News for today's 2018: 09/24/12

I Just Want to Feel Human Again

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheers Guys…a very under the weather Matt-Man coming to you here on the pages of the IWS website today. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJhRB79Y4P6WsR7gMKV0NHI7zqFc97ck_Tqd0NuH9dgGyOm7OXODfhs8c2BWvxZu6stw9wQyKebEDaJKJrqXWNDKYZPD6sF4rW76PwHcWG5whySYU1ww7khfOKnSWoWp6u7fxWCv3wrI/s1600/cold+and+flu+season.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJhRB79Y4P6WsR7gMKV0NHI7zqFc97ck_Tqd0NuH9dgGyOm7OXODfhs8c2BWvxZu6stw9wQyKebEDaJKJrqXWNDKYZPD6sF4rW76PwHcWG5whySYU1ww7khfOKnSWoWp6u7fxWCv3wrI/s400/cold+and+flu+season.jpg" width="316" /></a></div> Of course…there was no need for me to tell you that this is the IWS website; you already knew that.  See? I am not well at all, and perhaps a bit of delirium is beginning to set in along with my other maladies. I have a wicked sore throat, I am certain that the pain resembles what chicks experienced when making porn flicks with Ron Jeremy. I am hot and then cold…sweating, and then freezing…and sometimes, both at the same time.  My body temperature is vacillating nearly as much as Mitt Romney’s stances on critical policy issues. And My Body Itself?  Oh Dear God My Body!! From what’s left of my hair, down to my toes it all hurts.  My body feels like it just spent thirty-six straight hours of having sex with Rosie O’Donnell, and she was on top the entire time. I am broken, tired, and in pain, but alas, I shall try to carry on, but seriously?  This shit is tagging my ass and wiping me out with the same speed and effectiveness of an Amish barn raising. And if it doesn’t rain today, I will be unable to call off sick, because the Beer Mine owner also farms.  It’s a no-win situation. The only silver lining in all of this? It’s nice to know that my BFF/OSP, Schmoop, is there when I need her, and I didn’t even have to ask. She called to see if I needed anything while working Monday, and ended up bringing me more clothes and more flu/sore throat drugs. I think she was more than happy to do that because when she asked me if I needed anything…Rather than my typical reply of, “No, I’ll be fine.”, I said, “Yes.” She gets worried when I actually admit to not feeling well, and in an odd way, I find that to be quite endearing, so, Thanks Schmooooop!! That’s all I have; my ass is ready for another round of pills, a big glug glug of cold water, and more sleep. Yours in Christ, and pass the Ny-Quil… Matt-Man mattmaniws@ymail.com <a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@MattMan_IWS</a></div>

I Just Want to Feel Human Again

Cheers Guys…a very under the weather Matt-Man coming to you here on the pages of the IWS website today. Of course…there was no need for me ...

FitBloggin Reflections

8:05 PM Tukiyooo 0

From Thursday through Sunday of this past week, I attended my first ever blogging conference in Baltimore, MD.  The name of the conference is <a href="http://fitbloggin.com/" target="_blank">FitBloggin'</a> and it brings people together who care about being healthy.  I learned a lot about the business of blogging, social media strategies and other morsels of the blogging lifestyle. I also met a ton of amazing bloggers - those who I have followed for years and those who are brand new to me.  The whole thing was rather surreal.  Never in a million years did I think I would ever meet some of the bloggers I read daily, including <a href="http://www.sherylyvette.com/" target="_blank">Bitch Cakes</a>, <a href="http://ronisweigh.com/" target="_blank">Roni</a>, and <a href="http://skinnytaste.com/" target="_blank">Gina</a>.   On top of meeting some of my long time favorites, I also got to meet one of my new favorites, <a href="http://www.nothankstocake.com/" target="_blank">Kelly @ No Thanks to Cake</a>.  Still, there are so many others I cannot wait to add to my reader who seem to have such amazing stories that I know I can truly benefit from. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUengaiPvBlV8OcRfLCcUWTD-bIbaTBz8xknJ8eenJgei4pLtQeK9ltNFc3p3YhoI68tFxW1m7j13o0BxQxNBwQA0GmHuM6P-xWSb9MHmE62pPp82xZzMDsp9STZg9nClQ09R4L1QYhvI/s1600/hil+&+bitch+cakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUengaiPvBlV8OcRfLCcUWTD-bIbaTBz8xknJ8eenJgei4pLtQeK9ltNFc3p3YhoI68tFxW1m7j13o0BxQxNBwQA0GmHuM6P-xWSb9MHmE62pPp82xZzMDsp9STZg9nClQ09R4L1QYhvI/s320/hil+&+bitch+cakes.jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bitch Cakes</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrR6EJeLPbEZpHtCOnnQ0HElZZ0jIMno4cn-rEykxDRIf9L69T2fIbFsELID1-hRcePbQ91cEzV-5RcaAbk-Yy7t933beHVvJCx1bPnrUl0MTblTaDVckkmxl9hLInaUX4I3YUQjerWtE/s1600/hil+&+gina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrR6EJeLPbEZpHtCOnnQ0HElZZ0jIMno4cn-rEykxDRIf9L69T2fIbFsELID1-hRcePbQ91cEzV-5RcaAbk-Yy7t933beHVvJCx1bPnrUl0MTblTaDVckkmxl9hLInaUX4I3YUQjerWtE/s320/hil+&+gina.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gina from Skinny Taste</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKy-J6FDS-4RiCmfHPDzuOnLpckd0EcTSLFb4dh4mI9qjqvykYWrUaTt1OvgQz4SmcaUEWsM1JqQub8lcX6A45XKG9OGun8irotzQ5BVE8y903mR9DOkrnLh38bIc0vLiyLPq8ledkQQ/s1600/kelly+%2526+hil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKy-J6FDS-4RiCmfHPDzuOnLpckd0EcTSLFb4dh4mI9qjqvykYWrUaTt1OvgQz4SmcaUEWsM1JqQub8lcX6A45XKG9OGun8irotzQ5BVE8y903mR9DOkrnLh38bIc0vLiyLPq8ledkQQ/s320/kelly+%2526+hil.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kelly!</td></tr></tbody></table> One thing that became very apparent to me during this conference is that I need to bring The Big Weight back to what it's initial intent was: documenting my journey purely for my own benefit.  While FitBloggin had so many informative sessions on the entire business surrounding a blog, I quickly realized that my intention for TBW (at this time, at least), is not to make a business out of her.  I'm not writing for statistical purposes, i.e. gaining an insane number of webpage hits or being a Twitter/Facebook superstar.  I started TBW so that I could document my weight loss journey to provide a way to reflect on what worked and what didn't. I think that sometimes I've gotten caught up in wanting to write what "my readers" want to read and forgetting about the true purpose of TBW.  I don't ever want what I write to lack authenticity.   It's not about how many people are reading each post/tweet.  It's about me finally losing The Big Weight and being able to have a way to reflect on this journey. In the meantime, if I am able to inspire someone along the way - fabulous! - but my goal is to stay true to myself and true to the goal of TBW: lose the weight while learning more about myself each day!

fitbloggin FitBloggin Reflections

From Thursday through Sunday of this past week, I attended my first ever blogging conference in Baltimore, MD. The name of the conference i...

Monday, Monday

7:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates: This week's dose features <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/09/24/archway-studios/">Archway Studios</a> in London, UK by Undercurrent Architects: <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/09/24/archway-studios/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sep12-24.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a> The featured past dose is the <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Nov09/09/dose.html">Palmwood House</a> in London, UK by Undercurrent Architects: <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Nov09/09/dose.html"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Nov09/09/image01.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a> This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/09/24/five-borough-farm/">Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City</a> (L): <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/09/24/five-borough-farm/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/5borough-farm.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a>   <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2005/10/24/the-unsettling-of-america/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/unsettling.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a> (R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2005/10/24/the-unsettling-of-america/">The Unsettling of America</a> by Wendell Berry. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : World-Architects.com U.S. <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/reviews/41">Building of the Week</a>: <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38121_mid_north_residence">Mid-North Residence</a> in Chicago, Illinois by Vinci | Hamp Architects: <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38121_mid_north_residence"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/38121/images/900:w/mid-north1.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a> and (catching up from last week): <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38120_small_house">Small House</a> in Truro, Massachusetts by CKA/Christopher Kilbridge, Architect: <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38120_small_house"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/38120/images/900:w/truro1.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features Archway Studios in London, UK by Undercurrent Architects: The feature...

Software Engineer (C++, Java, UML, MUI, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108590)

5:26 PM Anonymous 0

Position:  Software Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: ZGRP/E-Beam Engineering division designs and manufactures Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) wafer inspection and review equipment.  There are two product lines, with one optimized for wafer inspection (fast defect finding) and the other optimized for ultra-high resolution defect review.  Each product’s life cycle is about 2 years from early development to release.  The market for e-beam inspection and review is expected to have strong growth in the next few years, complementing and supplementing optical wafer inspection. Responsibilities: Self starter able to analyze software requirements, design, implement and test system control software for next generation Semiconductor Wafer Review/Inspection machines.  This includes documenting the requirements and design, implementing the design and getting the documents and code peer reviewed.  This person will also be responsible for system integration and testing of software, firmware and hardware related to the features being developed. Need to be able to work both independently (with some initial guidance or supervision) and in a team environment (interacting closely with others). The responsibility may include occasional deployment/trouble shooting at customer sites. Preferred Qualifications: 1) The software is primarily written in C# & .net, is highly multi-threaded, and is distributed on multiple networked PCs running various operating systems. 2) Experienced with Object-Oriented software analysis and design using UML (Unified Modeling Language) modeling, C#, Java and/or C/C++ programming. 3) Required to work with hardware and system groups to extract requirements and map them to a software design. 4) Experience in developing and debugging large high-level machine control software applications. 5) Requires good knowledge of multi-threaded/parallel processing applications. 6) Requires very good written and verbal communication skills. 7) Semiconductor equipment experience preferred. 8) System control and image/data processing experience a plus. 9) Experience with CMM, UML, RTC also a plus. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience. Or Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. Or Doctorate (Academic). Or equivalent. Kindly send your resumes to <A HREF="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</A>

Software Engineer (C++, Java, UML, MUI, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108590)

Position : Software Engineer Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description : ZGRP/E-Beam Engineering divisio...

Software Engineer (C++, Java, UML, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108592)

5:24 PM Anonymous 0

Position:  Software Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: Responsibilities: Self-starter, able to analyze software requirements, design, implement and test system software for next generation Semiconductor Wafer Review/Inspection machines.  This includes documenting the requirements and design, implementing the design and getting the documents and code peer reviewed.  This person will also be responsible for system integration and testing of software, firmware and hardware related to the features being developed. Need to be able to work both independently (with some initial guidance or supervision) and in a team environment (interacting closely with others). The responsibility may include occasional deployment/trouble shooting at customer sites. Preferred Qualifications: 1) The software is primarily written in C++, C# & .net, is highly multi-threaded, and is deployed on PC running Windows server operating systems. 2) Experienced with Object-Oriented software analysis and design using UML (Unified Modeling Language) modeling, C#, C++ programming and/or Java. 3) Required to work with hardware & system groups to extract requirements and map them to a software design. 4) Experience in developing and debugging large high-level software applications. 5) Requires good knowledge of multi-threaded/parallel processing applications along with exposure to various software design patterns. 6) Requires very good written and verbal communication skills. 7) Semiconductor equipment experience preferred. 8) System control and image/data processing experience a plus. 9) Experience with CMM, UML, RTC, Clear Case also a plus. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience, or equivalent. OR Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience, or equivalent. OR Doctorate (Academic), or equivalent. Kindly send your resumes to <A HREF="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</A>

Software Engineer (C++, Java, UML, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108592)

Position : Software Engineer Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description : Responsibilities: Self-star...

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 09/24/2012

12:30 PM Tukiyooo 0

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <a href="http://helps.flatclassroomproject.org">Flat Classroom Help Wiki</a> For those of you interested in understanding fundamentals about the Flat Classroom projects, from kindergarten and up, we maintain a free, open help wiki that you may review to get information. This is our current guide for how we do things as we are always improving projects.  tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/video_questions_beta">YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.</a> YouTube adds questions (in beta) to be able to ask questions about a video. It is in Beta and they are asking for feedback. I am asking flipped class experts to do that. tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/News">News</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flipclass">flipclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> </li> </ul>Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 09/24/2012

Flat Classroom Help Wiki For those of you interested in understanding fundamentals about the Flat Cl...