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ProjectEuler.net is a really fun way to improve on your coding skills. I have worked through the first eight problems and am looking forward to working through the other 550. My programs are definitely not the most efficient solutions though, often taking quite a bit longer than the recommended one minute to solve.

 

“Environmentalists” have been protesting dams for years even though they are enormously greener and better for the environment than coal or gas. Could big oil and gas secretly be backing the anti-nuclear and anti-dam protestors? My bet is yes.

If you are looking to buy learning management system software you should try RomyLMS.com. I built this system last year for Coalition Technologies and last month I made it accessible for consumer use. We’ve worked hard to make sure it is easier to use than any existing LMSs out there.

A big part of ease of use is how you navigate through a system.… read more “Buy Learning Management System Software”

Coalition’s new homepage is going to be lightning fast! Very excited to get it done.

I think there are 4 levels of productivity an employee can have:

1. Doing work

2. Doing work + reporting on the work (let Joel know)

3. Doing work + reporting on the work + providing insights on the work (make recommendations)

4. Doing work + reporting on the work + providing insights on the work + taking action to improve the work based on insights (make necessary changes to systems and report to Joel).

… read more “Employee Productivity”

Everyone I know is now addicted to the Internet. Laurel and I have our phones out all the time, or we watch Netflix together, or read books on our Kindles, or work on our computers. I can’t even go to the bathroom without pulling out my phone to read Hacker News or the NyTimes.

Even my old technology hating Grandpa is now addicted.… read more “Internet Addiction”

SWiFT- the network all major banks use to transfer money is not secure.

The issue is that state backed hackers from Russia and China will always defeat these systems because there are no repercussions to them. Basically, these hackers are the equivalent of a pirate boat rushing out into the ocean to rob a cargo boat then going back to safe harbor in their own country.… read more “Banking Not Secure”

Deregulation in energy in the 60s and 70s broke up monopoly’s and greatly increased competition, which brought about huge energy innovations that have revolutionized that industry for the better.

Doing the same thing in medical and drug fields will vastly reduce costs while improving the quality of care.

It’s pretty pathetic that you can get better service in a restaurant spending $5 than you can in a medical facility when you are spending $5,000.