Author Archives: Dewayne Mikkelson
GW2 In Progress and Having Lots of Fun
Started playing Guild Wars 2 and it is not what I was expecting in a very good way!
Where have I been?
I have been missing in action far too long. I suppose there were lots of good reasons none of which can stand up to any sort of valid criteria. So I am back we will see how long I last … Continue reading
Final Fantasy XIV
New MMO up and running on Windows 10 and I am having a blast learning and playing.
Community Support Campaign is off and running
Hopefully we will get to rewrite this in a modern language/framework in 2016!
Working on another community support campaign with PERL
Well, I am back to working on our campaign at work with PERL, hopefully it will be a greatly reduced version but it is hard to say.
Man you leave for a few years and all kinds of stuff will change
Looks like my old theme was replaced sometime during my Rip Van Winkle blog sleep. Went from Misty Look to Misty Lake will probably have to change again.
Quote of the Week
“I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse.” ~Riley Finn
PERL – I somehow have moved backward in time
I am currently working on a PERL application. A total shock!
Need to Change
We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953 US science fiction … Continue reading
Testing a new blog editing tool
Wow I have not looked at any client side (non web) blog editors in a really long time. I just picked up BlogDesk (using it on this post). It had one of the smoothest setups that I have ever used … Continue reading
Learning with a great teacher
This is a very intriguing article about a dynamic 5th Grade teacher who went against the grain with some great results. Suben said: “My primary goal as a teacher is to help my students understand the reasoning behind math rules … Continue reading
Happy New Year
Well I have really been slacking on writing in this weblog and I have no excuses. I have a new goal on my Joe’s Goals list to get back to writing here so I am ready to start. I hope … Continue reading
What is genius?
Extraordinary efforts “It’s complicated explaining how genius or expertise is created and why it’s so rare,” says Anders Ericsson, the professor of psychology at Florida State University in Tallahassee who edited the handbook. “But it isn’t magic, and it isn’t … Continue reading
Quote of the Week!
“Americans will always do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the alternatives,” – Winston Churchill.
Another Great Quote from Gandhi
“Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle,” – Mahatma Gandhi.
Woodrow Wilson after creating the Federal Reserve said
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are … Continue reading
My New Hero
Keith Olbermann is my HERO! Did it ever occur to you once, that in just 27 months and two days from now when you leave office, some irresponsible future President and a “competent tribunal” of lackeys would be entitled, by … Continue reading
A book I desperately need to read!
This book sounds like something that I need to read to brighten up my rather dismal view of the future that I have had for the past year or so. Fred C. Ikle, one of America’s foremost strategic thinkers, in … Continue reading
Google Docs & Spreadsheets but still no Title on my post
Looks like Writely has morphed to Google Docs & Spreadsheets so I guess it is time to test it and see if I can get my Title yet. I know I have not been posting enough lately and part of … Continue reading
Writely still does not write the title for my post.
I am trying Writely again to see if any of the issues I was having are gone. I was able to login with my gmail account today that is a nice new improvement. I was having several problems previously with … Continue reading
Quote of the Week
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great Idea for getting Rails technical documentation written!
Who likes documentation writing? I don’t! The rest of the Steelpixel team agrees with me on this point, documentation is a necessary evil. Well, court3nay came up with a cool idea today in the #caboose irc room, why not start … Continue reading
Company where workers set their own salaries and hire their own bosses
I want to find a workplace like this! At Semco: Employees set their own working hours, choose their own salaries, All meetings are voluntary and open to everyone, Employees hire their own bosses… read on for more. read more | … Continue reading
Dance, Dance Revolution in the real world
We did it! My wife and I made it to our first dance lesson last night. It was a blast. We started learning the foxtrot, Rumba and mambo and we are greatly looking forward to the next lesson. Why do … Continue reading
Silver Ronin, aka Dewayne Mikkelson 