Two Bordeauxs of Integrity

Here comes one of those mentally heavy blog once again, so if you're not in the mood flip the channel. Anyhow tonight I had the chance to actually get my mind of from all the madness of the project, the politics, business strategy, user requirement, and corruption from business partners, out into the garbage bin for just one night. It is ironic that as I'm getting toward 30 years old, more and more I detest the world of business and the hunger for monetary value has ceased to captivate my passion. It is one of those movements in my life, just a descent dinner with family goofing around with my cousins being a child. All of these life simple movements have mean so much to me more than any money can buy. Anyhow the dinner at Rang Mahal restaurant on top of the Rembrandt hotel, as I enjoyed a quite cheerful dinner the thought has hit me when I finished a glass of French Bordeaux. Despite there are a few people in my company thinking of pushing me out from the project due to many conflicts of interest however I'm not going to bored anyone over with the detail. One thing shall always hold true, if you're know what is integrity and the ethical core of your motivation. If the intention is pure and your method is fair to other, it is only their fault that they will never going to enjoy life like yours. Only greed will be their companionship, just sheer lust for their appetites would consume them blindly until the end of days not knowing what is life beyond chasing after greed.

The ironic part about this particular dinner tonight, as I sit with some of the most successful politicians and business people in Thailand including my aunt enjoying a gloomy skyline with the light works of the distant thunders. I got to say that even though they all inherit predatory instinct for money but what make them all successful is the sense of integrity in their business practice that launch them to where the belong in the world. If my CEO can only learn this simple path to the business success from these people she won't have to complain about the tight budget in our company. Oh well this shit isn't my problem time to move on to my own venture.

That thought came into a clarifying conclusion as I down the second glass of the Bordeaux, well I wish you all a very good night..

There are five dangerous faults for general:

1 Recklessness, which lead to destruction

2 Cowardice, which lead to capture

3 A hasty temper, which can provoked by insult

4 A delicacy to honor which is sensitive to shame

5 Over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble

: The Art of War Chapter VIII verse 12


     

Two Million Dollars Typo

Here is the deal, if you're not a computer nerd you're never going to enjoy this blog so don't bother. Anyhow something got to be broadcast in the world of business, apparently you can make a jackass out of yourself by doing a careless typo on a professional evaluation papers without any consequence. Umm you might ponder how the hell it's worth couple of millions dollars? Well if that evaluation paper is the determent the destiny of the bidding companies it better damm be flawless. I got that particular paper via e-mail today and the first thing I noticed was what da hell is a TRUE PUT PER SECOND ? Well its kind of ironic that one of the most shady government in the Southeast Asia manage to believe in the truth of operation per second AKA IOPS. So I had to actually help correct that paper free of charge to THROUGHPUT PER SECOND, which is the universal speedometer in the IT world, free of charge.


However the dismay seem to hit me a second time just 15 minutes ago when our inside man of the committee Voip my punk ass for the definition of Data Scrubbing ? Umm the first thought came to my head maybe, its something that you can wipe you ass with ? Trust me it was so incredibly hard for me to refrain myself from saying that. So I did what an obedient yuppie would do, I sent him the cut paste definition from Wiki. I guess the ironic part of the day the mysterious man that I talked with happen to desire a 100grand connection fees, god damm I love the Thai Government !

The Youths of God

Alright first of just watch these two video and take a quick time for them to sink into your noodles

Upcoming Film Jesus Camp in America:



Here is another clip from the different side of the spectrum:





Ok now have all those images get digest into you numbing mind and we all shall start the topic of the day-"the R word"-Religion. For many of my readers since the beginning of my blogging and close friends alike, they all know that for sometime I have grown very wary of religion fundamentalism around the globe. A few days ago my nostalgia started with the event of Islamic anger against Pop Benedict XVI 's remark which I think most of people of this worldly planet would know unless you have been stoned under the basement for a few moths. Even though finally the whole altercation of verbal prejudice might subside but after an accidental ran in with the preview of the movie "Jesus Camp" recently, now my nostalgia has turn into a full gear vomit. As you all can see from the videos one thing is clear, despites the effort from the developed world to spread the voice of reason through the benefit of Globalization 3.0 which comes with advances in education, instant telecommunication, and reason of science    Alright bashing religion might not be the best way of pointing out my view out, so I will play the devil's advocate and be optimistic. Let's look into what religious extreme will ultimately bare fruit to the children. This is a bunch of kids who will have a hope for their lives through commitment of faith-a bunch of kids who will have an interest in society and want to change it for the better-a bunch of kids who will get together in unity and care for each other in the name of God-a bunch of kids who don't spend all day zonked out in front of the Playstation- a bunch of kids who won't try drugs, get pregnant, stab someone in a gang brawl, steal a car..    However can you all as a responsible adult live with the fact that having children pursue the sense of purpose by the guidance of the religious institution?  Is it also acceptable to have children learn the language of prejudice and violence just because the sacred texts told you the obligations? In the world that we are empowered by the tools of reason such as science and mathematics, helping our children evaluating their world in its simplistic truth, yet it is truly tragic that the supply-chain of hate will never end in the name of Faith. Ultimately the war on terror is a downhill battle, when the roots of its representatives are being breed on the daily basis just because their parents are too ignorant to see the vicious cycles. As many times before and once again, religions are like drinking only in moderation. At the end it is this kind of detriment that the future of our society will have to bear the price.

     

Pirates of Silicon Valley - The Movie

Hello boys and girls here is a new flash ! Just happen today might be another boring weekend for in this terrible weather of the overcast sky in Bangkok. The thought of the family get together has already put me into a depression conundrum far worse than the weather already. Anyway the good news to you all is some dude in Ireland was kind enough to upload one of my all time favorite movie, Pirate of Silicon Valley. Many of you might despise my ,off the chart geek meter, blog today. However I must protest and recommend you to really see this movie. Even though the budget and the script writing might not share the same calibre as Wall Street. However I can assure you that the nostalgia element in this movie really did capture the cut throat nature of computing business in the earlier 80's.
So if you might not care about all those computing mumo jumbles, at least I believe that you will get a great kick of how Steve Jobs and Bill Gates business relationship was like before Bill strike gold on Windows, let just say somebody got owned like a little bitch in those pre dotcom hay day! So I would highly recommend for any one who is a aficionado of business drama to really enjoy this movie. Before you click that youtube button here is a little prelude information about the premise of the film.

Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) is an unauthorized made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke. Based upon the book, Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer, by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine, this film documents the rise of the home computer/personal computer through the rivalry between Apple Computer (Apple II and the Apple Macintosh) and Microsoft (DOS, IBM PC, and Windows).

The central story of the film begins in the early 1970s and ends in 1985 when Steve Jobs resigned from Apple Computer. The film is also structured by a set of "book ends": it begins and ends with Jobs' return to Apple in 1997.

E-mail to the Year 2036

Well before I'm leaving all the Bangkok frenzy behind this weekend, meeting up with my folks at the weekend family house tomorrow morning. I think it would be only appropriate to leave you all a light hearten content just in case I don't make it back on Sunday to disseminate the weekly digg. Anyway you might find this particular site pretty useful and a bit silly. However if you're planning a long term goal and I mean extra long term you might find this tool interesting with a good kick in the motivation utility

So without further gibberish, I shall introduce you all to http://futureme.org/ . (Don't be shy give it a try !)

This particular email site is not any other ordinary notice-to-self e-mail services, this site got a very interesting delivery time to the users. It automatically sends you an email of what you said on whatever date you specify. For example I could send my self an email reminding me to get married in 2036! (I pretty much doubt it though) Since now I have arouse your ever ADD attention spans, here are some interesting messages ones could send into the e-mail time capsule in the year 2036. For example you can sent your salutation to Skynet, tell them the terminator plan has fail and stop doing those awful sequels that should workout pretty well since the message would genuinely came from the yesterdays of 2006AD.

Oh another idea spontaneously came out of my mind, you can also send a picture of you naked ex-girlfriends into the year 2036 to remind them that the ravage of time has reduce her from the raging bitch into a frail old hag. Now that should be should be bittersweet revenge that Dave Chappelle himself would be proud.

So before I bid you all goodnight from Junta-Democratic Free Zone, here is the message I left into the e-mail temporal bottle:

"Kirk Sato – Time to change you underwear and make sure don't be late for the dinner party at the Playboy Mansion!"