Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_codenames

An interesting list of many of the Microsoft project code names of the last 10-15 years.

...working on a leading-edge project for EDS. I will be on this project until the beginning of April. If you were to speculate that the project may involve a certain software company headquartered in Redmond, you might be right...but for me to confirm that speculation will also require me to shoot you.
I hope that the project will facilitate a major change in some of the ways in which we deliver solutions to our clients within EDS.
Beyond that, I can reveal little. I am going to blog about this project once I am allowed to, but that time is not now.
I am living in an apartment in Bellevue. This week I am in training, and next week I start the "real" work. I will be working 6 day weeks for most of the time, so my ability to get out to see the sights will be limited. However, this is likely to be a career-changing project, so I am not complaining.

Link: http://albernstein.com/id21.htm

Al Bernstein is one of my favorite authors. I have many of his books, including "Dinosaur Brains", "Neanderthals at Work", "Sacred Bull", "How To Deal With Emotionally Explosive People", and (my favorite)"Emotional Vampires".
Here is one of his columns, oriented towards pithy, no-nonsense practical advice.

Link: http://sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com/

The province of Sealand is up for sale...the owner has finally decided to dispose of his own country. Anybody want a prime piece of ocean-front real estate?

Link: http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net

While looking something up on Wikipedia the other day, I found an interesting website called 99 Bottles of Beer. On this website are a large number of implementations of a program/subroutine/etc. to write out the lyrics to this song, in just about every known computing language. Some of the implementations are compact, some not-so-compact. Some are serious, some are less serious (as in the case of C#, where the submitter creates a Class named Binge...). However, reviewing the various implementations does give you a way to compare some of the fundamental features of various different languages.

I have not been posting to this blog for some time. The main reason for that is that I have been going through a divorce, so I have been taking care of a lot of personal business.
I will be working in Seattle in Q1 2007, and I plan to restart postings in December, since the assignment in Seattle will be very interesting for me personally.

Link: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/innovation/index.html

Another excellent post on Guy's blog...with the usual home truths.

Link: http://www.rogueprojectleader.com/index.html

...this looks different, and by golly it is different...

Link: http://lcwhp.com/swanson/Unwritten_Rules_of_Management.pdf

I just found out about this book, which is published for free (no less) by Raytheon. It is a compendium of wisdom from the Raytheon CEO. Many of the rules are applicable to just about any life situation.
UPDATE - It has been pointed out to me that Mr. Swanson did not originate these rules...in fact it seems that he has been guilty of plagiarism, in that many of them were lifted from other people's work. What is it with these people in corporations who inflate their resumes or steal other people's work?
UPDATE 2 - Richard Veryard responded in his typically thoughtful way in the Comments section, also pointing to an article by Vannevar Bush. I located the article online here for anybody who wants to study it.