General Tobi on 02 Jul 2009
I like to keep an eye on the Schneier on Security Blog. Usually there’s some interesting information. While the post I am commenting on here does not seem like a natural security topic — it rather seems the security aspect was forced on it — it is a very interesting post simply for its theory [...]
General Tobi on 17 Jul 2008
For the last two weeks in a row the recycling pick-up truck in my town, New Britain, CT left our carefully sorted plastic bags sitting on the street. New Britain recycles only #1 and #2 plastic. So we always make sure to only put these two kinds in the recycling. In the past this was [...]
General Tobi on 29 Apr 2008
UDaily reports that the chemical engineering graduate program has been ranked 10th in the nation, tied with the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
General Tobi on 14 Jan 2008
It was time to change the face of my blog again, therefore, a new theme — Fast Track — by the same author as the first theme I used. And another plug-in too. In addition to adding the post ratings, I thought it would be nice to just get a count on the post views [...]
General Tobi on 12 Jan 2008
It is a welcome (indirect) feedback, that I recently see more and more traffic on my site, especially, as a consequence of Google searches. This tells me that I must be doing something right. By writing about problems that people care to find out about. This is great and exactly what made me start this [...]
General Tobi on 04 Apr 2007
It is a well known fact that the personal space, or bubble, of many people in the US is rather large. If people from other countries with smaller bubbles, e.g., Europeans, step closer than 3 feet towards a local, oftentimes the local person gets uncomfortable and takes a step back to reestablish the bubble. It [...]
General Tobi on 08 Mar 2007
As the tagline says, it is the quest for optimality in an imperfect world. Will the quest ever end? Probably not. What is it all about? Discussing life around us to see how it could be made better, this can include anything from improvement ideas, to workflows, to, to, to … you name it.