Monthly Archives: February 2010

How Important Is Your EMail Address To You?

Really it’s not clear to me if this is a generational thing or what, people tell me that email addresses are no longer that important to them, what with MySpace, FaceBook, and the like.  Others just use SMS, where their … Continue reading

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Olympic moment: the Women’s Biathlon

Last night we watched the Magdalena Neuner of Germany win the Women’s Biathlon at the Vancouver games.  I have only three questions about this event: With all of those guns, if someone is in front of you, can you shoot … Continue reading

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Airlines’ motto: Squeeze now, apologize later

Who’s getting squeezed?  Of course we all are.  with additional costs for everything, including seat assignments, baggage, and (Heaven help you) change fees, airlines are making money again, on our backs.  One might think there would be an easier way … Continue reading

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Get mad? Get Even? Or get up and running again?

When a system is broken into, the management often has a choice to make: should they take some time to try to figure out who was behind the break-in, should they bring in the police, or should they just clean … Continue reading

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Saddle Up, Boys: Iran is Next

It seems to me that back in the 1940s when the U.N. Security Council was formed, its purpose was for governments to work out differences before one decided to take unilateral action.  This seems to have never worked well, our … Continue reading

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