In the Fall of 2006, I purchased a “Woodland Scenics” model railroad kit called “Scenic Ridge”. This kit is N-Scale (they also have 2 HO-Scale kits). The kit has many, many components in it, but basically can be put into two categories: Various foam pieces and landscaping materials such as grasses, rocks, and bushes. The […]
Computer Programmer vs. Software Engineer
Last week, I posted a short entry on my blog about “computer programmers”, “software developers”, and “software engineers”. One of my friends (and, myself, many years ago), thought “aren’t they the same thing?” [If you don’t like to read long winded articles, please skip this one]. Here is a quick generalization, with which you should […]
Life at USPS
A colleague created an enhancement, and it was put in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) Environment yesterday, and he then left for vacation for a week – oh, and it’s scheduled to go into production this Sunday. He asked me to “test” it since the end users didn’t really know “how” to test it according to […]
2nd class at Saint Thomas: Software Engineering
First session of SEIS 610 Software Engineering was 2 weeks ago. I was immedaitely impressed by our instructor (C. Lai). He put up easy to read slides, and spoke toward them, not reading them word for word. He spoke for the entire 6-1/2 hour class, giving us instruction on the term’s group project, and the […]
Thoughts: My Mom’s Visitation
Well, I am so amazed by the kindness of my friends at Unisys who dropped by tonight at my mom’s visitation. Thank you, Deb Russell for coming by (totally unexpected – it was so very good to see you again – a few minutes after you left, the rest of the Unisys gang dropped by, […]
