Hot News – Making a Difference

The very hot weather here in North Texas has kept me in the air conditioning for the last few weeks. Temperatures have been hovering at the 100 degree and above range. Actual real world temperature, where people work and live are much higher by sometimes 10 degrees than what is reported officially out in the middle [...]

A Travel Dialogue

This could have happened while flying to Dallas….

“Hi, I’m Dan Kautz”

                “Hi Dan, My name is Dr, Ben Dover. “

“Naw… really? Wow! Are you an MD?” <Don’t go there Dan…>

                “No, PhD… I manage the operation of all the universities in Rhode Island.”

“Wow, that great. I am a Construction Services manager for Schneider Electric.”

                “Who is [...]

My Anchorage Project

Many readers of this blog know I did a project for my company (Then TAC, now Schneider Electric) in Anchorage, Alaska. It was for the US Government, the FAA to be precise, at the Air Route Traffic Controll Center located there.

This was one of the most enjoyable projects I have ever run. I am not able to [...]

Green Pigs & Telecommuting

The current flu scare is for the pigs. I am home for a few days with some kind of upper respiratory problem. It has been hanging on for months. However, it has just recently gotten worse. <oink?> The latest media scare tactics about the swine flu has everyone in the USA in a panic. I went [...]