Author: ssegraves

Ocean’s Twelve Reviewed

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I went to a matinee showing of Ocean’s Twelve yesterday and I was thoroughly impressed. The movie had the types of plot twists that made Ocean’s Eleven so enjoyable.

I will not go into any spoilers but there are a few surprises in the movie that are great comic relief, as well as a guest appearance by a few other stars.

Most of the movie takes place in Europe, with the big heists committed in Paris, Rome, and Amsterdam.

The movie was great and worth every penny. I was still dumbfounded by the end and impressed that the director had done such a good job of keeping me in suspense until the very end (something most movies cannot accomplish).

Spring Break in Austin

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It looks like I will be spending my Spring Break in Austin, TX attending SXSW. It should be a good time, I’ll hopefully get to meet some new folks and soak up valuable information.

I think I am going to have passes to attend the music part of the festival but my main focus will be the interactive attractions. If you are going to be attending, shoot me an e-mail at s [at] badice dot com. I am not sure where I will be staying, but more than likely with friends.

Tulsa Crash Landing

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A pilot lost engine power as he was on final approach to the Tulsa airport and decided to put the plane down on a roadway. He said that he had plenty of fuel on board but as he approached the airport his fuel needle dropped to zero and the engines on his Beechcraft King Air 200 seized up. He was able to put the plane down on a local roadway and was not injured in the crash. Just an interesting story.

It will probably take a few weeks until the NTSB releases a report as to what happened exactly.

I Hate Bugs

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No, not insects, software bugs. I hate when you have worked hard on something and it works but somehow, someway it breaks down the line. Then comes the debugging process, which in my opinion, is the worst part. Going through lines and lines of code trying to find the root of the problem and then deciding if it is fixable and if so how do you go about fixing it.

The big bugs are usually the easiest ones to find while the little ones make you bang your head on your desk. I really need bug tracking software…

Rain, hail, and lightning?

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I walk out the door this morning to go to school and I see lightning and then it starts raining. About 5 minutes later it started hailing. What is this all about? That is something you don’t see everyday and if it starts snowing then things will really get weird.

It is just weird to have this kind of weather this late in the year.

What Next?

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I have been thinking about what I am going to do once I get out of school and since I only have about a year and a half left now would be a good time to start thinking.

What do I want to do? I have no idea. I know what I do not want to do, be a DBA or a server administrator. I know that there is alway the option of joining the DSS or even the military. Why would join those you ask? Well, they are guaranteed jobs in a time of uncertainty in the economy and with job availability at a slump.

Guess it is just one of those things you take day to day.

Life

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I’ve come to realize that people (in general) are fickle creatures. I am not talking about the little issues in our day to day but in life changing experiences. We say one thing but down the road we turn our backs to our word and change the future forever. Very rarely do we think of the consequences of actions that will take place in the future because the result of the “now” is so appealing. In the long run though it is those short term decisions that will come back to haunt you.

Maybe this is where my distrust (I should say lack of trust) of people comes from. People will look you squarely in the eye and tell you something and you believe them. Why? Because you’ve known them, you’ve trusted them before, why shouldn’t you trust them now. Then, for a while, they follow through with their word, but not for long. As time goes on they either forget what they said or they no longer care about what they said so their word is gone. It may suit their needs today or tomorrow but next month or next year they’ll be wishing they could get their words back.