http://www.seanbossinger.com The Man, The Myth, The Legend... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:05:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We just came in from burying my sons' hamster, whom they affectionately named Climber. Climber was a Dalmatian hamster, so named for her spotted fur coat; and she was huge, for a hamster: 7". Of course, the kids being kids are already asking "Can we go to the PetSmart with the ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/07/27/r-i-p-ms-climber/ I had the fortune to get a new iPod touch for free. And I like it. http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/07/26/my-new-ipod/ Today, on the ride in to work, I was listening to the podcast of Hour Two from The Diane Rehm Show of yesterday, on which she was interviewing P. M. Forni, on his book “The Civility Solution”.  The gist of the book, and hence, of the interview, was Dr. Forni’s ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/06/18/civility-its-time-has-come/ Well, we just got back from vacation, and I'm working on getting caught up at work. <sigh> I had a nice week off! http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/05/28/what-a-wonderful-vacation/ I’ve been communicating with some new contacts lately.  Or, more to the point, I should say I’ve been renewing some contacts with former aquaintences of mine from high school.  It’s been a humbling yet exhilirating experience.  Almost twenty years have passed since I graduated from the hallowed halls of South ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/04/17/a-shout-out-to-those-who-are-just-joining-me/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/04/14/what-do-i-want/ This week at work, we had an Information Technology security conference.  The US Secret Service was kind enough to send one of their Cybercrime unit specialists to talk to us about Identity Theft. It reminded me that I hadn’t changed my passwords in… months. So, now, because I have the tool that ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/04/13/security-is-important/ A friend of mine who works for a non-profit in the education sector has turned me on to a prediction market that her organization has set up for demonstration purposes. This prediction market acts like a stock market, only the questions being bet on are much more interesting than ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/04/01/an-information-market-you-can-influence/ I'm going to try to write more, I promise. We've been home for a week or two since our trip to Disney World. That trip kinda wore me out, and I'm sure my family is still trying to recover, like I am. We've (my work) has also been on ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/03/21/a-brief-update/ Got the AppleTV up and running, complete with our set of videos that we put on there for the kids. Now all we need do is figure out what we're doing with the rest of our library. No way it'll all fit on there. But maybe... Met tonight ... http://www.seanbossinger.com/2008/03/12/whats-new-2/