Lego My …, Oops Wrong Analogy
I have a feeling that the new Lego movie, called creatively The Lego Movie, may be one of those that I will have to go alone without Ellen. Even though the initial Rotten Tomatoes rating is…
Avoiding the Super/Puppy/Ad Bowl
Perhaps it is only because we do not host or go to any Superbowl parties. However, we are here today with my annual not-watching the Superbowl game day. My normal activity for the day is…
Synagogue, Big Bang Theory, Charlie Chaplin, Bill Cosby & Korean Fried Chicken
Today’s parsha at Synagogue starts a VERY lengthy description of the buliding of the Mishkan (or Tabernacle). The Mishkan housed the Ark of the Covenant (shades of Indiana Jones) and in Hebrew means residence or…
Wendy and Lucy
I just finished watching Wendy and Lucy, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wendy_and_lucy/, which I very much enjoyed. The story line is pretty simple. A young woman played very well by Michelle Williams, Wendy, and her dog, Lucy, on her way to Alaska to hopefully get a good paying job is stranded in a small town in Oregon when her car breaks down. With little money to have the car fixed, Wendy is arrested for shoplifting and Lucy is gone when Wendy returns. The rest of the movie covers the events that follow as Wendy continues to search for Lucy and faces more and more difficult choices.
Next Meeting of the National Capital Area Chapter of HIMSS
For those interested in Healthcare and IT, and these days who isn’t, the next meeting of the National Capital Area Chapter of HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is tomorrow evening, January 16, at…
The Future of Cloud Computing (AMARC Cloud Computing Panel)
As the cloud providers who formed a line to undergo the intensive FedRAMP vetting process begin to receive authorization from the GSA Joint Authorization Board, the federal government’s commitment to cloud computing has never been…
American’s Belief (or non-belief) In Evolution
I read a column in the Post that noted that Republicans (not me) are growing more skeptical about evolution while Democrats are increasing in their belief, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/12/30/republicans-growing-more-skeptical-about-evolution/. I then went and read the source Pew Research…
How Is Counterinsurgency Like the Way the Human Body Fights Disease?
Last week, I attended a Brookings Institute event, which focused on analogies between the human body, and how it reacts to disease and how nations react to insurgency.
The speakers were General Stanley McChrystal, formerly commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and now a senior fellow at Yale University, and Kristina Talbert-Slagle, an associate research scientist at Yale Global Health leadership Institute. The session was moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow, Michael O’Hanlon.
Federal Cloud Computing Summit – Slides and Media Notes
For those interested, the Federal Cloud Computing Summit web-site has been updated with the slides posted and a series of links listed detailing media coverage of the event, http://www.cloudfedsummit.com/winter2013/
Federal Cloud Computing Summit – Great Fun
The Federal Cloud Computing Summit, held earlier this week, was a rousing success; great attendance and interesting panels. It was an honor for the Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center, AMARC, to host the Summit.