My Only Remodeling Tip
Light blogging (and other stuff) for the last few weeks because I’ve been pouring a lot of time and energy into remodeling my old place (yes that place). I’ve learned a lot during this process, not only how to do a lot of stuff I didn’t know before, but also some tricks and lessons. I’ve [...]
What is a Recession?
“According to Hoyle“… Recession Two consecutive quarters of decline in real GDP is commonly taken to be a recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research, a private organization, effectively decides when recessions occur, however, and the actual dating process is determined by judgment rather than a formal rule. So which is it? Is there a [...]
Blogging Yourself To Death
An NYT article about the dangers of blogging… Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogger, Marc Orchant, died at 50 of a massive coronary. A third, Om Malik, 41, [...]
Airplanes For Sale–Lots of Them
I was brainstorming earlier tonight on how I could make this whole internet thing really pay off. Then it hit me–sell airplanes. Airplanes are a high dollar item, yet something that everyone would like to have. And even though I’ll only get a percentage of the purchase price, I figure that if I only sell [...]
Yeah, What He Said
The other day I posted a meandering attempt at not ranting about information technology and the manufacturing sector. Today, Seth Godin wrote a post about basically the same thing. The difference is, his post actually makes some sense. Talent is too smart to stay long at a company that wants it to be a cog [...]
In This Year of Political Calls For Change
I decided to make a few changes in my career today. Well, I didn’t actually decide today. I just put the wheels in motion officially. So there’s a good chance that I’ll be available for anyone who needs BI, software development, or sys admin work done. Of course, only high rollers need apply. I hit [...]
Stupor Tuesday
What a stinker. Lot’s of folks around the office are talking about the primaries today. It’s strange to me that so many people don’t pay attention until the day of. Anyway, here’s a quick roundup of what some of the blogs I frequent are saying this morning… Music City Bloggers is taking a poll. It [...]
Why and How Ron Paul Will Run Third Party
Justin at Donklephant criticizes him for staying in the Republican race, but I don’t think he sees the full picture. But no, keep chasing a GOP nomination that you have no hopes of winning. Throw good money at a losing cause. Good luck with that. If I were Ron Paul, I’d be thinking just the [...]
And I Ain’t Lost Yet
Billymac just got back from Vegas, and it sounds like he did pretty well at the poker tables. I’ve known and loved Billymac for years, and this is one reason why… I like… no, I LOVE, taking money from punk-ass kids that show up to a poker room wearing a track-suit, pulled down hat, wrap [...]
Logical Conclusion of the Stimulus Package
Democrats and Republicans finally agree on something–giving people the power to spend their own money is good for the economy. It has to make you wonder–how good would the economy be if they’d just let us keep it in the first place? Of course, then we wouldn’t need them to take it, pass it around, [...]
