September 5, 2005

Katrina informs us of the Value of Time

Katrina has spread its wings wide over the Gulf Coast, leaving a swath of distruction on a scale that defies description.

In spending time with relatives and friends while on vacation and seeing this signal event take place before our eyes, I am learning again the value of Time. The use and abuse we make with Time is emblematic of the human condition. It is always relative to our own small place in the world. But spending time with close family members is very important, because we never know when the Time we have available now will no longer be available to us or to them.

Sickness or accident may be the event, the cause may be by human or environmental intervention, but in the end, we will no longer have access to their smile, their warmth, their idiosyncrasies, or they to ours. Let's spend a little time with family, with friends and with neighbors so we know who we are to help when disaster strikes, because there will be many strangers also, and having a friend or neighbour close by in times of trouble provides at least some moral support.

If you can, send help; if are able, go help; if you can do neither, simply pray. We are all subjects of this one small and lonely planet, and it demands our collective respect.

Posted by alexfiteni at 12:38 PM | Comments (0)

March 8, 2005

Inaugural Blog

This journal is dedicated to reviews for current topics in information technology (IT) trends. Starting a blog sounded pretty neat when I began the task. It has proven to be a formidable project, as I have also re-designed www.fiteni.com as a professional services firm, focussing on evaluation and mitigation of regulatory and globalization impacts on information technology infrastructure. It has also moved to a new hosting ISP at www.nexcess.net, where Greg Swaney has been just great, answering stupid questions in record time, so here's a plug for Greg. For those who are used to seeing fiteni.com as an art web site, have no fear... it is being rebuilt elsewhere and you will see a lot more content and fun soon!

Posted by alexfiteni at 6:05 PM