Contents tagged with Personal
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Macbook Pro / Bootcamp Adventure
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2012 Summary
Year end is always an interesting time. Reminds a sort of retrospective, but that’s a geek in me that sees it that way. Yet what happened this year? A lot for me. Here’s a list of significant things for me:
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My Son`s First Program
This is it. Liam has built his first program (sort of) and I am glad that the reason he did it was to confirm what he learned and not as a desire to become a programmer. If you haven’t seen http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/ check it out. An outstanding resource for kids to learn basic programming and practice some math skills. Liam has started Algebra and this was his first “program” to solidify understanding of concepts such as variable, algebraic expression, formula, input, and output.
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A(B+C)=AB+AC
Sometimes very basic things are so rooted in our heads that we often forget how to explain those basics to others. So was in my case when I needed to prove my son that A(B+C) is AB+AC and not just AB+C as he originally thought. To my surprise, I couldn’t think of a way to visualize it and explain. Wait a second, if you can’t explain something you supposedly know, then you don’t really know it well… Gladly, a friend of mine remind me the way to prove it. Why am I sharing this incident? Because a lot of times we assume we know something, till we actually need to explain it to others, and that’s where our knowledge is truly tested. This is something that is greatly exposed in pair-programming. And maybe that’s the reason so many avoid it with every possible excuse out there. Just saying…
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Happy 2012
Life is a book. Each one of us is an author. Every year is a chapter. Every New Year eve we wish to start fresh, to begin a new chapter in our life. Let me wish you to live your next year in a such way, that you would be proud to add another chapter to your life book, proudly looking at the passing year and building on top of that many other chapters, full with love, happiness, great achievements, and people so dear to your heart.
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Shana Tova
It’s 5772 New (Jewish) Year tomorrow. I wish everyone Shana Tova.
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Fat Me
What would I look like with excessive weight… Hilarious! Another reason to watch eating habits and exercising
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Being Productive With Mouse
I am a big fan of productivity and for myself mouse is usually more of a drag than help when coding. While watching a presentation caught presenter using a mouse in a way I never did, and that was quite productive!
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Change
I really loved the last exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum (door with the words):
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Goals for 2011
These are the goals I am setting to work on in 2011 and try to get them done.