Pretty much passed the Sun Certified Web Components Developer for Java Enterprise Edition 1.4 today. A little bit later than I had wanted to complete the exam, but completed nonetheless.
I guess I'll have access to another logo.
With this knowledge, I am now starting a little side project of my own called, i++. More to come.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Thanksgiving 2005
Just imported some photos from
The items we had: 7-layer salad, spinach-artichoke dip, corn muffins, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, gravy, biscuits, turkey - not pictured: pumpkin cheesecake, apple pie, pumpkin cheesecake muffins, 6 bottles of sparkling grape juice
The 4 Mosquitos laughing at something/someone.
The homemade mashed potatoes were a hit.
The First Annual 4 Mosquitos Turkey DinnerCheck 'em out.
The items we had: 7-layer salad, spinach-artichoke dip, corn muffins, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, gravy, biscuits, turkey - not pictured: pumpkin cheesecake, apple pie, pumpkin cheesecake muffins, 6 bottles of sparkling grape juice
The 4 Mosquitos laughing at something/someone.
The homemade mashed potatoes were a hit.Thursday, December 01, 2005
Dealing with Difficult People/Speed Reading
I went to a seminar yesterday with some people that I work with entitled, 'Dealing with Difficult People'. Overall, it was a good experience - made me think and really want to make some changes and take action of the way that I am.
Something that the seminar leader was plugging for was speed reading - the Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reading program in particular. When mentioned, I thought it would be sweet to be able to read extremely fast - going from around 250 words per minute and 75% comprehension to 1000 wpm and 90% comprehension. The program costs $200.
I went online to read more about it and learn more about speed reading in general. Wikipedia is just great. I found out that the benefits of speed reading are unsubstantial. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Most people who read at 1000 wpm or more have around a 50% retention rate (this is a poor retention rate). According to Wikipedia, researchers in the area of speed reading do not recommend paying for expensive speed reading programs because the basic principals of speed reading are very simple and widely known.
Then, I found out about something that's just plain sweet - Wikibooks. A collection of free, online text-books editable by anyone. It just so happens that there is a wikibook on Speed Reading. This book has all the basic concepts for speed reading laid out as well as simple techniques and exercises to increase reading speed and comprehension.
I thought I could read like Superman - just flip through, page by page, memorizing the whole book. Maybe some day.
Something that the seminar leader was plugging for was speed reading - the Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reading program in particular. When mentioned, I thought it would be sweet to be able to read extremely fast - going from around 250 words per minute and 75% comprehension to 1000 wpm and 90% comprehension. The program costs $200.
I went online to read more about it and learn more about speed reading in general. Wikipedia is just great. I found out that the benefits of speed reading are unsubstantial. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Most people who read at 1000 wpm or more have around a 50% retention rate (this is a poor retention rate). According to Wikipedia, researchers in the area of speed reading do not recommend paying for expensive speed reading programs because the basic principals of speed reading are very simple and widely known.
Then, I found out about something that's just plain sweet - Wikibooks. A collection of free, online text-books editable by anyone. It just so happens that there is a wikibook on Speed Reading. This book has all the basic concepts for speed reading laid out as well as simple techniques and exercises to increase reading speed and comprehension.
I thought I could read like Superman - just flip through, page by page, memorizing the whole book. Maybe some day.
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