Clients hire web developers (or their firms) because we are the experts. When I call someone in to fix my air conditioner I don’t let them work for awhile and then tell them they are doing their job wrong and I know the problem is the compressor. They are the expert, not me. When a [...]

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Perhaps it’s because I’m here @ work *way* too late tonight, but I was staring at a packet of soy sauce and thought “wouldn’t it be cool if I had a little straw thingy that I could poke in to the soy sauce to drink it like it was a miniature CapriSun?”  Yes, that was [...]

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UK’s Daily Telegraph had an article about Dr. James Watson’s comments about the genetic implications of intelligence. Some of the conclusions he draws imply that blacks are genetically not as intelligent as whites. Dr. Watson was one of the co-discoverers of the double-helix foundations of DNA.
Another article from the BBC includes the following [...]

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Can phone calls be considered spam?  Telemarketers apparently have my name and cell number and are calling me.  Not just any telemarketers.  I’m getting cold calls from the US military.  I had someone from who knows what branch - she just said ‘military’ - call me last week.  I had ‘expressed an interest’ in joining [...]

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I was talking to a recruiter the other day (I’ve been contacted a whole lot lately for some reason) and she asked about the reference to “mensa” in my extracurricular/other section.  I’m not even 100% sure why I put that there - I haven’t updated that section in a while.  I asked her if it [...]

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This article from Wired indicates that some airport screeners are keeping notes on passengers, down to what you’re reading.  I don’t get the impression that it’s being done for every single passenger all the time, but it’s still frightening nonetheless.  I flew a lot in August, and anticipate flying a lot more in the coming [...]

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Some of my former colleagues are going to be moved in to cubicles this week.  I just happened to find CubeDoor.com today.  What a great idea!  Won’t really stop the noise factor too much, but certainly a nice addition to any cube in an office.  I wonder if this is one of those things that’s [...]

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The guys at worked pitched in and got me a custom-designed cake.  This pretty much summed up my 22 months here.  <voice=”dr_nick”>Thanks, everybody!</voice>
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This article explains the whole thing in more detail, but the first line says it all:
When it comes to vacation, Netflix has a simple policy: take as much as you’d like. Just make sure your work is done.
Wow.  Quite a forward thinking company, imo.  Or perhaps this policy will be shown to be the [...]

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Came across this site and thought I’d share it with you all… 
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