By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
ConfuciusFebruary 2004
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Fri 27 Feb 2004
Wed 25 Feb 2004
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine. When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead.
Gen. George S. PattonTue 24 Feb 2004
Daniel made the "A" honor roll in his first semester at Highland Park Sr. High. At dinner to celebrate I got the following fortune cookie: "Youth is a gift of nature. Middle age is a work of art." I am definately feeling middle-aged with a son who will be fifteen on March 6th. We can’t wait to have a teenage driver at our house.
Neither Jill or I ever made the "A" honor roll, and we are very proud of Daniel.
Tue 24 Feb 2004
You can never learn less; you can only learn more.
Buckminster FullerMon 23 Feb 2004
- Work on things that matter
- Affect everyone in the world
- Solve problems with algorithms if possible
- Hire bright people and give them lots of freedom
- Don’t be afraid to try new things
Google also requires that its engineers spend 20 percent of their time working on personal technology projects unrelated to their primary projects.
from Chad Dickerson’s column "CTO Connection" from Infoworld, February 23, 2004Wow! No wonder Google does such a great job.
Mon 23 Feb 2004
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry S. TrumanFri 20 Feb 2004
A guy calls his boss and says that he is sick and won’t be in today.
The boss says, "What’s wrong?"
The guy says, "I have anal glaucoma."
The boss says, "What’s that."
The guy says, "I can’t see my ass coming to work today.
via email from Eric Diedrich, Thu 02/19/04 17:07 -0500
