“A magical being is a sight to behold. I was fortunate enough to cross paths with one. Our encounter took place after I had learned and practiced a great deal of hunting. Once I was in a forest of thick trees in the mountains of central Mexico when suddenly I heard a sweet whistle. It was unknown to me; never in all my years of roaming in the wilderness had I hears such a sound. I could not place it in the terrain; it seemed to come from different places. I thought that perhaps I was surrounded by a herd of a pack of some unknown animals. Read the rest of this entry »
Frente’s Marvin the Album album is one of the most surprising, amusing and original albums I encountered (many years ago). To the best of my knowledge the band were together long enough to publish 2 cd’s then they disappeared. ‘Cuscutlan’ is one of my favorite songs on the album. The video is not officially related to the song, but it did bring a smile to my face. Listen for the lyrics:
This post occurred to me a few days ago. I don’t remember what it is that I was staring at - but I was staring/glaring at something. At first I recognized the object - it became a concrete concept. But then, as I stayed with it and waited, I seemed to go beyond the initial impression (I do wish I could remember what it was - bu it escapes me) and the concept seemed to evaporate. The object was then revealed again - but this time I was traveling farther - a story or path seemed to be unraveling instead of a conclusion. I felt a wave of creativity.
Now that we have the Ubuntu server installed and a graphic interface to feel comfortable we can get on with preparing the hard-drives for setting up the RAID.
Devices
I will be addressing devices numerous times, but for now suffice to say that Ubuntu (and Linux in general) seems to have a very straightforward approach for representing devices in the operating system. You will find a directory in the root file-system called ‘DEV’ and in it many files. These files all represent devices. Hard drives are devices, partitions are devices and even the RAID we will create is a device. More on this as we move along. Read the rest of this entry »
Nature seems to be taking it’s course. The beautiful thing is that it always does - we just don’t pay attention very well. I am not impressed with people who look back in a time of crisis and talk about ‘the writing on the wall’ - it was there for everyone to see. These people are parasites - and probably only feeding the next round of crisis. The writing is always on the wall - the question is what can we do to read it every living moment?
What is wrong with contemporary business models? What is wrong with financial institutions? What is the wrong with VC’s? Nothing and these are really uninteresting questions - because they make us look back at what has come and gone. How can business models be improved? How can financial institutions improve? How can VC’s improve? How can I as an individual improve? These are tough questions - not because of the answers - they are already ‘written on the wall’ (and have been for a long time) - but because of the level of commitment that is required to follow through with them.
The Hedgehog Concept by Jim Collins which I liked but I feel is missing an important ingredient - one that creates a relevant context which in a way is a key to it all… without which the cycle just repeats itself over and over…
album is one of the most surprising, amusing and original albums I encountered (many years ago). To the best of my knowledge the band were together long enough to publish 2 cd’s then they disappeared. ‘Cuscutlan’ is one of my favorite songs on the album. The video is not officially related to the song, but it did bring a smile to my face. Listen for the 
