Month: August 2008

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Social/Environmental

Customer Service

08/26/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Customer Service
I thought that this picture, by Phillip Toledano, was an outstanding example of the end of customer service, idea number 2 that self-service has forever changed the way that services are delivered.It really epitomizes the […]
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Humor

Why Parents Drink

08/26/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Why Parents Drink
A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.  Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was […]
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Quotations

Games

08/25/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Games
Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.Fran Lebowitz
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Quotations

Good stewardship

08/24/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Good stewardship
… The U.S. government clears forests; plants grass; builds roads, cattle guards, and fences; diverts streams; blows up beaver dams; “improves” habitats; monitors the health of livestock; excises predators, including 80,000 coyotes; and poisons, traps, […]
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Quotations

Ethics

08/23/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Ethics
Ethics is the nuclear wast of the executive site.  It’s dangerous, it’s always there, and nobody’s sure what to do with it.Kieran Mathieson, Oakland University, IEEE Computer, July 2008
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Quotations

Courage

08/22/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Courage
Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: “I’ll try again tomorrow.”Anne Hunninghake
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Computer

Truly amazing

08/21/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Truly amazing
I was looking up a job listing from a site I used to subscribe to which trolls the net for $100k jobs.  The reason I didn’t renew my subscription was because they don’t really act […]