In a typical day, I receive about 200 emails, not including spam. If I am out of the office for any appreciable time, the email accumulates faster than I can deal with it. Thanks to concentrated effort, my work email’s inbox is at its smallest since … before I started. While the goal-oriented part of […]
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Java, the “write once, run anywhere” language marketed as salvation from programming faux pas*, has its own, manic updater for the runtime version. In their case, “updater” really means “install subsequent versions of itself.” For example, on my work machine, I noticed this: No, I don’t know what happened to Updates 7 and 8. According
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A few months ago, my FSA administrator company went bankrupt. My company covered my potential exposure — about $380 — so after reading some of the headlines, I forgot about it. Today, I received a copy of the blog posting used as a vehicle for communicating to the broad group of people affected by this.
(The original news story. And another.)
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I had my first four-continent conference call this week. The morning started like this: 4:03 (GMT-8): After a few hours’ sleep, I wake up, worried about missing the call. The giant red numbers on the alarm clock scream at me “You have two hours. Go back to sleep.” I obeyed… 4:14: For a few minutes…
This apparently dates back to 2003, but was amusing… The Hokey Pokey,as it would have been sung in its native Klingon written by Shakespeare (author: Jeff Brechlin) O proud left foot, that ventures quick within Then soon upon a backward journey lithe Anon, once more the gesture, then begin: Command sinistral pedestal to writhe. Commence
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This is an excerpt from this morning’s Wall Street Journal. Comments in square brackets are mine. A [company] laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of [an equivalent to the population of Miami, FL] workers and retirees has been stolen, putting the employees at risk for identity theft and credit-card fraud. The theft was
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Did you mean Ozzy Osbourne’s “(Peppermint) Bark at the Moon”? I was online last night, hoping to find a very specific Christmas gift for someone. Google offered several “sponsored links.” Companies pay Google a mystery amount for placement when someone searches for this term. Bid more, rank higher. It’s consumer capitalism at its finest, and
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