Aug 242006

The making of a ‘publizen’, Linton Weeks, the Washington Post
A culture of blogs and camera phones is shaping a generation that lacks a sense of privacy.
Google Dave Feinman.
Go ahead. Really. He wants you to.
Type his name as one word and you will soon know a lot about him — through his [...]

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Aug 212006

Scheduled Explosion Threat
For some reason, security to get into our office this morning was higher than normal. Living and working in NYC, especially in Times Square, I didn’t think much of it. It’s not as if we haven’t had bomb scares before with the building being closed while the bomb squad [...]

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Aug 182006

Company
Recently, I think I can say that my existence has been characterized by two extremes of the word company .
The following are the first three relevant definitions from Dictionary.com :

com·pa·ny n. pl. [...]

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Aug 152006

TANSTAAFL

“Oh, ‘tanstaafl’. Means ‘There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.’ And isn’t,” I added, pointing to a FREE LUNCH sign across room, “or these drinks would cost half as much. Was reminding her that anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out [...]

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Aug 122006

Sprint
Note: Oops. This post was accidentally made “Public” before it was even written. Silly me. Short post? Quite not like me. Obviously something was awry! =)
I recently got a new cell phone. (Yay!)
While I’d been contemplating switching carriers to [...]

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Aug 092006

Life on the Road
Since about mid-May, work has sent me traveling the world over. Ok, maybe not the world, just North America and the Caribbean. =)
Most people seem to think that it’s so cool to get to go to cool places for work. But the truth [...]

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Aug 072006

Experience is not what happens to a man.  It is what a man does with what happens to him. – Aldous Leonard Huxley
Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it. – Author Unknown
Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. – Josh Billings
It’s [...]

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Aug 032006

Laughter

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. – Irish Proverb
Seven days without laughter makes one weak. – Mort Walker
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. [...]

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