tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54556062024-03-13T18:38:43.151ZDirecting Thought by William M. RawlsGreetings and salutations. These are just some of my thoughts and people, places, things, video, and audio I've found (and been pointed to by others that made me think. I think they will make you think, too.
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gtalk/gmail: william.rawls@gmail.comOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.comBlogger369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-31608889824181265902012-01-25T20:49:00.004Z2012-01-25T21:10:06.639ZDust in the Digital WindWell, I'm dusting off the ol' blog. I haven't exactly been hip deep in it... In fact I haven't posted in... wow since July 2011. A lot has happened to me in the last few months, not the least of which is I'm now working at Citrix as a Senior Software Engineer working on VDI-in-a-Box, a remote desktop solution for small to medium sized companies, especially if they've never done it before. Dell isOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-87407613303543040502011-06-04T05:51:00.001Z2011-06-04T05:51:51.140ZLong time no postIt's ben a long while since I have posted.what can I say. Life has been interesting and complicated. Am I next directing thought? Maybe.on to it.
Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0Preston Park, Marina, CA, United States36.67039 -121.773326tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-82635931916092479182010-09-07T03:20:00.000Z2010-09-07T03:20:00.598ZList of Alkaline FoodsYour health depends on the balance of an alkaline environment, created by eating foods such as tomatoes, avocados and green vegetables...striking the optimum 80/20 balance and regulating your body's acid/alkaline chemistry through simple changes in diet can result in weight loss, increased stamina and strength,a stronger immune system and a greater sense of wellbeingList of Alkaline FoodsOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-72288927631591456282010-08-18T22:08:00.000Z2010-08-18T22:08:52.131ZQuotes of a ManQuotes of a ManOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-41278476527274879802010-08-18T22:06:00.000Z2010-08-18T22:06:07.798ZWilliam M. Rawls - MultiURLWilliam M. Rawls - MultiURL Added my.share for my DimDim screen sharing / online meeting space.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-82960641851190202312010-03-24T18:40:00.003Z2010-03-24T18:43:03.579ZCurious about how the health care reforms affect you? Here's a breakdown (from my employer FBMC, a Premier Benefit Management company):Short answer: It doesn't affect you financially until 2014. After that you'll have to have health insurance like you have to have car insurance. If you work for someone with fewer than 25 employees (with an average income of less than $50k) or you make less than about $10k a year, you're not required to have health insurance but you're guaranteed to have it available to you and you'll be given a Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-29113637614975620172009-12-17T08:25:00.001Z2009-12-17T08:25:33.250ZXLG Pipeline : XML Library Generator (XLG) : MetaData ->XML ->XSL ->Code - Discussions - Requests For Comment XLG Pipeline : XML Library Generator (XLG) : MetaData ->XML ->XSL ->Code - Discussions - Requests For CommentPosted using ShareThisOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-76400258055023584352009-10-11T00:20:00.001Z2009-10-11T00:20:28.667ZColbert Nation Interview SimulatorOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-79673957496322771662009-09-01T19:44:00.001Z2009-09-01T19:44:53.082ZBeatbox Dub FX 18/04/2009 'Soothe Your Pain'Wow...Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-6573330253503239112009-07-25T09:37:00.001Z2009-07-25T09:37:57.409ZAll I Wanna Do Is Have Some FunOne of my favorite songs done up at a party. Good voice, good interpretation.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-21831817698439576992009-07-25T07:54:00.001Z2009-07-25T07:54:54.618ZBeatbox Dub FX 10/10/2008 'Love Someone'Groovy... Hip... Cool... Chill.... Give it a minute... I bet you'll give it the full 6 minutes.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-86166665344878618662009-05-30T17:02:00.001Z2009-05-30T17:03:40.111ZThoughts of a Man... Ok, the beginning of my thoughts. This will be the area I write my book on programming philosophy. At this point I have a rough first draft of the preface "One is a Pattern". Enjoy.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-29804727204385434192008-11-28T00:45:00.002Z2008-11-28T00:49:08.654ZA Mom's First Thanksgiving With Her Son And His PartnerThis blog struck me so deep I just had to reply (mine's the 4th comment). It was so nice to see a mother's concern for her openly gay son who recently came out and how she should handle something that I wish I could one day do, take my loved one to family gatherings and to feel normal...I think that's what get's me most about being gay these days. How in so many ways it's better than it used to Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-55917756411965865722008-08-29T03:41:00.003Z2008-08-29T03:58:25.047ZComcast limits customers to only 250 gigabyte per month starting October 1, 2008Wow... I guess Comcast is really committed to defining fair use. Granted 250 GB is a lot of data, this would be analogous to telling each American they could only drive on US roads 10,000 miles a year... That may seem a lot to you and me, but if the limit is so high, why even have one? Comcast does not offer business grade service in my area, even though I work at home. This effectively prevents Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1164044595322763122006-11-20T17:43:00.000Z2006-11-20T17:43:15.406ZPresidents, Well Known or Not, Will Have Their Day on a Dollar - New York TimesPresidents, Well Known or Not, Will Have Their Day on a Dollar - New York Times: "The United States Mint is unveiling four designs for one-dollar coins today, featuring likenesses of the first four presidents. They begin a series that is to last a decade and portray every deceased president."Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1162574235663270392006-11-03T17:15:00.000Z2006-11-03T17:17:15.676ZAsk Will : New and Cool for VS2005I gave a presentation on new and cool things for Visual Studio 2005 at the Capital City .NET User's Group meeting yesterday and presented a number of free and/or open source utilities for VS 2005. Here are the links and some commentary on each item I presented.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1160664948231154552006-10-12T14:55:00.000Z2006-10-12T14:55:48.880ZBirds and bees may be gay: museum exhibition | Tech&Sci | Science | Reuters.comBirds and bees may be gay: museum exhibition | Tech&Sci | Science | Reuters.com: "(Reuters) - The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world's first museum exhibition about homosexuality among animals."Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1160495921363555422006-10-10T15:52:00.000Z2006-10-10T15:58:41.453ZNeuro Linguistic Programming Neuro-Linguistic Programming – or NLP – is a technique that we can use to alter the way we react. NLP looks at the relationship between how we think -neuro, communicate -linguistic and behave -programming. Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1154898279190588502006-08-06T21:04:00.000Z2006-08-06T21:05:20.446ZComic StripsOmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1154489968343222952006-08-02T03:39:00.000Z2006-08-02T03:39:28.396ZWired News: It's Alive (ish)Wired News: It's Alive (ish): "Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology figured they could learn more from neuron clumps that acted more like real brains, so they've developed 'neurally controlled animats' -- a few thousand rat neurons grown atop a grid of electrodes and connected to a robot body or computer-simulated virtual environment."Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1153353192338465332006-07-19T23:53:00.000Z2006-07-19T23:53:12.420ZInvisibility CloakVVV - Viridian Vegan Viking: "Check out this video of an Invisibility Cloak being demonstrated at the University of Tokyo.The wearer is moving in front of a television screen and colored backgrounds.Observe that his face is not covered by the wallpaper background displayed on the cloak.Very impressive. Plus, he has mad dance moves."Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1151441390267321942006-06-27T20:49:00.000Z2006-06-27T20:49:50.266ZTrends: 3D. What is it good for?Trends: 3D. What is it good for?Some VERY interesting Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality Interface, Holographic, and other real world inventions and prototypes being developed and coming soon to a store near you :)Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1151441306448351042006-06-27T20:48:00.000Z2006-06-27T20:48:26.496ZProject - Keio Media Design Okude LaboratoryProject - Keio Media Design Okude Laboratory: "At the laboratory, much team project is produced every year and its idea is made into the form.The project which students created is introduced."Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1150907971582149182006-06-21T16:39:00.000Z2006-06-21T16:39:31.666ZWalt Handelsman: N.S.A. WiretappingWalt Handelsman: N.S.A. Wiretapping: "Walt Handelsman: N.S.A. Wiretapping"Animated political cartoon on NSA eavesdropping. And a song, too.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455606.post-1150730076756327632006-06-19T15:13:00.000Z2006-06-19T15:14:36.766ZWilliam's Code Camp Presentations (Tally)Here's the code camp presentations I gave June 17th, 2006 in Tallahassee, FL.Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825126451558581721noreply@blogger.com0