Almost everyone agrees that the Italian captain of the Carnival cruise ship was utterly incompetent and caused the deaths of several people when he ran his ship aground. He is now being charged with manslaughter, abandoning ship and other crimes. Read more about him abandoning ship here.
The question is: Why was this idiot the captain of a major ship in the first place?… read more “Italian Employment Law Caused Carnival Cruise Ship Debacle”
7:03 PM ”A Friend”: I like Kurweil’s idea
7:04 PM he’s kind of a salesman for it
this blog of his is good
7:05 PM absolutely man will combine his body with machines to a ridic extent
already happening
google in your hand
next in your glasses
sorry I was at dinner last night
plus this http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/sexual-favors-chicken-mcnuggets.html
Ray Kurzweil has some very interesting ideas, especially around the exponential increases in technology. He has an idea he calls the singularity- its the point in time in which computers begin to create innovations of their own and our technology advances even faster than it ever has before. Read a full description of the idea here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
I just watched a great movie on the Christmas Truce of 1914 when young men from both sides sent to fight and die in World War 1 spontaneously rebelled against their commanders in order to celebrate the holidays together. Bitter old men in powerful positions unfortunately cause far too much conflict in the world. Read more here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
I have a helicopter outside my office moving air conditioning units to the roof of a building next door. Probably a dangerous job.
I am starting to do some very interesting things with Google Apps using the API & some basic Javascript code…. sending emails based on certain events, running master reports that aggregate data from multiple docs and other fun stuff.
We got kicked out pf the office early today so they could do a cockroach cleaning. Took the dog to a dog park.
Workout today was:
“Hidalgo”
For time:
Run 2 miles
Rest 2 minutes
135 pound Squat clean, 20 reps
20 Box jump, 24″ box
20 Walking lunge steps with 45lb plate held overhead
20 Box jump, 24″ box
135 pound Squat clean, 20 reps
Rest 2 minutes
Run 2 miles
Took me 54 minutes to do everything.… read more “Paradiso Crossfit 1-5-2011”