tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847448525404533002024-02-07T20:20:50.154-08:00Digital to LifeAn electrical engineer's view of things spanning from the digital realm to life in general. (Or the digital realm of life in general, something like that.)Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-27566250086098279762010-08-12T21:37:00.000-07:002010-08-12T21:47:42.223-07:00Awesome jugglingJust wanted to share some awesome juggling footage I found. I wish I could juggle half as well as this person.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lrLA1pA1k1Y?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lrLA1pA1k1Y?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-74533674205161095432010-08-09T19:26:00.000-07:002010-08-10T20:17:41.994-07:00At it AgainI was at it again last Friday, juggling in another parade. This time it was the Midvale city parade for Midvale's Harvest Days' celebration.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/2010-Midvale-parade.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/2010-Midvale-parade.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Once again I was with my friend Lee Brinton, who's running for the Utah Senate District 3 position. The only problem was that I gave the camera to the campaign guy so the only pictures were of Lee: so no video of my juggling this time. On the plus side though, I had much less drops and apparently more people recognized me.<br /><br />If you want to find out more about Lee then you can check out his <a href="http://leebrinton2010.com/">homepage</a> or his <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117705671608461&ref=ts">Facebook page</a>.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-75206501637485594822010-07-04T17:29:00.000-07:002010-08-09T19:41:43.574-07:00Fourth of July FunJuggling in Murray City's Fourth of July Parade (on the third, go figure)<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UtJUIJabhbk&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UtJUIJabhbk&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-73486757425137173382010-07-04T10:43:00.000-07:002010-07-04T11:18:37.952-07:00Sunday ThoughtsI'm sure I've shared this before, but I saw it again today, and it's still as good as ever.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="284"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vIrGKB5nRKE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vIrGKB5nRKE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-36648157164626922912010-07-01T20:26:00.000-07:002010-07-01T20:30:40.675-07:00Name that bugOkay, it's time for everyone's favorite game: Name that bug<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8pvMyK-B9TWzC1vOb4hHRcYL_cJ_h7zRmiKmB-0L5ZfX3veYdvmie3xLv9MYiHCA97NmYWs8nUhLwixYJGdLa-qj8bC0tbiD0dz_0olgmjgEod9uSbTDQG8MDjCXUL3K7FHzousSDffZ/s1600/Beetle.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8pvMyK-B9TWzC1vOb4hHRcYL_cJ_h7zRmiKmB-0L5ZfX3veYdvmie3xLv9MYiHCA97NmYWs8nUhLwixYJGdLa-qj8bC0tbiD0dz_0olgmjgEod9uSbTDQG8MDjCXUL3K7FHzousSDffZ/s320/Beetle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489145288553198098" border="0" /></a><br />It showed up today on our compost pile, and stuck around a little while for a photo-op before it burrowed back down into the pile. Does anyone out there know what the heck it is? We think it's some sort of ground beetle (good maybe?) but I'm still having problems finding a good picture to identify it with.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-39113131663379710202010-06-20T12:35:00.000-07:002010-08-09T19:41:43.575-07:00World Juggle Day 2010Yesterday was world Juggle Day 2010. So where would be the best place the juggle for such an occasion?
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<br />The Moon?
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<br />Mars?
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<br />Even better, the Chalk Art Fesival, put on by the Utah Foster Care Foundation.
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<br />Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-7350128234578878022010-06-20T10:00:00.000-07:002010-06-20T10:01:53.501-07:00Skip High School?I was looking at another blog about home schooling where the author basically asked the question, "can I just use high school home schooling time to send my child to a community college to get an associates degree?" (<a href="http://sporschool.blogspot.com/2010/06/homeschooling-question-high-school.html">http://sporschool.blogspot.com/2010/06/homeschooling-question-high-school.html</a>) I started thinking about it and decided: why not skip high school?<br /><br />I've heard chatter here in Utah about if you get your associates degree while in high school (concurrent enrollment, AP tests, etc) then there are special grants to pay for the rest of a bachelors. So why not approach it the other way and get the associates and just apply those credits to a high school diploma while you're at it? I know there are non-traditional ways to get a high school diploma by getting credits from other sources (GED, night school, etc). For example, a GED isn't a high school diploma, but it can count as so many credits applied to a high school diploma. One of my classes was in High School was taught by someone with a Masters, and we were able to sign up to get college credit for that class (concurrent enrollment). I know it was also possible to take classes at the local community college and have them applied towards the High School diploma.<br /><br />I did a quick check for the colleges I went to to see about getting in without a high school diploma. Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) says "SLCC is an 'open admission' institution, which means there are no minimum grades and test scores required for admission." (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2036914933185242215&postID=732450358746595065">http://www.slcc.edu/enrollmentservices/misc/ApplyAdmissions.asp</a>) Basically you show up, pay a little to take their computer test (math and English skills) and that tells you what level of math and English you start at (SAT and ACT scores apply if they were taken within 2 years of enrollment.) As a side note, I took that test because I started there more than 2 years after high school. I was place in English 101 and Trigonometry. I still think I could have started at Calculus there, but the highest math class their test will place you in is trigonometry.<br /><br />Utah State University actually has an admissions page for homeschool students: <a href="http://www.usu.edu/admissions/homeschool/apply.cfm">http://www.usu.edu/admissions/homeschool/apply.cfm</a>. You have to have an ACT or SAT score and you have to have a GPA of at least 2.5, but I have no idea how a homeschool student gets a GPA.<br /><br />So it would seem that it is possible to skip high school and go straight for the Associates degree depending on what college the child goes to and that schools requirements. The questions remain though: at what age can a child be prepared to take English 101, trig, and other classes when you home school them? (This really depends on the home schooling parent) If the child places in lower classes is it worth it to pay college tuition to take those lower classes? Are you close enough to a community college to send a young child there every day (or else how will the child live somewhere outside of home to take classes)? And of course what are the social/phycological challenges of a 15 year old in classes with adults? On the other hand, I had classmates in college that were homeschooled and they did say they felt like the first college classes were easier than they were used to.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-72450916989954969712010-04-23T18:03:00.000-07:002010-04-23T18:24:03.927-07:00Mike Lee and Afghanistan<p>Warning: if you can’t tell already, this is a political post. If you’re not interested in politics then don’t read it. As for myself, I’m too interested in who’s trying to be my leaders.</p><br /><p>The first ads I’ve heard for Utah’s Senate race are of Bob Bennett attacking Mike Lee for his views on Afghanistan. I haven’t heard or seen any other ads yet. Just this one. The ad claims that Mike Lee "wants to cut and run in Afghanistan ‘As soon as we can,'" and that he "demeans our soldiers service as nothing more than ‘Meals on Wheels.' The ad plays sound bits of Mike Lee saying: "if we’re there for purposes of bringing meals on wheels." The ad also plays a sound bit of Mike Lee saying, "if they have as many thugs there as we have right here in Utah County."</p><br /><p>The sound bites start with "if" , but has no "then". Curious.</p><br /><p>The Salt Lake Tribune give a nice synopsis of the ad and their opinion here: <a href="http://blogs.sltrib.com/utpolitics/index.php?p=14609&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1">http://blogs.sltrib.com/utpolitics/index.php?p=14609&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1</a>. It provides the full quotes: if and then, and now I can’t help but note a couple of things.</p><br /><p>The full quote that is used for the cut and run remark says, (per the Tribune link above), "<i>We need to keep the government focused on national defense.</i> When we’re engaged in something ostensibly for the purpose of national defense. And what I mean by that is we can’t be overseas subjecting our young men and women to danger if the purpose is simply nation building, if we’re there for purposes of bringing meals on wheels to foreign governments or building self-esteem in foreign governments. That’s not why we’re there. <i>We need to get in, fight, kill off the military targets that present us a clear and present threat to national security and get out.</i> And we need to get out as soon as we can.” (Italics added)</p><br /><p>Notes: "We need to keep the government focused on national defense." True. That’s why we have a "department of defense," and it’s not called a "department of war" like it used to be. The quote doesn’t look to me like "cut an run" but rather more along the lines of lets do our job and not dilly dally. You can see why he's worried being engaged "ostensibly" or just for looks from the quote below.</p><br /><p>The thug quote in the ad is what really got me. The full quote is, "I'm concerned with reports that I am hearing from Afghanistan in particular that we may have 100 or fewer active militant Taliban in Afghanistan. I don’t have any opportunity to verify if that’s true. I don’t get the same security briefing as the president. But if that is true, I ask the question: what on earth are we doing subjecting our brave men and women who need to be supported to that kind of danger, day in and day out, if they have as many thugs there as we have right here in Utah county?”</p><br /><p>The Tribune disregards this as "simply wrong," but there are still some things to note. 1: Mike Lee admits he doesn’t know, because he doesn’t get briefed like the president, but he worries about what he does hear (100- enemies). (I'd be worried too.) The Tribune acts like he should know and points to a document about it (<a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL30588.pdf">http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL30588.pdf</a>), but it’s a 94 page document. (By the way, it’s 20,000 Taliban fighters per the above link) Should Mike Lee know that at this point?</p><br /><p>Note 2: How many thugs are there in Utah County? I know they don’t have road side bombs and suicide bombers, but I know that they have a lot of crime that’s very well hidden. I don’t even know how to compare the two. I tried, but I couldn’t. Still though, I can see Mike's concern.</p><br /><p>I don’t know who to support at this point, but the ad does worry me. I do know that it couldn’t just be taken at face value. </p>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-1568217402205122942010-03-27T22:05:00.001-07:002010-03-27T22:25:37.043-07:00Got a GardenToday we finally got a garden in; a task that's been two and a half years in the making. When we first bought this house, the area that has become the garden was a mess. This is what the area looked like. Look a the laundry line buried in the middle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR05XF6WS7EB0jlOLRCLjaTiQySQdubZH_YmS6Ij4cLsWzm-uYILDSlIFBSLBnnqjgeUuVo1YU3bpa_vAsn7Y7p5eCArqGkO37BxUS8W7yr1Gb-ybyMw2-T5y2BdkFX9jHTtLVa9bayqMG/s1600/DSCN0544.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR05XF6WS7EB0jlOLRCLjaTiQySQdubZH_YmS6Ij4cLsWzm-uYILDSlIFBSLBnnqjgeUuVo1YU3bpa_vAsn7Y7p5eCArqGkO37BxUS8W7yr1Gb-ybyMw2-T5y2BdkFX9jHTtLVa9bayqMG/s320/DSCN0544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453546905951987986" border="0" /></a><br />Clearing out the area is what took most of the time. By last fall we had it mostly cleared out as you can see in the picture below. The laundry line in this picture is the same one as before, but painted. You can get a feel of how many trees there were because they're still in the picture, only in the form of a pile of shredded wood chips.<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3FdW3PERLTQ9EMuO162yOSrgXqqDvgn5WaQwrELeP3_HmkMBK7_URY1oeHW4K4QFEMiHmNa8aFUmkVIFDic89HUk87c9g6DcV15MYbWXyOS_4t7lvbDKMbEt3APZGw7ltPr9ocVFVa7M/s1600/DSCN3315.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3FdW3PERLTQ9EMuO162yOSrgXqqDvgn5WaQwrELeP3_HmkMBK7_URY1oeHW4K4QFEMiHmNa8aFUmkVIFDic89HUk87c9g6DcV15MYbWXyOS_4t7lvbDKMbEt3APZGw7ltPr9ocVFVa7M/s320/DSCN3315.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453546735245901906" border="0" /></a><br />After that picture was take we cut down a tree, and the branches wound up in the same area. This spring we cleared out the branches ... again. Today I finally was able to put in some garden boxes.<br /><br />I built two 4'x4' boxes for square foot gardening and an octagon that's about 5' wide for rose bushes. First I built each box taller than I wanted. Then each box was buried it in the ground to keep roots from getting into, or out of the box. Finally they boxes got soil. You can see the three stages below. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir266JFqaIUBc7pqf7c7rL5pUc2WXkrOKpudnUyX539lWUl0W6kOl6YiMPTTCZIUQ87JN69uoqWZ2o3pEu7wg4_09zkNr8-k2IOM9joswDgdRqR7exwb2axXS2JyoKw7eMgAkvrb6J60-2/s1600/DSCN3899.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir266JFqaIUBc7pqf7c7rL5pUc2WXkrOKpudnUyX539lWUl0W6kOl6YiMPTTCZIUQ87JN69uoqWZ2o3pEu7wg4_09zkNr8-k2IOM9joswDgdRqR7exwb2axXS2JyoKw7eMgAkvrb6J60-2/s320/DSCN3899.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453546650189205874" border="0" /></a><br />We also planted some cold weather crops in one box, and I'll post those pictures soon.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-24636808245976913542010-03-22T19:53:00.001-07:002010-03-22T20:03:12.557-07:00Are you a victory canner?It's that time of the year again. Time to start planning and starting the gardens. Once again I'm going to try a canning garden, only this time I'm going for pasta sauce rather than salsa. (Well, maybe salsa too) :)<br /><br />So I was searching for canning recipes, and I came across this website showing several posters from WWII to encourage home gardens and canning.<br /><br />http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/can.htm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/8466v.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 379px;" src="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/8466v.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/8460v.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 369px;" src="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/8460v.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/8469v.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 297px;" src="http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/8469v.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />It makes me wonder though, would they be promoting the thriftiness of it if they hadn't just come out of the great depression?Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-28501041796717465592010-03-19T07:17:00.001-07:002010-03-19T17:13:31.503-07:00This blog has movedWell, blogspot made me move my blog, so if anyone is still taking the agonizing pain of reading it still, here's the new address:<br /><br /> This blog is now located at http://kabaju.blogspot.com/.<br /> You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click <a href='http://kabaju.blogspot.com/'>here</a>.<br /><br /> For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to<br /> http://kabaju.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-42602781364031540862010-02-14T21:26:00.000-08:002010-02-14T21:56:03.773-08:00Misc ThougtsIf you want to know what makes marriages work and what makes them fail, don't go to John Gray, he just makes stuff up. Look up John Gottman he has done countless studies in couples and their interactions with each other. Two separate people have told me this now. One has a PhD in the area of psychology and human development and teaches foster care classes in Utah. The other is a professor and family life specialist for the University of Arkansas.<br /><br />It turns out that when a couple fight and start to become corrosive, they follow a very predictable path. But when they support each other, then they build each other up in a very creative way and it's impossible to predict what they will do next.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-25270551322122628262009-11-09T23:41:00.000-08:002009-11-09T23:49:23.233-08:00Create<p>It's late at night (or early in the morning) and I can't sleep. It was good to see this:</p><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RhLlnq5yY7k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RhLlnq5yY7k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><p>Today I got another notice saying that I hadn't gotten a job. I guess the hardest thing for me is that I want to create for someone, and I'm just looking for where to do it. It's nice to get that reminder that I can still create anyway</p>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-60594070731203572752009-10-22T14:55:00.000-07:002009-10-22T15:05:54.393-07:00PinwheelI've been playing around with OpenGL lately, and I decided to share my first program. No, sorry, it's not 'hello world'. It's a simple program that shows a pinwheel blowing in the wind. Next up: <a href="http://www.juggling.org/programs/Todo.html">GNU Juggle</a>. Okay, not really; maybe sometime in the future. I do have some other plans that I'll be working on soon that my fellow EE geeks should find helpful.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/uploaded_images/Image-756018.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/uploaded_images/Image-756016.PNG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The attachment contains the program to run (windows program) as well as source code for anyone that wants to mess around with it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kabaju.net/Pinwheel.zip">Pinwheel.zip</a>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-45123398980670552562009-10-18T12:37:00.000-07:002009-10-18T13:45:05.403-07:00BrainersizeThe other day when I was talking with Ecologista she told me something that really struck me. Way back before writing was invented, and all of the histories were orally passed down from father to son (and mother to daughter), people had much better memories. They had to to in order to preserve their histories. Since we don't have to memorize all those things today, our memories don't work as well. That would explain why I'm so terrible with names. When I was a kid I memorized several scriptures (because I had too) but lately I just haven't memorized anything.<br /><br />There has been a lot of talk about how fat Americans are getting. Technology is making our lives so much easier that we don't naturally work out our bodies, and all the leftover energy is just working out our bellies. We need to go out of our way to exercise the body. It would seem that thanks to technology our brains are also getting fat and lazy, and we need to go out of the way to exercise the brain, or brainersize. I have a feeling that just as exercise has two fundamental parts: cardio and resistance training, brainersize has two analogous parts: reading and memorizing.<br /><br />Fortunately I have been doing a lot of reading lately. So far I've read the following books this year (some were audio books):<br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.daveramsey.com/store/Books/dave-s-bestsellers/The-Total-Money-Makeover/prod326.html"> The Total Money Makeover</a> by Dave Ramsey</li><li><a href="https://www.daveramsey.com/store/Books/dave-s-bestsellers/Financial-Peace-Revisited/prod445.html">Financial Peace Revisited</a> by Dave Ramsey</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Thomas-Stanley/dp/0671015206">The Millionaire Next Door</a> by Thomas Stanley</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Five-Lessons-Millionaire-Taught-Women/dp/1439150206/">The Five Secrets a Millionaire Taught Me for Women</a> by Richard Paul Evans</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463">Who Moved My Cheese</a> by Spencer Johnson</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Narnia-C-S-Lewis/dp/0007117302/">The Chronicles of Narnia</a> by CS Lewis</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tribes-We-Need-You-Lead/dp/1591842336/a">Tribes</a> by Seth Godin</li></ul>I'm also in the middle of reading:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/48-Days-Work-You-Love/dp/0805431888/">48 Days to the Work You Love</a> by Dan Miller</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thou-Shall-Prosper-Commandments-Making/dp/0470485884/">Thou Shall Prosper</a> by Rabbi Daniel Lapin<br /></li></ul>And I have a list of a few scriptures that I'm going to start memorizing.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-9237383474141602072009-09-23T05:26:00.000-07:002009-10-25T15:27:03.694-07:00LayoffCan anyone be happy about being layed off?<br /><br />Monday morning at work we all got an e-mail about a meeting Tuesday morning with one of the big wigs from out of town. Work has been slow, so there was a lot of fear about what was going to happen in that meeting. I was doing my best to be optimistic, thinking, "What's the worst that could happen, they fire us? It's probably just them saying that we're still in a terrible recession and so we can't afford raises again (even though they can afford to buy another company)." Of course I knew that they could fire us, but I didn't think it would happen. Tuesday morning, about fifteen minutes before the meeting, my boss called me and another coworker aside. We went to one of the meeting rooms with another boss and someone from HR. In that meeting my boss told us that the company was downsizing and the two of us were being let go effective immediately. Shocked? Yeah. Surprised? Not really.<br /><br />The thing is, lately I've been reading a lot of books on business. One of the books is "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0399144463">Who Moved My Cheese?</a>" by Spencer Johnson. It's a book I'd recommend to anyone (especially the big boss from out of town.) The book is a fable on dealing with change. In the story there are four characters in a maze looking for cheese; which they find and enjoy for a long time. One day the cheese is gone. Two of the characters just go off looking for more cheese, but the other two sit and complain about how their cheese has been moved. Finally one of those two realizes that fear is holding them back and just sitting around isn't making the cheese come back. So he heads out into the maze again looking for cheese. During the search he realizes that he shouldn't have been surprised that cheese disappeared because it was getting old and stale and the supply was shrinking anyway. As he looks for new cheese he learns new things, and eventually he finds a new supply of cheese (although long after the first two found it.) As for the last character, the one that never moved, well he never moved and in the end he was just a memory.<br /><br />After I was told that I was let go, the person from HR proceeded to tell me about the severance package (small, but helpful) and that the company had contracted another company to help us find a new job. My head was spinning, but I found myself actually holding back a smile. I cleared out my desk and went to meet the person that was to help me find a new job.<br /><br />After I left work, I went to a park where I could think. I thought about how at work lately I could see that my cheese was getting old and stale. I was already job hunting, but I didn't want to let my job hunt get in the way of being a good employee, or responsibilities at home, so I wasn't putting a lot of effort into it. Suddenly I have lots of time to job hunt, and I no longer have any reason to be covert about it. I can go up to Logan for that job fair I've been wanting to go to. I can openly ask for references. As I walked through the park, I get more and more excited. I get to look for new cheese. I get to find different kinds of cheese and try them out. Was I happy about losing my job? Yes. I have nothing against my old employer, but it was time to move on and there's no denying it now.<br /><br />The rest of the day other emotions came in too. I had to think about finances. I started to fear. I don't know how long it will take to find a new job? I've been working to keep those fears in check, but that does take work. I keep telling myself that now it's sink or swim, and sinking isn't an option. I'm still optimistic and excited to find some new cheese.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-68722701520976015312009-08-17T20:10:00.000-07:002009-08-17T20:33:20.324-07:00FearI've been reading the book, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tribes-We-Need-You-Lead/dp/1591842336">Tribes</a>" by Seth Godin, and I starting thinking about what how he describes "the factory." If you've seen "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Incredibles-Two-Disc-Collectors-Maeve-Andrews/dp/B00005JN4W">The Incredibles</a>," then you've seen the perfect example of what Seth is talking about. Early in the movie, you see Bob Parr working at his desk when the boss calls him in. Bob goes into the bosses office where the boss starts rambling about cogs in a clock. All that the boss cares about is maintaining the status quo, and maintaining the bureaucracy. While in the office Bob see's someone getting robbed. He wants to go help, but is held back. Why? At first you may think that it's the boss that's stopping him. The real reason is fear. Bob is afraid of lossing his job (even though he hates it.) He's afraid of being seen. He's afraid, but the only thing that leads to is anger and more trouble.<br /><br />I've been reading other books that talk about how fear holds us back. As I've been doing this, I've been motivated. That motivation has been drowning fear. Fear of change. Fear of taking a risk. It's all beening pushed out by motivation. It's an amazing thing, this motivation. It makes me feel better, and gain more self worth. Hopefully it's also leading to a lot of growth.<br /><br />Fear paralyzes<br />Hope enablesKabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-37837536521729873142009-07-22T06:00:00.000-07:002009-07-22T06:00:08.002-07:00Rule of ThirdsAs we've been going through the pictures from Reds Canyon, some that we took and some that others took of us. We saw that some pictures were composed well, and others were just point and shoot pictures. In the well composed pictures, I kept noticing how much the rule of thirds helped. (Or how much it was needed in the point and shoot pictures.) The rule of thirds is one of the most basic rules in photography to help you get great pictures.<br /><br />Here's how the rule works. In your mind, take the picture and draw two vertical lines that divide the frame into thirds. Draw two horizontal lines that also divide the picture in thirds. The result is something like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/3Layout.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/3Layout.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>As you can see, this creates 4 intersections. Instead of putting the subject, say someone's head, in the middle, try putting it in one of the intersections. Also, instead of putting the horizon in the middle, put it on one of the lines.<br /><br />Here's a couple examples of how the rule of thirds helps. In the first picture the horizon goes right through the center of the picture. The result is so-so.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds1a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />In the second picture, the horizon is up higher and it improves the picture. Also a specific subject was added that filled the frame.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds1b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds1b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />In the next example, we were driving near a ridge, and some of the larger rocks had fallen. This created quite the dramatic scene. However this picture failed to fully capture the drama of it all. Notice again how the horizon goes right through the picture<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds2a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds2a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Once we re-frame the picture and take another angle, the picture is dramatically improved.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/thirds2b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So next time you decide to go out and take some pictures, remember to take some time and frame the picture, and don't forget the rule of thirds.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-82531371606740760012009-07-18T06:00:00.000-07:002009-07-18T06:00:02.944-07:00Showing off NatureMore pictures of our trip around the San Rafael Swell.<br /><br />First: Three sisters showing off the mountain near Temple Mountain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/intro-mountain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/intro-mountain.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Second: The sisters showing off the ground near Temple Mountain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/intro-ground.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/intro-ground.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-88880535607887656872009-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:002009-07-15T06:00:02.731-07:00WaspsA while ago, I was taking care of something in the garage, and I noticed a wasp nest that I had never seen before. Now normally I would just spay it myself, but because of other things I decided to call some pesticide people to spray it for me. The guy came over and I showed him that nest as well as other places where the wasps like to build their nests. He sprayed all around the garage and all around the house. A week later I went outside and found this nest on one of the basement windows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/wasp-nest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/wasp-nest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />It's the same kind of nest that made me call the pest people in the first place, only much bigger. I'm guessing that this one is about six inches in diameter. This means war. I had the guy come out and spray again, and I also bought a wasp trap and hung it up in the back yard. Within a day the trap had already caught some buggers.<br /><br />No no one has been stun yet. (Except maybe the pesticide dude, the second time he came it was in the middle of the afternoon. And that is the worst time to spray, it's when the wasps are most active.) Still, I want these gone. If anyone has any hints, I'd be happy to take them. As far as I can tell searching on the internet, this nest is for a bald faced hornet. However, even though the trap I caught is supposed to be for hornets, I don't think that's what I've caught. As far as I can tell, these are yellow jackets. Maybe there's some bug experts out there that can shed some light on the subject.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/wasp1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/wasp1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/wasp2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/wasp2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-7986673409151490372009-07-11T14:55:00.000-07:002009-07-11T20:10:09.946-07:00???It's amazing what you'll find out in the middle of nowhere.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/truck-mesa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/truck-mesa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's out in Reds canyon in the San Rafael Swell if anyone wants to go fix it up, although that engine will be a beast to rebuild.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/truck-canyon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/truck-canyon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-13361392239892062192009-07-08T20:05:00.000-07:002009-07-11T15:12:05.619-07:00Goblin ValleyWell, we're back from Goblin Valley UT, and there's quite a few pictures from the area that I'll be sharing for a while.<br /><br />The three sisters of goblin valley are close to the entrance. I guess you could say that they're standing guard ... for something.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/3SisGoblinVlly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/3SisGoblinVlly.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Once you get in the park, it's quite impressive the scale of everything. When we first got there, I kept thinking that it reminds me of something. It's like I'd seen it before ... somewhere. Then it hit me: I know why this looks familiar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/images/GoblinVllySm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/images/GoblinVllySm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is where you go when you break your ship's Berillium Sphere. I was going to go look for them, but we just didn't have the time for it. Maybe next time.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-25667081495573263262009-07-04T06:00:00.000-07:002009-07-04T06:00:48.888-07:00Yard plansA few weeks ago, Ecologista was given the the assignment in her class to be a consultant, and a report to consult a client on the topic of her choise. So we decided to become water wise landscaping consultants, and the client was our own yard; we formed a Xeriscaping plan for our yard. The idea with Xeriscaping is to reduce water used by making watering zones. Some zones have the regular high water usage plants, and other zones are of of low water usage plants. This plan is ambitious and will take a few years to complete, but it will be great when it's done.<br /><br />Here's our current yard:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/uploaded_images/Before-96-737794.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 408px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/uploaded_images/Before-96-737794.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's the future plans:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kabaju.net/uploaded_images/after-96-704904.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 816px;" src="http://www.kabaju.net/uploaded_images/after-96-704904.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-67404943920635796012009-07-01T17:16:00.000-07:002009-07-01T16:37:15.941-07:00Clean Energy Bill?The US house recently passed a bill that they called, "American Clean Energy and Security Act." (<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02454:">Bill</a> and <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml">Votes</a>). I'm still shocked that this bill passed. Some of the frightening things about this bill is that it is hundreds of pages long, and then the night before it was to be voted on, an amendment was added that was also hundreds of pages long. The US house of representatives voted on this bill before they even had enough time to read it.<br /><br />Now that may be bad enough (or it may be business as usual for congress) but then I was shocked to hear that Greenpeace opposes the bill. <a href="http://usclimatenetwork.org/resource-database/aces_p_greenpeace.pdf/view" source=""></a> Now that is something frightening: a bill that is supposed to help the environment that Greenpeace opposes. That would be like a bill touted to expand animal rights that PETA opposes. It's like a bill touting to help all news outlets that CNN opposes.<br /><br />My one hope is that the senate will stop the bill. The bill barely passed the house, and the senate isn't planning on doing anything with it until fall. So at least we have until then to lobby congress to stop it.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684744852540453300.post-1530975616735484082009-06-27T21:36:00.000-07:002009-06-27T22:16:02.615-07:00Book Review: The Total Money MakeoverIn my last post I talked about the need for a good financial plan, and I mentioned financial plans that just seemed lacking. At the time of that post I had found a great book with a simple, yet powerful plan. That book is, "The Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey. (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Total-Money-Makeover-Financial-Fitness/dp/0785289089">Amazon</a> or <a href="http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/cms/baby_steps_2867.htmlc?ictid=Useful_Tools">Dave's site</a>.)<br /><br />There are two great things about this book. The first is that it outlines a simple plan to become debt free and to build wealth. Seven simple steps are outlined:<br />1) Build a $1000 emergency fund<br />2) Pay off all debts (except the house) from smallest to largest<br />3) Build a 3-6 month emergency fund<br />4) Save 15% of your income for retirement<br />5) Save for, or fund, college for children<br />6) Pay off the house early<br />7) Build wealth and give<br />(<a href="http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/cms/baby_steps_2867.htmlc?ictid=Useful_Tools">Source</a>)<br /><br />These are simple steps; nothing new and nothing surprising. What I like about this is the way the steps are put together and are very focused. While Dave outlines these steps, he also addresses common money myths such as the advantages to keeping a large mortgage and explains why these myths are so bad.<br /><br />The second thing I like about this book is that when you read it, you can't help but be filled with confidence and motivation to complete the process. Dave talks about his own story. He became rich using debt. Then he lost it all and had to file bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy, he built up all of his wealth again using these principles. Dave also has in this book lots of stories from others that have followed this plan, and are now loving life because of it.<br /><br />After reading this book, I highly recommend it to anyone.Kabajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165892951184008406noreply@blogger.com0