Monthly Archives: November 2004

Happy Thanksgiving and positive celebrity influences

By sindy | Published: November 25, 2004
I’ve been watching lots of The Ellen Degeneres Show and aside from the fact that it’s a very funny, very fun, and very entertaining show, I have to give props to Ellen for the great charitable work she does through it. Thanksgiving week and the holiday season in general is usually the time for special [...]
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The world catches on to the life of programmers

By sindy | Published: November 22, 2004
The NY Times has picked up a story on the long hours and poor compensation for young programmers at EA– the story was originally picked up by Slashdot as a LiveJournal entry by the spouse of an EA employee. Reading the LiveJournal post, I really do feel for those EA employees that are experiencing too [...]
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CMU, more debt, information security, and privacy

By sindy | Published: November 19, 2004
*sigh* I finally got my official acceptance letter. So, I’m getting geared up to start my Masters through Carnegie Mellon (West Campus). Goodbye free time and hello debt! Here’s a thing though– the program is in Information Security and Privacy. That’s right. Information Security AND Privacy. They go together. You can’t talk about one without [...]
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