Mark's Notebook

My sketchbook, code and other things I'm working on.

Jun 13, 2007 - 2 minute read - Comments - Information Security

Who Am I

Who am I? I google therefor I am.� But who am I. On the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog.� That’s great. Anonymity is a wonderful thing that lets the truth be told without people being killed.� It also allows for identity theft.� Employs Google prospective employees to look into their past. What if someone with your name was arrested for drunk driving. How can you dis-claim stories using your name?

Jun 4, 2007 - 2 minute read - Comments - Public Interest

Things I own

Or maybe I should say odd things I own.� I hereby clam owner ship of these things.� The word (The ring left on a plasic bottle after you unscrew the lid.) Hurstrea �The Integers 7F F8 7A 0F 7B 92 A2 4D 7D 4E E0 4D 4D D6 E1 0E and 75 FC A2 82 03 C3 A3 A2 31 D1 E5 53 66 0C A8 72 You can own your own integer at http://www.

May 23, 2007 - 2 minute read - Comments - Personal News

Working at Dell

Everyone is asking me “what is like working at Dell” and “what is it like to work in a call center”?

First the fact that I can blog this is an vast improvement. When I worked at Hertz, my last job, I didn’t blog about it directly because the work environment there was to political. Speak out to much and you might get lay-ed off! At Dell, everyone is open. Workers are allowed to express their options.

Second, I work in a support group, not a call center.  What’s the difference? I have no time limits when talking to Dell customers. If it takes six hours to get a problem solved I can stay on the phone with the customer or even call the customer back. I know because I’ve had a six hour call. Helping people with their computer problems is nothing new to me. If you know me, you know I’ve been working with microcomputer before that name was coined.

May 2, 2007 - 1 minute read - Comments - Personal News

I’m Certifable

I’ve passed my first Microsoft Test twards a MCSA or MCSE. I passed the Windows XP Professional test (70-270). The last test I took was for my amature radio licese seven years ago. Before that we need to go back to my highschool days. You would think tirty years of experence would be worth something. My first computer as a Intel 4004. I build it while I was working as a stock boy for KA Electronics in Dallas Texas.

Apr 18, 2007 - 2 minute read - Comments - Personal News

Back from the Dead!

I was traveling towards the light last week.

On the morning, April 6th I woke with a small pain in my back.  I didn’t think much of it. I thought I had slept wrong.  This was the start of a weeks stay in the hospitial.

That Friday was a rainy day and my last day in class at work. The morning was exciting. Everyone antisipating the new job. A classmate brought bagels for breakfest. I enjoyed a plain bagel with cream cheese not knowing that was all I would have to eat for five days.

Mar 25, 2007 - 3 minute read - Comments - Personal News

Lost in Dell

(UPDATED) 03-31-2007 Its happened.� I’ve found a job. It maybe I haven’t setteled in yet. New jobs are stressfull. But, I’m going to be honest and say I don’t like my new job. I took the job three weeks ago and I didn’t tell anyone I took it for two weeks, because I was not sure I wasn’t going to just walk off.� A friend who also worked at Hertz did just that the first day.