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The NHL Responded to my Letter

August 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix

For those of you who may remember, I sent the NHL’s Commissioner Gary Bettman a letter on March 12th, 2011 complaining about the vicious hit on Max Pacioretty by Zdeno Chara. https://www.capitalware.com/rl_blog/?p=435 This week I (finally) received a reply from Mr. Bettman. https://www.capitalware.com/dl/docs/Response_letter_from_NHL.pdf It looks like a form letter sent to hundreds (or thousands) of […]

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HP Discontinues WebOS Devices

August 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, HP announced the discontinuation of the TouchPad, Veer, Pixi and Pre WebOS devices. http://news.yahoo.com/palm-largely-dead-hp-shuts-phone-tablet-unit-234202196.html Wow, I’m surprised. HP spent over a billion dollars to buy Palm just over a year ago and they must have spent hundreds of millions on development costs for the hardware (and software). The TouchPad only launched last month!! Talk […]

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Capitalware’s letter to the NHL

March 13, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, I decided to send a letter to the NHL regarding the head shots and cheap shots going on in the NHL. Here is a scan of the letter that Capitalware sent to the NHL (in PDF format). Here is the text of the letter: Dear Commissioner Bettman: We are contacting you today to add […]

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IBM’s Watson computer to be on Jeopardy!

January 6, 2011 Roger Lacroix

In February 2011, IBM’s Watson computer will be on the TV game show Jeopardy!. Watson will take on 2 of the greatest Jeopardy champions ever: Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. IBM press release: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/33233.wss From a nerd point of view, this is really interesting. I definitely will be watching those 3 Jeopardy! episodes (Feb. 14, […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 15, 2010 Roger Lacroix

My wife and I have 5 kids, so at this time of year things are very hectic. The kids are saying “let it snow and bring on Christmas”. 🙂 I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc… and a Happy New Year. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix

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Welcome

December 9, 2010 Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer.  I have been programming since the 80’s.  My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx.  I have worked in the airline and retail industries but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry.  In 1994, […]

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