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My Next Writing Gig

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Last March, I had posted that I took a writing position for an upstart Android opinion and application review blog, Android Activist. I spent a year writing pieces for them and had a great time doing so. I got to improve my writing skills and found some new friends in the process. However, that blog did close shop a couple weeks ago. I was asked to write for another blog though and I thought I'd use my blog to announce to my friends that I am on the news team for an Android community based site called Rootzwiki. Rootzwiki is a site built from the ground up that empowers users from every background to get the most out of their smarter phones. It's also a community portal to get help and connect with others to share opinions and ideas. The forum and wikis form the backbone, but they want to expand the news and information section, and that's where I hope I can contribute. Do consider subscribing to the news site for news, app reviews, and opinions from me and other lik...

Two Months?

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Can you believe that it's been almost 60 days since I lost posted in my own blog? I often ask myself if the blogging platform is dead, when honestly, I really am not that great of a content producer. Especially when the content is my life and the things I know. I'm not saying I'm dumb or shallow, I just don't think I could provide interesting material that could provide entertainment or be fun. I still plan on posting though. I think if I force myself to write twice a week, I'll come up with something. I do have an announcement coming soon about my other writing project and I look forward to sharing that with everyone soon. In the meantime, talk among yourselves. Actually, it looks like most are doing a good enough job of that already. Cheers and happy springtime!

Happy Birthday, Kurt

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You'll never look a day over 25...and that makes me very sad.

Thoughts on This Year's Super Bowl

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Basically I could care less. What a waste of a great football year.

A Brief History of Pirates, Piracy, and Freedom

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Many years ago, when Europeans discovered a new world, a golden age of commerce sprang up like never before seen. The Spaniards hit the gold mine, literally, the French found luxurious furs, and the British found their next cash crop, tobacco. With wealth growing at a fever pitch, a scourge began to grow within the seas. Pirates. Pirates were a criminal element that used brains, muscle, and speed to find any weak link within the inter-sea commerce trade. They accomplished this by ripping off ships, ravaging port towns, and creating overall fear and havoc. With the passage of time, better technologies, and stiffer penalties, piracy as it was known in the 16th century slowly died out. It exists even to this day, but that is another topic for a different time. My mention of these pirates in this context has to do with modern "piracy" or the theft of music, movies, and other media and then distributed freely over the internet. Over the years we have seen many vehicles for t...

2011: A Year

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Part of me looks at the last day of the year as just another day of the year. I haven't been known to celebrate a new year by attending a party, or hanging out with friends, I just reflect and make sure I hold on to what I learned as best I can. This was a year of learning, not just for me, but for the world. In January, while I was installing a new computer system and database at work, tides of revolution began to sweep through Africa and the Middle East. While I tried to find the thief of our garbage bin, the world rocked with heavy earthquakes. While trying to decide who would play me in the future untitled movie about me, we all  got to know the bravery of Rep. Giffords after being shot by a deranged gunman in Arizona. In February, while I was celebrating a Super Bowl win from my beloved Packers and relished at the Lombardi trophy returning to Green Bay, Sudan splits raising a democratic southern state from the ashes and years of strife.  While I was travelling the s...

Merry Christmas!

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 Enjoy the Season.