Self satisfaction, not happiness, is the goal of life
http://www.codecommit.com/blog/category/scala/
http://alblue.blogspot.com/search/label/scala
Lift - YAWB (Yet Another Web framework) in Scala: http://demo.liftweb.net/lift/
Before Scala there was http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Learn_Haskell_in_10_minutes
Good F# blog: http://leibnizdream.wordpress.com/
http://www.share.org/events/Orlando/second_postcard.cfm#SOA
IBM Mainframers group SHARE highlights SOA at their next conference in Orlando
http://otakubeat.wordpress.com/
J-Pop and other topics
Q: What do you get when you cross a scarecrow with a tin man?
A: You get an architect (architects have no brain or heart)
I know, it’s not funny.
http://www.cio.com/article/177600/?source=nlt_cioinsider_top5
There are three main areas of concern: The number of women entering the profession is too low; there is a serious problem retaining women who do enter the industry; and there is too little retraining of women who want to return to the industry.
As is typical with these articles, the comments are as enlightening or more so than the text being commented upon.
http://www.cio.com/article/176700/?source=nlt_cioinsider_top5
Recommendations to balance mind and body and keep you at the top of your game at work and during other stressful situations.
I’d like to know how to be come a work/life balance consultant.
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The nexus of Balance Integration was in the fall of 2001, when after 13 years working in corporate America, Tevis Gale started to wonder why so many people “hate” their jobs. Looking at leadership, colleagues, clients and friends, it was clear who over-engaged to the point of burnout, and who had difficulty engaging at all. In either case, she saw there lacked a sense of centeredness in the midst of daily mayhem. “How can we succeed sustainably?”, she wondered, “How can we ALL have a great day at work?”
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The numbers add fuel to the fire. Gallup reports that less than 27% of employees call themselves “truly engaged”. The National Institute of Organizational Safety and Health cites that 80% of workers experience stress at work. Add the announcement from the US Department of Labor that we now spend an average of 9.1 hours -over half our waking lives - at work, this picture is one of a stressed and disengaged culture. Let’s face it: 24/7-ization due to technology and global business isn’t making life any less demanding.
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Balance Integration is the result of an ongoing odyssey to to identify practices which generate true leadership, authentic engagement and collective greatness. Our programs incorporate ideas from top business gurus in systems thinking from MIT, creativity from Stanford, and coaching and generative management systems at NYU. We’ve looked to buddhists and yogis for mindfulness and self inquiry practices, and have translated these ideas into powerful, practical and relevant tools to teach corporate professionals how to cultivate mastery – not a futile effort to control the world – but a courageous endeavor to discipline the ultimate – THEMSELVES.
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Somebody sent me these links to comedy sketches on YouTube about eating sushi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6v8IUe_0g
Highly recommended..
Other sushi etiquette links:
http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Sushi-Etiquette
http://www.sushifaq.com/howtoeatsushi-etiquette.htm
http://www.eugeneciurana.com/musings/sushi-eating-HOWTO.html
