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- Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature
- No!! There HAS to be a mistake!!In looking over the list I was dismayed at the absence of one name... Robert A Heinlein! This man was the Jolly Green Giant of SF in the 60s. I feasted on works by Isamov, Clarke, and Heinlein using a...
- Tags: career, Clarke, Dune, Heinlein, Hugo, movie, Nebula Awards, quibble, Retro Hugos, semantics, TomMerritt
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature
- Who are the only four writers to have two books win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science-fiction/fantasy novel? If the Hugo Award is the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent of the Oscar, then the Nebula Award is geekdom's Emmy. Together, these two prestigious paperweights single...
- Tags: Nebula, Jay Garmon, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, novel, science fiction, fantasy, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Hugo, Scott Card, Clarke, Games, Corporate Communications, Professional Development, Personal Technology, Marketing, Career
- Technical articles 2006-10-03
- bandwidth
- bandwidthSeems like this website times out a lot...probably because it's busy these discussions are addicting but it seems like you guys need a fatter pipe (get your mind out of the gutter!) :)It's gotten terrible in the last weekThe number of times that I get a timeout trying to load...
- Tags: advancedgeek, clustering, feedback, Hugo
- Discussion threads 2005-03-01
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- Logic error w/respect to 4 doubles
- In the Sci-Fi double feature article you stated, "Actually, only 14 authors have had novels win both the Nebula and the Hugo, meaning that four sci-fi/fantasy scribes have pulled off the legendary awards two-step twice." It does not to be four scribes that each received two doubles, it could have...
- Tags: hschoenman@..., doubles, scribe
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Forms in MS Project
- I have created a userform in Project and the project files use a resource pool. When a user enters the form and goes back to Project, saves and goes back etc, sometimes a runtime error 57 occurs. VBA also says Could not find the specified object. Any ideas where to...
- Tags: Forms, hugo.jorgensen@..., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, programming, Project
- Discussion threads 2005-03-25
- Video: Animated 'Rendezvous with Rama' movie trailer
- While he may be best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, most science fiction fans and critics would agree that Rendezvous with Rama is Sir Arthur C. Clarke's best work. After all, it won both the Nebula and the Hugo. While we're still waiting on a real, big-budget Rama film...
- Tags: Movie, Video, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- The coming Google info-pocalypse
- Since Google has just revamped their search page, I was reminded of this New York Times image predicting Google's information-hoarding future, and its darkly hilarious potential consequences for personal privacy. Now, we all know Google's ostensible policy is "Don't Be Evil," but there always the terrifying...
- Tags: Google Inc., GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- The biggest geek on planet Earth: Jonathan Vos Post
- Submitted for your consideration and found via Reddit, a candidate for the biggest geek on planet Earth: Dr. Jonathan Vos Post. He codes in over 30 computer languages, he holds multiple PhDs, and his personal, hand-built HTML listing of all known sci-fi authors a list which includes himself ranks fifth...
- Tags: Earth, Geek, Productivity, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Global Recycler Provides Reliable, Centralized Services
- Sims Hugo Neu Corporation is the U.S. division of The Sims Group, a global metal recycler with 160 sites. The company wanted to consolidate its separate networks, ensure application availability and reduce bandwidth costs. They also wanted a network with the Quality-of-Service QoS capability needed for its IP telephony, video...
- Tags: QoS, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2006-11-01
- Who are today's Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein?
- TechRepublic member lcallander asked me for some suggested reading material, with a rather intriguing sci-fi stipulation: "I was rereading an old post, where guys were reminiscing about reading 'Heinlein, Asimov, and Clark,' my personal favorites. I got out of reading SF in the '80s and am bewildered by the...
- Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Scalzi, Games, C/C++, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- From High-End Bicycles to Complex Machinery, Solid Edge Supports the Creative Vision
- Hugo Bardou wanted to support customers' demands for fast development of complex machinery and design unique bicycles for the handmade, high-end segment of the market. When Bardou started out, his CAD software was AutoCAD and he worked in 2D. Working with solid models in Solid Edge solved these problems. In...
- Tags: Bicycle, 2D, Siemens AG, Vision, CAD, Software
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Project-manage the Death Star, or turn a floppy into the Enterprise
- The following tid-bits were all discovered after browsing through a backlog of 80 or so SF Signal posts. If you ain't reading Mr. DeNardo's Hugo-nominated blog, you can't really call yourself a full-fledged online SF geek.TechnOrigami: Turn a floppy disk in the Starship EnterpriseThe physics of Buckaroo Banzai Think you're...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Science Fiction, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Finished two great SF books: 'Glasshouse', 'The Ghost Brigades'
- So this weekend, I finally finished the reading I began on my vacation a couple of weeks ago. As is my wont, I always pack a couple of sci-fi novels for long road trips, and this time around I headed out with Glasshouse by Charles Stross, and The Ghost Brigades...
- Tags: Page, Novel, Plot, SF, Glasshouse, John Scalzi, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-11
- Improve follow-through skills to increase project successes
- Following through is a critical skill for managers at all levels—whether you’re working on a seven-figure development project or simply completing your department's performance reviews.Managers who are poor at follow-through inadvertently cause a myriad of problems: botched projects, broken trust with employees and higher-ups, wasted money and time, and even...
- Tags: Polly Schneider Traylor
- Technical articles 2003-06-02
- okay not a virus, only scam / spam
- new scam spam email going around:this one actually took a couple of hours to track down enough info to say yup it's a scam. besides obviousness in subject then I decided to play nasty.reported, with email to both companies that could be negatively affected, as well as scamorama.Subject:WINNING NOTICEFrom:jpgCHRISTEN HUGO...
- Tags: e-mail, Jaqui, Mar 2005 22:41:53, Received, Return-Path, security, Tue, virus
- Discussion threads 2005-03-16
- Multiple buffer overflows discovered in Check Point Firewall-1
- Spanish security firm Pentest has discovered 10 buffer overflows affecting different applications in Check Point's flagship FireWall-1 security software. The multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities were uncovered by Pentest in a comprehensive security evaluation of the most secure version of FireWall-1/VPN-1, the Secure Platform R60. Experts were only able...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Check Point FireWall-1, Buffer-overflow, Security, Viruses And Worms, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Management Blunder of the Month: October
- My Favourite Line"(What does it say about National Intelligence if they wanted a communications guy like this?)"The first thing that came to mind when I read that was "it sais to me that they're sticking to age old quality of Intelligence leaders then?" followed quickly by "a leader who's not...
- Tags: Leadership, Neon Samurai, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2006
- It's that time of year again, when "best of" lists start making the rounds. For your geekish pleasure, I have three such collections, all found via SFSignal. First up, Jonathan Strahan, editor of The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, has posted the Table of Contents to Volume...
- Tags: Fantasy, Amazon.com Inc., Wiki, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Configure IT Quick: Use Mondo Rescue to back up Linux servers
- Mondo Rescue is a full-featured open source backup program for use on Linux systems. It is a comprehensive software package that allows you to back up to CD-R, CD-RW, NFS, tape, or ISO image. It also allows you to make a complete clone of a server-based system state. This means...
- Tags: backup, CD, information technology, Linux, Linux server, Mindi, Mondo Rescue, server, Thomas Nooning CCNA, CCDA
- Technical articles 2003-01-20
- Geek Trivia: A CEO by any other name
- What famous college-dropout-turned-Silicon-Valley-millionaire completed college under an alias? According to The Wall Street Journal, Google has recently adjusted its notoriously laborious and demanding hiring process because it can't seem to find enough Ivy League-educated Ph.D.s looking to work for a search engine. But that's probably a...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jay Garmon, Bill Gates, Harvard University, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Steve Wozniak, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Technical articles 2006-11-07
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