Dusk Before the Dawn

Ty over at Logical Misanthropy (great name!) gives a “mini-review” of Dusk Before the Dawn:

A fascinating mixture of mysticism, nanotechnology and martial arts. The book reminded me a bit of King’s “The Stand,” but not because of any story similiarities (there aren’t many), but because of the way the writer deals with a multitude of characters embroiled in a world facing near-extinction. This book is an easy read, fairly short, but does a compelling job of giving you enough information about the characters and plot and settings, etc. It was a breath of fresh air to read a tight story, not something spread out over 500 or more pages.

Me and the King? Coolio!

My get the book page is here.

I know without a doubt the motivation of the gent who purloined 450 kegs of beer from the Guinness Brewery in Dublin.

The old myth is that whenever you want to get a technical job done, you grab your system administrators, database administrators, developers, or appropriate techno-geek gods, lock them in a computer room or data center, throw raw meat in the room and not let them out until the job is done.

This is, of course, an urban myth.

You don’t feed them meat, you feed them beer. All good managers know that. (more…)