Author: Dr Wingnut
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Happy Independence Day
Does it seem strange to anyone other than me that we haven’t had a sitting president that has had male children living in the White House since the Kennedy “Camelot” Presidency? Of course Ron had Ronnie, and George had Dubya, but neither of them actually lived in the White House. Maybe we don’t vote for…
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Your Birthday Today
Your birthday today: You’ll act on behalf of others and will be promoted to a special position. This month brings financial luck. Many will seek your expertise and opinion in August. A special relationship grows closer quickly in September, and you could find yourself forming your life around another. Business will flourish in November. Invest…
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No one needs more that 640K of RAM
If I could, I would repeal the Internet. It is the technological marvel of the age, but it is not — as most people imagine — a symbol of progress. Just the opposite. We would be better off without it.Robert J. Samuelson, Opinion, 2013-06-30, Washington PostA new front runner for the dumbest technology quote ever.
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Locking my Mac
For quite some time, I’ve used Quicksilver to host a trigger that allowed me to lock my Mac with the option-l keystroke, but recently I decided that that wasn’t good enough, so I wrote a little AppleScript that I tied to the trigger that also pauses iTunes. This way I can lock my machine, and…
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Work
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.Steve Jobs
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Office Humor
Four personnel were discussing how smart their dogs were. The first was a wildlife manager who said his dog could do math calculations. His dog was name T-Square and he told him to go to the blackboard and draw a square, a circle and a triangle, which the dog did with no sweat.The fisheries manager…
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Truth
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.Cicero