Abort, Retry, Stumble?
I’m now a firm believer in information overload. Quite frankly, I think that information overload is good for us, we laugh and discover more things than we normally would. The problem remains that our bosses get irritated when things don’t get done ‘on time’. Note: ‘on time’ usually means a reasonable amount of time that [...]
Can’t we all just geek a long?
I should preface this post by saying, my idea of success entails contributing something to the world that is useful and advances (all) of us to greater joy, entertainment or productivity. While un-clogging a toilet today, I gave extensive thought to Microsoft. No, it was not the matter causing the clog that inspired me, it [...]
How long should e-mail wait?
Perhaps a better title to this blurb might be “How long does buried junk live in the Slashdot Firehose before dying?”. I submitted a simple question a few months, back, its in no danger of being run, so I’m asking it here. How long do you wait for replies to e-mails before wondering why you [...]
My little coffee problem
I drink way too much coffee. From years of traveling I’ve gotten rather used to microwaving a cup of water and dumping in some coffee-like powder whenever the urge hit me. Since 2002, my schedule has been chaos. My days and nights are often reversed without warning (due to work or travel). In my industry, [...]
My excused absence – busted.
The Associated Press got a whiff of the Internet’s armpit and decided to report the smell. A web site (who will not get the benefit of a forward link) named Myexcusedabsence.com has found an interesting way to make money, selling days off from work and school. The service (termed a “network”) sells very authentic looking [...]
All I want for Christmas is free information
Wikipedia needs some help. I can’t think of anything that I need for Christmas, something that I enjoy all year round is access to free information that permits me to advance my body of knowledge, broadly delivered by Wikipedia. Smart people do their holiday shopping early, this avoids a panic spending spree that leaves you [...]
Bye bye, HIV?
Science Daily is reporting that researchers have stopped HIV in its tracks. Through a combination of sustained therapies, HIV can be blocked from mutating and neutralized in many HIV patients. Like most therapies (even antibiotics), this treatment is only effective if the patient is diligent in following the prescribed course. One must take all medicine, [...]
I saw the world break today
Today, I saw the world come to an end while I was shopping with my daughter in a book store. Specifically, I saw a globe go tumbling off of a shelf and then re-orient itself in smaller pieces on the store floor. I was carrying my daughter so that she could check out the inflatable [...]
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