Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Cookies

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    Cookies are made of butter and love.Norwegian proverb

  • The truth, the whole truth…

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    No swimming right after lunch! Sugar will make you hyper! How many of these parental proclamations are actually true?  Ken Jennings unveils the truth behind the myths (lies) parents tell kids.Stay away from the poinsettia!  The leaves are poisonous.  Not!No swimming for an hour after lunch, you’ll cramp up.  Not!When you start shaving, the hair…

  • Priorities

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    If you have any more than three priorities; you have no priorities.Maggie Fox

  • 9-1-1 call

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    “Hello, is this the Police?”“Yes.  What do you want?”“I’m calling to report about my neighbor Billy Smith!  He is hiding marijuana inside his firewood.”“Thank you very much for the call, sir.”The next day, the Police descend on Billy’s house.  They search the shed where the firewood is kept.  Using axes, they bust open every piece…

  • Action

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    The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.Nolan Bushnell

  • Feature bloat

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    I was reading a white paper on Cloud Computing in Public Safety from InterAct yesterday, and on penultimate page was this graphic.  What an excellent way to demonstrate feature bloat.

  • In defense of public employees

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    Mike Casey writes, “Government positions paid for by the taxpayer are not jobs, they are a utilization of government funds that drain the treasury and add nothing to the economy” (Villager Inbox, December 5).  By government positions, does he mean police officers, firefighters, teachers, scientists, public works construction and maintenance works, engineers, judges, food inspectors…