I stumbled across this article in the Washington Post on when an adult, who has a bachelors of science, two masters, and just shy of receiving a doctorate. A very interesting read.

I was a little hesitant to post something on 9/11. The media hoopla has been in full force these past couple weeks and I can only imagine how this constant diet of 9/11 discussions could dig up deep emotional scars and issues that still have not been dealt with yet. But we all do have a story of that day, and it profoundly changed us, one way or another. Ten years ago it wasn’t all to typical for me. Just a week prior I was working for Porivo, a “last mile” performance metrics company in the Raleigh/Durham area of NC. I had a bad vibe that we were about to be let go. Management called...

I have swapped my thoughts earlier in the year about Obama having a very hard time winning to he should easily be able to win, I am taking a hard look at the EC map and things could be very interesting. Below is a map of what a 2012 election would look like where the toss up states are what Obama won with < 7.26% which was his national average. He just wins with 2 EV’s if he is able to maintain a satisfactory average. If the election was held today he would probably win. The question becomes if he has the potential to lose all the < 7.26% states plus a state he “should” win like NM,...

As of today 9 out of 12 members of the new congressional super committee have been selected to determine the fate of our economic future, but will this simply be a replay of the debt ceiling discussions or will real progress be made. At first sight there is a disturbing fact, every one of the 6 Republican members of the committee have signed Grover Norquist’s pledge to NEVER raise taxes in ANY circumstances. So if they continue to take this unwavering stance of not raising taxes this committee is likely doomed and automatic triggers should kick in and take away from defense and domestic...

Where is my content? For decades content became available on many mediums. The phonograph, record, the reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, mini disc, DAT, mp3, radio, TV, etc. The list is long and seemingly without end. Some mediums have come at the blessing of the recording industries (vinyl) and some with them fighting tooth and nail (hello mp3). But inevitably digital content took over and now there is a relatively new breed of content becoming more desired; Streaming. Now some audio and video purists cry foul at the thought of “renting” content. The thought of not owning content drives a...

So Apple has had one of it’s worst kept secrets unveiled about iCloud and iTunes Match. For those not in the know, Apple is essentially doing a Dropbox-like service of 5GB free data, and if you want for $25/yr have the ability to sync your iTunes library (legit and otherwise) to the iCloud and have access to your music at 256kbps sample rates (for many this is an upgrade in bitrate). All this for a $150M advance to the record labels. Some ask why would the record deals settle for what seems to be a pittance, but they don’t realize that there are millions of customers out there who have...