Linux, Seti@Home, And The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
I remember reading Octavia Butler’s book, Parable Of The Sower and particularly the quote:
“The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars…beyond Mars. Other star systems. Living worlds.”
This passage in the book really resonated with me and took me back to the 3rd grade when I had an assignment to watch and document [...]
Media That Inspires Me: Ken Robinson’s TED Talk
A few days ago when I was visiting my mom, my sister showed me a bulletin that she’d received about preparing to take the ACT test. I was kind of surprised at first seeing as she is only in the seventh grade. She’s not even in high school yet! She has tons of homework and [...]
Gustav: Another Gulf Coast Hurricane
Gustav seems to be weakening now somewhat, but I’m glad that I no longer live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My family moved to the Gulf Coast when I was about 8 years old, and I remember my parents constantly having to make the decision whether to leave or stay for a number of hurricanes. [...]
Media That Inspires Me: Star Trek
I was born in the small town of Mer Rouge, LA. Actually it’s not even a town, it’s a village. I consider it a village in decline now because the new generation of inhabitants are leaving in search of greener pastures and better opportunities. I can’t blame them though, I left too. But I spent [...]
I Don’t Miss The Office Politics
This weekend I took a much needed break from coding and read Bill Blunden’s book, Cube Farm which basically documents his perilous journey through software engineering in a corporate environment and the office politics that came with it. The book is short and makes for an easy read.
I’ve had the book for a while but [...]
Not Just Another Tech Blog
My Internal Dilemma & Revelation
I’ve debated whether or not to even make this post, but in the end decided to go forward because it lends itself to the the overall vision I have for this site as well as my other web properties. Over the past few weeks I’ve become involved in several foward thinking [...]
HighTechSister Studio Tour
Some of the sites that I like most are the ones that show artists or programmers workspaces. I don’t know why, I just like seeing where people do their work. So here are a few pictures of my workspace.
This picture basically shows my main desk. This is where I do most of [...]
Big Week On High Tech Sister
This week is going to be a big week on High Tech Sister. First off, I’m working on a series of in-depth tutorials for the OpenOffice suite; the first of which will be published this week. It’s a polished application suite that can hold it own against Microsoft’s Office Suite. I’m going to be tackling
