DEI equals American Values

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in modern America are not departures from our founding principles but rather the fulfillment of ideals articulated by the nation’s architects. While the practical application of these values has evolved over centuries, the philosophical foundation for DEI can be traced directly to the words and vision of America’s founders, including George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration’s Promise and DEI’s Mission Thomas Jefferson’s most famous contribution to American political philosophy appears at the very beginning of the Declaration of Independence: ...

November 20, 2025 · 8 min · 1668 words · Christopher Hicks

Man in Finance in LEGO

Artificial Intelligence I had fun putting this together with Galaxy.AI. It is amazing to me how easy it was to get a result that I’m very satisfied with. Galaxy.AI One of the reasons I went into so much detail about Galaxy.AI in my linked-in post about this is that they were offering a months worth of credits for writing a review. I didn’t have to pull any punches, so I was happy to share how’s it been working for me. ...

September 28, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Christopher Hicks

This outage was broader than just Time Warner, but the news outlets seem to be unaware

This outage was broader than just Time Warner, but the news outlets seem to be unaware of that. Originally shared by Ray of Sunshine* Time Warner Cable just had a nationwide internet outage. Details to come. http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/time-warner-suffers-nation-wide-internet-outage/ Links http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/time-warner-suffers-nation-wide-internet-outage/ Time Warner suffers nation-wide Internet outage http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-November/041666.html http://status.vr.org/2011-11-07-level3-global-failure/ http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mapping-babel-10017967/juniper-fail-seen-as-culprit-in-site-outages-10024743/ Shared with: Public Comments Christopher Hicks - 2011-11-07T17:24:08Z http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-November/041666.html Christopher Hicks - 2011-11-07T17:32:40Z http://status.vr.org/2011-11-07-level3-global-failure/ Christopher Hicks - 2011-11-07T18:07:29Z http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mapping-babel-10017967/juniper-fail-seen-as-culprit-in-site-outages-10024743/

November 7, 2011 · 1 min · 67 words · Christopher Hicks

Nice Couchbase ops training in SF

Couchbase ops training in San Francisco was well done. It was nice being on the student side of the room for once.

July 29, 2011 · 1 min · 22 words · Christopher Hicks