:57:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/02/manhattan-flagship-stores-are-not-for-me/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/02/manhattan-flagship-stores-are-not-for-me/</guid>
<description>Manhattan shopping.&amp;nbsp; In the story below, I&#39;m NOT saying the brand or the nam e of the store.&amp;nbsp; I don&#39;t want to throw rage at one tiny example of something that ex i sts throughout Manhattan, especially at the brand-name stores that call themsel v es A Flagship Store. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; There are multiple stores in Manhattan that are not externally identified as Fla g ship but are.</description> <description>Manhattan shopping.&amp;nbsp; In the story below, I&#39;m NOT saying the brand or the nam e of the store.&amp;nbsp; I don&#39;t want to throw rage at one tiny example of something that ex i sts throughout Manhattan, especially at the brand-name stores that call themsel v es A Flagship Store. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; There are multiple stores in Manhattan that are not externally identified as Fla g ship but are.</description>
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<title>Late Night Meeting ... Restless</title> <title>Late Night Meeting ... Restless</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/01/late-night-meeting-restless/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/01/late-night-meeting-restless/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/01/late-night-meeting-restless/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/01/late-night-meeting-restless/</guid>
<description>I&#39;m not sure who the audience for this is supposed to be. &amp;nbsp;Just like the blog entry I left about adding a battery holder to my 1990s era MIDI workstation, I think it&#39;s mostly just a sounding board, and notebook for myself. &amp;nbsp;Maybe some of the people who work on this project will read this, maybe not. &amp;nbsp;Anyway, it&#39;s a lot of words, and not a lot of specifics. <description>I&#39;m not sure who the audience for this is supposed to be. &amp;nbsp;Just like the blog entry I left about adding a battery holder to my 1990s era MIDI workstation, I think it&#39;s mostly just a sounding board, and notebook for myself. &amp;nbsp;Maybe some of the people who work on this project will read this, maybe not. &amp;nbsp;Anyway, it&#39;s a lot of words, and not a lot of specifics.
Just got off a meeting, kicking off the third phase of a project that I&#39;ve been working on for 22 months.</description> Just got off a meeting, kicking off the third phase of a project that I&#39;ve been working on for 22 months.</description>
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<title>Brooklyn Museum</title> <title>Brooklyn Museum</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/01/brooklyn-museum/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/01/brooklyn-museum/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:05:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/01/brooklyn-museum/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/01/brooklyn-museum/</guid>
<description>Yesterday, Jen and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the&amp;nbsp;Killer Heels&amp;nbsp;exhibition. &amp;nbsp;But also to see some of the rest of the Museum. <description>Yesterday, Jen and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the&amp;nbsp;Killer Heels&amp;nbsp;exhibition. &amp;nbsp;But also to see some of the rest of the Museum.
Source: Wikipedia Neither of us had been there before, so had no idea what to expect. &amp;nbsp;First, I have to say that I was a little confused at first, then impressed. &amp;nbsp;Walking up to the building, I&#39;m staring at this strange ultra-modern entrance where in any other museum, I&#39;d expect to see a grand stairway.</description> Source: Wikipedia Neither of us had been there before, so had no idea what to expect. &amp;nbsp;First, I have to say that I was a little confused at first, then impressed. &amp;nbsp;Walking up to the building, I&#39;m staring at this strange ultra-modern entrance where in any other museum, I&#39;d expect to see a grand stairway.</description>
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<title>Electronics Mod: Ensoniq KS-32</title> <title>Electronics Mod: Ensoniq KS-32</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/10/electronics-mod-ensoniq-ks-32/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/10/electronics-mod-ensoniq-ks-32/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:47:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description>A long, long time ago, I obtained a Midi Workstation, called an Ensoniq KS-32. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m still thankful for the great deal I got on it. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m also greatful that the guy I bought it from didn&#39;t break my leg, since I didn&#39;t finish paying that really good price for 3 years. &amp;nbsp;Despite some harrowing times (orange juice dumped into it), it still functions to this day. <description>A long, long time ago, I obtained a Midi Workstation, called an Ensoniq KS-32. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m still thankful for the great deal I got on it. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m also greatful that the guy I bought it from didn&#39;t break my leg, since I didn&#39;t finish paying that really good price for 3 years. &amp;nbsp;Despite some harrowing times (orange juice dumped into it), it still functions to this day.
One note about the KS-32, is that the settings are stored on-board in RAM, or Random Access Memory.</description> One note about the KS-32, is that the settings are stored on-board in RAM, or Random Access Memory.</description>
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<title>Professional Autobiography</title> <title>Professional Autobiography</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/07/professional-autobiography/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/07/professional-autobiography/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/07/professional-autobiography/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/07/professional-autobiography/</guid>
<description>What is a personal blog post if it isn&#39;t a snippet of autobiography anyway, right? &amp;nbsp;I&#39;ve written about parts of this for my old web site (the one hosted at home). &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m keeping this professional. &amp;nbsp;It is likely that I&#39;ll post this again at some distant point in the future, but with more detail. <description>What is a personal blog post if it isn&#39;t a snippet of autobiography anyway, right? &amp;nbsp;I&#39;ve written about parts of this for my old web site (the one hosted at home). &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m keeping this professional. &amp;nbsp;It is likely that I&#39;ll post this again at some distant point in the future, but with more detail.
For most of my professional life, I&#39;ve been a computer programmer or computer administrator. &amp;nbsp;This is my story.</description> For most of my professional life, I&#39;ve been a computer programmer or computer administrator. &amp;nbsp;This is my story.</description>
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<title>Team Building Tips for Managers from Agile</title> <title>Team Building Tips for Managers from Agile</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/07/team-building-tips-for-managers-from-agile/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/07/team-building-tips-for-managers-from-agile/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:38:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/07/team-building-tips-for-managers-from-agile/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/07/team-building-tips-for-managers-from-agile/</guid>
<description>I wrote the following, originally, for an ideas post at work. &amp;nbsp;Then I cleaned it up a little to take out some &#34;my company&#34; specific examples and posted it on Linked-In. <description>I wrote the following, originally, for an ideas post at work. &amp;nbsp;Then I cleaned it up a little to take out some &#34;my company&#34; specific examples and posted it on Linked-In.
Then I remembered that I don&#39;t post enough content to my blog anymore, so here&#39;s a post with a link to a post. Then I remembered that I don&#39;t post enough content to my blog anymore, so here&#39;s a post with a link to a post.
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140701163145-41328787-team-building-tips-for-managers-from-agile?trk=mp-reader-card https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140701163145-41328787-team-building-tips-for-managers-from-agile?trk=mp-reader-card
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<title>Goodbye to Jenn Gabriel-Powell</title> <title>Goodbye to Jenn Gabriel-Powell</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/03/goodbye-to-jenn-gabriel-powell/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/03/goodbye-to-jenn-gabriel-powell/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:56:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2014/03/goodbye-to-jenn-gabriel-powell/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2014/03/goodbye-to-jenn-gabriel-powell/</guid>
<description>I&#39;m in a hotel in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m in the UK on a four week business trip. &amp;nbsp;I have exactly one friend in Devon who is not from work, and I had plans to hang out with her, and meet her husband today. <description>I&#39;m in a hotel in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m in the UK on a four week business trip. &amp;nbsp;I have exactly one friend in Devon who is not from work, and I had plans to hang out with her, and meet her husband today.
I guess I should say that I had one friend in Devon who is not from work. I guess I should say that I had one friend in Devon who is not from work.
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<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/10/stone-surgery-and-recovery/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/10/stone-surgery-and-recovery/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/10/stone-surgery-and-recovery/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/10/stone-surgery-and-recovery/</guid>
<description>This tale starts in late June with extreme abdominal pain that, for at least four hours, I was convinced was just severe gas pain.&amp;nbsp; I was sweating and shaking and curled up in a ball, and eventually asked Jen to get me to the emergency room.&amp;nbsp; Well, x-rays, urine samples, and a contrast CAT scan later, and I was told that I had a Kidney stone descending into my bladder.&amp;nbsp; That was 4mmx2mm, and too small for them to try to do anything specifically for.</description> <description>This tale starts in late June with extreme abdominal pain that, for at least four hours, I was convinced was just severe gas pain.&amp;nbsp; I was sweating and shaking and curled up in a ball, and eventually asked Jen to get me to the emergency room.&amp;nbsp; Well, x-rays, urine samples, and a contrast CAT scan later, and I was told that I had a Kidney stone descending into my bladder.&amp;nbsp; That was 4mmx2mm, and too small for them to try to do anything specifically for.</description>
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<title>NSA and Security, Again</title> <title>NSA and Security, Again</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/07/nsa-and-security-again/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/07/nsa-and-security-again/</link>
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<description>Or: What I knew, what I thought I knew, and what I really didn&#39;t know. <description>Or: What I knew, what I thought I knew, and what I really didn&#39;t know.
I have, since at least 1999, worked with companies that are internationally distributed. &amp;nbsp;This means, I regularly have correspondence with people in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Poland, Singapore and the United Kingdom. &amp;nbsp;Some of these folks, I have become friends with, so I have had personal correspondence with people in these countries, both paper and electronic.</description> I have, since at least 1999, worked with companies that are internationally distributed. &amp;nbsp;This means, I regularly have correspondence with people in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Poland, Singapore and the United Kingdom. &amp;nbsp;Some of these folks, I have become friends with, so I have had personal correspondence with people in these countries, both paper and electronic.</description>
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<title>Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution</title> <title>Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/07/fourth-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/07/fourth-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution/</link>
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<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/07/fourth-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/07/fourth-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution/</guid>
<description>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. <description>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.</description> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.</description>
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<title>No Project Without A Tweet</title> <title>No Project Without A Tweet</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/02/no-project-without-a-tweet/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/02/no-project-without-a-tweet/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:25:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2013/02/no-project-without-a-tweet/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2013/02/no-project-without-a-tweet/</guid>
<description>You should be able to describe your business project in 140 characters or less. I don&#39;t have more time than that. &amp;nbsp; -- @GAVollink I&#39;ve been following along with a pilot training program that was recently launched where I work. &amp;nbsp;One section of it is on a project definition framework. &amp;nbsp;I have never liked this framework, and only today - while responding to the trainer on another inquiry, did I finally understand why.</description> <description>You should be able to describe your business project in 140 characters or less. I don&#39;t have more time than that. &amp;nbsp; -- @GAVollink I&#39;ve been following along with a pilot training program that was recently launched where I work. &amp;nbsp;One section of it is on a project definition framework. &amp;nbsp;I have never liked this framework, and only today - while responding to the trainer on another inquiry, did I finally understand why.</description>
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<title>Syntaur Doing It Right</title> <title>Syntaur Doing It Right</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2012/10/syntaur-doing-it-right/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2012/10/syntaur-doing-it-right/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:52:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:52:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2012/10/syntaur-doing-it-right/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2012/10/syntaur-doing-it-right/</guid>
<description>I have an Ensoniq KS-32 keyboard that was released 20 years ago. &amp;nbsp;I think&amp;nbsp;that mine is only 17 years old, though (I&#39;m the third owner, but I have owned it since 1998). &amp;nbsp;Anyway, it&#39;s a great board, and it has treated me very well for a very long time. <description>I have an Ensoniq KS-32 keyboard that was released 20 years ago. &amp;nbsp;I think&amp;nbsp;that mine is only 17 years old, though (I&#39;m the third owner, but I have owned it since 1998). &amp;nbsp;Anyway, it&#39;s a great board, and it has treated me very well for a very long time.
There had been a low battery&amp;nbsp;warning for, probably the last 10 years or so. &amp;nbsp;My response was to just never turn it off, which worked until I had to turn it off for a while.</description> There had been a low battery&amp;nbsp;warning for, probably the last 10 years or so. &amp;nbsp;My response was to just never turn it off, which worked until I had to turn it off for a while.</description>
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<title>I Did NOT Subscribe, and Why</title> <title>I Did NOT Subscribe, and Why</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2012/04/i-did-not-subscribe-and-why/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2012/04/i-did-not-subscribe-and-why/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:18:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2012/04/i-did-not-subscribe-and-why/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2012/04/i-did-not-subscribe-and-why/</guid>
<description>Dear magazine publisher. <description>Dear magazine publisher.
I was thinking that it would be awesome to sign up for your magazine for a year, try it out. &amp;nbsp;So, I went to your site, and started to fill out the information that you asked. &amp;nbsp;When it came to pay you, though, you have told me that by signing up now, I agree that you&#39;ll AUTOMATICALLY bill me again, every year, from now until I actually remember to go out of my way to cancel.</description> I was thinking that it would be awesome to sign up for your magazine for a year, try it out. &amp;nbsp;So, I went to your site, and started to fill out the information that you asked. &amp;nbsp;When it came to pay you, though, you have told me that by signing up now, I agree that you&#39;ll AUTOMATICALLY bill me again, every year, from now until I actually remember to go out of my way to cancel.</description>
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<title>SOPA/PIPA (Protect IP)</title> <title>SOPA/PIPA (Protect IP)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2012/01/sopa-pipa-protect-ip/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2012/01/sopa-pipa-protect-ip/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:56:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2012/01/sopa-pipa-protect-ip/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2012/01/sopa-pipa-protect-ip/</guid>
<description>I am your constituent and I never miss a vote. &amp;nbsp;I want to make clear, that there are already laws and international treaties in place to protect from online piracy. &amp;nbsp;If those are not working, using Chinese style censorship methods to block foreign sites makes me wonder what happened to freedom, and I will remember those in congress who agreed with a minority of struggling entertainment concerns that Chinese style internet totalitarianism is the best answer.</description> <description>I am your constituent and I never miss a vote. &amp;nbsp;I want to make clear, that there are already laws and international treaties in place to protect from online piracy. &amp;nbsp;If those are not working, using Chinese style censorship methods to block foreign sites makes me wonder what happened to freedom, and I will remember those in congress who agreed with a minority of struggling entertainment concerns that Chinese style internet totalitarianism is the best answer.</description>
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<title>[Geek] The Ubiquitous Computer Mouse</title> <title>[Geek] The Ubiquitous Computer Mouse</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/09/geek-the-ubiquitous-computer-mouse/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/09/geek-the-ubiquitous-computer-mouse/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:38:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/09/geek-the-ubiquitous-computer-mouse/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/09/geek-the-ubiquitous-computer-mouse/</guid>
<description>Xerox Alto Mouse&amp;nbsp;(1973) The computer mouse has been a basic part of computing for about 20 years now (25 if you were a Mac early-adopter, and even longer if you are a Xerox Alto power-user). &amp;nbsp;Up until recently, innovations with mouses have been about adding more buttons, and scroll wheels. &amp;nbsp;Now, with Smart-Phones becoming more and more popular, things like multi-touch and gestures are being added too.</description> <description>Xerox Alto Mouse&amp;nbsp;(1973) The computer mouse has been a basic part of computing for about 20 years now (25 if you were a Mac early-adopter, and even longer if you are a Xerox Alto power-user). &amp;nbsp;Up until recently, innovations with mouses have been about adding more buttons, and scroll wheels. &amp;nbsp;Now, with Smart-Phones becoming more and more popular, things like multi-touch and gestures are being added too.</description>
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<title>[Geek] Attack Vectors and Twitter</title> <title>[Geek] Attack Vectors and Twitter</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:15:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter/</guid>
<description>I wrote a script some time ago, that basically parsed the auth logs on my web server looking for IP addresses that try, and fail, to log in, multiple times. &amp;nbsp;Over the years, I&#39;ve continued to expand what it does, and what it could do. At first, it would note something, and send me an e-mail, and I&#39;d get to it, and it would continue to e-mail me once every hour until I did.</description> <description>I wrote a script some time ago, that basically parsed the auth logs on my web server looking for IP addresses that try, and fail, to log in, multiple times. &amp;nbsp;Over the years, I&#39;ve continued to expand what it does, and what it could do. At first, it would note something, and send me an e-mail, and I&#39;d get to it, and it would continue to e-mail me once every hour until I did.</description>
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<title>About Times Square</title> <title>About Times Square</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/08/about-times-square/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/08/about-times-square/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:15:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/08/about-times-square/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/08/about-times-square/</guid>
<description>I&#39;ve been working at the office on Times Square (xSq) for a little less than 2 months now. <description>I&#39;ve been working at the office on Times Square (xSq) for a little less than 2 months now.
Times Square is one of the street level places that is recognizable as obviously being in New York, and not some other city. &amp;nbsp;As such, people who come to visit New York, at least for the first few times, feel that they must visit this space. Times Square is one of the street level places that is recognizable as obviously being in New York, and not some other city. &amp;nbsp;As such, people who come to visit New York, at least for the first few times, feel that they must visit this space.
To someone who needs to go through Times Square multiple times per day, tourists are painful, literally.</description> To someone who needs to go through Times Square multiple times per day, tourists are painful, literally.</description>
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<title>Earthquake</title> <title>Earthquake</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/08/earthquake/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/08/earthquake/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:41:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/08/earthquake/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/08/earthquake/</guid>
<description>New York City - Midtown <description>New York City - Midtown
On Tuesday morning, Jen and I were both in the office and something seemed strange. On Tuesday morning, Jen and I were both in the office and something seemed strange.
If you&#39;ve ever been in the upper floors of a tall building during sustained winds, you can feel the building swaying. It felt just like that. &amp;nbsp;Jen says, &#34;Is the building moving?&#34; &amp;nbsp;&#34;Yes,&#34; as I realize that I shouldn&#39;t feel wind movement from the third floor. &amp;nbsp;Still not really sure what&#39;s going on, I say, &#34;</description> If you&#39;ve ever been in the upper floors of a tall building during sustained winds, you can feel the building swaying. It felt just like that. &amp;nbsp;Jen says, &#34;Is the building moving?&#34; &amp;nbsp;&#34;Yes,&#34; as I realize that I shouldn&#39;t feel wind movement from the third floor. &amp;nbsp;Still not really sure what&#39;s going on, I say, &#34;</description>
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<title>Google&#43; or Not</title> <title>Google&#43; or Not</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/07/google-or-not/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/07/google-or-not/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:08:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/07/google-or-not/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/07/google-or-not/</guid>
<description>Thanks for the invites. &amp;nbsp;I have a small collection now. <description>Thanks for the invites. &amp;nbsp;I have a small collection now.
I can&#39;t use Google+, and here&#39;s why. I can&#39;t use Google+, and here&#39;s why.
I use Google Apps for Domains. &amp;nbsp;This allows me to do all sorts of things with vollink.com. &amp;nbsp;However, Google hasn&#39;t opened Google+ up for domains accounts yet. I use Google Apps for Domains. &amp;nbsp;This allows me to do all sorts of things with vollink.com. &amp;nbsp;However, Google hasn&#39;t opened Google+ up for domains accounts yet.
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<title>Government Bail Out vs. Shut Down</title> <title>Government Bail Out vs. Shut Down</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/04/government-bail-out-vs-shut-down/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/04/government-bail-out-vs-shut-down/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:05:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/04/government-bail-out-vs-shut-down/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/04/government-bail-out-vs-shut-down/</guid>
<description>It looks like we&#39;re going to have a Newt Gingrich style government shut-down this weekend. &amp;nbsp;A friend of mine, who will be affected by this if it happens, mentioned that it seems like this is fall-out for the bail-outs. <description>It looks like we&#39;re going to have a Newt Gingrich style government shut-down this weekend. &amp;nbsp;A friend of mine, who will be affected by this if it happens, mentioned that it seems like this is fall-out for the bail-outs.
I&#39;ve heard various things about the Government bail-outs of banks, auto makers and mortgages. &amp;nbsp;So, I did a quick search, and found a really great article over at ProPublica. &amp;nbsp;This is a list of who still has money, and who paid money back already.</description> I&#39;ve heard various things about the Government bail-outs of banks, auto makers and mortgages. &amp;nbsp;So, I did a quick search, and found a really great article over at ProPublica. &amp;nbsp;This is a list of who still has money, and who paid money back already.</description>
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<title>Go Read Joe</title> <title>Go Read Joe</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/04/go-read-joe/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/04/go-read-joe/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/04/go-read-joe/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/04/go-read-joe/</guid>
<description>Joe Klein is usually liberal, and always hopes to find the best in people,&amp;nbsp;and frankly, I think we could all learn from people like him.&amp;nbsp;Last night, I read an article in Time Magazine by him called,&amp;nbsp;Palestinian People Power&amp;nbsp;(annoyingly,&amp;nbsp;Time changes the article titles on-line). <description>Joe Klein is usually liberal, and always hopes to find the best in people,&amp;nbsp;and frankly, I think we could all learn from people like him.&amp;nbsp;Last night, I read an article in Time Magazine by him called,&amp;nbsp;Palestinian People Power&amp;nbsp;(annoyingly,&amp;nbsp;Time changes the article titles on-line).
It talks about how a small, and steadily growing group of young activists in&amp;nbsp;the Palestinian (Isreali Occupied) regions of Isreal are working towards political goals by using peaceful protests, sit-in vigils, and demonstrations.</description> It talks about how a small, and steadily growing group of young activists in&amp;nbsp;the Palestinian (Isreali Occupied) regions of Isreal are working towards political goals by using peaceful protests, sit-in vigils, and demonstrations.</description>
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<title>The World vs America: Why the USA is Easy to Hate</title> <title>The World vs America: Why the USA is Easy to Hate</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/03/the-world-vs-america-why-the-usa-is-easy-to-hate/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/03/the-world-vs-america-why-the-usa-is-easy-to-hate/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:02:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/03/the-world-vs-america-why-the-usa-is-easy-to-hate/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/03/the-world-vs-america-why-the-usa-is-easy-to-hate/</guid>
<description>Because of the places I&#39;ve worked, and the jobs I have had while at those places, I&#39;ve been able to travel to other countries. &amp;nbsp;While in these places, I&#39;ve had countless hours of conversations with people from those places, most of whom have never traveled outside of their own countries. &amp;nbsp;These conversations, frequently, are about America. <description>Because of the places I&#39;ve worked, and the jobs I have had while at those places, I&#39;ve been able to travel to other countries. &amp;nbsp;While in these places, I&#39;ve had countless hours of conversations with people from those places, most of whom have never traveled outside of their own countries. &amp;nbsp;These conversations, frequently, are about America.
Today&#39;s blog started with me reading something that someone in the UK posted online after a rock concert.</description> Today&#39;s blog started with me reading something that someone in the UK posted online after a rock concert.</description>
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<title>From Top Down to Agility</title> <title>From Top Down to Agility</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/01/from-top-down-to-agility/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/01/from-top-down-to-agility/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/01/from-top-down-to-agility/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/01/from-top-down-to-agility/</guid>
<description>I am a Technical Team Leader. &amp;nbsp;I have some developers reporting to me. &amp;nbsp;So let me say this; Regulated, Regimented development. &amp;nbsp;That&#39;s what I try to use most of the time. &amp;nbsp;Yes, really. &amp;nbsp;It is extremely important to start a project with good specifications. &amp;nbsp;First, this means that I have had several conversations with my customers about what they are expecting to get out of the project, and how they expect to interact with it before anybody starts coding.</description> <description>I am a Technical Team Leader. &amp;nbsp;I have some developers reporting to me. &amp;nbsp;So let me say this; Regulated, Regimented development. &amp;nbsp;That&#39;s what I try to use most of the time. &amp;nbsp;Yes, really. &amp;nbsp;It is extremely important to start a project with good specifications. &amp;nbsp;First, this means that I have had several conversations with my customers about what they are expecting to get out of the project, and how they expect to interact with it before anybody starts coding.</description>
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<title>Spreading the Word For Simon</title> <title>Spreading the Word For Simon</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/01/spreading-the-word-for-simon/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/01/spreading-the-word-for-simon/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:53:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/01/spreading-the-word-for-simon/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/01/spreading-the-word-for-simon/</guid>
<description>Please help make 2011 Simon&#39;s year. <description>Please help make 2011 Simon&#39;s year.
You know all those e-mails that get sent around with some heart-felt story about some child who is in dire need, and if you just forward the e-mail, you could help save that child&#39;s life? &amp;nbsp;Well, the overwhelming majority of those e-mails don&#39;t actually have a link that they want you to send along with that e-mail. &amp;nbsp;A link where people who actually have the means can drop a dollar, or twenty.</description> You know all those e-mails that get sent around with some heart-felt story about some child who is in dire need, and if you just forward the e-mail, you could help save that child&#39;s life? &amp;nbsp;Well, the overwhelming majority of those e-mails don&#39;t actually have a link that they want you to send along with that e-mail. &amp;nbsp;A link where people who actually have the means can drop a dollar, or twenty.</description>
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<title>Apple Admits iPhone Can&#39;t Compete, Targets Android with Patent Suits</title> <title>Apple Admits iPhone Can&#39;t Compete, Targets Android with Patent Suits</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/01/apple-admits-iphone-can-t-compete-targets-android-with-patent-suits/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/01/apple-admits-iphone-can-t-compete-targets-android-with-patent-suits/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:04:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2011/01/apple-admits-iphone-can-t-compete-targets-android-with-patent-suits/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2011/01/apple-admits-iphone-can-t-compete-targets-android-with-patent-suits/</guid>
<description>Admitting that the iPhone can no longer feature compete with the fast moving open source platform, Android, Apple Inc dusts off some patents that could be stretched to cover some Android features and starts filing lawsuits. <description>Admitting that the iPhone can no longer feature compete with the fast moving open source platform, Android, Apple Inc dusts off some patents that could be stretched to cover some Android features and starts filing lawsuits.
Gone are the days when Apple could just tell people to use their phone and the difference in quality would be obvious. &amp;nbsp;These days, even the new Windows phones are better than iPhones, so to try to save it&#39;s market share, Apple has decided to sue instead of compete.</description> Gone are the days when Apple could just tell people to use their phone and the difference in quality would be obvious. &amp;nbsp;These days, even the new Windows phones are better than iPhones, so to try to save it&#39;s market share, Apple has decided to sue instead of compete.</description>
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<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/12/facebook-101/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/12/facebook-101/</link>
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<description>Collected from recent FaceBook 101 updates of a friend of mine. <description>Collected from recent FaceBook 101 updates of a friend of mine.
Keep your personal drama problems off of Facebook. Do not write an ambiguous post just so the first commenter will have to ask, &#34;What do you mean?&#34; Learn how to use the privacy features of Facebook and DO NOT leave your profile open to the public. Do not post or comment if it will get you in trouble with your significant other; Offending others is OK, if you are really prepared for the backlash.</description> Keep your personal drama problems off of Facebook. Do not write an ambiguous post just so the first commenter will have to ask, &#34;What do you mean?&#34; Learn how to use the privacy features of Facebook and DO NOT leave your profile open to the public. Do not post or comment if it will get you in trouble with your significant other; Offending others is OK, if you are really prepared for the backlash.</description>
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<title>What Crime Was Committed?</title> <title>What Crime Was Committed?</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/12/what-crime-was-committed/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/12/what-crime-was-committed/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:48:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/12/what-crime-was-committed/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/12/what-crime-was-committed/</guid>
<description>It appears that the politicians who are supposed to represent me are trying to convince me that a website, WikiLeaks, run primarily by a group of Australian citizens has, itself, done something illegal. <description>It appears that the politicians who are supposed to represent me are trying to convince me that a website, WikiLeaks, run primarily by a group of Australian citizens has, itself, done something illegal.
I&#39;m usually not one to go out of my way to question things my representatives are saying, but in this case, I feel I have to. I&#39;m usually not one to go out of my way to question things my representatives are saying, but in this case, I feel I have to.
Let me explore this a little bit (with the help of The Telegraph&amp;nbsp;Timeline Reference).</description> Let me explore this a little bit (with the help of The Telegraph&amp;nbsp;Timeline Reference).</description>
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<title>Christmas Time Is Nigh</title> <title>Christmas Time Is Nigh</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/12/christmas-time-is-nigh/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/12/christmas-time-is-nigh/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:33:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/12/christmas-time-is-nigh/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/12/christmas-time-is-nigh/</guid>
<description>Just a quick note to say a few minor things. <description>Just a quick note to say a few minor things.
I&#39;m back from Bangalore. &amp;nbsp;I had a great trip. &amp;nbsp;Saw some cool things, met many cool people. &amp;nbsp;I will, eventually, get around to posting photos. I&#39;m back from Bangalore. &amp;nbsp;I had a great trip. &amp;nbsp;Saw some cool things, met many cool people. &amp;nbsp;I will, eventually, get around to posting photos.
Christmas time is nigh... Christmas time is nigh...
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<title>Quasimodo says, &amp;quot;The Horns, The Horns&amp;quot;</title> <title>Quasimodo says, &amp;quot;The Horns, The Horns&amp;quot;</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/quasimodo-says-the-horns-the-horns/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/quasimodo-says-the-horns-the-horns/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:34:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>I&#39;m on my second day where I feel relatively jet-lag free. &amp;nbsp;This is as good a time as any, to mention what is different about Traffic in Bangalore. &amp;nbsp;There seems to be a whole new (but not all new to my experience) rules for traffic navigation. <description>I&#39;m on my second day where I feel relatively jet-lag free. &amp;nbsp;This is as good a time as any, to mention what is different about Traffic in Bangalore. &amp;nbsp;There seems to be a whole new (but not all new to my experience) rules for traffic navigation.
Despite what the numerous signs and dotted lines suggest, lanes are defined by the width of the vehicles next to you right now. Traffic signal lights are suggestions, that you follow only so far as someone in the other direction is tired of waiting for a green and is willing to put the front of their vehicle in front of your movement.</description> Despite what the numerous signs and dotted lines suggest, lanes are defined by the width of the vehicles next to you right now. Traffic signal lights are suggestions, that you follow only so far as someone in the other direction is tired of waiting for a green and is willing to put the front of their vehicle in front of your movement.</description>
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<title>What&#39;s My Beef with Bangalore?</title> <title>What&#39;s My Beef with Bangalore?</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/what-s-my-beef-with-bangalore/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/what-s-my-beef-with-bangalore/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:39:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/what-s-my-beef-with-bangalore/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/what-s-my-beef-with-bangalore/</guid>
<description>So, I have been in Bangalore now for five days, but something happened two days ago, that I was a bit surprised by... <description>So, I have been in Bangalore now for five days, but something happened two days ago, that I was a bit surprised by...
I&#39;ve eaten at several places since I&#39;ve been here, though, only one place would I consider having what I&#39;m guessing is actual Indian food. &amp;nbsp;Which is to say, I&#39;ve mostly eaten at hotels, or foreign Restaurants. &amp;nbsp;My room rate, at the hotel I&#39;m staying in, comes with free Breakfast, so that&#39;s the one meal I will always eat at the hotel.</description> I&#39;ve eaten at several places since I&#39;ve been here, though, only one place would I consider having what I&#39;m guessing is actual Indian food. &amp;nbsp;Which is to say, I&#39;ve mostly eaten at hotels, or foreign Restaurants. &amp;nbsp;My room rate, at the hotel I&#39;m staying in, comes with free Breakfast, so that&#39;s the one meal I will always eat at the hotel.</description>
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<title>Bangalore and Rain</title> <title>Bangalore and Rain</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/bangalore-and-rain/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/bangalore-and-rain/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:04:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/bangalore-and-rain/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/bangalore-and-rain/</guid>
<description>Went for a walk (more on that after the jump). &amp;nbsp;So, back in the hotel... watching TV. &amp;nbsp;There&#39;s an advertisement for a women&#39;s beauty product that seems to promise itself as a skin lightener. &amp;nbsp;I thought of this as crazy (even though Indian friends of mine have mentioned this before), so while writing this paragraph, I found a&amp;nbsp;blog describing skin lightening products for men. &amp;nbsp;Of course, products that market to a &#39;better self-esteem&#39; are popular everywhere, but .</description> <description>Went for a walk (more on that after the jump). &amp;nbsp;So, back in the hotel... watching TV. &amp;nbsp;There&#39;s an advertisement for a women&#39;s beauty product that seems to promise itself as a skin lightener. &amp;nbsp;I thought of this as crazy (even though Indian friends of mine have mentioned this before), so while writing this paragraph, I found a&amp;nbsp;blog describing skin lightening products for men. &amp;nbsp;Of course, products that market to a &#39;better self-esteem&#39; are popular everywhere, but .</description>
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<title>Among The Indians</title> <title>Among The Indians</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/among-the-indians/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/among-the-indians/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:10:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/11/among-the-indians/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/11/among-the-indians/</guid>
<description>For the first time, I&#39;ll be going to India soon.&amp;nbsp; I leave at the end of this week, and I&#39;ll be back just before Thanksgiving.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m very excited and very nervous about this trip.&amp;nbsp; It seems that this will be a major part of my career development.&amp;nbsp; It will also be chaotic working hours, as I&#39;ll be meeting with different departments that work all different hours of the day.&amp;nbsp; Many are suggesting that I try to work UK hours, due to the natural overlap that GMT possesses, but alas, I&#39;m already in meetings that will start at 9:30 local time, so .</description> <description>For the first time, I&#39;ll be going to India soon.&amp;nbsp; I leave at the end of this week, and I&#39;ll be back just before Thanksgiving.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m very excited and very nervous about this trip.&amp;nbsp; It seems that this will be a major part of my career development.&amp;nbsp; It will also be chaotic working hours, as I&#39;ll be meeting with different departments that work all different hours of the day.&amp;nbsp; Many are suggesting that I try to work UK hours, due to the natural overlap that GMT possesses, but alas, I&#39;m already in meetings that will start at 9:30 local time, so .</description>
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<title>Another Big Change; At Work</title> <title>Another Big Change; At Work</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/another-big-change-at-work/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/another-big-change-at-work/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:22:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:22:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/another-big-change-at-work/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/another-big-change-at-work/</guid>
<description>Big day at work today. Looks like a lot of things are changing all at once. The biggest thing about this, for me, is that I&#39;m going to be working with a larger team. <description>Big day at work today. Looks like a lot of things are changing all at once. The biggest thing about this, for me, is that I&#39;m going to be working with a larger team.
My job title is Technical Team Leader, but up to now, I&#39;ve been dealing primarily with projects. During this project work, I&#39;ve had between 1 and 5 people who are working on those projects. The guy I work for directly managed the people, while I just gave technical direction (leadership?</description> My job title is Technical Team Leader, but up to now, I&#39;ve been dealing primarily with projects. During this project work, I&#39;ve had between 1 and 5 people who are working on those projects. The guy I work for directly managed the people, while I just gave technical direction (leadership?</description>
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<title>Watch Out! Child Playing in the Street! No, A Speed Device</title> <title>Watch Out! Child Playing in the Street! No, A Speed Device</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/watch-out-child-playing-in-the-street-no-a-speed-device/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/watch-out-child-playing-in-the-street-no-a-speed-device/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/watch-out-child-playing-in-the-street-no-a-speed-device/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/watch-out-child-playing-in-the-street-no-a-speed-device/</guid>
<description>Via PhysOrg.com&amp;nbsp;[0], The City of West Vancouver, Canada, has unveiled the latest technology to get drivers to slow down. &amp;nbsp;A photo-realistic image of a little girl grabbing a ball, that is stretched long and flat to give the optical illusion that she is real, when viewed from a distance. &amp;nbsp;(Image from CTV, after the break.) <description>Via PhysOrg.com&amp;nbsp;[0], The City of West Vancouver, Canada, has unveiled the latest technology to get drivers to slow down. &amp;nbsp;A photo-realistic image of a little girl grabbing a ball, that is stretched long and flat to give the optical illusion that she is real, when viewed from a distance. &amp;nbsp;(Image from CTV, after the break.)
This particular experiment has been installed near a primary school, and only be in place for a week, and there are special signs and extra patrols in the area during this period.</description> This particular experiment has been installed near a primary school, and only be in place for a week, and there are special signs and extra patrols in the area during this period.</description>
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<title>Getting Rid Of Old Technology</title> <title>Getting Rid Of Old Technology</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/getting-rid-of-old-technology/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/getting-rid-of-old-technology/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/getting-rid-of-old-technology/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/getting-rid-of-old-technology/</guid>
<description>Today, I gave away a second phonograph player that I own. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;ve owned two phonograph players for at least 15 years. &amp;nbsp;Neither of them are &#34;DJ units&#34;, just standard home units manufactured in &#39;87 and &#39;91. &amp;nbsp;The one I gave away isn&#39;t as good as the other one, but I had bought it myself. &amp;nbsp;The better one, that I still use, was given to me. &amp;nbsp;But one day, maybe I would&amp;nbsp;need&amp;nbsp;the other unit.</description> <description>Today, I gave away a second phonograph player that I own. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;ve owned two phonograph players for at least 15 years. &amp;nbsp;Neither of them are &#34;DJ units&#34;, just standard home units manufactured in &#39;87 and &#39;91. &amp;nbsp;The one I gave away isn&#39;t as good as the other one, but I had bought it myself. &amp;nbsp;The better one, that I still use, was given to me. &amp;nbsp;But one day, maybe I would&amp;nbsp;need&amp;nbsp;the other unit.</description>
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<title>Video: Cruise Ship In Heavy Seas</title> <title>Video: Cruise Ship In Heavy Seas</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/video-cruise-ship-in-heavy-seas/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/video-cruise-ship-in-heavy-seas/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/video-cruise-ship-in-heavy-seas/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/video-cruise-ship-in-heavy-seas/</guid>
<description>From the folks at BoingBoing, this is awe inspiring in a really, really scary way. <description>From the folks at BoingBoing, this is awe inspiring in a really, really scary way.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/07/cruise-ship-chaos-vi.html http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/07/cruise-ship-chaos-vi.html
Shorter YouTube version too... Shorter YouTube version too...
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<title>St. Paul Sink Hole</title> <title>St. Paul Sink Hole</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/st-paul-sink-hole/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/st-paul-sink-hole/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/st-paul-sink-hole/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/st-paul-sink-hole/</guid>
<description>There was a sink-hole in St. Paul this-morning. <description>There was a sink-hole in St. Paul this-morning.
Ever since I heard this story about a woman who fell through a grate in Manhattan, I&#39;ve been worried about sidewalk grates. &amp;nbsp;I just can&#39;t function if I have to worry about whole sidewalks, too! Ever since I heard this story about a woman who fell through a grate in Manhattan, I&#39;ve been worried about sidewalk grates. &amp;nbsp;I just can&#39;t function if I have to worry about whole sidewalks, too!
Someone I know sent me a PDF file that had some pictures. &amp;nbsp;This is a really huge hole. &amp;nbsp;When I first heard about it, I was thinking man-hole cover size, not SUV size.</description> Someone I know sent me a PDF file that had some pictures. &amp;nbsp;This is a really huge hole. &amp;nbsp;When I first heard about it, I was thinking man-hole cover size, not SUV size.</description>
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<title>Big Change</title> <title>Big Change</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/big-change/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/big-change/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:58:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/big-change/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/big-change/</guid>
<description>I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, J. &amp;nbsp;It was one of those marathon chats that go on and on, but we didn&#39;t really say much. &amp;nbsp;It&#39;s Labor day today, so we chatted about that. &amp;nbsp;I mentioned that I saw a tree on Friday that had half it&#39;s leaves brown already. &amp;nbsp;Fall is closing in early. &amp;nbsp;She mentioned some of the things she is doing where she is.</description> <description>I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, J. &amp;nbsp;It was one of those marathon chats that go on and on, but we didn&#39;t really say much. &amp;nbsp;It&#39;s Labor day today, so we chatted about that. &amp;nbsp;I mentioned that I saw a tree on Friday that had half it&#39;s leaves brown already. &amp;nbsp;Fall is closing in early. &amp;nbsp;She mentioned some of the things she is doing where she is.</description>
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<title>New Start</title> <title>New Start</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/new-start/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/new-start/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/09/new-start/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/09/new-start/</guid>
<description>This is my new blog space. &amp;nbsp;My old blog is still available, but due to some account changes with Google, I chose to move my blog around to a new Google user-id. <description>This is my new blog space. &amp;nbsp;My old blog is still available, but due to some account changes with Google, I chose to move my blog around to a new Google user-id.
[Update]: [Update]:
Ha! &amp;nbsp;Technically, I just figured out how to import my old blog into this one. &amp;nbsp;So, now everything is all in one place. </description> Ha! &amp;nbsp;Technically, I just figured out how to import my old blog into this one. &amp;nbsp;So, now everything is all in one place. </description>
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<title>Tea Party : The Republican Green?</title> <title>Tea Party : The Republican Green?</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/07/tea-party-the-republican-green/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/07/tea-party-the-republican-green/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/07/tea-party-the-republican-green/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/07/tea-party-the-republican-green/</guid>
<description>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2003079,00.html <description>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2003079,00.html
I read the article above*, and couldn&#39;t help but notice that this was the very same analysis that so many had about the Green Party during the G.W.Bush years. The whole idea, then, was that the Green party, by both attracting Democrats, and then also endorsing occasional bat-shit-crazy candidates basically imploded the realistic chances of either party. *The Headline is different in the print edition: Mark Halperin&#39;s Take: How the Tea Party Is a Mixed Blessing </description> I read the article above*, and couldn&#39;t help but notice that this was the very same analysis that so many had about the Green Party during the G.W.Bush years. The whole idea, then, was that the Green party, by both attracting Democrats, and then also endorsing occasional bat-shit-crazy candidates basically imploded the realistic chances of either party. *The Headline is different in the print edition: Mark Halperin&#39;s Take: How the Tea Party Is a Mixed Blessing </description>
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<title>Crazy Morning, Getting Better</title> <title>Crazy Morning, Getting Better</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/06/crazy-morning-getting-better/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/06/crazy-morning-getting-better/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:53:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2010/06/crazy-morning-getting-better/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2010/06/crazy-morning-getting-better/</guid>
<description>It&#39;s raining in St. Paul today. &amp;nbsp;I had an overnight guest, family of a friend*, who was planning to get into work early, and didn&#39;t quite make it in early. &amp;nbsp; To put it lightly, my overnight guest had a really bad morning. &amp;nbsp;I got up just in time to see her off, and decided to make some eggs as she left. &amp;nbsp;I just finished making breakfast when I got the phone call.</description> <description>It&#39;s raining in St. Paul today. &amp;nbsp;I had an overnight guest, family of a friend*, who was planning to get into work early, and didn&#39;t quite make it in early. &amp;nbsp; To put it lightly, my overnight guest had a really bad morning. &amp;nbsp;I got up just in time to see her off, and decided to make some eggs as she left. &amp;nbsp;I just finished making breakfast when I got the phone call.</description>
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<title>Password Retention Policies</title> <title>Password Retention Policies</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2009/05/password-retention-policies/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2009/05/password-retention-policies/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 16:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 16:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2009/05/password-retention-policies/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2009/05/password-retention-policies/</guid>
<description>It never used to bother me, but now it does. <description>It never used to bother me, but now it does.
Every time I hear about one of those laptops stolen with secrets, but &#34;no secure password&#34;, I believe that corporate password retention policies are to blame. Every time I hear about one of those laptops stolen with secrets, but &#34;no secure password&#34;, I believe that corporate password retention policies are to blame.
I have now come to the point, where I work, that the various password systems, with their vastly different password policies, have collided to make it impossible for me to keep up anymore. I will now be one of the countless hoardes that puts my passwords on a sticky note above my notebook&#39;s keyboard.</description> I have now come to the point, where I work, that the various password systems, with their vastly different password policies, have collided to make it impossible for me to keep up anymore. I will now be one of the countless hoardes that puts my passwords on a sticky note above my notebook&#39;s keyboard.</description>
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<title>[dev] CHAIR Programming Platform 3.0</title> <title>[dev] CHAIR Programming Platform 3.0</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2009/03/dev-chair-programming-platform-3-0/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2009/03/dev-chair-programming-platform-3-0/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2009/03/dev-chair-programming-platform-3-0/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2009/03/dev-chair-programming-platform-3-0/</guid>
<description>What is CHAIR? <description>What is CHAIR?
CHAIR is an offset platform for programming, which is specifically made to support a programmer&#39;s approach to offset horizontal surface interfacing to tables. It does not qualify as a fully integrated development environment, but instead is a purpose built platform for supporting a programmer without getting in the way of what the programmer does best! As a programming platform CHAIR is already proven to lead to greatly reduced project timelines when compared to similar projects done without the CHAIR Platform.</description> CHAIR is an offset platform for programming, which is specifically made to support a programmer&#39;s approach to offset horizontal surface interfacing to tables. It does not qualify as a fully integrated development environment, but instead is a purpose built platform for supporting a programmer without getting in the way of what the programmer does best! As a programming platform CHAIR is already proven to lead to greatly reduced project timelines when compared to similar projects done without the CHAIR Platform.</description>
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<title>Spring and It&#39;s Been a While</title> <title>Spring and It&#39;s Been a While</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2009/03/spring-and-it-s-been-a-while/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2009/03/spring-and-it-s-been-a-while/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:55:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2009/03/spring-and-it-s-been-a-while/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2009/03/spring-and-it-s-been-a-while/</guid>
<description>Hello everyone. <description>Hello everyone.
I&#39;ve been very busy with work and friends lately. I also don&#39;t have an internet connection at home, so I&#39;ve been neglecting this blog. It&#39;s not that I haven&#39;t seen anything of interest lately, and it&#39;s not that I&#39;ve had nothing to say. I&#39;ve just been busy. I&#39;ve been very busy with work and friends lately. I also don&#39;t have an internet connection at home, so I&#39;ve been neglecting this blog. It&#39;s not that I haven&#39;t seen anything of interest lately, and it&#39;s not that I&#39;ve had nothing to say. I&#39;ve just been busy.
First -- I lost my TV. Not really that I lost a TV. I don&#39;t have one, but I did have a TV capture card, and I was able to get over-the-air signals with it.</description> First -- I lost my TV. Not really that I lost a TV. I don&#39;t have one, but I did have a TV capture card, and I was able to get over-the-air signals with it.</description>
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<title>Revisit: &#39;Attack and Muder at the Drum Tower&#39; [Updated]</title> <title>Revisit: &#39;Attack and Muder at the Drum Tower&#39; [Updated]</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/12/revisit-attack-and-muder-at-the-drum-tower-updated/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/12/revisit-attack-and-muder-at-the-drum-tower-updated/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:19:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/12/revisit-attack-and-muder-at-the-drum-tower-updated/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/12/revisit-attack-and-muder-at-the-drum-tower-updated/</guid>
<description>Back in August, I wrote a blog entry about the attack that occurred in the second level of the Beijing drum tower. <description>Back in August, I wrote a blog entry about the attack that occurred in the second level of the Beijing drum tower.
I received a comment on that story that I deeply hope is true, but ... partly because it was anonymous (see update), and mostly because there have been no further news reports that I&#39;ve been able to find, I have no way of being sure. Here is a copy of that comment:</description> I received a comment on that story that I deeply hope is true, but ... partly because it was anonymous (see update), and mostly because there have been no further news reports that I&#39;ve been able to find, I have no way of being sure. Here is a copy of that comment:</description>
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<title>Christmas Meme</title> <title>Christmas Meme</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/12/christmas-meme/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/12/christmas-meme/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:16:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/12/christmas-meme/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/12/christmas-meme/</guid>
<description>So my mother sent me this set of questions in e-mail. Like all internet memes, the idea is to copy the questions, and fill in your own answers, and send that out to all the people you know. I don&#39;t often do these, but it&#39;s Christmas time, so I figured it&#39;s good enough to go up on my blog (and, by extension, Facebook). So, here are the questions with my answers:</description> <description>So my mother sent me this set of questions in e-mail. Like all internet memes, the idea is to copy the questions, and fill in your own answers, and send that out to all the people you know. I don&#39;t often do these, but it&#39;s Christmas time, so I figured it&#39;s good enough to go up on my blog (and, by extension, Facebook). So, here are the questions with my answers:</description>
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<title>China Memories</title> <title>China Memories</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/11/china-memories/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/11/china-memories/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:31:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/11/china-memories/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/11/china-memories/</guid>
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This was continuously one of my favorite spots on the road in China... It&#39;s not easy to see the street painted arrows below, but it mirrors the sign above. This was continuously one of my favorite spots on the road in China... It&#39;s not easy to see the street painted arrows below, but it mirrors the sign above.
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<title>New Address</title> <title>New Address</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/11/new-address/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/11/new-address/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:46:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/11/new-address/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/11/new-address/</guid>
<description>I have a new place. I now live in Downtown St. Paul, MN at an apartment that is skyway connected. I have a 12 minute walk to work through the skyway, and I don&#39;t really need to drive much anymore. <description>I have a new place. I now live in Downtown St. Paul, MN at an apartment that is skyway connected. I have a 12 minute walk to work through the skyway, and I don&#39;t really need to drive much anymore.
This will be convenient in the winter, and even more when there&#39;s a snow storm. This will be convenient in the winter, and even more when there&#39;s a snow storm.
I don&#39;t have an Internet connection at my apartment. I will, but not this month. Someday.</description> I don&#39;t have an Internet connection at my apartment. I will, but not this month. Someday.</description>
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<title>Driving Aircraft (part 2) [Updated]</title> <title>Driving Aircraft (part 2) [Updated]</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/10/driving-aircraft-part-2-updated/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/10/driving-aircraft-part-2-updated/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/10/driving-aircraft-part-2-updated/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/10/driving-aircraft-part-2-updated/</guid>
<description>Some of you may remember a previous post in a similar style. I saw this on Oct 22, but I didn&#39;t get a chance to post these until today... <description>Some of you may remember a previous post in a similar style. I saw this on Oct 22, but I didn&#39;t get a chance to post these until today...
I spotted it up ahead, and grabbed my camera. It&#39;s just an unusual thing to see... I spotted it up ahead, and grabbed my camera. It&#39;s just an unusual thing to see...
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<title>One Year Ago</title> <title>One Year Ago</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2008/10/one-year-ago/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2008/10/one-year-ago/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:46:00 -0500</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2008/10/one-year-ago/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2008/10/one-year-ago/</guid>
<description>One year ago, I arrived in China. I cherish the time that I spent there, and wish I had more time to spend there. <description>One year ago, I arrived in China. I cherish the time that I spent there, and wish I had more time to spend there.
Due to a number of issues that are beyond my control, the possibility of me getting back to China for any length of time in the future is greatly diminished. Due to a number of issues that are beyond my control, the possibility of me getting back to China for any length of time in the future is greatly diminished.
I consider several of the people that I met in China to be close friends of mine to this day.</description> I consider several of the people that I met in China to be close friends of mine to this day.</description>
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<title>Saturday&#39;s Day Trip</title> <title>Saturday&#39;s Day Trip</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/10/saturday-s-day-trip/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/10/saturday-s-day-trip/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:05:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/10/saturday-s-day-trip/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/10/saturday-s-day-trip/</guid>
<description>I couldn&#39;t have asked for better weather. Sure, it&#39;s Minnesota and it&#39;s getting cool, but there was barely a cloud in the sky... <description>I couldn&#39;t have asked for better weather. Sure, it&#39;s Minnesota and it&#39;s getting cool, but there was barely a cloud in the sky...
Darwin and Ray are some co-workers who are in town for a month, and this is their last full weekend in Minnesota. I had offered earlier to take them to see Lake Superior. Darwin, in particular, had mentioned how much he wanted to see the great lakes... so I figured I&#39;d do the best I could, and show him the big one that&#39;s only a few hours drive from here.</description> Darwin and Ray are some co-workers who are in town for a month, and this is their last full weekend in Minnesota. I had offered earlier to take them to see Lake Superior. Darwin, in particular, had mentioned how much he wanted to see the great lakes... so I figured I&#39;d do the best I could, and show him the big one that&#39;s only a few hours drive from here.</description>
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<title>Eight Percent Lost</title> <title>Eight Percent Lost</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/eight-percent-lost/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/eight-percent-lost/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/eight-percent-lost/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/eight-percent-lost/</guid>
<description>Washington DC <description>Washington DC
As the House of Representatives are pandering to the most resentful and least educated of their respective constituents, the economists on Wall Street started another sell off. As the House of Representatives are pandering to the most resentful and least educated of their respective constituents, the economists on Wall Street started another sell off.
The results, about 8% loss. Of course, this depends on what index you are looking at, but 8% seems to be right about in the middle. The Dow is down 777 points or 6.98%. The Russel 1000 is down 8.69%. Nasdaq Composite is down 199 points or 9.</description> The results, about 8% loss. Of course, this depends on what index you are looking at, but 8% seems to be right about in the middle. The Dow is down 777 points or 6.98%. The Russel 1000 is down 8.69%. Nasdaq Composite is down 199 points or 9.</description>
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<title>Micheal Moore - Slacker Uprising</title> <title>Micheal Moore - Slacker Uprising</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/micheal-moore-slacker-uprising/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/micheal-moore-slacker-uprising/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:53:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/micheal-moore-slacker-uprising/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/micheal-moore-slacker-uprising/</guid>
<description>The movie is available for free download. The download is, supposedly, US only - - yet the movie also has an official bittorrent tracker. Last I checked, torrent doesn&#39;t care about what country you are in. <description>The movie is available for free download. The download is, supposedly, US only - - yet the movie also has an official bittorrent tracker. Last I checked, torrent doesn&#39;t care about what country you are in.
I made a copy of the tracker, here. I made a copy of the tracker, here.
Bittorrent is available for free download, too. </description> Bittorrent is available for free download, too. </description>
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<title>Argh Matey!</title> <title>Argh Matey!</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/argh-matey/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/argh-matey/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:55:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/argh-matey/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/argh-matey/</guid>
<description>Happy &#34;Talk Like a Pirate Day&#34; to ya. <description>Happy &#34;Talk Like a Pirate Day&#34; to ya.
Why, Talk Like a Pirate day, you prey ask!? Why, Talk Like a Pirate day, you prey ask!?
Well, Because the markets are crashin&#39; around us, the gov&#39;ment is in turmoil, the &#39;lections are about change - but not the kind that jingles, and because, well, It&#39;s September 19th, yet again. Well, Because the markets are crashin&#39; around us, the gov&#39;ment is in turmoil, the &#39;lections are about change - but not the kind that jingles, and because, well, It&#39;s September 19th, yet again.
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<title>Pink Floyd Keyboardist, Richard Wright...</title> <title>Pink Floyd Keyboardist, Richard Wright...</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/pink-floyd-keyboardist-richard-wright/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/pink-floyd-keyboardist-richard-wright/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:23:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/pink-floyd-keyboardist-richard-wright/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/pink-floyd-keyboardist-richard-wright/</guid>
<description>http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSLF23668220080915 <description>http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSLF23668220080915
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2008/09/pink_floyds_richard_wright_194_1.html http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2008/09/pink_floyds_richard_wright_194_1.html
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<title>This Day in Gary&#39;s History...</title> <title>This Day in Gary&#39;s History...</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/this-day-in-gary-s-history/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/this-day-in-gary-s-history/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:36:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/this-day-in-gary-s-history/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/this-day-in-gary-s-history/</guid>
<description>September 11, 2001 I was on a consulting assignment to help install and configure a web based software product at Caterpillar in Pontiac, Illinois. I arrived at the Bloomington, IL airport on the morning of September 10th, and was asked to visit the headquarters in East Peoria on September 11th. To save the customer money, another consultant agreed to lend me his pickup truck for the drive to East Peoria (on the other end of the state).</description> <description>September 11, 2001 I was on a consulting assignment to help install and configure a web based software product at Caterpillar in Pontiac, Illinois. I arrived at the Bloomington, IL airport on the morning of September 10th, and was asked to visit the headquarters in East Peoria on September 11th. To save the customer money, another consultant agreed to lend me his pickup truck for the drive to East Peoria (on the other end of the state).</description>
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<title>Back From New York</title> <title>Back From New York</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/back-from-new-york/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/back-from-new-york/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:43:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/09/back-from-new-york/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/09/back-from-new-york/</guid>
<description>I&#39;ve posted a few pictures online from the trip. Mostly business, didn&#39;t really get to see anything too exciting on such a short weekday only trip. <description>I&#39;ve posted a few pictures online from the trip. Mostly business, didn&#39;t really get to see anything too exciting on such a short weekday only trip.
http://picasaweb.google.com/gary.vollink/NewYorkTrip </description> http://picasaweb.google.com/gary.vollink/NewYorkTrip </description>
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<title>Bad Speling Iz Ok Now?</title> <title>Bad Speling Iz Ok Now?</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/bad-speling-iz-ok-now/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/bad-speling-iz-ok-now/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:15:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/bad-speling-iz-ok-now/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/bad-speling-iz-ok-now/</guid>
<description>This article has been in the back of my head, bugging me since I first read it. Mind, it&#39;s not the article itself that bothers me, it&#39;s the assertion that is being made in the article. Bad Spelling should be acceptable at the college level. <description>This article has been in the back of my head, bugging me since I first read it. Mind, it&#39;s not the article itself that bothers me, it&#39;s the assertion that is being made in the article. Bad Spelling should be acceptable at the college level.
Spelling &#34;truely atrosious,&#34; says academic (sic) Spelling &#34;truely atrosious,&#34; says academic (sic)
I&#39;ve been mulling this over for weeks, and I&#39;ve heard a few people make the argument that standardized spelling is a relatively new construct from a historic perspective.</description> I&#39;ve been mulling this over for weeks, and I&#39;ve heard a few people make the argument that standardized spelling is a relatively new construct from a historic perspective.</description>
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<title>Beijing : Attack and Murder at the Drum Tower</title> <title>Beijing : Attack and Murder at the Drum Tower</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/beijing-attack-and-murder-at-the-drum-tower/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/beijing-attack-and-murder-at-the-drum-tower/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:01:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/beijing-attack-and-murder-at-the-drum-tower/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/beijing-attack-and-murder-at-the-drum-tower/</guid>
<description>I feel that I should begin by expressing how safe I felt while I was in Beijing. I felt safer in every part of Beijing than I do in downtown Minneapolis. The news outlets don&#39;t really say that enough while sharing this bit of news. Actual physical attacks on foreigners are very unusual in Beijing. Like any large city, crimes of opportunity are common, but confrontational attacks against foreigners are incredibly rare.</description> <description>I feel that I should begin by expressing how safe I felt while I was in Beijing. I felt safer in every part of Beijing than I do in downtown Minneapolis. The news outlets don&#39;t really say that enough while sharing this bit of news. Actual physical attacks on foreigners are very unusual in Beijing. Like any large city, crimes of opportunity are common, but confrontational attacks against foreigners are incredibly rare.</description>
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<title>Javascript Toolkits; Web Programming</title> <title>Javascript Toolkits; Web Programming</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/javascript-toolkits-web-programming/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/javascript-toolkits-web-programming/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/javascript-toolkits-web-programming/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/javascript-toolkits-web-programming/</guid>
<description>So I&#39;ve started working with the Dojo Toolkit -- mostly because I ran the demo for it, and I was impressed by what it could do out of the box. It does have a very nicely featured demonstration set. <description>So I&#39;ve started working with the Dojo Toolkit -- mostly because I ran the demo for it, and I was impressed by what it could do out of the box. It does have a very nicely featured demonstration set.
I&#39;ve mentioned this to some friends and colleagues, and instead of thoughts or experiences with this toolkit, I got back a whole bunch of comments about why I chose to work with Dojo and not &#34;</description> I&#39;ve mentioned this to some friends and colleagues, and instead of thoughts or experiences with this toolkit, I got back a whole bunch of comments about why I chose to work with Dojo and not &#34;</description>
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<title>Florida Bird Photos from Today.</title> <title>Florida Bird Photos from Today.</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/florida-bird-photos-from-today/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/florida-bird-photos-from-today/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/08/florida-bird-photos-from-today/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/08/florida-bird-photos-from-today/</guid>
<description>Someone I know in Florida sent me some pictures of birds -- the pictures were taken today. <description>Someone I know in Florida sent me some pictures of birds -- the pictures were taken today.
Black Bellied Whistling Duck Black Bellied Whistling Duck
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<title>Spotted This -- had to link it.</title> <title>Spotted This -- had to link it.</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/spotted-this-had-to-link-it/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/spotted-this-had-to-link-it/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:09:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/spotted-this-had-to-link-it/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/spotted-this-had-to-link-it/</guid>
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<title>Just a Joke</title> <title>Just a Joke</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/just-a-joke/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/just-a-joke/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/just-a-joke/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/just-a-joke/</guid>
<description>The joke below was e-mailed to me recently, and I&#39;ve entered it with the text that I received in the e-mail. However, it seems that the more popular version of the joke has the gender of the characters switched. <description>The joke below was e-mailed to me recently, and I&#39;ve entered it with the text that I received in the e-mail. However, it seems that the more popular version of the joke has the gender of the characters switched.
A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one.</description> A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one.</description>
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<title>Beijing 2008 - Olympics In The Air</title> <title>Beijing 2008 - Olympics In The Air</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/beijing-2008-olympics-in-the-air/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/beijing-2008-olympics-in-the-air/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/beijing-2008-olympics-in-the-air/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/beijing-2008-olympics-in-the-air/</guid>
<description>Last October, during the beginning of my time in Beijing, I wrote this blog post that mentioned air quality with two comparative photos. <description>Last October, during the beginning of my time in Beijing, I wrote this blog post that mentioned air quality with two comparative photos.
Since then, I&#39;ve been following the blog of James Fallows who also has been posting photos for comparison. Since then, I&#39;ve been following the blog of James Fallows who also has been posting photos for comparison.
In the last several days -- China has done several things to try to improve the air quality for the Olympics. In the last several days -- China has done several things to try to improve the air quality for the Olympics.
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<title>Strange Helicopter Transportation (photo)</title> <title>Strange Helicopter Transportation (photo)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/strange-helicopter-transportation-photo/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/strange-helicopter-transportation-photo/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:39:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/strange-helicopter-transportation-photo/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/strange-helicopter-transportation-photo/</guid>
<description>I was driving into work this-morning, and I saw a helicopter driving down the road. Weirdest thing ever, so I absolutely had to take some photos out my window. <description>I was driving into work this-morning, and I saw a helicopter driving down the road. Weirdest thing ever, so I absolutely had to take some photos out my window.
Quite unexpected. That&#39;s all I&#39;m saying. Quite unexpected. That&#39;s all I&#39;m saying.
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<title>For My Floridian Friends</title> <title>For My Floridian Friends</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/for-my-floridian-friends/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/for-my-floridian-friends/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:03:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/for-my-floridian-friends/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/for-my-floridian-friends/</guid>
<description>http://xkcd.net/453/ <description>http://xkcd.net/453/
Upcoming Hurricanes The XKCD web comic is one of my favorites. </description> Upcoming Hurricanes The XKCD web comic is one of my favorites. </description>
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<title>Me and My Enneagram [Updated]</title> <title>Me and My Enneagram [Updated]</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/me-and-my-enneagram-updated/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/me-and-my-enneagram-updated/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/me-and-my-enneagram-updated/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/me-and-my-enneagram-updated/</guid>
<description>This is a bit of a meme that&#39;s been going around one of my circles of friends. It&#39;s this Enneagram test. So, after putting it off for a week, I finally decided to take the first (and longer) of the two tests presented at the link above. <description>This is a bit of a meme that&#39;s been going around one of my circles of friends. It&#39;s this Enneagram test. So, after putting it off for a week, I finally decided to take the first (and longer) of the two tests presented at the link above.
I will not pretend that I&#39;ve actually read through what this means or what it might mean, but - generally - I have a tendency of being very central on most personality tests, so -- I&#39;ve linked the whole result set, with all of the scores, so that you can see the whole picture.</description> I will not pretend that I&#39;ve actually read through what this means or what it might mean, but - generally - I have a tendency of being very central on most personality tests, so -- I&#39;ve linked the whole result set, with all of the scores, so that you can see the whole picture.</description>
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<title>Song In My Head</title> <title>Song In My Head</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/song-in-my-head/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/song-in-my-head/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:56:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/song-in-my-head/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/song-in-my-head/</guid>
<description>First, it&#39;s a really good song. Musically complex, and very heart-felt. I would link to it here, but I didn&#39;t find a source that has a copy. <description>First, it&#39;s a really good song. Musically complex, and very heart-felt. I would link to it here, but I didn&#39;t find a source that has a copy.
However, for two days I&#39;ve had this same song going through my head. I&#39;ve LISTENED to the song at least 12 times trying to satisfy whatever is making this song run through my head. It hasn&#39;t helped. So, I figure I&#39;ll try to give it to someone else, maybe the song will leave me alone for a while.</description> However, for two days I&#39;ve had this same song going through my head. I&#39;ve LISTENED to the song at least 12 times trying to satisfy whatever is making this song run through my head. It hasn&#39;t helped. So, I figure I&#39;ll try to give it to someone else, maybe the song will leave me alone for a while.</description>
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<title>First Life</title> <title>First Life</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/first-life/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/first-life/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/first-life/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/first-life/</guid>
<description>So, you&#39;ve heard of &#34;Second Life&#34;... <description>So, you&#39;ve heard of &#34;Second Life&#34;...
Clark Boyd over at &#34;The World&#34; (BBC / WGBH) posted a blog entry with a link to a REALLY funny site, so without further introduction Clark Boyd over at &#34;The World&#34; (BBC / WGBH) posted a blog entry with a link to a REALLY funny site, so without further introduction
Get a First Life </description> Get a First Life </description>
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<title>Opinion: VMWare Server 2.0 Beta [Updated]</title> <title>Opinion: VMWare Server 2.0 Beta [Updated]</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/opinion-vmware-server-2-0-beta-updated/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/opinion-vmware-server-2-0-beta-updated/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/opinion-vmware-server-2-0-beta-updated/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/opinion-vmware-server-2-0-beta-updated/</guid>
<description>I&#39;ve used VMWare Server 2.0 Beta for about three solid hours now... <description>I&#39;ve used VMWare Server 2.0 Beta for about three solid hours now...
Things I like. Things I like.
Virtual Hardware v. 7 with USB 2.0 support. Tomcat based VM monitoring, is pretty responsive. Does NOT request or attempt to &#34;require&#34; IIS. The Server interface, while different, remains similar.Technical -- I&#39;ve loaded VMWare-Server beta on two separate Windows XP host systems (I have an Ubuntu as well, but I&#39;ve had problems in the past loading both &#34;</description> Virtual Hardware v. 7 with USB 2.0 support. Tomcat based VM monitoring, is pretty responsive. Does NOT request or attempt to &#34;require&#34; IIS. The Server interface, while different, remains similar.Technical -- I&#39;ve loaded VMWare-Server beta on two separate Windows XP host systems (I have an Ubuntu as well, but I&#39;ve had problems in the past loading both &#34;</description>
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<title>Flamingo Hand</title> <title>Flamingo Hand</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/flamingo-hand/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/flamingo-hand/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/flamingo-hand/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/flamingo-hand/</guid>
<description>This came from one of those e-mails that people send around. It was a collection of &#34;hand art&#34;. One that I&#39;m sure has an online source somewhere, and if I find it, I&#39;ll link to that ... but, I thought this was interesting enough, so .. check it out. <description>This came from one of those e-mails that people send around. It was a collection of &#34;hand art&#34;. One that I&#39;m sure has an online source somewhere, and if I find it, I&#39;ll link to that ... but, I thought this was interesting enough, so .. check it out.
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<title>Twitter by Proxy</title> <title>Twitter by Proxy</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/twitter-by-proxy/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/twitter-by-proxy/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:04:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/twitter-by-proxy/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/twitter-by-proxy/</guid>
<description>So, I&#39;m done with twitview. <description>So, I&#39;m done with twitview.
Twitview uses the web server (vollink.com) to pull my twitter data feed. Once pulled, I turn links into links. Twitview uses the web server (vollink.com) to pull my twitter data feed. Once pulled, I turn links into links.
The twittering view at the right side of this blog now uses twitview, as does the open-social app that I wrote for my iGoogle. I also added twitview to my main homepage. The twittering view at the right side of this blog now uses twitview, as does the open-social app that I wrote for my iGoogle. I also added twitview to my main homepage.
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<title>Google Apps, iGoogle and Facebook</title> <title>Google Apps, iGoogle and Facebook</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/google-apps-igoogle-and-facebook/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/google-apps-igoogle-and-facebook/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/google-apps-igoogle-and-facebook/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/google-apps-igoogle-and-facebook/</guid>
<description>I&#39;ve added Google Apps to my domain. I had already started handing pieces of my domain to Google when I started letting them host my blog. At the same time, I&#39;m starting to take pieces back. More on that later... <description>I&#39;ve added Google Apps to my domain. I had already started handing pieces of my domain to Google when I started letting them host my blog. At the same time, I&#39;m starting to take pieces back. More on that later...
I started playing with the Open Social API today. Really simple thing -- I realized that I wanted to put some basic, static HTML in a box on both my Facebook page and to my iGoogle page.</description> I started playing with the Open Social API today. Really simple thing -- I realized that I wanted to put some basic, static HTML in a box on both my Facebook page and to my iGoogle page.</description>
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<title>Happy Independence Day</title> <title>Happy Independence Day</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/happy-independence-day/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/happy-independence-day/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/07/happy-independence-day/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/07/happy-independence-day/</guid>
<description>It is, of course, the Fourth day of July. <description>It is, of course, the Fourth day of July.
After several years of tension, and many attempts by various colony-side groups to get the British parliament to listen to basic grievances, conflict arose. After several years of tension, and many attempts by various colony-side groups to get the British parliament to listen to basic grievances, conflict arose.
The Colonists and the British Army started shooting on 19 April 1775 at Lexington - just outside of Boston. On 11 June 1776, more than a year after the war had begun, the delegates to the Continental Congress appointed a committee of five, and they got started on the serious work of making a formal declaration of Independence.</description> The Colonists and the British Army started shooting on 19 April 1775 at Lexington - just outside of Boston. On 11 June 1776, more than a year after the war had begun, the delegates to the Continental Congress appointed a committee of five, and they got started on the serious work of making a formal declaration of Independence.</description>
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<title>SmokeStack Gone : The Video</title> <title>SmokeStack Gone : The Video</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone-the-video/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone-the-video/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:16:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone-the-video/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone-the-video/</guid>
<description>So, here is the video that I took of the St Paul Smoke Stack falling... <description>So, here is the video that I took of the St Paul Smoke Stack falling...
Wait for it to load - Action starts during minute 5, so forward to there (half-way point). I haven&#39;t had a chance to edit it down. Wait for it to load - Action starts during minute 5, so forward to there (half-way point). I haven&#39;t had a chance to edit it down.
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<title>SmokeStack Gone.</title> <title>SmokeStack Gone.</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:07:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/smokestack-gone/</guid>
<description>Well -- it was a crazy minute, but the Smoke Stack at the Mississippi River at the St. Paul High Bridge came falling down. It was described in the article as an implosion, but the way the video is shown, it seems very likely that they meant for it to tumble like a felled tree, as it did. <description>Well -- it was a crazy minute, but the Smoke Stack at the Mississippi River at the St. Paul High Bridge came falling down. It was described in the article as an implosion, but the way the video is shown, it seems very likely that they meant for it to tumble like a felled tree, as it did.
The smoke stack held a falcon box for several years, but that box was removed in January before the falcons returned from their winter journey.</description> The smoke stack held a falcon box for several years, but that box was removed in January before the falcons returned from their winter journey.</description>
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<title>Remembering the Silent Majority</title> <title>Remembering the Silent Majority</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/remembering-the-silent-majority/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/remembering-the-silent-majority/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:02:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/remembering-the-silent-majority/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/remembering-the-silent-majority/</guid>
<description>Concerning my previous blog post: Why Most Politics Is Radical <description>Concerning my previous blog post: Why Most Politics Is Radical
I had been thinking for the last several months about Nixon&#39;s &#34;Silent Majority&#34; [1] [2]. I had been thinking for the last several months about Nixon&#39;s &#34;Silent Majority&#34; [1] [2].
The silent majority is usually described as the &#34;mostly conservative&#34; bulk of people who are not easily swayed by politics. Some discussions have suggested that this majority is simply gone, that it doesn&#39;t exist. However, I take it that - even while Nixon called them a &#34;</description> The silent majority is usually described as the &#34;mostly conservative&#34; bulk of people who are not easily swayed by politics. Some discussions have suggested that this majority is simply gone, that it doesn&#39;t exist. However, I take it that - even while Nixon called them a &#34;</description>
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<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/smokestack-implosion/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/smokestack-implosion/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:14:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/smokestack-implosion/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/smokestack-implosion/</guid>
<description>http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/21868579.html <description>http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/21868579.html
I am planning on going to the office, and filming this from the tallest building in St. Paul. I Think it will be really cool to see. It&#39;s early though. I&#39;ve never seen anything like this in person though. I am planning on going to the office, and filming this from the tallest building in St. Paul. I Think it will be really cool to see. It&#39;s early though. I&#39;ve never seen anything like this in person though.
I worry about &#34;foggers and water cannons&#34; obstructing my view though. </description> I worry about &#34;foggers and water cannons&#34; obstructing my view though. </description>
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<title>Summertime</title> <title>Summertime</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/summertime/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/summertime/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/summertime/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/summertime/</guid>
<description>Well Summertime is here. <description>Well Summertime is here.
Click to play (doesn&#39;t work in some RSS viewers): Click to play (doesn&#39;t work in some RSS viewers):
boomp3.com boomp3.com
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<title>Why Most Politics Is Radical</title> <title>Why Most Politics Is Radical</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/why-most-politics-is-radical/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/why-most-politics-is-radical/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:03:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/why-most-politics-is-radical/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/why-most-politics-is-radical/</guid>
<description>Status Quo <description>Status Quo
I firmly believe that most people are either, pretty much O.K. with the way most things are, or so apathetic to the possibility of change that they don&#39;t care. I firmly believe that most people are either, pretty much O.K. with the way most things are, or so apathetic to the possibility of change that they don&#39;t care.
Of this great majority, there is no reason to stand up and demand that things stay pretty much the same. Who would bother getting out of the house to vote for someone who doesn&#39;t think there&#39;s much to do.</description> Of this great majority, there is no reason to stand up and demand that things stay pretty much the same. Who would bother getting out of the house to vote for someone who doesn&#39;t think there&#39;s much to do.</description>
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<title>Web Ads</title> <title>Web Ads</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/web-ads/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/web-ads/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/web-ads/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/web-ads/</guid>
<description>A few times in the last few months, I&#39;ve thought to actually go out of my way and click on a Web Ad. In every case, the web ad was non-traditional and insisted on doing something which got it blocked. Seems that web ads would be much more successful if they didn&#39;t demand dumb user behavior... <description>A few times in the last few months, I&#39;ve thought to actually go out of my way and click on a Web Ad. In every case, the web ad was non-traditional and insisted on doing something which got it blocked. Seems that web ads would be much more successful if they didn&#39;t demand dumb user behavior...
Middle Click Middle Click
In all latest version graphical web browsers, a middle button mouse click is available to open the link in a new tab.</description> In all latest version graphical web browsers, a middle button mouse click is available to open the link in a new tab.</description>
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<title>[In China... Moved]</title> <title>[In China... Moved]</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/in-china-moved/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/in-china-moved/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2008/06/in-china-moved/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/post/2008/06/in-china-moved/</guid>
<description> Since I&#39;m not in China anymore, that blog moved here. </description> <description> Since I&#39;m not in China anymore, that blog moved here. </description>
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<title>30 Days</title> <title>30 Days</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/12/30-days/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/12/30-days/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/12/30-days/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/12/30-days/</guid>
<description>Haidian District <description>Haidian District
Beijing, China Beijing, China
To My Readers&amp;hellip; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&amp;hellip; To My Readers&amp;hellip; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&amp;hellip;
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<title>YongHeGong, Lama Temple</title> <title>YongHeGong, Lama Temple</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/yonghegong-lama-temple/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/yonghegong-lama-temple/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/yonghegong-lama-temple/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/yonghegong-lama-temple/</guid>
<description>Near ShangDi November 9, 2007 <description>Near ShangDi November 9, 2007
A very brave woman at work once asked me if she could show me around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of the Lama Temple. A very brave woman at work once asked me if she could show me around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of the Lama Temple.
Morning Meeting November 10, 2007 Morning Meeting November 10, 2007
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<title>Note on Photos</title> <title>Note on Photos</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public. <description>There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public.
http://photos.vollink.com/ http://photos.vollink.com/
If I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, &amp;ldquo;Friends at Work&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Friends at Hotel&amp;rdquo;. If I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, &amp;ldquo;Friends at Work&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Friends at Hotel&amp;rdquo;.
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<title>Double Dragon Gorge</title> <title>Double Dragon Gorge</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/</guid>
<description>Very Near Shang Di <description>Very Near Shang Di
November 1, 2007 November 1, 2007
There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo;. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up. There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo;. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a &amp;ldquo;natural area&amp;rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up.
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<title>My Halloween</title> <title>My Halloween</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/</guid>
<description>Haidian District <description>Haidian District
October 31, 2007 October 31, 2007
From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the &amp;ldquo;experience&amp;rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn&amp;rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn&amp;rsquo;t been taken as rude&amp;hellip; it&amp;rsquo;s just not easy to express&amp;hellip;</description> From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the &amp;ldquo;experience&amp;rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn&amp;rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn&amp;rsquo;t been taken as rude&amp;hellip; it&amp;rsquo;s just not easy to express&amp;hellip;</description>
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<title>Food Impressions</title> <title>Food Impressions</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/food-impressions/</guid>
<description>Bread I think of bread as being anywhere between San Fransisco sourdough to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf, split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits; dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really bread at all would be much appreciated in this place of rice and noodles. <description>Bread I think of bread as being anywhere between San Fransisco sourdough to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf, split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits; dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really bread at all would be much appreciated in this place of rice and noodles.
Wait though, it&amp;rsquo;s not that bread doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist. There&amp;rsquo;s a lot of bread here.</description> Wait though, it&amp;rsquo;s not that bread doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist. There&amp;rsquo;s a lot of bread here.</description>
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<title>Great Wall Hike</title> <title>Great Wall Hike</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/</guid>
<description>For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up &amp;ldquo;in order&amp;rdquo;. <description>For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up &amp;ldquo;in order&amp;rdquo;.
27 October 2007 27 October 2007
North East Beijing Territory North East Beijing Territory
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<title>How Time Does Fly</title> <title>How Time Does Fly</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/how-time-does-fly/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/how-time-does-fly/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>23 October 2007 <description>23 October 2007
8 Gate Shopping Mall 8 Gate Shopping Mall
So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, &amp;ldquo;Wo You Er&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, &amp;ldquo;Wo You Er&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo;
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<title>Photos</title> <title>Photos</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/photos/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/photos/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/photos/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/photos/</guid>
<description>Check out my photos. Right now there aren&amp;rsquo;t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I&amp;rsquo;m excited about getting a place to share them, so I&amp;rsquo;m posting about it before it&amp;rsquo;s well populated. I promise I&amp;rsquo;ll get more photos out there soon. <description>Check out my photos. Right now there aren&amp;rsquo;t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I&amp;rsquo;m excited about getting a place to share them, so I&amp;rsquo;m posting about it before it&amp;rsquo;s well populated. I promise I&amp;rsquo;ll get more photos out there soon.
Credit Due&amp;hellip; Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.</description> Credit Due&amp;hellip; Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.</description>
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<title>Friday Night Out</title> <title>Friday Night Out</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/</guid>
<description>October 19 <description>October 19
Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we&amp;rsquo;d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday&amp;rsquo;s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn&amp;rsquo;t very promising, but I promised myself I&amp;rsquo;d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there&amp;rsquo;s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5).</description> Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we&amp;rsquo;d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday&amp;rsquo;s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn&amp;rsquo;t very promising, but I promised myself I&amp;rsquo;d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there&amp;rsquo;s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5).</description>
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<title>A Note To My Readers...(from China)</title> <title>A Note To My Readers...(from China)</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/a-note-to-my-readers...from-china/</guid>
<description>BlogSpot and China BlogSpot and China do not appear to get along very well. This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me. <description>BlogSpot and China BlogSpot and China do not appear to get along very well. This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me.
If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email).</description> If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email).</description>
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<title>Big Night</title> <title>Big Night</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/big-night/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/big-night/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/big-night/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/big-night/</guid>
<description>After work, left with two women from the office who are also from other places and staying at the same hotel. One from Japan the other from Singapore. They also wanted to go shopping, then eat, and I didn&amp;rsquo;t have anything better to do&amp;hellip; <description>After work, left with two women from the office who are also from other places and staying at the same hotel. One from Japan the other from Singapore. They also wanted to go shopping, then eat, and I didn&amp;rsquo;t have anything better to do&amp;hellip;
One Thing I Really Don&amp;rsquo;t Like In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and tries to get ahead of everyone else - it&amp;rsquo;s considered rude, and overall the majority of people will not do that.</description> One Thing I Really Don&amp;rsquo;t Like In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and tries to get ahead of everyone else - it&amp;rsquo;s considered rude, and overall the majority of people will not do that.</description>
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<title>Short Update</title> <title>Short Update</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/short-update/</guid>
<description>I&amp;rsquo;m pretty much over my jet lag, but I feel like I&amp;rsquo;m getting sick. I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest. I didn&amp;rsquo;t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch. <description>I&amp;rsquo;m pretty much over my jet lag, but I feel like I&amp;rsquo;m getting sick. I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest. I didn&amp;rsquo;t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch.
I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place. They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few English descriptions which helps me a lot.</description> I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place. They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few English descriptions which helps me a lot.</description>
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<title>Getting there is NOT half the fun</title> <title>Getting there is NOT half the fun</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<guid>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</guid> <guid>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/</guid>
<description>October 14 <description>October 14
Zhong Guan Cun District, Beijing Zhong Guan Cun District, Beijing
3:50. Really? No, can&amp;rsquo;t be. It feels like I slept all day. Yep, 4:10 AM. Still pitch dark outside. This must be that jet lag people kept warning me about. 3:50. Really? No, can&amp;rsquo;t be. It feels like I slept all day. Yep, 4:10 AM. Still pitch dark outside. This must be that jet lag people kept warning me about.
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<title>Reporting for Duty</title> <title>Reporting for Duty</title>
<link>https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/</link> <link>https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/reporting-for-duty/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description>Haidan District, Beijing There&amp;rsquo;s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It&amp;rsquo;s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don&amp;rsquo;t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist.</description> <description>Haidan District, Beijing There&amp;rsquo;s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It&amp;rsquo;s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don&amp;rsquo;t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist.</description>
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Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of. Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of.
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<description>October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA <description>October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA
So, I&amp;rsquo;m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun. So, I&amp;rsquo;m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun.
Don&amp;rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn&amp;rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn&amp;rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on.</description> Don&amp;rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn&amp;rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn&amp;rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on.</description>
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Mincing Words Mincing Words
From Bears to Bowdlerism...</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-12-26 21:32:00 -0500 -0500">26 Dec 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Euphemania by Ralph Keyes" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/12/euphemania/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] There There by Tommy Orange</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover I will start by noting that this book started slow for me. It took me over two weeks to read the prologue up through the fourth chapter. Once I passed that, I read the next 80% of the book in two days finishing on a third. From Bears to Bowdlerism...</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-12-26 21:32:00 -0500 -0500">26 Dec 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Euphemania by Ralph Keyes" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/12/euphemania/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] There There by Tommy Orange</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover I will start by noting that this book started slow for me. It took me over two weeks to read the prologue up through the fourth chapter. Once I passed that, I read the next 80% of the book in two days finishing on a third.
Every character in this book is a Native American either from or converging on Oakland California. There is a lot of exploration, especially among the young characters, of what it means to be Native in the city....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-12-12 12:00:00 -0500 -0500">12 Dec 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] There There by Tommy Orange" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/12/there-there/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Subtitled, Poems after Shia LaBeouf, this is a short volume of erasure poems lifted from interviews with Shia LaBeouf. Before this book, I had only seen erasure poetry in poster or postcard format. Kitch, at it's best. Also, I have very little patience for poetry. I've read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and never completely read any of the song-poems that are scattered throughout those volumes. All of this leaves me quite surprised that I really enjoyed this book....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-11-28 21:15:00 -0500 -0500">28 Nov 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/i-am-not-famous-anymore/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] A Guile of Dragons by James Enge</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover The book starts in a very promising place. It offers a map. All of my favorite fantasy novels have included a map, and this leaves me excited for a tale with some traveling. The first very short chapter introduces some world building back-story, a short story about gods. Then, on page 19 (or the third page of story) the novel lands in a fantasy space that I find very overused and tired....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-11-14 12:00:00 -0500 -0500">14 Nov 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] A Guile of Dragons by James Enge" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/a-guile-of-dragons/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/9/>« Prev</a> Every character in this book is a Native American either from or converging on Oakland California. There is a lot of exploration, especially among the young characters, of what it means to be Native in the city....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-12-12 12:00:00 -0500 -0500">12 Dec 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] There There by Tommy Orange" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/12/there-there/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Subtitled, Poems after Shia LaBeouf, this is a short volume of erasure poems lifted from interviews with Shia LaBeouf. Before this book, I had only seen erasure poetry in poster or postcard format. Kitch, at it's best. Also, I have very little patience for poetry. I've read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and never completely read any of the song-poems that are scattered throughout those volumes. All of this leaves me quite surprised that I really enjoyed this book....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-11-28 21:15:00 -0500 -0500">28 Nov 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/i-am-not-famous-anymore/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] A Guile of Dragons by James Enge</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover The book starts in a very promising place. It offers a map. All of my favorite fantasy novels have included a map, and this leaves me excited for a tale with some traveling. The first very short chapter introduces some world building back-story, a short story about gods. Then, on page 19 (or the third page of story) the novel lands in a fantasy space that I find very overused and tired....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-11-14 12:00:00 -0500 -0500">14 Nov 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] A Guile of Dragons by James Enge" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/a-guile-of-dragons/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/9/>« Prev</a>
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Take something that seems like it should be relatively common: VR video. Go into cardboard (the app), request the VR video channel. Find a video. Start that video. THEN hit the cardboard icon that will put it into cardboard mode. Then pause it. Put my phone into the cardboard-compatible viewer and hope it doesn't touch anything on the way in....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-11-10 12:00:00 -0500 -0500">10 Nov 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Google Cardboard is a Terrible Experience" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/11/google-cardboard-is-a-terrible-experience/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book sleeve cover The author of this book took a huge amount of time to collect together statements and interviews from a vast array of people who knew or in some cases even briefly met David Bowie. Jarringly, there are places where David Bowie's own statements are included. All of these vignettes are presented each in whole, collected into chapters into an approximate order as to when the main point of each vignette happened....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-31 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">31 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Tech] Web Server Notes</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This is a link to my notes on how I run my web servers at home, hosted on my home servers. https://www.home.vollink.com/gary/setup.html</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-30 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">30 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Tech] Web Server Notes" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/tech-web-server-notes/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Next Career Move</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>The company I work(ed) for has been planning a division sell-off for most of the year. Weeks after that division spin-off into Private Equity, I was notified that my last day will be 29 October. The last time I was laid-off, it was similarly driven by a corporate action. Upper management had been talking about a flatter organization, and cutting out management levels, so I was well prepared mentally. I actually expected that I would take it much worse than I did....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-20 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">20 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Next Career Move" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/next-career-move/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/10/>« Prev</a> Take something that seems like it should be relatively common: VR video. Go into cardboard (the app), request the VR video channel. Find a video. Start that video. THEN hit the cardboard icon that will put it into cardboard mode. Then pause it. Put my phone into the cardboard-compatible viewer and hope it doesn't touch anything on the way in....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-11-10 12:00:00 -0500 -0500">10 Nov 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Google Cardboard is a Terrible Experience" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/11/google-cardboard-is-a-terrible-experience/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book sleeve cover The author of this book took a huge amount of time to collect together statements and interviews from a vast array of people who knew or in some cases even briefly met David Bowie. Jarringly, there are places where David Bowie's own statements are included. All of these vignettes are presented each in whole, collected into chapters into an approximate order as to when the main point of each vignette happened....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-31 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">31 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/david-bowie-a-life/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Tech] Web Server Notes</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This is a link to my notes on how I run my web servers at home, hosted on my home servers. https://www.home.vollink.com/gary/setup.html</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-30 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">30 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Tech] Web Server Notes" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/tech-web-server-notes/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Next Career Move</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>The company I work(ed) for has been planning a division sell-off for most of the year. Weeks after that division spin-off into Private Equity, I was notified that my last day will be 29 October. The last time I was laid-off, it was similarly driven by a corporate action. Upper management had been talking about a flatter organization, and cutting out management levels, so I was well prepared mentally. I actually expected that I would take it much worse than I did....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-20 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">20 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Next Career Move" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/next-career-move/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/10/>« Prev</a>
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Seriously, the following is absolutely full of spoilers, and I don't want to hear about it. Well, for the stories that I actually like, I still try to keep them a little spoiler free, but the first story ... that one I lay out ALL the main points....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-13 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">13 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book Spoiled] North American Lake Monsters" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/book-spoiled-north-american-lake-monsters/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover North American Lake Monsters is a collection of short horror or at least suspense stories. One short, The Monsters of Heaven, won the Shirley Jackson Award, and this book is on its third printing. Seriously, the following is absolutely full of spoilers, and I don't want to hear about it. Well, for the stories that I actually like, I still try to keep them a little spoiler free, but the first story ... that one I lay out ALL the main points....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-13 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">13 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book Spoiled] North American Lake Monsters" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/book-spoiled-north-american-lake-monsters/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover North American Lake Monsters is a collection of short horror or at least suspense stories. One short, The Monsters of Heaven, won the Shirley Jackson Award, and this book is on its third printing.
Several of the stories introduce a monster, but the monster itself is inactive ... in one case, already dead, leaving these stories to be more about the evil we bring with us where the monster is just a catalyst or even excuse for some all-too-human transition into bad behavior....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-03 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">3 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/10/north-american-lake-monsters/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover Since this is a non-fiction and educational book, I'm not going to worry about inadvertent spoilers as I usually do with fictional, or even narrative true-stories. This book does have a narrative flow, better that a lot of the fiction books I've already reviewed, but it is the narrative flow of a documentary, moving from subject to subject, building knowledge. Several of the stories introduce a monster, but the monster itself is inactive ... in one case, already dead, leaving these stories to be more about the evil we bring with us where the monster is just a catalyst or even excuse for some all-too-human transition into bad behavior....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-10-03 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">3 Oct 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/10/north-american-lake-monsters/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover Since this is a non-fiction and educational book, I'm not going to worry about inadvertent spoilers as I usually do with fictional, or even narrative true-stories. This book does have a narrative flow, better that a lot of the fiction books I've already reviewed, but it is the narrative flow of a documentary, moving from subject to subject, building knowledge.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the top science communicators alive today....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-09-19 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">19 Sep 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/11/>« Prev</a> Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the top science communicators alive today....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-09-19 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">19 Sep 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/11/>« Prev</a>
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This tale is, all at once, heartbreaking, terrifying, uncomfortable, troubling with a tiny bit of hopeful mixed in. Trigger warnings would be helpful here: racism, suicide, sexual predation, sexual bigotry, bullying, alcoholism, violence (both human and animal), parental abandonment, and smoking....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-09-08 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">8 Sep 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Home After Dark by David Small" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/home-after-dark/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Insurrecto by Gina Apostol</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover Even though I'm reviewing an Advance copy, this story is surprisingly nonlinear, and I doubt that will change, though - really - it could. The book starts, like a 1970s movie, listing the cast of characters in the approximate order in which the characters appear. It's a story about two people, writing screenplays that are not exactly about the same thing, but are derived from a shared starting point and past....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-09-05 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">5 Sep 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Insurrecto by Gina Apostol" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/09/insurrecto/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/12/>« Prev</a> This tale is, all at once, heartbreaking, terrifying, uncomfortable, troubling with a tiny bit of hopeful mixed in. Trigger warnings would be helpful here: racism, suicide, sexual predation, sexual bigotry, bullying, alcoholism, violence (both human and animal), parental abandonment, and smoking....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-09-08 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">8 Sep 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Home After Dark by David Small" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/home-after-dark/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Insurrecto by Gina Apostol</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover Even though I'm reviewing an Advance copy, this story is surprisingly nonlinear, and I doubt that will change, though - really - it could. The book starts, like a 1970s movie, listing the cast of characters in the approximate order in which the characters appear. It's a story about two people, writing screenplays that are not exactly about the same thing, but are derived from a shared starting point and past....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-09-05 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">5 Sep 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Insurrecto by Gina Apostol" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/09/insurrecto/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/12/>« Prev</a>
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I categorize this book as a Memoir, mostly because it follows the narrative flow of a memoir. It starts out introducing the reader to Michael Bennett's childhood on a rural farm in the South, into college through the NFL, and discusses his own discovery of the importance of both support and activism on a number of issues of equality....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-29 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">29 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/things-that-make-white-people-uncomfortable/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Shopping] eBuyer Beware</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I know this. Read the fine print. I didn't do that. The rest is geeky details having to do with rack-mountable servers. I categorize this book as a Memoir, mostly because it follows the narrative flow of a memoir. It starts out introducing the reader to Michael Bennett's childhood on a rural farm in the South, into college through the NFL, and discusses his own discovery of the importance of both support and activism on a number of issues of equality....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-29 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">29 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/things-that-make-white-people-uncomfortable/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Shopping] eBuyer Beware</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I know this. Read the fine print. I didn't do that. The rest is geeky details having to do with rack-mountable servers.
I have a 12U rack. Sort-of an end-table next to the couch. I have two servers. One of them is happily racked. The other one is awkwardly sitting sideways across the top of the rack. I have a 12U rack. Sort-of an end-table next to the couch. I have two servers. One of them is happily racked. The other one is awkwardly sitting sideways across the top of the rack.
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Scarlett, Jade and Blue are elite pilots of young dragons on the cruiser known as the Opal Dragon....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-22 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">22 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Drawing The Dragon by April Adams" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/drawing-the-dragon/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover According to the preface, this book is a carefully researched retelling of surviving stories of the Nordic gods, Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and others. Where surviving versions of a story differ, artistic license allows for the best of each to be used. First and foremost, these are Nordic tales. If you are familiar with these characters from Marvel comics or movies, be prepared to relearn a lot of what you thought you knew....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-15 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">15 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/norse-mythology/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/13/>« Prev</a> Scarlett, Jade and Blue are elite pilots of young dragons on the cruiser known as the Opal Dragon....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-22 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">22 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Drawing The Dragon by April Adams" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/drawing-the-dragon/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover According to the preface, this book is a carefully researched retelling of surviving stories of the Nordic gods, Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and others. Where surviving versions of a story differ, artistic license allows for the best of each to be used. First and foremost, these are Nordic tales. If you are familiar with these characters from Marvel comics or movies, be prepared to relearn a lot of what you thought you knew....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-15 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">15 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/norse-mythology/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/13/>« Prev</a>
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{Gbessa is pronounced "Bessah"} The first book is the story of three characters, each from different places and backgrounds. Gbessa is exiled from her African village as a witch. June escapes slavery from a plantation in Virginia....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-01 12:00:00.001 -0400 -0400">1 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/08/she-would-be-king/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Skyward (Omnibus) by Jeremy and Kelly Dale</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Before I start this: {Gbessa is pronounced "Bessah"} The first book is the story of three characters, each from different places and backgrounds. Gbessa is exiled from her African village as a witch. June escapes slavery from a plantation in Virginia....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-08-01 12:00:00.001 -0400 -0400">1 Aug 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/08/she-would-be-king/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Skyward (Omnibus) by Jeremy and Kelly Dale</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Before I start this:
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Pizzaniste had really good pizza. Gourmet, all fresh ingredients, coal fired, whole-wheat crust as an option; even gluten free as an option. Partly because they also made custom fresh salads, there were some unexpected ingredients: Real anchovies, fresh basil, artichokes, black beans, corn, cilantro, carrots, chickpeas, eggplant, hard-boiled egg, zucchini and two types of olives to choose from (along with all the other things you might expect every pizza place to have)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-07-07 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">7 Jul 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Food] Homage to Pizza Gone By" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/food-homage-to-pizza-gone-by/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] eyE Marty by Marty Feldman</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover Marty Feldman is probably most famous for playing Igor in the 1974 Mel Brooks movie, Young Frankenstein. He died in 1982, and his autobiography sat in the attic of his widow's home until her death in 2010 when it was discovered by Mark Flanagan. Flanagan had it transcribed, exactly as it was found, including photo inserts and published without further editing. This book is in desperate need of editing....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-07-04 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">4 Jul 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] eyE Marty by Marty Feldman" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/07/eye-marty/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Ohio by Stephen Markley</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book Cover This follows four main characters who had gone to high school together back in the early 2000s, and on one night in 2013, all came back home to their hometown of New Canaan, Ohio. Pizzaniste had really good pizza. Gourmet, all fresh ingredients, coal fired, whole-wheat crust as an option; even gluten free as an option. Partly because they also made custom fresh salads, there were some unexpected ingredients: Real anchovies, fresh basil, artichokes, black beans, corn, cilantro, carrots, chickpeas, eggplant, hard-boiled egg, zucchini and two types of olives to choose from (along with all the other things you might expect every pizza place to have)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-07-07 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">7 Jul 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Food] Homage to Pizza Gone By" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/food-homage-to-pizza-gone-by/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] eyE Marty by Marty Feldman</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book cover Marty Feldman is probably most famous for playing Igor in the 1974 Mel Brooks movie, Young Frankenstein. He died in 1982, and his autobiography sat in the attic of his widow's home until her death in 2010 when it was discovered by Mark Flanagan. Flanagan had it transcribed, exactly as it was found, including photo inserts and published without further editing. This book is in desperate need of editing....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-07-04 12:00:00 -0400 -0400">4 Jul 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] eyE Marty by Marty Feldman" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/07/eye-marty/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Book] Ohio by Stephen Markley</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Book Cover This follows four main characters who had gone to high school together back in the early 2000s, and on one night in 2013, all came back home to their hometown of New Canaan, Ohio.
After the prelude, the first section of the book follows Bill Ashcraft, a drifter who is loaded up on drugs. Appropriate to the character - for the parts where we are following his narrative - the story is jumping back and forth between his past and present with no direct warning in-between, full of non-sequiturs, and frankly - hard to follow....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-06-27 12:00:00.001 -0400 -0400">27 Jun 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Ohio by Stephen Markley" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2018/06/ohio/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/15/>« Prev</a> After the prelude, the first section of the book follows Bill Ashcraft, a drifter who is loaded up on drugs. Appropriate to the character - for the parts where we are following his narrative - the story is jumping back and forth between his past and present with no direct warning in-between, full of non-sequiturs, and frankly - hard to follow....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2018-06-27 12:00:00.001 -0400 -0400">27 Jun 2018</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Book] Ohio by Stephen Markley" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/ohio/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/15/>« Prev</a>
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15 days without heat. 25 days to complete a delayed move, because we really couldn't live without heat. History and some details below. 15 days without heat. 25 days to complete a delayed move, because we really couldn't live without heat. History and some details below.
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I've spent most of my post-Agile time doing infrastructure projects. I'm not building a product for end-users....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2017-10-21 13:43:00.002 -0400 -0400">21 Oct 2017</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Agile Development on Infrastructure" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2017/10/agile-development-on-infrastructure/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Tired of Panic - Paris Climate Accord Edition</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>The President of the US, Donald Trump, has decided to push for the US to leave the Paris Climate Accord. The world is imploding! Well, looking at Twitter it seems the world is imploding. I've spent most of my post-Agile time doing infrastructure projects. I'm not building a product for end-users....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2017-10-21 13:43:00.002 -0400 -0400">21 Oct 2017</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Agile Development on Infrastructure" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2017/10/agile-development-on-infrastructure/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Tired of Panic - Paris Climate Accord Edition</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>The President of the US, Donald Trump, has decided to push for the US to leave the Paris Climate Accord. The world is imploding! Well, looking at Twitter it seems the world is imploding.
There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that the world will drown in 3, 2... There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that the world will drown in 3, 2...
There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that we are aligned with Syria by doing this. (There are those that mention Nicaragua, but that country's non-participation is much more complicated)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2017-06-03 00:40:00 -0400 -0400">3 Jun 2017</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Tired of Panic - Paris Climate Accord Edition" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2017/06/tired-of-panic-paris-climate-accord-edition/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Trump Boasts of Power Not Attraction</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Locker room talk, no it isn't necessarily a locker room. In any place where one is surrounded by only peers, language and boasts can be sometimes be observed. The braggadocio is always trying to make themselves seem better. In the context of sexual liaisons here are some samples of things I have heard: She was all over me She couldn’t keep her hands off me I leaned in to ask her something and she just started kissing me She couldn’t resist me...</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2016-10-15 10:42:00 -0400 -0400">15 Oct 2016</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Trump Boasts of Power Not Attraction" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2016/10/trump-boasts-of-power-not-attraction/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/17/>« Prev</a> There are certain hot-takes that basically suggest that we are aligned with Syria by doing this. (There are those that mention Nicaragua, but that country's non-participation is much more complicated)....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2017-06-03 00:40:00 -0400 -0400">3 Jun 2017</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Tired of Panic - Paris Climate Accord Edition" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2017/06/tired-of-panic-paris-climate-accord-edition/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>Trump Boasts of Power Not Attraction</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Locker room talk, no it isn't necessarily a locker room. In any place where one is surrounded by only peers, language and boasts can be sometimes be observed. The braggadocio is always trying to make themselves seem better. In the context of sexual liaisons here are some samples of things I have heard: She was all over me She couldn’t keep her hands off me I leaned in to ask her something and she just started kissing me She couldn’t resist me...</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2016-10-15 10:42:00 -0400 -0400">15 Oct 2016</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Trump Boasts of Power Not Attraction" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2016/10/trump-boasts-of-power-not-attraction/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/17/>« Prev</a>
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Someone said this to me who had heard the same from someone else. This comes from about three years ago, and was said in the context of my then current role (having moved from process and supervisory management to direct people management). It bothered me. Someone said this to me who had heard the same from someone else. This comes from about three years ago, and was said in the context of my then current role (having moved from process and supervisory management to direct people management). It bothered me.
I first got to be in management, some 20 years ago....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2016-10-14 18:21:00 -0400 -0400">14 Oct 2016</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Misplaced Pride - and Getting Over It" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2016/10/misplaced-pride-and-getting-over-it/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>BLOG: The Sad State of 3D on a PC</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This month, I built myself a new gaming PC, and decided to spend just a little extra money for the nVidia 3D Vision 2 package with a pair of shutter glasses and a USB controlled IR timing transmitter. What I'm talking about here is PC gaming in stereoscopic 3D. This is gaming that not only depicts a 3D play environment, but also looks 3D to the player's eyes. I first got to be in management, some 20 years ago....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2016-10-14 18:21:00 -0400 -0400">14 Oct 2016</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to Misplaced Pride - and Getting Over It" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2016/10/misplaced-pride-and-getting-over-it/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>BLOG: The Sad State of 3D on a PC</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>This month, I built myself a new gaming PC, and decided to spend just a little extra money for the nVidia 3D Vision 2 package with a pair of shutter glasses and a USB controlled IR timing transmitter. What I'm talking about here is PC gaming in stereoscopic 3D. This is gaming that not only depicts a 3D play environment, but also looks 3D to the player's eyes.
I remember that Descent came out in 1995, and it had support for a virtual reality headset called the Forte VFX-1....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2015-11-14 18:57:00.001 -0500 -0500">14 Nov 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;6 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to BLOG: The Sad State of 3D on a PC" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/11/blog-the-sad-state-of-3d-on-a-pc/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Geek] Authban : 4 Years Later</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Four years ago, I wrote about a script that I had been working on called Authban (though I didn't name it at the time): I remember that Descent came out in 1995, and it had support for a virtual reality headset called the Forte VFX-1....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2015-11-14 18:57:00.001 -0500 -0500">14 Nov 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;6 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to BLOG: The Sad State of 3D on a PC" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/11/blog-the-sad-state-of-3d-on-a-pc/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>[Geek] Authban : 4 Years Later</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>Four years ago, I wrote about a script that I had been working on called Authban (though I didn't name it at the time):
http://blog.vollink.com/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter.html http://blog.vollink.com/2011/09/geek-attack-vectors-and-twitter.html
I first started running a custom script to block IP addresses that tried too many times to login to ssh back in 2010. At the time, the script (and my home web host) was running on an Ubuntu virtual server. The name, Authban, surfaced in early 2011, as I organized the script to do more than just block ssh....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2015-09-16 18:30:00 -0400 -0400">16 Sep 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Geek] Authban : 4 Years Later" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/09/geek-authban-4-years-later/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>NYCC : Horrible Shopping Experience</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I already have tickets for two other conventions this year, but NYCC is the big one that happens in the city where I live and work. I know in the last few years tickets have been harder and harder to get, and I figured my chances were not going to be very good. I first started running a custom script to block IP addresses that tried too many times to login to ssh back in 2010. At the time, the script (and my home web host) was running on an Ubuntu virtual server. The name, Authban, surfaced in early 2011, as I organized the script to do more than just block ssh....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2015-09-16 18:30:00 -0400 -0400">16 Sep 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to [Geek] Authban : 4 Years Later" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/09/geek-authban-4-years-later/></a></article><article class=post-entry><header class=entry-header><h2>NYCC : Horrible Shopping Experience</h2></header><div class=entry-content><p>I already have tickets for two other conventions this year, but NYCC is the big one that happens in the city where I live and work. I know in the last few years tickets have been harder and harder to get, and I figured my chances were not going to be very good.
If this is too long one can safely scroll down to the Conclusion at the bottom. If this is too long one can safely scroll down to the Conclusion at the bottom.
I tried to buy tickets to NYCC the minute they went on sale....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2015-05-14 10:06:00 -0400 -0400">14 May 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to NYCC : Horrible Shopping Experience" href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/post/2015/05/nycc-horrible-shopping-experience/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/page/18/>« Prev</a> I tried to buy tickets to NYCC the minute they went on sale....</p></div><footer class=entry-footer><span title="2015-05-14 10:06:00 -0400 -0400">14 May 2015</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;5 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Gary Allen Vollink</footer><a class=entry-link aria-label="post link to NYCC : Horrible Shopping Experience" href=https://blog.vollink.com/post/2015/05/nycc-horrible-shopping-experience/></a></article><footer class=page-footer><nav class=pagination><a class=prev href=https://blog.vollink.com/page/18/>« Prev</a>
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