I’m 45 now, I’ve been an engineer for over half my life. Bit by bit, I have passed into the second half of my career without ever seeing the change coming. Every once in a while I run into a discussion, in person or online, about the Millenials as the “Me Generation”, about how young [...]
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The Me Generation?
Posted in current events, employment, society, teaching, work, workplace, tagged engineering, excellence, management, society, work, workplace on 31 March, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas and the holidays
Posted in Personal, society, tagged holidays, peace, Personal, religion on 6 December, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t believe that it’s Jesus’ birthday, but I do like Christmas nonetheless. I don’t believe that a baby was born to a virgin travelling to Bethlehem. Moreover, even if Matthew (or more likely a later compiler and translator of Matthew’s work) had not added this bit to tie Jesus to messianic traditions but instead [...]
No, really — Fix your résumé!
Posted in employment, job search, Personal, society, workplace, tagged excellence, job search, jobs, Personal on 29 June, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes people are just so strange. In case anyone blinked and missed it, we’re in the middle of a recession, an economic downturn, whatever you want to call it. A lot of people are out looking for a job (or two) as we hit higher unemployment rates than we’ve seen in decades. And yet, people [...]
Didn’t they notice the recession?
Posted in local, markets, society, tagged california, economy, quality, service, society on 12 June, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week I had to make a little trip toward the eastern edge of the state, to Susanville (which I discovered to be a really pretty, charming little town.) I left in the evening and stayed in Redding overnight so I could meet with my colleagues there in the morning before heading out to Susanville. [...]
You said who???
Posted in current events, science, society, tagged engineering, events, media, science, society on 4 June, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I am so very mortified. I just received the e-mail invitation from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the ASCE’s 139th Annual Civil Engineering Conference. And who do they proudly boast is the guest speaker for the Closing General Session Breakfast? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Yes, it’s Mister Ben “Expelled” Stein himself. Mr. Ben “science [...]
Leaving Humboldt behind?
Posted in local, society, tagged humboldt, local, society on 1 June, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every year, Memorial Day weekend signals the exodus of college kids heading back home. Sure enough, the house kitty-corner from us emptied up, pouring furniture into a U-Haul truck; our young neighbours departed. I hardly ever saw them during their stay. But they left behind a quantity of clay pellets, the kind you use for [...]
Geotourism map: California North Coast
Posted in current events, local, society, technology, tagged california, google earth, history, humboldt, landscape, local, maps, media, native peoples, software, tools on 6 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, the Crescent City Daily Triplicate introduced us to an exciting mapping project: the North Coast California Geotourism project, covering the Del Norte to Marin areas, including Lake County. Working with the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations, the North Coast Tourism Council and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are [...]
Answer me this, LinkedIn…
Posted in Personal, society, technology, tagged Career, linkedin, networking, tools on 31 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…Why do we put up with obnoxious people just because they’re registered on LinkedIn? I find LinkedIn very useful, but I’m amazed at how some people waste their time to write, my time to read, and some poor innocent electrons in order to provide useless answers in the Q&A section. Mood-relevant links: Bob Sutton: the [...]
Wreck of the Columbia
Posted in local, society, tagged events, history, humboldt, local on 30 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Humboldt County Historical Society will be sponsoring a talk by Ray Hillman on the “Shipwreck of the Columbia” next Saturday, as part of its Historical Lecture Series. The passenger steamship Columbia collided with the lumber schooner San Pedro in the fog off the coast of Shelter Cove on the night of July 21, 1907. [...]
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