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Phrase of the day

Thought this was a well-captured multi-level pop reference, “[Kim Kardashian]… Sources said a marriage-malfunctioned reality star…” From NY Post page 6.

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A little about change we inflict on ourselves

I liked the beginning: They gave her The Device when she was only 2 years old. It sent signals along the optic nerve that swiftly transported her brain to an alternate universe—a captivating other world. By the time she was … Continue reading

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Really?! Another op-ed rant – Higher Taxes Mean I’ll Work Less – NYTimes.com

Seriously. I know I am overdoing it on the op-eds, but even without “fisking” the article it is another mish-mash of wishful thinking, half-truth, and plain inconsistency. The only thing I can conclude from the article is that N. Gregory Mankiw … Continue reading

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Stop shouting – a case for proper equipment

This is certainly one of the small issues that is so well-known, people have stopped talking about it long time ago. Specifically –  in one of our conference rooms we have an old Polycom phone. It is not too bad … Continue reading

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Really?! Most New York Graduates Are Ill Prepared, Data Show – NYTimes.com

This is somehow surprising? Experts find that a grade of C or B- in High School predicts a similar or slightly lower grade in college… What would non-experts conclude, that a 65 in an NYC High School would correlate to … Continue reading

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2010 Old Year – Resolutions

One of the nice things about Dec 31st, is that no one will read anything you write. So I can safely list out all the things I wanted to write about, and it is almost as if I wrote about … Continue reading

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LinkedIn application for WordPress

I like the simplicity, and surprising utitliy of LinkedIn applications. I was surprised to see a blog post from one of my connections, and within a few clicks configured LinkedIn to show my own blog posts. Continue reading

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upgrading to WordPress 2.7

Was surprisingly easy. I finally figured out how to do the wordpress upgrades, I think. Also reconfigured twitter tools so that twitter will now only post once a day with a digest. I really should get a sidebar widget instead … Continue reading

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[A]/Nonymous

I have always been scared to blog under my name. This fear had a few components. I did notice, recently, that most of the blogs I follow are actually not anonymous. I used to read a lot of anonymous blogs, … Continue reading

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upgrading the iPhone

to 2.0 software. Pretty neat… It is amazing to me how fast we forgive and forget. It is taking Apple a week to undo over a year of hurt in not having an SDK and normal applications on the iPhone. … Continue reading

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