Author: Dr Wingnut
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IT Dress Code Cardinal Sins
You don’t need to be a runway model to succeed in IT, but please stop making these office fashion faux pas. Remember, you work for an enterprise, not on the Enterprise.Sandals with socksSandals without socksHipster hatsJortsSleepwearStar Trek attireCycling gearWorkout attireSasquatch beardsNothingIT Dress Code: 10 Cardinal SinsAnd add deodorant as the one thing that is not…
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Pass the Butter, Please
Don’t know if all of these “facts” are true, but we do know it’s unhealthy…Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product…
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While attending the Renaissance Festival yesterday…
While attending the Renaissance Festival yesterday was fun, I probably don’t need to go back for at least a decade.
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Hurray! It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day…
Hurray! It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and my second anniversary stationed at DNR. talklikeapirate.com
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Democracy
Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.Winston Churchill, 1947
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Scottish Independence
Power is not a right; it is a responsibility. The choice that Scotland is making on Thursday is of whether the men and women who rule Britain messed things up so badly that they would rather go it alone. And so the results will ripple through world capitals from Athens to Washington: The way things…
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“@slashdot: A Edits iP6’s Protruding Camera Out of…
“@slashdot: A Edits iP6’s Protruding Camera Out of Photos bit.ly/1wAC48k†I think Steve would call the protrusion a #fail