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The ePinions days
Some of my older writing, including the infamous Vacuum Man posts, is still available at ePinions: Confessions of a Computer Geek – Loosely based on a true story. A Different Take On The Picky Eater –...
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De-regulatory compliance?
Over the course of any given week I typically receive several inquiries about compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and several more about one of the non-card regulatory regimes...
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Research Center responds
My last post described my experience on discovering that a state-run University’s policy is to disclose the home address and phone numbers of all its students by default on its online directory. I was...
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Cold Fusion = End of the World
Image courtesy, Wikipedia Martin Fleischmann, one of the team of scientists who announced a successful implementation of cold fusion back in 1989 died last week. In their Notable Deaths in...
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Advertising humor never gets old
I’m always amused by what gets through the review, edit and approval filters and becomes advertisement. Take the following from Capital One, for example: Obviously, credit card companies want you to...
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No, Mr. President. What *You* Need to Know About the Energy Security Trust
Among this evening’s emails was an infographic from the White House explaining the new Energy Security Trust and asking readers to share the link. OK Mr. President, I’ll share your infographic but...
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Futurist’s Groundhog Day
It’s deja vu all over again One aspect of intentcasting that fascinates me is how recursive it is. VRM is the manifestation of a desire for intentcasting in an environment which lacks a framework for...
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Do you consider your digital identity a separate self or is it identical to...
Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, Margaret writes: Do you consider your digital identity a separate self or is it identical to your real-world self #edcmooc. I think the question is not whether the...
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Thoughts on hair transplantation
Call me crazy, but I fail to understand is how anyone could ever have come to the conclusion that sachairdoctor.com is a good domain name for a hair transplant practice. I spotted the domain name on a...
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The Kindle Confiscation
As many of my followers already know, my wife is something of a technophobe. When we first met there were two constants in my life. The first was that if both she and some harmless liquid were within...
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Well, this is awkward: musings of a pro-choice fetus
I’ve written in the past about my 3 near-death experiences, one of these from a water moccasin bite and two from explosions. These aren’t the “bright light at the end of the tunnel and all my...
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Latest revelations concerning the NSA
BREAKING NEWS! It was revealed today in secret documents leaked to this reporter that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is actually a division of Claus Industries, LLC, a company synonymous with...
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The best book deal you’ve never heard of
The folks over at Silence in the Library Publishing and a bunch of authors, including Gail Z. Martin who featured prominently in The Kindle Confiscation, have a little Kickstarter project going....
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Advanced travel Tip #65: How to survive the desk at the @Hampton Inn
Have you ever stayed at a Hampton Inn? If so, chances are very good that you have run into their particularly perverse room floor plan. Most of the Hampton properties I’ve visited have this floor...
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Solar Roadways is funding – and why you should care
Scott and Julie Brusaw of Idaho came up with the brilliant idea of embedding solar cells into roadways. Even with the meager conversion rates of today’s solar cells and even in the more Northern...
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Protected: Appliance repair sinks to new Lowe’s
This post is password protected. You must visit the website and enter the password to continue reading.Filed under: Clue train, Rant Tagged: consumer, fail, IMHO, quality, rant
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Protected: Appliance repair sinks to new Lowe’s
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Qualifications for the office of President
There’s an old maxim that journalists are supposed to report the news not become the news. This was easier when the reporter was just a byline on their stories. With radio and then television came...
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