https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/commencement/ Recent content in Commencement on A Geek's Life Hugo en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:13:44 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/12/09/should-i-have-would-i/ Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:13:44 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/12/09/should-i-have-would-i/ <p><em>By the time you read this, I would have completed the penultimate item on version 6.02 of the five year plan.</em></p> <p>26k pounds in expenses, 52k pounds in deferred lost earnings, 4 months of second guessing myself, wondering if this was the right move in retrospect&hellip;. And all I get were two short minutes of fame&hellip;. 2 minutes where I donned the cape, got the hood and took the twelve steps eastward across the stage to lose my hand in his pudgy one!</p> https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/05/28/on-living-a-soulful-life/ Thu, 28 May 2009 18:14:20 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/05/28/on-living-a-soulful-life/ <p>I&rsquo;ve always had a not too complementary view of the intellectual capabilities of most musicians.. But <a href="http://www.johnlegend.com/us/home">John Legend</a> made a lot of sense in his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSIQszUAvow">commencement address at his Alma Mater</a> (The University Of Pennsylvania). I don&rsquo;t agree explicitly with everything he says especially about blurring the lines between absolutes, but he made sense overall. Enjoy&hellip;</p> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NSIQszUAvow?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div>