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Back On-line

Cable connection’s been fixed so we’re back on-line, supposedly faster than ever. Don’t know about that, but the TV is a lot clearer.

Rate your broadband speed using Oceanic’s broadband speedometer.

My speeds:

  • Download-4.88 Mbps
  • Upload-384 kbps

Living with Dialup

It’ll be another day before the cable guys can come out to check on our cable connection. I can live with a fuzzy picture on TV but no broadband Internet access – that’s a killer. Dialup at 56K is okay for some stuff, but I sure miss that speed. How am I supposed to download my free iTunes featured this week?

Battlestar Galactica Season 2

Almost forgot to mention that the second season of Battlestar Galactica has started. A great series, very different from the original Battlestar. I love their mixture of old school and high tech. They can travel faster than the speed of light using their FTL (Faster Than Light) drives but still use phones with cords for communications. Great!

It’s on Fridays at 7:00 on the Sci-Fi channel (Ch 37 for Oceanic customers).

They’re also one of the first shows to offer podcasts commentary for each show. No frackin’ way!

HPO in HBR

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The July/August 2005 issue of the Harvard Business Review is dedicated to the High-Performance Organization. Some pretty good (and relevant) articles all relating to management, leadership, and of course, high performing organizations.

So when does the annual Slam Kicks issue hit the newsstands? Discussions on who’s going to be on the cover is underway at niketalk.com.

Managing for Creativity

Over many years, the leaders of SAS Institute have distilled a set of principles for getting peak performance from creative people. Among them: Value the work over the tools, reward excellence with challenges, and minimize hassles.

Read the entire (excellent) article in the Harvard Business Review.

daddytypes.com


daddytypes.com, the weblog for new dads, is pretty cool. All kinds of topics for new fathers. I especially like the strollers category.

Here’s my contribution to daddytypes, a picture of Chris Martin (lead singer of Coldplay) taking daughter Apple for a stroll in a black Bugaboo Frog.

Over: Sushi Party

The Sushi Party went well last night. As usual too much food! The usual suspects were there:

Alli and Dane-save the date July 8, 2006
John, Shari, and Lauren-check out the pictures to see how big Lauren’s gotten
Shannon-the 2005 Honolulu marathoner-to-be
Michael and Michelle-is she asleep again?

Special Guests

Stewart-Club 939 cometh, tryouts next week
Shaun-the newest partner of M4 Law

Pics stay over here.

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