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Software Development on Linux

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Future Shop: Computers: Desktop Computers: HP AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2GHz Computer (A1114N-REF) - Refurbished - Web Only

My japanese name...

My japanese name is 浜野 Hamano (seaside field) 明 Akira (bright).
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course offering.

ELG 5180 (EACJ 5704) ADVANCED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

Techniques and performance of digital signalling and equalization over linear bandlimited channels with additive Gaussian noise. Fading multipath channels: diversity concepts, modelling and error probability performance evaluation. Synchronization in digital communications. Spread spectrum in digital transmission over multipath fading channels. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5605. Prerequisites: SYSC 5504 or ELG 5375 or the equivalent.

Life is a repeating journey...

I can't believe how life repeats itself. Because I seemed to have lost my knack to do the things I used to do well. It's all because I have been chasing goals that are too far out of reach.

What stress does is it brings out the worst in you. I really don't like that, no matter how much EI I have, I cannot control my ourbursts. I vow never to let stress hurt me again. I hate to feel helpless and not be able to enjoy life simply because I am too drained to find a positive side of things.

Wines featured in Sideways

Byron 1992 Sparkling
Sanford Vin Gris
Kalyra Chardonnay
Kalyra Cab Franc
Fidder Head Sauvignon Blanc
Whitcraft 2001 Pinot Noir
Sea Smoke Botella Pinot Noir
Kistler Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Latour Pommard Ier Cru
Hitching Post Bien Nacido Pinot Noir
Hitching Post Highliner Pinot Noir
Andrew Murray Syrah
'61 Cheval Blanc

Oliver Twist

My attachment to my English schooling tells me this will be an enjoyable movie that will bring back fond memories. It's simply not a happy children movie, but it is something that's very special to me, just as HGTG is a classic for me.

Kernel Hackers' Guide to git

Git-Howto

Paradigm shift

This morning I read a passage about paradigm shift. Not so much the explanation of what it is, but the reason for understanding the importance of it.

This is very interesting the fact that when one looks at an image he will see it based on his interpretion, and his interpretion of the image is derived heavily from his past experience.

Philosophical questions...

I have a tonne of these questions, how can I permeate those to friends and people who care? It's a balance of time between the imminent tasks at hand, which everyone is busy dealing with, and those philosophical questions that changes the way you think and approach issues that will benefit you.

Team basics

Definition from Wisdom of Teams:

A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Trust in a sentence...

"...Trust is hard to earn, easy to lose and nearly impossible to win back."

What people do not realize is the capacity of people to improve and correct.

The world is often accustomed to the fact that people's character is set in stone. Often this is true, there are a lot of cases where people may revert back to their old self if he is pushed/shoved into a corner. Few people has what it takes to admit mistakes and demand for change, since such actions are often disruptive.

Characters do change. Ones willingness to change is variable. It may take extraordinary effort/circumstances to make this happen. There are just numerous ways to consider one's will/capacity to push for change and embrace it. Some people can identify what a person's character is with a short five minute conversation, and infer the person's willingness to change. Some people wait out a period of time to see if character improvement is noticed. And of course, to a large degree, your family, who means most to you, are the ones you will have to continue to forgive and embrace in perpetuality.

Working approach

1. Can we break up hierarchical patterns by assigning work tasks based on skills rather than position? Can we assign leadership roles to someone other than the CEO?
2. What specific rules would help us work better together, and "equalize" our individual, real work contributions to group goals?
3. Can we reconfigure our group into subteams more appropriate to the specific issues, opportunities, or problems identified?
4. How can we most effectively foster teams down the line?

Complementary Skills

1. Do we have important skills that are not best captured by our formal roles and responsibilities?
2. Can we better utilize the basic skills and experience of our group by working together beyond as well as within our formal, functional responsibilities?
3. Could some of us build skills in other areas, and thereby help strengthen the overall capabilities of the group?
4. Can we modify our membership to include others down the line to enhance our collective ability to achieve particular goals?

Identifying Team Performance Opportunities

1. Can we convert the company mission into a more group specific performance purpose for our group, including specific performance goals necessary to accomplish that group purpose.
2. Which of our performance challenges are best accomplished by individual assignments and responsibility? Which require a team effort and a set of collective work-products? Can we test the water by trying a team approach on one or two of these?
3. How can we ensure that we each subordinate our individual priorities to the group's purpose and goals?
4. How can we measure our mutual progress toward our group's purpose and goals as well as monitor the effectiveness of those teams among us that are needed?

Applied Cryptography

How PGP works decribes cryptography better than any I have seen. Simple and straight forward.

Never felt so sad...

I have never saw a movie that I connect so well. I don't know what I have done wrong in my past lives, but it seems like I have to pay it all back this time around... Maybe there are more people who are worst off than I do, but at this moment I am brought to my knees. Where is my family when I need them? I know they are around, but I can't seem to grab them with my hands. They feel so distant. Maybe like Ben says, I have to let go of it all, myself included.