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April Fools day has been celebrated as far back as 1632, if you believe in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and bad math, or possibly as far back as 500 BC (if you are of Iranian descent). Regardless, it is a day to approach with some wariness if you ar…
I cannot hide my love for gadgetry, technical wizardry, or miniaturized electronics. I still have an Apple Newton, a Palm Pilot, and even a Rex PC – a PDA so small (think business card size) it slid into the PCMCIA slot in the side of your other PDA…
I cannot hide my love for gadgetry, technical wizardry, or miniaturized electronics. I still have an Apple Newton, a Palm Pilot, and even a Rex PC – a PDA so small (think business card size) it slid into the PCMCIA slot in the side of your other PDA…
I remember very clearly the day I taught my kids to swear. Oh, this was no well thought out exercise based on principles like expanding my child’s world view in a carefully controlled environment. Nope this was, Oh SSSHHHHOOOOOOT ….. (or somethin…
I remember very clearly the day I taught my kids to swear. Oh, this was no well thought out exercise based on principles like expanding my child’s world view in a carefully controlled environment. Nope this was, Oh SSSHHHHOOOOOOT ….. (or somethin…
I’m a reasonable guy. I understand that I am not capable of being an expert in everything. It’s hard to be a expert in any one thing, let along two or three. Forget being the voice of authority on hardware, and software, and warp drives, light sab…
The movie "Up in the Air" stars George Clooney, who plays the part of a professional "Displacement Manager", i.e. he is hired to fire people – and he’s very good at it. Clooney’s character also has a side-job – as the world’s worst motivational speaker. How he ever lands an engagement is one of those Hollywood riddles that you just have to accept. Kind of like the last Star Trek movie when
The movie "Up in the Air" stars George Clooney, who plays the part of a professional "Displacement Manager", i.e. he is hired to fire people – and he’s very good at it. Clooney’s character also has a side-job – as the world’s worst motivational speaker. How he ever lands an engagement is one of those Hollywood riddles that you just have to accept. Kind of like the last Star Trek movie when
What would you get if you put a drop of sewage in a barrel of wine?
Pretty much the same thing you’d have if you put a drop of wine in a barrel of sewage. i.e. sewage. Personally, I wouldn’t drink from either barrel. There is something to…
If you run into me somewhere outside of work, don’t be offended if I don’t remember you. It’s a condition I have – called being human. The story you are about to read is true, only a name has been changed to protect the unfortunate Joe who had th…
If you run into me somewhere outside of work, don’t be offended if I don’t remember you. It’s a condition I have – called being human. The story you are about to read is true, only a name has been changed to protect the unfortunate Joe who had th…
In my post Getting the Big Picture, I included a pair of pictures from the Daily Mail showing a house from two perspectives – one bigger than the other. The Daily Mail labelled them as Advert and Reality, but as I pointed out at the time, but of cours…