Month: April 2005

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Quotations

Politeness

04/30/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Politeness
Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.Thomas Sowell
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Humor

Test for Dementia

04/30/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Test for Dementia
It’s that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test.Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.  As we grow older, it’s important that we keep mentally alert.  The […]
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Computer

Put a Tiger in your tank

04/29/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Put a Tiger in your tank
My copy of OS X Tiger (10.4) arrived yesterday afternoon from Apple.  The installation went very smoothly; except for having to re-establish my Wi-Fi connection.  So far I’ve only done the install, and played with […]
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Recovery

Misery

04/29/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Misery
The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.George Bernard Shaw
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Waste Time

Guess the Google

04/29/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Guess the Google
Guess the Google: very attractive game, even if it’s near-impossible to guess the word right.  Thanks to Amit Gupta.MP3 downloads from Amazon Worth reading: Are you in a race to the top?  Or…?Click “What dog […]
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Computer

Outsourcing

04/28/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Outsourcing
Success with outsourcing mirrors that in the divorce rate; that is, one in five deals end within a year, and 50% of all deals end in five years.Ken Landis, Deloitte Consulting
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General

Spring fever

04/27/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Spring fever
As is predictable, the marathon weekend brought our first good weather.  Spring has come to Boston.This means six weeks of unpredictable weather with rain, just a chance of snow or frost and the annual Pothole […]