But I’m not. Not in it’s present state anyway. (Any designers have some free time they want to lend?)

This is just a test to see how Feedburner sends posts that have video content. And instead of embarrassing myself with my own YouTube impression of Heath Ledger’s Joker… here’s one of my favorite’s so far.

I’m sure it sounds silly, but it’s cool to be in the newspaper (unless you’re in the obituary I guess … or maybe that’s cool ::shrugs::) This article, however, is particularly special to me. It’s the first time I’ve had my professional opinion published.

So … of course … I made a bunch of copies and have been dropping them off to family (I’m a dork). If I wasn’t concerned about being busted for copyright infringement, I’d have it posted here!

So go pick up a Central Penn Business Journal … or stop by and I’ll give you one of my copies.

UPDATE
Click here to read the article online

It kinda looks like an iPhone.

Is this a bad idea? Would you post this on your website?

So sue me. I want to help!

To further my goal of sharing my knowledge, I’ve become one of the pioneers of Geek Camp, a series of seminars hosted at Cimbrian, a marketing and technology firm located in downtown Lancaster. I currently work there full-time as a marketing technology strategist and the “brass” is very progressive and perceptive enough to see that there is great potential in combining traditional marketing with technology. It’s what their business is all about.

Our Geek Camp seminars focus on a number of Internet marketing strategies that include search engine optimization, blogging, pay-per-click, podcasting, viral videos, and others. They are open to the public and 100% FREE. What’s even better is lunch is provided! It’s a great opportunity to get out of the office and learn a little about how the Internet can be a welcome addition to your marketing mix.

If free seminars weren’t enough … we also have an “Ask a Geek” feature. By simply sending us an email at geekcamp@cimbrian.com you can get answers to all of your Internet marketing questions from one professional and knowledgeable source.

Most Internet marketing consultants charge an hourly rate between $85 to over $200 an hour. We’re giving it away for FREE! So take advantage of it!

If you’d like more information about Cimbrian’s Geek Camp, check out our website at http://geekcamp.cimbrian.com. It was just released this Monday, so it’s still in its infancy. But look forward to more activity as the concept grows.

In other words, it turns your URL string from this:

http://www.myblog.com/category/category_name/post_title.htm

into this:

http://www.myblog.com/category_name/post_title.htm

Download

Installation Instructions

1. Unzip category-base-killer.zip to your “wp-content/plugins” directory
2. Log in to your WordPress admin account
3. Click the “Plugins” tabs
4. Click “activate” next to “Category Base Killer”
5. Click the “Options” tab
6. Click the “Permalinks” sub-tab
7. Make sure that “%category%” (without quotes) appears somewhere in your permalink structure. Otherwise when you click on your category archive links, you’ll encounter a 404 error.

Version

1.0 - Public Release

“Always keep in mind that success comes from sound execution and implementation much more than the idea itself. Ideas can be a dime a dozen. Even if someone does steal your idea, it doesn’t mean that they can make a successful business out of it.

Ultimately, success comes from the ability to secure needed resources, build the right team and understand the market and your potential customers.”

I guess I’m not the only one who believes, “It is the execution, not the idea, that is original.”

It’s a pretty cool concept. Essentially, there are organizations that require significant amounts of computing power. S.E.T.I, for example, collects massive quantities of data from the Arecibo radio telescope that is later processed for signals that could prove the existence of extraterrestrials. The amount of data collected is so great that one computer wouldn’t be enough. To compound the problem, these organizations are typically nonprofits that already have a financial burden that prohibits them from purchasing the hardware they need to get the job done. So… they look for volunteers.

Using the combined power of each volunteer, these organizations can leverage multiple computers to create one super computer. They accomplish this by breaking each job into pieces. These pieces are distributed to each volunteer and returned after being processed.

Extraterrestrials, however, are not the only focus of such projects. There are others that work towards a better understanding of AIDS and cancer. Since losing two close relatives to cancer (my father and grandmother) and an uncle to AIDS, I thought it would be neat to put the renderminator to good use.

So… I volunteered my PC to process work packets for the Rosetta project. Now my PC, using idle CPU cycles, is helping to find a cure for AIDS and cancer!

If you’d like to get involved, check out the BIONC project. You have nothing to lose and can put your idle CPU cycles, in other words, the CPU cycles you don’t use, to work for the greater good!

After doing some research, I found out why (and the answer won’t surprise you). The applications I’m running aren’t written to take advantage of my new horsepower. The flip side, is since a single application doesn’t take full advantage of the available hardware, there is plenty of room to run other programs.

One thing I did find encouraging though are my PCMark Benchmark results. I ran them on my previous Alienware laptop and on my new desktop. My old system scored 2809, the new one, 8865. So there is definitely a performance boost… I just don’t know where.

But why didn’t they make a sequel? Where is Office Space 2? Everyone else who has had a hit movie can’t seem to get the sequel out fast enough.

I’ll tell you why… because the creators of Office Space knew better. They had a great run and didn’t crack under the pressure to make a sequel in a race to make more money. They kept the Office Space concept pure and that is worth my respect.

Just another reason to like Office Space!

All bow before the latest machine that will soon be in my arsenal!

I present to you… the Renderminator!

• Dell Precision 690 Mini-Tower Quad Core Xeon Proc X5355 2.66GHz, 2 X 4MB L2 Cache 1333MHz
• 4GB, DDR2 ECC SDRAM Memory 667MHz, 4X1GB
• Dell UltraSharp 2407FP,Wide Flat Panel w/Height AdjustableStand,24.0 Inch VIS
• nVidia,Quadro FX 3500,256MB dual VGA or DVI, Graphics CardDell Precision X90
• 146GB SAS Hard Drive, 1 inch (15,000 rpm)
• 146GB SAS Hard Drive, 1 inch (15,000 rpm)
• C10- All SAS Hard Drives RAID 0 for 2 Hard Drives
• 3.5inch,1.44MB,Floppy Drive
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, English with Media
• 16XDVD AND 16XDVD+/-RW Roxio Digital Creator Dell Ed for Vista Ultimate
• Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic(D), w/Dolby Digital 5.1 for Vista
• Dell AS501 black Sound Bar forUltraSharp Flat Panel Displays
• SATA/SAS integrated controllerfor Connecting Internal Hard Drives

Color correction, special FX, and multiple HD streams don’t stand a chance!