”…There has recently been a national furor about school reform. One must wonder how it is possible to talk of improving schools while cutting funding, demoralizing teachers, cutting scholarships to college, and increasing class sizes….”
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/20/ravitch.teachers.blamed/index.html?iref=obnetwork
Ben Burnett
R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist
ATC (Architecture Technology Corporation, http://www.atcorp.com/) (952) 829-5864 x167
http://ben.burnett.ws/
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late. (Seymour Cray)
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. (Anonymous)
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen. (Edward V Berard)
More: http://www.journaldev.com/240/my-25-favorite-programming-quotes-that-are-funny-too
Ben Burnett <bburnett>
R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist
ATC (Architecture Technology Corporation, http://www.atcorp.com/)
(952) 829-5864 x167
http://ben.burnett.ws/
…why scientific programming does not compute.
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101013/full/467775a.html
interesting article about how programming (and bad programming) affects results and conclusions in Scientific Research….
Ben Burnett <bburnett>
R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist
ATC (Architecture Technology Corporation, http://www.atcorp.com/)
(952) 829-5864 x167
http://ben.burnett.ws/
My Take: Science and spirituality should be friends
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/15/my-take-science-and-spirituality-should-be-friends/
Scientists, telescope hunt massive hidden object in space
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/15/scientists-telescope-hunt-massive-hidden-object-in-space/
Sun’s Nemesis Pelted Earth with Comets, Study Suggests
http://www.space.com/8028-sun-nemesis-pelted-earth-comets-study-suggests.html
Ben Burnett <bburnett>
R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist
ATC (Architecture Technology Corporation, http://www.atcorp.com/)
(952) 829-5864 x167
http://ben.burnett.ws/
Burnett Black Belt Service Project -
http://www.burnett.ws/bin/view.pl/Main/BensBlogEntry20110211162418
We are working to earn our Black Belts in Ti Kwan do, in addition to the forms, and testing we also need to do a service project!!!
We are going to be doing a Food Drive for the CAP Agency in
Shakopee,MN (http://www.capagency.org/ food shelf info:
http://www.capagency.org/pages/foodshelf.htm)
We will be collecting items ourselves at home as well as eventually at Ben’s work, and at the ATA Ti Kwan do school in Prior Lake
(http://singewaldsata.com/)
Specific food items needed by CAP are:
–Canned fruit
–Peanut butter
–Baked beans
–Black beans
–Cereal
–Canned tuna
–Macaroni and cheese
–Rice
In addition… we’ll also Monetary Donations
Form CAP: “Food Shelf donations of money are welcome. In fact, monetary donations go farther than food donations, as the CAP Agency is often able to purchase many food shelf items in bulk quantities.”
If you are not local and would like to donate, we will accept monetary donations personally through Paypal (contact me at
burnettb317@gmail.com to arrange.)
We will be posting pictures and updates through the next month on this page. I will also be posting updates on facebook, our blogs and my twitter stream (such as it is).
Testing is Mar 11th, 2011.
Wish us all luck and thank you for your help and donations….
Ben Burnett
R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist
ATC (Architecture Technology Corporation, http://www.atcorp.com/) (952) 829-5864 x167
http://ben.burnett.ws/
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