One for which my fellow Apple peeps need to make sure they are sitting down for the answer. Before I continue, please make sure you are not holding any hot objects or consuming liquids of any sort while you read the following few paragraphs…. The dark side has been calling for about the last six months or so now and I have been making the rounds at the mother-ship…. Yes, the OTHER mother-ship also known as the Redmond Giant…. I have been sitting on this for a week now, but I can officially release the news that I have accepted an offer at Microsoft as a User Experience Designer with the Windows Server Management Experience (WSMX) Group. Before you all have a heart attack and start throwing daggers and the pigmy’s come running to hunt me down with axes, hear me out…. It was the best move for my family, and to be quite honest, one HELL of a career opportunity that anyone would be brain-dead not to accept…. Rather than re-hash what I have already gone into great detail about elsewhere, follow the link and read the first post on my other “new” blog on Windows Live Spaces (and I don’t wanna hear any wise cracks about using Spaces, remember where I work now) ::: UX Design by Frank: http://uxdesign.spaces.live.com I know this is a shocker to some of you, but you’ll understand that things aren’t always what they seem from the outside.
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Assimilation by the Borg. My new adventure begins in 20 days…
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TomTom GPS and Starbucks Freaks Rejoice
You gotta love it when a company goes to this extent to provide something for nothing to their customers. All you Starbucks fans are in for a treat. Check out the email I just got from Navtones: Because you’re on the Navtones A-List we’re hooking you up early with FREE Starbucks POIs for your TomTom and FREE Navtones alerts…. So why should you have to plow through the TomTom restaurant database when all you need is a quick caffeine fix? Now, just install your city’s locations and Starbucks is only a click away in your POI menu. We have the top 100 US cities in our database and we’re giving you exclusive access until October 30th when we link to the world: http://navtones.com/poi-starbucks.php. Along with a few choice words from our pal, Burt, expect to hear one of these happy alerts the next time you roll by the “Bux: “Pay attention, FOOL!”… “Pull out the ‘Bux, buddy.”
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Florida DHSMV Emergency Contact Info
I’m sure many of you have heard about creating an entry in your cell phone address book with the initials I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) where a law-enforcement official can contact someone in the event you have an accident and cannot come to the phone. The state of FL has taken that a step further and created an online tool where you can enter up to two emergency contacts with all vital information which only law-enforcement officers can have access to in the event of an emergency. Now that’s pretty smart thinking. If you live in FL or have family who does, make sure they fill out the information…it could save their lives!
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Happy Birthday: bisonium.com is now 3!
Boy does time fly. Over 2275 posts in 3 years. Here’s to many more!
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Goodnight NYC – [343]
As the 5th anniversary of 9 | 11 comes to a close, here’s a final post of some images I have taken over the years from the WTC or the surrounding areas in NYC. For the complete set, visit my flickR site.
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We Must Never Forget…
In memory of those who lost their lives on 9-11
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Happy 4th of July : Go Discovery Go!
Today is a special day in our nations history and this day, we had an extra special treat. The space shuttle Discovery has successfully launched into space on it’s way to replenish the International Space Station.And liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery returning to the space station, paving the way for future missions and beyond,” said NASA launch commentator Bruce Buckingham.This is the first time the shuttle has ever launched on Independence Day. After 2 scrubbed attempts due to bad weather, and lots of crossed fingers, we are back in space for only the second time since the Columbia accident. It sure feels good, lets hope that after further analysis of the images, there weren’t any complications or damage to the shuttle. The missions launch was in question earlier this week when it was discovered that there was a 4- to 5-inch crack in the external fuel tank’s foam insulation. After further analysis, the NASA engineers determined that the mission was still good to go. To my fellow veterans, and those friends and other service men and women who continue to serve our country – THANK YOU…. Have a fun and SAFE holiday everyone…to our heros in space – Good Luck and Godspeed.
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Whirlwind days…
Wow, has it been 10 days since my last post? Insanity I tell you. Things around here are moving at lightning speeds lately. I have my head buried into some pretty big stuff, and eventually I may post about it here. Last I looked, my RSS reader has about 8,000 unread posts. < sigh > I really need to trim back those subscriptions I tell you. For now, back to the madness…stay tuned for more (hopefully in the not too distant future).
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Sketches of a catastrophe: Proactive Relo
I wasn’t even affected by Andrew when it devastated Homestead (given I was away in the military), but my parents home was fine after Andrew…. Last year having lived for a measly 3 days without power nearly drove me mad, I can’t imagine what would happen in these given scenarios…. But add in the mad chaos, idiots that can’t drive and generally FUBAR state we were in last year (after a fairly benign hurricane compared to what’s being forecasted), I am not waiting around for the day the “big one” hits south FL. I can only imagine what the mass exodus would look like…. Areas of particular interest would be: WA (Seattle and surrounding areas), OR (Portland / Bend and surrounding areas), TX (Austin / Dallas), AZ (Phoenix, Sedona), NM (Santa Fe, Albuquerque), CO (Denver), TN (Nashville, Knoxville), NC (inland areas), SC (inland areas). Although those would be my ideal locations, I would be open to places like San Diego, San Francisco and the Washington DC Metro Areas…. Being an IT guy in a small town with one main employer probably isn’t the smartest thing for career longevity.I am leaning heavily towards the Pacific Northwest. I have traveled the US extensively, and although I haven’t had the chance to visit the Pacific Northwest as of yet, I just feel that something out there is calling my name…. If any of you loyal readers out there in the blogsphere have an inside line on a great gig outside of Florida, drop me a line: frank [at] bisonium [dot] com.
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Star Wars Original Trilogy Coming to DVD…
I have been waiting since I was about knee-high to a grasshopper to get the originals on DVD…. Looks like Lucas finally caved in to the masses of Star Wars fans wanting to relive their childhood in the comfort of their homes with their big-screen TV’s. “In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film. That means you’ll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983.This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st. International release will follow on or about the same day. Each original theatrical version will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, close-captioning, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish for their U.S. release. International sound and subtitling vary by territory.”Get the full story at StarWars.com…
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