Is anyone actually surprised?
July 22nd, 2008
Rock drummers are like athletes, in terms of stamina and exertion.
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Jay Solo’s Tweets, Drive-By Links and Passing Remarks
Salicylate Lists
July 21st, 2008
Here is one list, in a format I find relatively pleasing. Here is another list in a format I find harder to follow, but which may be more complete, and gives numerical ranges (I’d have bolded those section headers to make it easier to follow.)
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Related Plants List
July 21st, 2008
Found this list interesting in my travels.
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Aversion, Phobia… Something Like That
July 10th, 2008
Have you gotten more telephone averse with age? This is something I’ve written about before myself, or close to it, in reference to phone phobia. Even in times of no creditors, my heart leaps up into the roof of my mouth and addles my brain when I hear the phone ring, in large [...]
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Tips to Become a Failure at Work
July 9th, 2008
These sound about right.
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Spokesmodel Bill Gates
July 8th, 2008
Too funny, Bill Gates in a Tandy ad.
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Thumb Rules Worth Knowing
July 6th, 2008
Good post on rules of thumb, some of which are familiar to me. I didn’t know the interruptions thing had a number attached, but I knew it was bad. I can seldom do much of substance without being free of interruptions. And I have to keep my self-sourced interruptions under control. [...]
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Not Surprising to See Issues
July 1st, 2008
Hoarding
June 30th, 2008
Apart from cost and fussiness, depending on model, I actually like the compact florescents, and what they did to the electric bill. At least, until the electric usage we were getting billed for nearly doubled for no apparent reason. One of the things I don’t like is that you can’t or couldn’t, put [...]
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Selling Those High Fees
June 30th, 2008
On an amusingly related not to my consulting fees post the other day, here’s a post on how to sell overpriced services. The dressing part feels tongue in cheek, even though it’s tried and true advice I first saw decades ago, and so not me. The part about being right up front is [...]
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Abandoned Airfields
June 28th, 2008
This is mainly a local interest Massachusetts link, received in e-mail, to an Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields site. It’s of particular interest for the first one on the page, as my grandfather worked for George Clark and lived for a time in that area. I grew up on a street called, before it [...]
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Love the Title
June 27th, 2008
As I always say, The Constituion Means What It Says. I think Scalia is my new favorite. Wait. Did I have a favorite before?
Trouble is, it means what it says about takings, too. Poor Kelo.
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Reunion
June 27th, 2008
Who’s who and reunion for the famous picture of Microsoft’s early employees.
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Gates and Usability
June 27th, 2008
Via Dan, this is an amusing, lengthy article in which Bill Gates e-mails complaints about Microsoft end user experience to his own staff, which apparently was something he did regularly. I have to agree in general with Dan about Vista.
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Low Salt Considered Harmful
June 26th, 2008
I already knew some of the harm salt reduction can cause, but this is a great post laying it all out in detail, using the relevant studies and science and history. Just a tiny taste of it:
The lowest sodium intakes — the 1500 mg/day amount some are saying we should all be eating — [...]
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Text Messages Private
June 26th, 2008
Apparently text messages are private from employers, per the court.
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Atomic Toys
June 25th, 2008
Fascinating, cool stuff. The toy specialist on Antiques Road Show would love it.
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Retirement
June 24th, 2008
Blogs and Social Networking
June 21st, 2008