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Become the best you can be at your profession. If you've stopped learning, you've given up.
Serious about your software career? Leave your job
I recently resigned my position as senior software engineer and technical lead for a middleware services group at Wells Fargo. The job was great: work from home, great immediate manager, respected among the team members, trusted to explore new technologies when justified, boss stood up for us and got us the tools, training, and working environments we needed, etc, etc. Something still prompted me to move, and it's not the first time I've done so. I've opted to resign jobs that had great setups in the past, either as a full-time or consultant, and in this blog I try to articulate why.
I believe to be successful and well-rounded in the technology/software space, you have to change jobs every few years or so. Ultimately, as a software engineer, your job is to solve problems using technology. In most cases, a problem can be solved in many different ways, but not all solutions are created equal. The more problems and solutions you've seen and experienced, the more apt you are to solve the problem with a "better" or "elegant" solution. In my opinion, you have to experience how problems are solved in different groups, and different companies using different methods, different approaches, etc etc to really become proficient at problem solving and weigh the benefits and tradeoffs that come with a solution. Otherwise, the traditions and customs of a single company crush your mind from thinking "outside the box" or evaluate how similar problems have been solved in the past by similar companies.
Another part of the equation is ability to learn and your exposure to new technologies. Big companies offer the "this is the way we've always done it and we're not going to change" mentality which is really a career killer for a software engineer. If you're career goals involve trying to climb the corporate ladder, then by all means embrace the corporate mindset but if you want to stay in the technology space and excel, you will have to seek out opportunities to expose yourself to new technologies and problems..
I feel at this point in my career, I can't settle for all the comforts of a cushy corporate job. I am still young enough and interested enough in technology to the point that I want to push myself. I want to get out and be exposed to new problems. I crave learning and the challenges of doing so. I honestly feel that if you're not learning and not solving new problems and not thinking outside of the box you're going to end up like those technology folks complaining about not having a job because the technology they cling to is slowly going away or drying up. I don't want to end up complaining about something that I have control over right now. In the end, the technology industry is about problem solving, ability to learn, and pushing yourself to not get comfortable. Maybe I'm cynical in this respect, but the longer you stay at a big company, the more locked-in you get and the more dependent you become on that company (pension, retirement, tenure, job-security, whatever). The longer you stay, the less motivated you get to learn the new technologies that aren't being used at your company. The longer you stay, you *think* you become critical to their operations, but before you know it the operations themselves are being phased out and your chances of being kept around are becoming slimmer and slimmer. I believe times have changed, and trying to stay at a corporate job in a company for 30 years is a career killer for a software engineer. I want my resume to be my job security, not the number of years I've had the corporate mentality beaten into me.
Who knows, though. My wife and I are expecting our first child in the next few weeks, and I know my priorities will shift big time. My focus will be on her and my family. Maybe I'll do a 180 change of opinion about staying at a big company. But while I'm still motivated, I have to explore other options and opportunities that I know will solve all three of those items mentioned above: exposure to problem solving, learning, and staying hungry. So I continue my journey in the software craft by taking on the role of Principal Consultant at an open-source subscription company, FuseSource, who is the support company behind Apache Camel, ActiveMQ, ServiceMix, CXF, and a few others. I will be helping different companies use these open-source projects, facilitate proper design of their architecture, deliver training, and i'm sure much more. It seems to be a good balance of exposure to new problems, learning opportunities, and working with some of the smartest people in the open-source space which will drive me to stay hungry. Wish me luck!
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21 Responses to "Serious about your software career? Leave your job"
I think so, your best job security is your resume, get paid to work on open source projects is a great opportunity to stay in touch with the smartest guys out there.
Try to leave your zone of comfort and expose your self to new challenges is a good attitude to keep growing
Hope you're enjoying your new journey and I wish you a goooood luck!
All basically right but
The longer you stay, the less motivated you get to learn the new technologies that aren't being used at your company
is not true. If you truly have a programmer's spirit, then you ALWAYS want to do things better. Even if you are on a job for 20 years, you will STILL want to rewrite that old COBOL application in Haskell
my wife and I are expecting our first child
THAT will be your biggest challenge to learn new stuff, or rather, the lack of available time that comes with it.
Good luck!
Couldn't agree more. I know so many Java and C# developers in their $110K-$150K salaries, who, if you threw a COMPLETELY different problem at them, would panic / flail / thrash.
Whenever I feel myself getting too comfortable, I shake things up. I have a wife & 3 kids, it can be scary, but my gigs pay well, so in the end it works out fine.
I see so much human "middleware", bolting this framework to this application, blah blah blah… nothing wrong with it, but many of them would have their asses handed to them if you threw them into Project Euler or a Google Code Jam.
If your livelihood depends on solving problems through code, and you're not doing what the author of this posts suggests, you're either dumb, unmotivated, in denial or just plain lazy.
In general, I agree with the tone of your essay. But the thing is, there's no "one true way" to live this life. You may believe that programming is the only way while in some part of the earth, programming is just 10% of the activities and the rest are communication, collaboration, or understanding business needs (domain knowledge).
@Bon: the same can be said against people who competes in these "math" based problem solving competitions: they may not be good software designer. The problem lies in specializing and ignoring the other part of the software development activities.
In my case, I chose to learn the business part: be it marketing, accounting (financial), or sales.
The point here is to keep on learning.
Taking a chance on a new job is the wrong thing to do before you have to deal with the stresses of your first baby. You may think you can afford the risk if your wife works, but you should wait to see if her priorities change. If you are (rare these days) the only breadwinner, consider what happens if your new, intriguing, demanding job does not work out.
The economy is still shaky. There are lots of hungry competitors out there. Are you that much better than they are?
I do not disagree with your basic premise. Shift around every 3 to 4 years if you can, to stay sharp in pure software engineering. But remember that you will probably be obsolescent by age 45.
You know, if someone posted on a forum that a developer was useless until they reached age 30, there would be howls of outrage. Why then do you get to state that a developer is obsolescent at age x? The obsolescence happens when a person loses interest in excelling in their field, and that can happen at any age. I know 28 year old developers who don't think they have much else to learn and 48 year old developers who are still entering programming competitions and piloting new technology at their corporate jobs.
This internet echo chamber tends to repeat memes without considering their implications. You become obsolete when you stop trying to fit into the present, not when you hit a certain anniversary on the calendar.
What part of PROBABLY don't you understand? People wear out. It is hard to be on the engineering cutting edge at 45.
Someone 45 today was 25 before the Internet became the dominant mode for business programming. If he has stayed sharp and fresh, he has made a really significant investment of effort. How LIKELY is it that he will continue to invest that same level of energy as he shifts from company to company as a techical speciaist, probably managed by people younger than himself?
It's not just about the talent, you know. The technology keeps changing rapidly (although not necessarily improving functionally). Will other people BELIEVE that he can keep learning new languages, coding styles, and OSes? If he knows how to write efficiently to disk, will he still be able to write to exabyte hyperspatial st orage? Can he design an interface for genetically-improved chimpanzees? Can he handle one job interview in Mandarin and the next in Tagalog?
Businesses AS A RULE no longer care about loyalty from or to employees. Their concern is just imagined input to the bottom line (not necessarily the true input). What he was a hotshot at last year is of no value right NOW. As Michael Corleone says, "It's not personal, it's just business."
If you have never read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, take a look. A strong, well-intentioned, capable young man is chewed up and spat out. It's just business.
One way to keep things interesting is to join a company that does projects for different customers and ask for a new project every 1-2 years. In the past four years (working with .NET) I have done: desktop development (WPF), web development (Silverlight), cloud (Azure), integration project against system written 15 years ago, calling web services from excel using msxml.
I worked in the healthcare arena for almost 10 years and had a cool work-from-home gig for about 18 months before I realized that I had a lot of the same thoughts that you presented in your post. The company was pushing me into more of a managerial position, which I have tried and failed a few times.
Thank you for reaffirming my decision to not only stay in technology by switching jobs, but also to change industries to financial services with BOA.
Totally different world than having root on every machine in the company.
From the headline, I thought the theme of this article was going to be, "work for yourself and then you don't have to worry about it."
My advice:
Work for yourself and then you don't have to worry about it. Companies today are not looking out for you… Finding another company owned by someone else won't change that. So you need to look out for you. The model of the future is self-employment – create your own job. Go follow your dream and do that thing you've always imagined. Build and run your own enterprise and then you will call the shots and set your own agenda.
Having been doing software development since 1988, I could not agree more. I have changed jobs, on average every three years since 1988. I would never have had the experiences with technology I have had otherwise.
I just left a company where the majority of the decision makers had been there for 10+ years and they continued to make the same mistakes. Add in developers that have been there 10 years and think they are the best and you have a recipe for disaster. The best thing that could happen to those developers is to get laid off.
I have a family as well, if you know the risks, and you are good, then changing jobs is not a problem, I once quit at 11am and had another job by 11:30, people call me to work with them.New job = new challenges = what makes me love getting up every morning for work.
When job = boring = time to move on.
Agree. I turn 48 in a few months, and I'm nowhere near wanting to sit still and rot in some cushy job, no matter how high the pay. I'm not sure I imagine ever wanting to do that.
Great article Christian.
Two years ago my wife was pregnant and I had to choose between stay on a company where there was no chanIlenge and move to a new company on another city. It was very difficulty to me to make this choice, but I decided that I had to change and I did.
So I agree with you and you make sure that as soon as your kid born, your priorities will change and you will think much more before decide to change, but I believe that what matters is to keep moving foward and as you said "staying hungry". -
Very true and good points. That is why I like being a contractor. Good pay and good variety. Always learn how things should be done and how things should not be done.
I have blogged on similar aspects relating to Java at my site.
I agree, if a job is boring you must change. No point doing that same boring stuff repeatedly. But what if the place you work continue to offer good challenges (of course with decent increments ) . Should you move on? If you still move on, I think that's a selfish motive. That means you either don't care about your company but only your "self".
Put yourself in the employer's shoes and think. If your employees keep changing jobs inspite of you providing the best possible environment, how would you feel? You need find a right candidate to fill his place.
I was thinking the same thing. Working for yourself presents opportunities to learn technologies and solve problems that you could not at your full time job. There is the added risk of your product's success, but most folks are aware of that risk.
Good luck with your new job Christian.
Yp… in the case of your technical career… It also require to think "Out Of BOX"…. Wish you good luck.
Thanks for your motivation.. I was same like your situation, and I resigned my job last week
All the Best. And Thanks for the good motivation given to us.
Nice Article
Good points! I am a senior .NET developer (C#, WPF, WCF, SQL-Server) and I am serving notice period. I would really appreciate if you could email me of how I could work as a consultant who could take up .NET projects and deliver from home in Asia. Could you also let me know of .NET open-source jobs? Thanks a lot!


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We just premiered for you our 2010 promotional video, "A World without Satellites."
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Although this approach sounds logical, we need to take action now in order to make this a reality.
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The government needs to have a process that enables it to request hosted payload services through its budgeting and acquisition processes.
Another requirement is for this business scenario to receive regulatory and ITU acceptance.
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But the call to action for each of us as innovators and leaders in the satellite community is to embrace the change, so that we may maximize the benefits that only a satellite can provide.
Boeing had a tremendously successful year last year, with seven satellites completed and ready for launch.
In 2010 we'll deliver several new capabilities, with two first-of-a-kind satellites, one for space-based situational awareness, and one that will bring the GPS system to its next technical level.
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Messaging protocols (SMTP,POP3 and IMAP4)
Introduction to e-mail
E-mail is considered as being the most widely used service on the Internet. So the TCP/IP protocol suite offers a range of protocols allowing the easy management of email routing over the network.
The SMTP protocol
The SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the standard protocol enabling mail to be transferred from one server to another by point to point connection.
This is a protocol operating in online mode, encapsulated in a TCP/IP frame. The mail is sent directly to the recipient's mail server. SMTP protocol works using text commands sent to the SMTP server (on port 25 by default). Each command sent by the client (validated by the ASCII character string CR/LF, equivalent to a press on the enter key) is followed by a response from the SMTP server comprising of a number and a descriptive message.
Here is a scenario of a request for sending mail to an SMTP server
- When opening the SMTP session, the first command to be sent is the HELO command followed by a space (written <SP>) and the domain name of your machine (in order to say "hello, I am this machine"), then validated by enter (written <CRLF>). Since April 2001, the specifications for the SMTP protocol, defined in RFC 2821, mean that the HELO command is replaced by the EHLO command.
- The second command is "MAIL FROM:" followed by the email address of the originator. If the command is accepted the server sends back the message "250 OK"
- The next command is "RCPT TO:" followed by the email address of the recipient. If the command is accepted the server sends back the message "250 OK"
- The DATA command is the third stage for sending email. It announces the start of the message body. If the command is accepted the server sends back an intermediary message numbered 354 indicating that the sending of the email body can begin and considers the collection of following lines until the end of the message located by a line containing only a dot. The email body possibly contains some of the following headers:
- Date
- Subject
- Cc
- Bcc
- From
S: 220 smtp.commentcamarche.net SMTP Ready C: EHLO machine1.commentcamarche.net S: 250 smtp.commentcamarche.net C: MAIL FROM:<firstname.lastname@example.com> S: 250 OK C: RCPT TO:<firstname.lastname@example.com> S: 250 OK C: RCPT TO:<email@example.com> S: 550 No such user here C: DATA S: 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> C: Subject: Hello C: Hello Meandus, C: How are things? C: C: See you soon! C: <CRLF>.<CRLF> S: 250 OK C: QUIT R: 221 smtp.commentcamarche.net closing transmission
The basic specifications of the SMTP protocol mean that all the characters sent are coded in ASCII code over 7 bits and that the 8th bit is explicitly put at zero. So to send accented characters it is necessary to resort to algorithms integrating MIME specifications:
- base64 for attached files
- quoted-printable (abbreviated to QP) for special characters contained within the message body
It is therefore possible to send an email using a simple telnet on port 25 of the SMTP server:
telnet smtp.commentcamarche.net 25(the server indicated above is deliberately nonexistent, you can try by replacing commentcamarche.net by the domain name of your internet service provider)
Here is a summary of the principal SMTP commands
Command | Example | Description |
HELO (now EHLO) | EHLO 220.127.116.11 | Identification using the IP address or domain name of the originator computer |
MAIL FROM: | MAIL FROM: email@example.com | Identification of the originator's address |
RCPT TO: | RCPT TO: email@example.com | Identification of the recipient's address |
DATA | DATA message | Email body |
QUIT | QUIT | Exit the SMTP server |
HELP | HELP | List of SMTP commands supported by the server |
All the specifications for the SMTP protocol are defined in RFC 821 (since April 2001, the SMTP protocol specifications are defined in RFC 2821).
The POP3 protocol
The POP protocol (Post Office Protocol) as its name indicates makes it possible to go and collect the email on a remote server (POP server). It is necessary for people not permanently connected to the Internet so that they can consult emails received offline.
There are two main versions of this protocol, POP2 and POP3, to which ports 109 and 110 are allocated respectively and which operate using radically different text commands.
Just like with the SMTP protocol, the POP protocol (POP2 and POP3) works using text commands sent to the POP server. Each of these commands sent by the client (validated by the CR/LF string) comprises a key word, possibly accompanied by one or several arguments and is followed by a response from the POP server comprising of a number and a descriptive message.
Here is a summary of the principal POP2 commands:
POP2 Commands | |
HELLO | Identification using the IP address of the originator computer |
FOLDER | Name of the inbox to be consulted |
READ | Number of the message to be read |
RETRIEVE | Number of the message to be picked up |
SAVE | Number of the message to be saved |
DELETE | Number of the message to be deleted |
QUIT | Exit the POP2 server |
Here is a summary of the principal POP3 commands
POP3 Commands | |
USER identification | This command makes it possible to be authenticated. It must be followed by the user name, i.e. a character string identifying the user on the server. The USER command must precede the PASS command. |
PASS password | The PASS command makes it possible to specify the user's password where the name has been specified by a prior USER command. |
STAT | Information on the messages contained on the server |
RETR | Number of the message to be picked up |
DELE | Number of the message to be deleted |
LIST [msg] | Number of the message to be displayed |
NOOP | Allows the connection to be kept open in the event of inactivity |
TOP <messageID> <n> | Command displaying n lines of the message, where the number is given in the argument. In the event of a positive response from the server, it will send back the message headers, then a blank line and finally the first n lines of the message. |
UIDL [msg] | Request to the server to send back a line containing information about the message possibly given in the argument. This line contains a character string called a unique identifier listing, making it possible to uniquely identify the message on the server, independently of the session. The optional argument is a number relating to a message existing on the POP server, i.e. an undeleted message). |
QUIT | The QUIT command requests exit from the POP3 server. It leads to the deletion of all messages marked as deleted and sends back the status of this action. |
The POP3 protocol thus manages authentication using the user name and password; however, it is not secure because the passwords, like the emails circulate in plain text (in an unencrypted way) over the network. In reality, according to RFC 1939, it is possible to encrypt the password using the MD5 algorithm and thus benefit from secure authentication. However, since this command is optional, few servers implement it. Furthermore, POP3 protocol blocks inboxes during access which means that simultaneous access of the same inbox by two users is impossible.
In the same way that it is possible to send an email using telnet, it is also possible to access your incoming mail using a simple telnet over the port for the POP server (110 by default):
telnet mail.commentcamarche.net 110(the server indicated above is deliberately nonexistent, you can try by replacing commentcamarche.net by the domain name of your internet service provider)
S: +OK mail.commentcamarche.net POP3 service S: (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 Patch 6 (built Mar 31 2001)) C: USER jeff S: +OK Name is a valid mailbox C: PASS password S: +OK Maildrop ready C: STAT S: +OK 2 0 C: TOP 1 5 S: Subject: Hello S: Hello Meandus, S: How are things? S: S: See you soon! C: QUIT S: +OK
The data display that you capture depends on the Telnet client that you are using. Depending on your Telnet client, you may need to activate the echo local option. |
The IMAP protocol
The IMAP protocol (Internet Message Access Protocol) is an alternative protocol to that of POP3 but offering many more possibilities:
- IMAP allows several simultaneous accesses to be managed
- IMAP makes it possible to manage several inboxes
- IMAP provides more criteria which can be used to sort emails
More information
For more information on PPP protocol, please refer to RFC821 which explains the protocol in detail:
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See also
- IMAP,POP3 and SMTP comes under which protocol suite?
- Pop3 and imap4 protocols
- SMTP, IMAP and POP server settings for major ISPs » How-To - Internet Services Provider
- Pop3,smtp » Forum - Mobile
- Incoming pop3 and outgoing smtp (Solved) » Forum - Internet
- Outlook - BSNL E-mail POP/SMTP configurations settings » How-To - Office Software
- Mail.com POP (IMAP) settings outlook (Solved) » Forum - Outlook
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Braden B et al. – Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) does not seem to increase the risk for dysplasia of the colon in patients with colonic Crohn's disease.
Methods- The authors performed a retrospective review of data from a tertiary care hospital on 166 patients with PSC and inflammatory bowel disease; 120 had concomitant ulcerative colitis, 35 had Crohn's disease, and 11 had indeterminate colitis.
- The controls comprised 114 patients with colonic involvement of Crohn's disease and 102 patients with ulcerative colitis.
- The main outcome parameter was the development of colorectal cancer or intraepithelial neoplasia.
- Only 1 patient with colonic Crohn's disease and concomitant PSC developed dysplasia in an adenomatous polyp during a median follow-up of 10 years (range, 7–16 years).
- In contrast, 2 cancers and 8 cases of colorectal dysplasia were diagnosed in patients with ulcerative colitis and PSC during a median follow up of 11 years (range, 8–16 years); the crude annual incidence of dysplasia or colorectal cancer was 1 in 150 patients with ulcerative colitis.
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Police said there was a third shooting shooting incident around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, at 53 March St., in the Chad Brown neighborhood.
A police spokesman said the 24-year-old murder victim was driven to the back lot of the Providence police station around 8:50 p.m. Friday night after a reported shooting at Atwells Avenue and Putnam Street, by an unidentified individual or individuals asking for help.
The victim was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where police said he succumbed to his injuries.
Major David Lapatin said the victim was a passenger in a car, when another car pulled alongside and opened fire.
Lapatin said the police are investigating whether there was any connection between this shooting and the earlier shooting Friday on March Street, in which 16-year-old Michael Rodriguez, who lives in the neighborhood, was shot in the buttocks as he walked by the recreation center.
"We believe there is some tension going on between people from Chad Brown and the East Side," Lapatin said.
City Council member Bryan Principe said Saturday that an emergency meeting of the city's licensing board will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the public safety complex.
Lapatin said the police are asking that the club be closed, at least temporarily, pending a full hearing, and confirmed that the emergency hearing was requested by the police and the city solicitor.
Asked the reason for the request, he said: "Anytime there is gun play at a club we feel it is a dangerous situation. You don't know if there is going to be retaliation...We need to know what happened exactly before we can open it up to the public again."
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Lying on your stomach, waiting for the water flow to kick in and power the half-wakeboard, half-hoverboard strapped to your feet, one can conjure several scenarios that could turn a supposedly fun adventure into a harrowing faceoff with Davy Jones.
Scenario 1: The jets under the Flyboard, as it's called, could be pointed down and you might end up blasted below the surface to a watery grave.
Scenario 2: The jets could be pointing straight up and you might be blasted through Dana Point's marine layer – only to eventually plummet back to earth.
Scenario 3 (the best case): You might turn into a hybrid of Iron Man and Aquaman, flying effortlessly above the surface and diving below like a dolphin.
"Keep your legs straight, arch your back and have fun," says Action Aqua Flight instructor Ternel Enriquez from the comfort of his Yamaha WaveRunner, which provides the propulsion for the Flyboard, connected by a 55-foot-long hose. Enriquez turns on the power to the Flyboard, and after I give a wary thumbs up, away we go.
After five or 10 minutes of falling forward, backward and sideways into the salty water off Dana Point's Doheny State Beach, I start to get the hang of the contraption and try a few spins and "dolphin dives" and quickly get tired.
It's a new experience on the water, and Action Aqua Flight owner Belinda Bain hopes it will take off in Dana Point.
The Flyboard came as a quick follow-up to the Jetlev jet pack, a water-propelled device that more closely resembles a "Jetsons" mode of transportation than the Flyboard, which looks like something from a future X Games competition.
The Flyboard, developed by professional water racer Frank Zapata in France in early 2011, has taken off in the United States, with tour companies, resorts and some private buyers lining up to buy the $10,000 board, which requires a $10,000 personal watercraft to operate.
"Once I saw that thing, I knew we had to have it," said Bain.
She got in touch with Zapata, who lined her up with a distributor in Florida early last year. Bain has spent the past 12 months getting herself and her employees certified as Flyboard instructors while working to gain approval from Orange County, Dana Point and even the Coast Guard to run Flyboard tours out of Dana Point Harbor.
Now all her instructors have more than 40 hours of flying and operating time on the Flyboard and are CPR- and first-aid-certified. She has hired captains to take a pontoon boat from Dana Point's West Marina to just outside the harbor entrance, where the Flyboarding takes place.
"It might be a bit excessive, but it's important to meet these rules," Bain said.
The rise in Flyboarding's popularity has brought an increase in companies offering flights and instructions, and in Dana Point Harbor's small confines, having novices literally learn on the fly wasn't worth the risk for the county, which runs the harbor.
In May, Fly Jet Sports, a company offering Flyboard tours, was having riders learn within the harbor, near the launch ramp and busy charter docks along Dana Wharf. OC Dana Point Harbor operations manager Paul Lawrence said the company was sent a letter to cease its activities within the harbor.
"We feel we have to manage the harbor, both the commercial side and the safety side, and that includes those types of activities," Lawrence said.
Fly Jet Sports stopped public tours shortly after receiving the letter and moved its operation to Newport Harbor's Back Bay, where it conducts tours near the Newport Dunes resort.
Brandon Caceido of Fly Jet Sports said the company still uses the Flyboard at Dana Point but now goes outside the harbor and only for friends and family – not for paying customers.
"Newport has become the primary location for our customers," Caceido said.


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QABALA, Azerbaijan
Last Thursday I began my day in my hotel room in this city shadowed by the
Great Caucasus Mountains reading the Hu:rriyet Daily News' story on Iran's
growing anger at Turkey's decision to host an American missile defense
radar system.
Turkey's agreement, as part of NATO, to host this long-discussed "missile
shield" that was originally envisioned for Poland or the Czech Republic is
a well-reported story. The backdrop, of course, is that it is really
designed to gaze at Iran. Hence the relocation of plans from Central
Europe to Turkey to ease (perhaps) the implied distrust of Russia in the
earlier proposition.
A few hours later I was back on the road with my wife and an old family
friend. We crested a ridge on the meandering country road to exit the
forest of plane and chestnut trees. Once I recovered from the "what the
hell is that?" shock, the nature of the gleaming steel building before us
- the height of five football fields put end-to-end - was explained to me.
A few kilometers away was the "Qabala Radar and Radiolocation Station"
built in 1985 when Azerbaijan was still part of the late Soviet Union.
Since Azerbaijani independence in 1991, the station has been run by the
Russian Space Forces under an agreement renewed in 2002. Currently, Russia
pays Azerbaijan $7 million a year to maintain the facility, operated by
more than 1,000 personnel.
This Star Wars leviathan rising from the rolling meadowlands was,
naturally, the topic of discussion in ensuing stops for tea and in chats
with farmers in the village of Qazanli where my wife wanted to take
photographs. The locals shared anecdotes about animals harmed by
radiation, which I doubt are true. They also told of wells drying up and
water shortages in the vicinity, which I suspect is true knowing a bit
about the water consumption used in cooling any high-energy facility.
In any event, I found myself suggesting without seriousness that a
solution might be a split-the-difference deal with the Americans. The job
of keeping an eye on Iran could be outsourced to Qabala. Or the whole
operation on behalf of all could be relocated to Turkey. I doubt the
Russian system would actually function if called upon to do so in an
emergency. Neither will the American version in Turkey. Anti-missile
systems are much loved by generals and defense contractors but prototypes
have historically failed every test. They are also a waste of money when
low-technology solutions are readily available to evil-doers.
So imagine my surprise a few days later when I found myself again at the
Internet, exploring the issue of missile defense. No less than President
(now Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin proposed a version of my facetious
idea to then-U.S. President George Bush at the June 2007 "G-8 summit" in
Germany: Scrap your plans and you can have Qabala, Putin reportedly said.
I'm sure there was a catch or two. Still, the offer sounds good to me,
especially after reading that Qabala has a range of 6,000 kilometers and
can monitor the launch of just about anything in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan,
India and Turkey.
Bush is out. Barack Obama is in. Missile defense is a fairy tale anyway.
Maybe this offer deserves a second look.
Lauren Goodrich
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Come visit all your friendly geeks down at the LA Brewing Company on Tuesday March 26th. Any beer geeks want to give us a lesson on how the nectar is made? Details here.
After a bit of hiatus, the Geek Dinner is coming back. This edition will bring us back to the Brewery to eat and enjoy some of their amazing rotating summer brews.
Come on out and catch up, have a beer and chat with your favorite geeks Monday night at 7pm.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
April showers may bring a bit of sadness but not for the Geeks of the Geek Dinner. This month's edition brings it home… or at least to the residents of the Brewery Artist colony. But don't let the artsy stuff make you nervous… Barbara's at the Brewery hosts quite a few characters…
And you geeks (entreprenurs, programmers, webbies, film freaks, and other assorted contractions and aptly named sorted variables) know all about what it's like to be a character.
So come on out and join a few of us while we exchange ideas and conversations over a bevvy of rotating taps, tasty specials (vegan friendly even too) on Monday, April 30th.
This lineup is bound to be interesting. Especially if YOU show up.
Looking forward to seeing all of you there.
When: 7pm on Monday April 30
Where: 620 Moulton Ave. #110 Los Angeles CA 90031. It can be a *little* confusing. Go in the big scary gates, find the large parking lot, ask someone to point out Barbara's. Trust me, you'll be fine.
Cheers and all good things!
It's been a while. You miss it. You should go back.
I mean to *both* a geek dinner *and* the Red Lion in Silverlake. Because that fabulous location is where the March dinner will be. And if you are under 21, no problem! You are welcome to attend.
where: Red Lion Tavern. 2366 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles (just N of where the 2 ends in Silverlake)
when: Saturday 3/31. 5pm until ???
what: something for show-n-tell?
After you've eaten all your candy hearts and chocolates, come on out for some good cheer with your favorite geek or three at the February edition of the G33k D1nner 2.0.
This month we are bringing the G33k back to one of it's original old haunts Canter's Deli. You know you love it. It's that place where you can sit and see everyone in LA if you stay long enough. Open 24 hrs. Huge menu. And booze? Oh yeah that'll be there too.
Last month's dinner featured geeks from all kinds of walks of life including programmers, hosting aficionados, journalists, start up cats, and much more. What kind of geeks will be at this event? Here's hoping… it's YOU.
And for those who are new comers, here's a little bit about who we are and why you should share in your awesome:
The "G33k d1nner" is a monthly gathering for geeks (dorks and nerds too) where we gather to connect and reconnect. We talk about our passions over bread and beer. Anyone is welcome to attend - as long as you are genuinely passionate about technology. The "g33k d1nner" is *not* a traditional networking event focused on dog& pony shows, rather it aims to cultivate social and professional relationships and the interchange of ideas.
Looking forward to seeing all of you there!
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 21st. 7pm until closing
WHERE: Canter's Deli (419 N Fairfax btw Melrose and Beverly)
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Tue, Apr 12, 11 at 20:56
I have read on this forum before that pinching back the terminal buds on the branches will improve the crop of figs.Do you pinch back all branches or just those with figs on them? When approx. would trees (Hardy Chicago) begin to set the main crop in zone 6 (southern Ohio)?
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Following Herman's advice, I pinch back new shoots when they show 5 or 6 leaves. I'm in zone 10 and most of my fig trees are begining to show their first main crop figs now. Dave |
- Posted by fortisi876 Z6NJ (My Page) on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 19:41
+1.....5-6 leaves is a good rule but also keep in mind this encourages new branch growth so if you're trying to shape your tree in a certain manner you might want go go beyond the 5-6 leaf rule. |
I mis-understood Herman's instructions. It must be difficult to mess up pinching. I pinched some of the new stems with 5 leaves on them, whole stem. Just a few. Then I re-read instructions and pinched a few pointy ends off some of the branches with 4-6 leaves. I left a few un-pinched. The pinched branches--all of them have put out 2-3 baby figlets. This is a super technique! |
It sure is. I pinch back everything on my young trees but the few branches I am trying to encourage...usually no more than three or four per tree. Looks like lots of figs this year, and most of my trees are only a year and a half old. Thank you Herman for sharing your knowledge and experience. |
Stunato, I live near Dayton, Ohio and have used Herman's method the last two years at least, pinching after the 5th to 6th leaf. It works very well. The Hardy Chicago fruits in September for me. Cath |
- Posted by foolishpleasure 7 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 22, 11 at 2:22
Oh boy that what I need to do. I have a Brown turkey, 3 year old never had even one fig. I will start pinching the tips of branches. Hopefully I get some Figs. |
Now it is getting very hot here and a couple of weeks without rain, so to nourish the new baby figlets (so exciting!) I put a 5 gallon bucket with a pin-hole in the bottom. Twice a week I am filling the bucket with water for a deep, gentle drink. Oooooh, my dear Herman, the Johnny Figseed of summer delicacies. |
Stunato:When they put on fruits depends if they are in pot or in ground. If in pot,and alive when taken out they will put out embryos,right away,as soon as starting growing. If in ground,then the buds are set back,by the cold conditions they had to go trough,so they leaf out on May first and put on fruits on June first. Yet Hardy Chicago is enough quick in growing them that they will ripe on about 15th of August,even thow they started late in life. |
Does any one espalier fig trees? |
- Posted by foolishpleasure 7a (My Page) on Sun, May 1, 11 at 2:42
Pinching really works. I have a brown Turkey which never produced even one Fig except lots of leaves. I pinched most of the buds and in a week It showed two Figs. I think it will have more. |
I am pinching my figs after the fifth leaf this year,earlier than before(after sixth leaf),in order to have earlier main crop. The reason Why,I pinch after the fifth,is that when pinching after sixth,the first and second leaf will not form embryos fruits,but only the third leaf will. In fact I can see that in the future I might have to pinch after the forth leaf in order to force the tree to form fruits starting with the second leaf. I started pinching on May 10. |
- Posted by leon_edmond z7NM (My Page) on Sat, May 21, 11 at 23:01
I think I recall posting this info before. I have an Italian friend who does quite the opposite. He learned this from one of his friends who worked in a commercial greek fig orchard. Around the first of May (in Pittsburgh), he removes all the leaves of the fig branches except for the very end of the branch in which the distal 4-5 are left. As you can imagine, this opens the tree to more light but he claims the method forces the figlets to grow at the cut leaf nodes and the tree will produce larger and more flavorful figs. |
Leon :your posting is interesting: I am thinking to start experimenting on one tree with this newer method! |
I agree, Herman. Sounds like it's worth a try. Thanks for sharing this, Leon. |
- Posted by joe_grandinetti 5b (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 19:58
4th and 5th leaves are just emerging here in northeastern Pennsylvania. Will pinch after 5th leaf, as done in past couple of years - this method has worked well for me. Thank you Herman! |
- Posted by northeastnewbie (My Page) on Wed, May 25, 11 at 18:18
I have been pinching for two weeks now myself I have pinched from 5th leaf to 6th leaf I do not get to picky I just pinch alot. I have many varieties with main crop figs started. I now tell everyone to pinch pinch pinch. I do not worry about branching as I usually prune the tree back into the shape I want in the fall. |
I did Removed leaves,on a Mission,and Ronde de Bordeaux figs ,by the Method described by Dr. Leon. Very interested to see the results. |
Pinching question...Have a brown turkey in ground. It started new shoots from the bottom. They are now about 18" talk and have about 5 leaves on them. If I pinch the tree will only be 18" talk...is this correct or am I missing something? |
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'Horns' Photos Show That Not Even Daniel Radcliffe Looks Innocent With These Things Growing Out of His Head
Movie News By Samantha Wilson on September 5, 2013 | (2) CommentsDaniel Radcliffe is a having A Moment. With the trailer for Kill Your Darlings just released yesterday, we're now getting a glimpse of his other upcoming project, Horns, in the form of some images revealing his titular problem.
Horns, directed by Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D), follows an unassuming man named Ig (Radcliffe) who is accused of brutally murdering his beloved girlfriend Merrin (Juno Temple). Though Ig maintains his innocence, people have a really hard time believing his story when he starts sprouting devilish horns out of his forehead apropos of nothing. Gruesome as they may appear, the horns have the strange ability to force people around Ig to tell the truth, making this murder investigation just a little bit easier than he might have anticipated.
The stills, courtesy of EW, show Ig in three states of horniness (not that kind, grow up), ranging from before Merrin's death, in happier times,to his full incarnation looking satyr-like and emerging from a smoky bar that looks like the pits of hell itself. Should I insert my obligatory joke about Radcliffe being used to having unusual forehead features here? I'm looking forward to hearing more about this movie, which is adapted from a novel by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son), and seeing a full length trailer that explains the process behind growing horns. Because Ig looks horrified.
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[1706] Metformin Induces Cell Death in a Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line through Affecting Multiple Survival Pathways.
Hong Chai, Priya Weerasinghe, Robert E Brown. University of Texas- Medical School, Houston
Background: Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood. Its tumorigenicity is enhanced by the expression of survival pathways such as Akt and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 as well as an inappropriate level of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activity. Metformin is one of the most widely used diabetes drugs. It has shown inhibiting effects on mTOR, which may prevent the growth of cancer cells. In this study, we will examine the efficacy of metformin on a human neuroblastoma cell line and also investigate its possible mechanisms.
Design: A neuroblastoma cell line, SK-N-AS, was purchased from ATCC. After reaching 50-60% confluence, cells were treated with various concentrations of metformin (0, 1, 5, 10, 20, 40 mM) for different period of times (0, 30 min, 2, 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours). The cell viability was determined by MTT colorimetric assay. The apoptotic responses were measured with TUNEL assay. Phosphorylation of Akt1/2/3 (p-Akt1/2/3 [Thr308]), AMP-activated protein kinase alpha1 subunit (p-AMPKa1 [Thr172]), p42 MAP Kinase (p-ERK2), STAT3 (p-STAT3 [Ser727]), and mTOR (p-mTOR [S2448]) and total mTOR (mTOR [7C10]) protein expression levels were determined with Western blot assay.
Results: As early as 6 hours post-treatment, cell viability was significantly decreased at 10 mM concentration. In 24 and 48 hours treatment groups, metformin at 5 mM and above concentrations significant decreased cell viability. TUNEL assay showed similar results. Western blots showed a decrease of p-Akt2 and p-STAT3 expression levels in metformin treatment groups. An increase of p-ERK2, p-AMPKa1 was also observed. Total mTOR levels were slight increased while the phosphorylation at S2448 site was significantly decreased.
Conclusions: Our results indicate that metformin significantly decreased cell viability and increased cell death in a human neuroblastoma cell line in association with down-regulation of p-Akt, p-STAT3 and p-mTOR survival pathways. These data suggested a potential clinical application of metformin in the treatment of neuroblastoma cases with constitutive activation of Akt, STAT3 and mTOR.
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Hi all, newbie here. Can anybody tell me if the Phillips T-8 32 watt lights are ok for seed starting? I have one cool white and one natural sunlight flourescent bulb in each fixture. I plan to start several hundred seeds, mostly salvia, this year. I need to buy several more fixtures and bulbs but want your advice before spending $$$$. Thanks Kathy |
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- Posted by npthaskell coastal oregon (My Page) on Wed, Jan 4, 06 at 16:50
I recently switched from normal output GE "T12 40W Plant & Aquarium Wide Spectrum" to overdriven Philips T12 40W and T8 32W "Daylight Delux". I got the Philips bulbs at ~ $3 a piece at Home Depot (Jwmeyer --- that was at the Salem Home Depot, haha). They are in 2-packs with shrink wrap and cardboard ends. By "overdriven" I mean that I'm forcing ~60 Watts down each 40W T12 or 32W T8 bulb, by taking apart the fixture and replacing the ballast as described by "Zink" in the thread "I have found the BEST Cheap fluorescent ballast/fixture, continued". I believe that the combination of changing the color spectrum of the bulb, and increasing the light intensity by overdriving, has helped prevent leggyness in my seedlings. I have also increased light intensity by reducing the escape of light by taping hanging aluminum foil (actually, foiled Christmas wrap) around the light fixtures. If you don't want to take apart the fixture, and overdrive it, I understand. I think that your next best option is to replace your bulbs with "delux daylight". The second next best option is replacing your cool whites with "natural sunlight". |
- Posted by shrubs_n_bulbs z8/9 UK (My Page) on Wed, Jan 4, 06 at 19:04
The Philips T8 32W tubes (ALTOs?) are fine for seed starting. Place them close the surface of the seedlings and you should be good to go. Look carefully at the lamp holders you buy to be sure that as much light as possible is being reflected down onto the seed trays. Everyone has a different take on precisely which fluorescent spectrum and colour temperature is best. Why not try a few different ones and see if you notice any difference? |
- Posted by Mike(email@example.com) onMon, Apr 11, 11 at 16:51
Hello, I am also new at growing indoors.Are the T-8 bulbs better than a T-12 or just more of a energy saver? What is the best florescent for indoor growing?Growing not flowering, besides T5's. |
The T number refers to the diameter of the bulb in eighths of an inch. So T-12's are the largest at 1.5", then T-8's, T-5's, etc. Skinnier bulbs are preferred because their smaller diameter allows more light to be reflected around them, whereas a larger diameter bulb will block more of its own reflected light. Also, skinnier bulbs can be positioned closer together for greater intensity. If T-5's are out, I'd go with T-8's. I'd also try to get a fixture with good reflectors that curve around each bulb as much as possible. This will direct more light downwards where you want it, rather than out into the room. As for bulbs, I prefer 6500K, but standard cool whites also work well. |
There's a 4' T12 out that puts out 3200 lumen but I can't remember the brand off hand. Other than that bulb I'd go with the 4' T8's. I'm also using 6500k/daylight T8 bulbs but have overdriven them with higher output ballasts. |
- Posted by hummersteve 6 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 16, 12 at 22:04
Also there are some reflectors that are better than others it may take some searching but it can make a big difference. |
- Posted by GreenThumb90 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 22, 12 at 0:14
Personally I would by pass flourescents and go to a 150W HPS (High PRessure Sodium) Lamp, you can get them on eBay for as little as 80 dollars used or a new one for 89 dollars, look around. I use two 150W HPS lamps for my Gardenia, Desert Roses, and Cape Gooseberry plants over the winter. This literally mimics the sun so your might spend more money but the investment is worth it. This set also comes with a reflector and ballast. |
I have 3- 8 bulb T5HO 54W bulb fixtures from Hrydrofarm that put out 432 w, 40,000 lumens each and they kick butt. They run about $200 each and use 6400k or 3000k (or both) bulbs. I've meassured about 26,000 lux at the center and 17,000 on the ends so these put out everything you need plus for seedlings to semi-mature plants. Each light fits about 4-5 flats. The last 4 or 5 years we tried what you are doing with less then great results. The current lights seem like night and day difference (sorry for the analogy). |
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[Updated] Wrath Beta patch notes: Paladin part I {WoW}
Jul 18th 2008 6:40AM @Danielle:
It's an instant hit with a shield that causes 200% damage based on your block value and it "causes a high amount of threat".
Sounds like they're trying to make prot pallys more like prot warriors.
[Updated] Wrath Beta patch notes: Paladin part I {WoW}
Jul 18th 2008 5:12AM @Epimer:
They moved Divine Strength to the Prot tree so ret pallies could pick it up without wasting 5 points in the holy tree to get it, while throwing 5 more points away in the prot tree for either a shield skill (they don't wear shields obviously) or an extra little bit of armor (they don't use Devotion Aura either)...just so they can pick up 3% chance to hit and BoK.
That was a smart move on Blizz's part...make the trees more open to different play styles.
[Updated] Wrath Beta patch notes: Paladin part I {WoW}
Jul 18th 2008 5:04AM Buffs to Shockadins:
-Avenging Wrath no longer causes Forebearance, damage increase reduced to 20%,
now increases healing done by 20%.
=Bubble and Wings? Yes please, that's 12 seconds of not having my wings purged
or dispelled or eaten by a felpuppy.
-Conviction (Retribution) now increases critical chance with all spells and
melee attacks.
=Not only will Shockadins now have 5% more spell crit, but by filling up this
spell we're also opening ourselves to the Retribution talent "Vengeance".
-Divine Intellect (Holy) moved to tier 2, increases total Intellect by
=Another 5% Intellect is good. That's a bit more mana, crit, and spell damage.
-Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana
cost reduced, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health.
=Probably won't hit for as much as itused to but we can use it at 35% instead of
20%...more burst is good.
-Holy Shock (Holy) range changed to 20/40 yards when used on enemies/friends
respectively, cooldown reduced to 6 seconds.
=Can finally make a useful macro hotkey for spamming JoR (8 seconds with
talents) + Holy Shock (down from 15 seconds).
-Improved Seal of the Crusader (Retribution) renamed Heart of the Crusader and
the effects now apply to all Judgement spells.
=I can judge the enemy with Wisdom and still have 3% crit on them? Sweet!
-Repentance (Retribution) mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to
1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants,
Humanoids and Undead.
=With 10 more talent points at our disposal, this move will be grabbed, no doubt
about it, and it looks like it'll be taking that 1 odd man number that Sanctity
Aura used to possess in the (40/0/21) build.
-Holy Wrath is now instant cast, causes a 3 second stun, cooldown reduced to 30
seconds, radius reduced to 10 yards.
=If Holy Wrath stays being spell based, this is gonna be very useful for
leveling in Northrend. Undead based massive AoE with stun...I like.
-Illumination (Holy) moved to tier 3.
=I wonder how that'll affect Divine Favor and Holy Shock, if at all?
-Improved Concentration Aura moved from the Protection tree to tier 4 in the
Holy tree.
=May be worth picking this talent up since we're gonna need a new aura.
-Improved Sanctity Aura (Retribution) renamed Sanctified Retribution, now causes
all units affected by Retribution Aura to cause 2% more damage.
=May be worth picking this up if you'd rather use Retribution Aura over
Concentration Aura.
-Retribution Aura damage increased and now gains damage based on Holy spell
=See above notes.
-Sanctified Light (Holy) now also increases the critical chance of Holy Shock.
=Not sure if that affects the healing and damage of Holy Shock, but 6% more crit
could put some people at a 50% crit chance for the spell.
Sanctity Aura (Retribution) removed.
=So far, my only QQ. :(
Ask a Lore Nerd: Only a little broken {WoW}
Jul 14th 2008 12:13AM @RougeJedi:
There's a Horde town in the Hinterlands that has a pretty huge dock. I only remember it because I killed the fishing guy down there. :P
Ask a Lore Nerd: Faith and religion {WoW}
Jul 1st 2008 3:33AM Good article bro, but I was hoping to see something in there about the Cult of the Damned. Seems with Wrath around the corner, those guys will be coming out of the woodwork to see their new and improved Lich King.
Forum post of the day: Doomsprocket's Dilemma {WoW}
Jun 30th 2008 4:53AM That actually sounds like fun, maybe I'll jack with my bluetooth receiver and see what kinds of interesting things my Wiimote can interface with.
WWI '08 Panel: Paladin (UPDATED) {WoW}
Jun 30th 2008 1:44AM "Kaeron said...
Shockadin sounds great, but at the end of the day, there's something wrong if a completely cross-tree spec is infinitely better than a full talent tree. Another attack spell would be nice, preferably trainable rather than talented - when soloing as holy, it gets boring waiting 9 seconds for anything that's not auto-attack."
I wouldn't say it's better at one thing as any of the other three choice specs. Healing capability comes close, but I don't pick up the Improved Blessing of Wisdom nor the 6% crit for Holy Light in the the Holy tree. Tanking doesn't even come close, but in the thick of battle and say your tank's taunt is still on cooldown, you can taunt a mob or two your way and hold them until the tank regains control. And as I said before, DPS is much lower than a ret pally (who already doesn't have good damage).
But for me, it's how I enjoy playing. I rolled a paladin to "do it all". The idea of a healer in plate gear sounded great when I made it. Then I find out there is alot more to the mechanics of the game.
WWI '08 Panel: Death Knight {WoW}
Jun 29th 2008 2:09AM Natalie how did you skip the Plaguelands? I started and quit WoW around level 30, before I played Warcraft 3...but after playing WC3 I eventually came back to WoW.
With that being said, the whole reason I never gave up leveling my paladin even though it was a pain in the rear, was just to see the Plaguelands. After seeing places like Strahnbrad, Andorhal, and the infamous Stratholme in WC3, I had to see for myself how much they'd changed. Like one of the posters above me said, there are some great quest stories up there if you take the time to do them, and it's got the most interesting scenery of any zones in the game. I mean, where else are you going to see giant fungal mushrooms, or a huge rare Nerubian Overseer that will still kill most 70 players today...then there's the Crimson Courier that will plow down and knock back and kill most 70's as well. There's also an enormous bat and grub monster that used to be elites and were hard as hell to kill, you can try soloing Blightcaller if you've got an Alliance 70 (good luck with that), solo the battle of Darrowshire (a raid quest), storm Tyr's Hand and see all the neato Scarlet Crusade people. Of course if you're not into all that, you can just go and check out Naxxramas floating above the ground, or go hang out with Tirion before he moves to Dalaran.
I love Plaguelands. I think maybe I'll camp the DK starting zone and kill the newbies as they come up. >=)
WWI '08 Panel: Paladin (UPDATED) {WoW}
Jun 29th 2008 1:43AM Everyone's so angry and yet...they keep playing. I've been playing just over a year now, and I've seen so many changes to pallies since that time, especially the whole thing in patch 2.3. Being a pally myself, I do feel some of the pain, but I swear, ret has to be the choice spec for all pansies. You bitch and moan and whine and complain and nothing is ever good enough. You're a HYBRID, get over it...you'll never be the best at any one thing, learn to shift roles to fit different situations.
What's so great about being retribution anyway? Your DPS sucks and unless you're Horde, it's very uncontrollable since SoComm is a proc, your survivability is atrocious since the only "oh shit" skill you have is bubble, then when it wears off you're still gonna mauled because you've only got 8k armor...and did I mention that your healing ability is just a big retarded waste of mana since they took out all spell damage and healing on retri gear?
I'll continue to be a Shockadin and loving it. My DPS might not be as high, but I live longer, I can emergency off-tank with my shield, my heals are vastly superior when needed, and I still bring Sanc Aura for the tanking pally and Improved SoC for the raid.
Splash Screen changes: Worldwide Invitational edition {WoW}
Jun 28th 2008 4:34AM Teeth? There's nothing there but cold vapors like around the rest of the image. Your nostrils could just as easily be cheek bones, there's not enough to tell all that yet.
I will say that it doesn't look like any Lich King we've seen yet, it definitely does look more demonic...but I don't see the devil himself with cold vapor streams coming off his eyes.
The ridges on the head do remind me of the Protoss image from the Starcraft box though.


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Oct 17th 2008 2:17PM AMANDA!...That's the one I heard on WoW Insider podcast. Your the one that seemed so excited over your mother leaving your dad. Your the one that just broke up with your boyfriend. Am I right? Please tell me cause I'm starting to doubt myself now :(
SOME female on the podcast really seemed to hate men...might have to go back in the archive to find it.
Coren Direbrew now drops cross-faction Brewfest mounts, teleportation device {WoW}
Sep 20th 2008 9:35AM This is messed up! They got our ram, they got our hypogryph. WTH! Blizzard is horde biased and there's proof in their actions.


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May 22nd 2009 1:03PM Domo-kun!
Guildwatch: "This is not a f$#(ing joke" {WoW}
Apr 22nd 2009 8:06AM There must be something in the water in Area 52... We got one of their ninja transfer guilds over on Farstriders (Brood I believe they were called... now Bane) and all of the threads that attempted to warn us about their reputation mysteriously disappear off of our forums!
Then again, there might be something in the water in Farstriders... from everything I've heard the Horde side seems to be generally pleased that they're here. =P
A walking tour around the Roleplaying realms {WoW}
Jan 13th 2009 6:22AM I've always thought that it would be more in Blizzard's best interest to avoid policing the RP community on an RP server (aside from enforcing standard ToS, cracking down on ERP, etc.). I play on Farstriders so that I can be with my wife, and I barely RP at all. If Blizzard had a "mandatory RP on RP server" type of policy, I wouldn't have rolled on my current server to begin with. (I don't have any problems with RP, it's just not my forte).
Daniel, you might consider /leave-ing the Trade channel and/or filtering it into a separate chat window (both of which are supported in the default UI). It's an easy way to avoid the headache and should leave you with more time to focus on RP (if you so choose).
Addon Spotlight: Friend & Ignore Share {WoW}
Jan 12th 2009 10:22AM You might check out IgnoreMore for your ignore list. It expands the ignore list, auto-shares between your alts on that realm/faction, and lets you add notes (with an overloaded /ignore command to boot).
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Dec 10th 2008 5:07PM I'm pretty sure that I just said "w00t" on all of the past contest posts. I haven't won anything yet...
Oh well.
Ebon Plague to get some multiple user loving, says Ghostcrawler {WoW}
Dec 6th 2008 11:13PM I hope they do something similar with Earth and Moon... Being as it's an Arcane school debuff, any mobs that are immune to Arcane magic are immune to the debuff as well. That is a significant amount of damage lost to a caster-heavy DPS group.
Breakfast Topic: What's your questing style? {WoW}
Dec 2nd 2008 8:14AM I'm a tiny bit OCD when it comes to questing, and I definitely fall into the last category (at least on my higher-level toons). I've been finished with my last zone now for a week, but I just can't bring myself to start a new one as I'm still digesting all of the lore.
well, having finals next week doesn't help either...
Insider Trader: Gather in Northrend {WoW}
Nov 30th 2008 10:13AM Coldarra is another good place to skin, lots of dragonkin packed tightly. Only drawback is that they usually drop scraps instead of regular borean leather.
Breakfast Topic: Game-changing skills {WoW}
Nov 27th 2008 8:46AM Flag holder camping on top of their base in WSG? Not a problem anymore. Boomkin sneaks up in kitty form, waits for him/her to get close to the ledge... Typhoon'd.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway Day -1 - Razer Destructor mousing surface {WoW}
Nov 15th 2008 4:05AM w00t for more Razer gear!