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First Snow

Nov 17th 2007

By: rmdenby

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The first snow had fallen in Syracuse. We experience all 4 very defined seasons in central New York. And I enjoy the change of seasons. Each one has its own unique qualities and its own beauty. Many people like to complain about the weather but I try to enjoy all different kinds of weather. I am glad the snow has arrived.
Ack-No Ack

Nov 13th 2007

By: rmdenby

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It is interesting to me how people react based on how I look. Being African-American I may in some ways be overly sensitive to how some people react when they see me. That may be a reason I chose to wear suits even in high school. Now I am in a profession where I have some flexibility in my dress. I choose to wear suits mostly but sometimes I “dress down” to business casual or what I call my street clothes. I find it interesting how people react to me based on how I dress on a given day. I definitely get more smiles and nods and even utterances when I am wearing a suit than when I am not. When I am wearing “street clothes”, even when I smile, nod or utter first, very often my friendly gesture will not be returned.

Growing up in a small city in upstate New York it wasn’t unusual for two people passing each other while walking to be the only ones in that block. I always spoke to the person whether or not I knew them – somehow I felt compelled to be courteous. It never ceased to amaze me when the other person would not speak or even give a passing glance. I cannot for the life of me understand how and why people pass each other without speaking. I am not talking about being in a crowd and trying to speak to everyone you see. But if I am walking down a hallway for example and I am the only other person besides the person approaching me I feel compelled to speak. For as many times as the other person returns the acknowledgment (Ack) there are at least as many that they don’t (No Ack). Sometimes I find it funny (“ha ha” and “curious”) when I see people intentionally looking away because, I guess, they don’t want to have to say hello. Other times it just hurts.

Anyway, enough ranting for today…
Its Comin’ Together

Nov 12th 2007

By: rmdenby

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The blog layout is lookin good. The headers are in place and the photogallery is coming together nicely. This K2 theme is really nice. It is very flexible and does just about everything I would want a theme to do. Once I finish uploading photos I’ll work on creating different styles for this K2 theme. In the mean time, please do check out my photogallery. There are still some issues with IE. The sidebar manager doesn’t work in IE but the developers are actively working on that for the 1.0 release. I have to say though, for a pre release, this theme works exceedingly well. I can’t imagine using any other one
Photographs, finally!

Nov 4th 2007

By: rmdenby

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I have finally gotten my image gallery back on-line. I am using Gallery 2 and the WPG2 plugin for WordPress integration. There is still some tweaking and some wierdness in the IE browser that I need to figure out. But I am finally ready to upload all of my pictures. Stay tuned!
On being candid, open and honest when blogging

Oct 14th 2007

By: rmdenby

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This is an interesting subject for me. Blogs are a place to share information with the world. That being said, if it s a blog about your personal life and thoughts, the question of what and how much to share are questions that must be answered. Before I go much further, let me say that I have no deep dark secrets. I would share almost anything in the right context and to the right people. But the question of what to share with the world is one I frequently ponder. On more that one occassion I have started to write something and have decided not to because I felt really uncomfortable about it or wondered what the repercussions would be in the long term.

I remember reading an article about what not to do in an interview. The audience for this article was professionals who were candidates for fairly high level positions. For the kinds of positions I am talking about there is a fair amount of background research done on candidates which may include some basic web searches. What stood out was the author said some candidates have no idea the blogs they have written would be evaluated. In some instances the writings were the deciding factor in disqualifying a candidate. I have also read some blogs where I could not believe what I was reading. Some of the things people will disclose about their personal lives just amazes me.

So just how candid, open and honest should one be when blogging? I say is you decide to write on a subject and your blog purports to be serious and “real” then candidness, openness, and honesty are a must. Being selective about what is written is a different story. I wouldn’t tell everyone about everything in my life. Some things are too personal and some are just not appropriate to write about. But then there is that gray world of rants. There is a lot of stuff that concern or annoy me and I may want to shout to the world. Some may be about my job, my church, and my friends. But I’ll be careful! Don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
Blogging for me

Oct 14th 2007

By: rmdenby

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I have been thinking for some time about blogging. I have created blogs – some hosted on my own site and others hosted on free sights like Blogger and WordPress.com. In every case I have had a specific purpose in mind with hopes to be able to provide insight, clever thoughts, intersting commentary, scholarly writing, and other ways to draw people in to read my blogs. I have come to the conclusion that for me I cannot and have no desire to write with the purpose of drawing people in to read my writings. I am refocusing my intentions and only hope to put some thoughts down that are important to me. Writing for myself is intended to capture my thoughts at that particular moment in time and to help me explore what I am thinking or the provide some information about what interests me at that particular moment.

There are a myriad of things that interest me, that cross my mind, that make me go huh?, and that provoke me to some opinions that tell me a lot about who I am. Many of these things I intend to explore in some depth. Some are trivial, others are very deep and thought provoking (at least to me). So, here we go.
Where does this crap come from?

Sep 26th 2007

By: rmdenby

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Every time I look there is a new toolbar stuck in my browser. Google, Ask, Yahoo… I DO NOT WANT THEM so please stop shoving them down my thoat!

Yes, I realize no one reading ths can really do anything about but it feels good to just say something.
Stretch and Yawn

May 15th 2007

By: rmdenby

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It has been a while since I posted anything here. A combination of lack a lack of inspiration, desire time. But, here we go…
Upgrade and Database problem

Jan 26th 2007

By: rmdenby

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I upgraded to WP 2.1 today and in the process found a corrupted database. My wp_comments database was corrupted for some reason – err 145. After much some research I ran “REPAIR TABLE wp_comments” in phpMyAdmin and that fixed it.

Aside from that, this latest version is nice. I’ll post more in-depth comments after poking around more.
Hubble Lives (again)!

Oct 31st 2006

By: rmdenby

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I am so happy NASA has decided to save the Hubble Space Telescope. I mean, how can we let something that takes beautiful pictures like this die? I just hope this is the last reversal that NASA does on this subject. I have long been a fan of Hubble. I love exploring and contemplating the mysteries of the universe around us. The Hubble gives us only a glimpse of what is out there. But what a glimpse it is! We have seen things that we could not even imagine prior to Hubble. Everything from close-ups of the planets in our solar system to peeks at distant galagies whos light has been traveling millions of years to reach earth. For just a sample of what Hubble can do check out this link. I can hardly wait for the Kepler Mission!
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