Well, I figure it’s about time to harvest the power of the Internet and see what happens.

I plan on getting out of the Navy next June and so I’m starting to get my resume in order and see where to send it. Naturally I’m looking at Monster, et al. but for many large Internet job sites, it’s like looking for a job in the classified ads: you’re just one of several thousand resumes mass mailed to prospective employers. It’s even worse now in the digital age; it takes nothing to email a resume so a lot of people essentially spam employers in the hopes of “shotgunning a job”. > more <

I’ve said this among my close friends and family for a while: we need to stop sending so much money and aid to Africa. It’s just like giving hand-outs to homeless people. Not only that, but we have kids who are homeless or underfed here in America. Why do we keep sending food and money overseas when we can’t even take care of our own?

Today I found a perfect article that reiterates my argument, only in a better fashion because the interview is with an African who knows what the problems are. Der Speigel Online interviewed James Shikwaki, a Kenyan economics expert. Here are a few choice quotes: > more <

I finally bought a USB wireless adapter for my laptop so I can now use the Internet at my leisure, in bed. I no longer have to struggle downstairs just to check my mail. Because of this, I’m going to try and get back into the “blogging rhythm” again. (In case you didn’t know, most search engine optimizers (SEO) recommend blog sites add new articles every few days to keep them “fresh” with search engines. The more frequent the activity, the hire the ranking, in general.)

So, with this article, I wanted to continue on with my last post about computer file systems. I was going to talk about some of the Linux file systems but decided it probably isn’t necessary right now. Even though I use Linux at home, most people still use Windows so they probably don’t care about what file systems Linux has available. Plus, most Linux users either already know about their file systems or know enough to find out more if they need to. > more <

I just wanted to let everyone know that my blog posts may be few and far between for the next few weeks. I had foot surgery on May 31 and so I’m not moving around too much. I’m spending most of my time in bed with my foot elevated and sleeping (narcotics are great ).

I do have a laptop but the PC Card slot is broken so I have to hook it up to my router via Ethernet, which is downstairs along with my Mac. So, I currently have to make a trip to use my computer which obviously doesn’t happen too often.

I’m going to see about getting a USB wireless adapter and see if that will work upstairs. If so, I’ll be able post updates and get some homework done. While I’m on the subject, does anyone have any recommendations for USB wireless adapters under $70?