Job search over! I start at Microsoft in May!

Today, the first day of April, I got out of class a little early and decided to go through some job listings and check my email.

The only interesting job listing I found was a new position with Google.com. They’re looking for engineers to work at their new Lunar hosting and research center. (Read about that here). I’ve been interested in positions off-planet, but until we have regular passenger traffic between here and Luna (that’s the moon) I think it might be a little inconvenient.

Apple Logo Found on Mars

Apple logo found on Mars (MacWorld UK [no longer available]).

Today, the first day of April, European Space Agency scientists were flabbergasted to discover a formation of mountains and craters on Mars that resembles an Apple logo.

Pretty bizarre if you ask me—has Apple figured out some way to advertise in space, or is this seriously just a random formation? ;-)

GMU: Money Where Your Mouth Is?

Take a look at RobLINK.com to see why tuition at George Mason University is so high.

Salaries paid to university employees are a matter of public record, and therefore a simple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request gets all sorts of data about who gets paid what. The people running that site do that every semester and post it for all to see.

Presidential Candidates Exploit Important Issues, Says Group

Candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties are treading into off-limits territory, according to an independent electoral watchdog group.

A Political Improvement Group (PIG) report released Thursday criticized both President George W. Bush (R) and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) for unfairly exploiting certain important issues for political gain in the course of their presidential campaigns.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.