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As if anybody still reads this.

When my WordPress hosting term ends in December, I’m not going to renew. I think I’m going to move the site into the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The url will stay the same.

A New Chapter…

I pushed the button last night. Cross your fingers and stand by. I don’t want to jinx myself by posting too much information here just yet. 😉

In fact, I posted nothing. Oops. I left this in “draft” and never posted it. Oh well.

Here’s the news: I’ve been accepted into the Masters of Information Science Technology program at Claremont Graduate University. I will have a concentration in…

Today we decided to get out of DTLA for a while. Dinner in Pasadena last night reminded me that there is SO much to do within a stone’s throw…that we seldom take advantage of.

Today was the first day of this year’s LA Times Festival of Books. Twenty-fourth over all, ninth at USC. We mainly went to say hi to Nic and Kafrin, but I got to meet the author of the book that is next in my queue:…

Wow…has it really been 3 months?

…since I last wrote something here? Holy moly, lots has happened.

Three months ago I was still employed at Polaris Alpha (a Parsons company), though I was working on a temporary project not affiliated with Lucidworks Fusion. I was, however, entertaining a call from a company that we at PolarisAlpha had prepared to subcontract for in their Lucidworks Fusion practice.

Fast forward a month…

First time on a base in…

Never mind HOW long.  :). 

I’m onsite at Polaris Alpha’s office on base at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD.  Clearly this was formerly an EOIR office, as the customer for most everything this office does is the US Army.  Including the project that I’m now working on. Sadly, though, the highlight of the week will be tomorrow if I’m able to overlap with Steve Orr at the Philadelphia airport for a…

I hate to sound like a soap opera, but thanks for tuning in.  Today on “You Can’t Make This Up:”

The flip-flop as to whether there exists any future for Solr/Fusion skillsets within PolarisAlpha or the greater Parsons…seems to have resoundingly flopped.  Meaning, it does not seem likely.  In the short term, there is the already-begun KM effort that Jeff and I worked on this Spring, which…