{"id":1957,"date":"2016-12-29T15:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2016-12-30T11:08:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:08:23","slug":"those-norman-rockwell-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I catch quite a bit of flack for choosing to live in Illinois. People claim it is the most corrupt state in the union because we have put more politicians in prison than any other state. Well, it\u2019s not. We just have a much lower tolerance level when it comes to corrupt politicians. Yes, they are all corrupt, but if they are actually doing a good job we don\u2019t put them in prison. Hopefully our current governor will be the next to receive at least a decade long all expenses paid Federal Corrections medium security “vacation,” but I digress.<\/p>\n

Yes, we keep moving up on the list of top 10 indebted states. According to this we were 4th in 2011\/12. Probably much higher now since our current governor hasn\u2019t managed to get a budget passed for a few years, well, since July 1, 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prediction time!<\/p>\n

\n

Our current worthless governor will continue his Jihad to purge everyone who is not a multi-millionaire from the state of Illinois and will not have passed a _complete_ budget by the end of 2017. Spending plans do not count.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"PoleHey, I understand the flack. Why would anyone want to live in a state where economic terrorism is committed against them each and every day? Most people don\u2019t which is why in 2016 Illinois created more more refugees than any other state<\/a>. So, yes, I totally understand that my state makes Flint Michigan look well run. I understand that in August we will have both a heat wave and a power outage because Comm Ed has figured out if they don\u2019t do maintenance until a storm or heat wave happens they can get a rate increase every time they ask.<\/p>\n

Just take a look at that utility pole. You can find them all over rural Illinois looking just like that. Rather than replace them under the maintenance budget they put a metal band around poles pushing 100 years of age and wait for a storm to take them out. Take a real close look at that.<\/p>\n

\"PoleHopefully the rest of the country will never fall for that privatization scam Illinois fell for. The state sidestepped its obligations opting to contract out social services. Court orders mandate that the state pay its employees even without a budget. If it were state employees providing those services they would still be happening. Now all of those services are shutting down<\/a>. Privatization of government services BAD.<\/p>\n

2017 will see an even larger exodus from the state, there can be little doubt about that. The state is becoming a medieval fiefdom consisting of a ruling class and the indentured servants. Even more so than the rest of the country. Of course in modern times they do not use the term indentured servant. It is called “right to work” now. Combine that with loose standards for credit card holders and you have an instant batch of indentured servants, they just aren’t publicly called that.<\/p>\n

Yes, all of this and more is true of the state. If I didn’t have family ties to hold me I would probably be one of the refuges. Actually, about the only thing keeping me here is the fact we still get 4 seasons. Global warming will soon make it 3 seasons, but for now we still get 4. I’ve been to many places in this country but few have had to offer the one thing I find here. Those Norman Rockwell mornings.<\/p>\n

\"snow<\/p>\n

\"snow<\/p>\n

From fresh snow on the pines to the beautiful auburn tree lines of fall, I haven’t found any place which looks quite like this. Then again, other than a few places in the Middle East and some notable former Soviet Block countries, I have never heard of a place with a government like our state’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I catch quite a bit of flack for choosing to live in Illinois. People claim it is the most corrupt state in the union because we have put more politicians in prison than any other state. Well, it\u2019s not. We just have a much lower tolerance level when it comes to corrupt politicians. Yes, they are all corrupt, but if they are actually doing a good job we don\u2019t put them in prison. Hopefully our … Those Norman Rockwell Mornings<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1116,4],"tags":[1238,1240,1241,1239,1242,79],"class_list":["post-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another","tag-comm-ed","tag-flint-michigan","tag-human-services","tag-illinois-budget","tag-indentured-servants","tag-right-to-work","bnm-entry"],"yoast_head":"\nThose Norman Rockwell Mornings – Logikal Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings – Logikal Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I catch quite a bit of flack for choosing to live in Illinois. People claim it is the most corrupt state in the union because we have put more politicians in prison than any other state. Well, it\u2019s not. We just have a much lower tolerance level when it comes to corrupt politicians. Yes, they are all corrupt, but if they are actually doing a good job we don\u2019t put them in prison. Hopefully our … Those Norman Rockwell MorningsRead more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Logikal Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-29T21:28:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-30T17:08:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1121150709.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b87acf3335e19871db8f4a1aca03736c\"},\"headline\":\"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-29T21:28:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-30T17:08:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":634,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/1121150709.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Comm Ed\",\"Flint Michigan\",\"human services\",\"Illinois budget\",\"indentured servants\",\"Right to Work\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\",\"Thank You Sir May I Have Another\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings – Logikal Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/1121150709.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-29T21:28:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-30T17:08:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/1121150709.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/1121150709.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\\\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Logikal Blog\",\"description\":\"For people with attention spans longer than a Tweet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\",\"name\":\"seasoned_geek\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"seasoned_geek\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\"},\"description\":\"Roland Hughes started his IT career in the early 1980s. He quickly became a consultant and president of Logikal Solutions, a software consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS application and C++\\\/Qt touchscreen\\\/embedded Linux development. Early in his career he became involved in what is now called cross platform development. Given the dearth of useful books on the subject he ventured into the world of professional author in 1995 writing the first of the \\\"Zinc It!\\\" book series for John Gordon Burke Publisher, Inc. A decade later he released a massive (nearly 800 pages) tome \\\"The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer\\\" which tried to encapsulate the essential skills gained over what was nearly a 20 year career at that point. From there \\\"The Minimum You Need to Know\\\" book series was born. Three years later he wrote his first novel \\\"Infinite Exposure\\\" which got much notice from people involved in the banking and financial security worlds. Some of the attacks predicted in that book have since come to pass. While it was not originally intended to be a trilogy, it became the first book of \\\"The Earth That Was\\\" trilogy: Infinite Exposure Lesedi - The Greatest Lie Ever Told John Smith - Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars When he is not consulting Roland Hughes posts about technology and sometimes politics on his blog. He also has regularly scheduled Sunday posts appearing on the Interesting Authors blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theminimumyouneedtoknow.com\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b87acf3335e19871db8f4a1aca03736c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/168fb2539f8db5d41fe93ae7707d04fbfab3d518cd2603e8066217896887745a?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/168fb2539f8db5d41fe93ae7707d04fbfab3d518cd2603e8066217896887745a?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/168fb2539f8db5d41fe93ae7707d04fbfab3d518cd2603e8066217896887745a?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings – Logikal Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings – Logikal Blog","og_description":"I catch quite a bit of flack for choosing to live in Illinois. People claim it is the most corrupt state in the union because we have put more politicians in prison than any other state. Well, it\u2019s not. We just have a much lower tolerance level when it comes to corrupt politicians. Yes, they are all corrupt, but if they are actually doing a good job we don\u2019t put them in prison. Hopefully our … Those Norman Rockwell MorningsRead more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/","og_site_name":"Logikal Blog","article_published_time":"2016-12-29T21:28:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-30T17:08:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1121150709.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/b87acf3335e19871db8f4a1aca03736c"},"headline":"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings","datePublished":"2016-12-29T21:28:32+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-30T17:08:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/"},"wordCount":634,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1121150709.jpg","keywords":["Comm Ed","Flint Michigan","human services","Illinois budget","indentured servants","Right to Work"],"articleSection":["Politics","Thank You Sir May I Have Another"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/","url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/","name":"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings – Logikal Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1121150709.jpg","datePublished":"2016-12-29T21:28:32+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-30T17:08:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1121150709.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1121150709.jpg","width":1440,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another\/those-norman-rockwell-mornings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Those Norman Rockwell Mornings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Logikal Blog","description":"For people with attention spans longer than a Tweet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842","name":"seasoned_geek","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"seasoned_geek"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r"},"description":"Roland Hughes started his IT career in the early 1980s. He quickly became a consultant and president of Logikal Solutions, a software consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS application and C++\/Qt touchscreen\/embedded Linux development. Early in his career he became involved in what is now called cross platform development. Given the dearth of useful books on the subject he ventured into the world of professional author in 1995 writing the first of the \"Zinc It!\" book series for John Gordon Burke Publisher, Inc. A decade later he released a massive (nearly 800 pages) tome \"The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer\" which tried to encapsulate the essential skills gained over what was nearly a 20 year career at that point. From there \"The Minimum You Need to Know\" book series was born. Three years later he wrote his first novel \"Infinite Exposure\" which got much notice from people involved in the banking and financial security worlds. Some of the attacks predicted in that book have since come to pass. While it was not originally intended to be a trilogy, it became the first book of \"The Earth That Was\" trilogy: Infinite Exposure Lesedi - The Greatest Lie Ever Told John Smith - Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars When he is not consulting Roland Hughes posts about technology and sometimes politics on his blog. He also has regularly scheduled Sunday posts appearing on the Interesting Authors blog.","sameAs":["https:\/\/theminimumyouneedtoknow.com"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/b87acf3335e19871db8f4a1aca03736c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/168fb2539f8db5d41fe93ae7707d04fbfab3d518cd2603e8066217896887745a?s=96&d=mm&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/168fb2539f8db5d41fe93ae7707d04fbfab3d518cd2603e8066217896887745a?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/168fb2539f8db5d41fe93ae7707d04fbfab3d518cd2603e8066217896887745a?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}