Monthly Archives: September 2006

PeakOil : What am I doing about it, Sept 2006

I am using the term Peakoil more as a way to stay focus and ‘tag’ things.
The impact of PeakOil can be many; likewise the things we do can have impact on the economy and environment.
While my current focus is more ’self’ rather than the ‘world’, I believe the sum of all these small steps taken [...]

A Lesson from the Chinese Bamboo Tree

I was searching for an answer to some of the issues I face at work.
As I look up from my desk this morning, deep in thought, I saw a poster which I have pasted on the wall to remind me of being focus and staying persistance.
A Lesson from the Chinese Bamboo Tree
You take a little [...]

Pushing the Business On…what do i want?

The past few months has been bad.
My dad was hospitalised and subsequently diagnosed with Adrenal cancer (advance stage); ‘a one in a million chance thing’.
Frequent visits to the hospital had left me both mentally and physically drained. Just 2 weeks back, my dad was discharged (happily) from the hospital after staying there for a month….only [...]

Is Tcl/Tk Dying?

A recent discussion on whether Tcl/Tk is dying leads to a humourous writeup of a not too distant future by Mark Roseman.
Snips :
“Scene: A run down shop at the end of a long, mostly deserted street. A cracked and weather-beaten sign, obviously from the mid-90’s, hangs over a large boarded up window. It [...]

Eco friendly initiative

Shoop, our local PeakOil advocate, has written an interesting piece on how he is doing his part on being more eco-friendly.
What caught my attention was his intention to replace his Dell server with Mac minis. I’m sure Bernard (of Ultimate Business Machine fame) will cheer on this.
I am curious how many servers is he replacing [...]