Random Musings by Kraft

  • mom is fine

    Everything went well. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

  • leaving for mom’s operation

    The operation actually begins at 7:30 am.

  • ucc launches raffle

    One of my projects this semester is the first-in-a-very-long-time UCC Raffle. The raffle, ongoing now with tickets available online, via phone (512-476-7351 x10 during business hours) or in person, will wrap up on December 6, 2007 with the drawing of the winner at the UCC Christmas Party. We know the UCC used to have car…

  • Breaking The Silence

    I have maintained a blogging silence over the past few weeks. On the morning of my last post, my mom went in for a medical test and two days later, she learned that she has breast cancer. As far as I know, we have had no history of cancer in our family and with much…

  • 10 years

    Today, it has been ten years since my dad passed away. Perhaps because I’ve been so incredibly busy during the past few weeks, I haven’t really thought about it much. While in school, I would have too much time to think about it and would end up taking an academic dive this time of year.…

  • my next killer app

    A “killer app” is an application that becomes a must-have and literally changes the socio-technical landscape. Going very old school, writing, literacy and currency all were killer apps in their own time. More recently, e-mail is a killer app. Without it, you’re way behind and only get further and further behind. Facebook and/or MySpace are…