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'Teams, that's not good sportsmanship!' ...
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(Humor)
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Typical Microsoft land grab. I had to install MS Teams for one client. After that, every time I started my computer, Teams would launch and overtake my desktop. Notice that I was never given the option ...
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Created on 26 February 2021
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2.
That Drone Deafened Me
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(Humor)
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... of 53dB at 100ft and 80dB at 10ft.
For comparison, a diesel truck moving at 40 mph that is 50 ft away outputs 84dB. More worrisome, 80dB, which is twice as loud as 70dB, can result in hearing damage ...
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Created on 12 August 2016
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3.
20 Years on LinkedIn!
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(Humor)
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I've been on LinkedIn for 20 years! That's 20 years worth of being wished "Happy Birthday!" by people I don't know. ...
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Created on 11 March 2024
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4.
Shuttering Gitmo
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(Humor)
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Conservative critics of Obama's long-overdue effort to shutter Gitmo have a point. American supermax prisons aren't equipped to handle these inmates. For one thing, they lack the glass and plastic prison ...
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Created on 25 February 2024
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5.
Second Shot
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(Humor)
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Hoping we don't have to do this routine again in 6 months, and then annually after that. Or, How a Mismanaged Pandemic Became Endemic. ...
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Created on 30 April 2021
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6.
Flight Home
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(Humor)
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... crashes."
Woman: "What! Oh my god. Oh, oh. You're joking."
Me: "Sure, let's go with that. But are you okay?"
Woman: "I almost fainted just thinking about this flight earlier today."
Me: "Awful. Do you ...
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Created on 19 April 2021
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7.
NASA Lands Perseverance on Mars
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(Humor)
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Amazing accomplishment. Congratulations, NASA! The Perseverance rover's mission is to search for signs of ancient life on Mars. A follow-up mission by Space Force will be to shoot the fuck out of anything ...
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Created on 18 February 2021
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8.
In Praise of Vapes
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(Humor)
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Why don’t smokers toss the unused end of their cigs into garbage cans, including those weird looking, fluted receptacles one sometimes sees outside bars that have been specially designed for this purpose? ...
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Created on 01 December 2019
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Thinking Beyond Trump's Chaotic Presidenc
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(News)
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America's next fascist president will be a much smarter operator than Trump, and we should all dread the arrival of this man or woman.
That, in short, will be the greatest legacy of the Trump presidency: ...
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Created on 08 November 2017
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10.
The Curious Case of Tom Petty's Deat
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(Humor)
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Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.
Tom Petty’s death on Monday was a confusing affair. Early reports of the singer’s demise were published, then corrected, then ...
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Created on 04 October 2017
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Mini review: “Alien: Covenant”
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(Humor)
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David (deliciously played by Michael Fassbender) returns from the previous installment, 2012’s “Prometheus,” to ask: What is my relationship to creation, now that I've met my creator and found him wanting? ...
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Created on 23 May 2017
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12.
Why I Hate Packing
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(Humor)
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... the wrapped present, or my memory-aid medication (ironic, no?);
While I'll forget something essential, I'll bring something that I don't need, such as an 8" kitchen knife (true story);
Finding clothing ...
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Created on 12 April 2017
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13.
Slot Machine Panhandlers: A Modest Proposal for Las Vegas
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(Humor)
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... and 24-hour energy of the towering casinos, the hopelessness of the destitute that one sees everywhere, every night, on the strip. Some 30,000 individuals experience homelessness each year in Southern ...
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Created on 13 March 2017
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14.
Rebar and Speaker Wire: The Problem with ‘Star Trek’
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(Humor)
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... series, Gene Roddenberry, bless his visionary heart, more than once portrayed glowing conduits when the crew had to fix something under a bulkhead. The impression was that light was being used to carry ...
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Created on 26 July 2016
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Tech In Far-Flung Settings
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(News)
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... in 2011, passed another milestone earlier this year. The worldwide smartphone market grew 25.3% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2014, marking the first time ever that quarterly smartphone shipments ...
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Created on 01 October 2015
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Spiceworks Announces Free IT Help for Community Members
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(News)
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... enthusiastic CEO.
Spiceworks thinks it has the answer. The Austin-based company, which maintains a professional network millions of IT professionals that simplifies the discovery, management and purchasing ...
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Created on 27 September 2015
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17.
The Name's Dad, Not Dav
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(Humor)
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You catch the eye of the other dad and smile sheepishly. He smiles back, but you already know what he’s thinking: So sad. That stepdad is trying to buy the boy’s affection.
You consider telling him ...
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Created on 17 September 2015
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What I Learned from "Fear of the Walking Dead," Episode #
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(Humor)
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... the guy you want on your team is a New Zealander of Maori descent who teaches English Lit. He’ll bravely search the abandoned church that serves as the neighborhood heroin shooting gallery/zombie rec room. ...
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Created on 24 August 2015
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19.
Home
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(About Me)
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...
Prior to BtoB, I held senior editorial posts at a number of A-list IT publications, including CMP's [now UBM's] InternetWeek, Mecklermedia's Web Week and IDG's Computerworld.
Added all up, that's twenty-plus ...
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Created on 25 October 2013
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20.
Lance Armstrong: The Brand That Keeps On Ticking
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(Search - Web Links / My Clips)
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Created on 09 January 2014