I write about what I am thinking as much as I write about what I am doing. I do a lot of both in my blogs. The writing about my thoughts has increased as I have more time to do that. The keyboard just kind of draws it out. What a great invention for humans to express ourselves with so little effort. In the USA and many other world locations we have the freedom to...
Continue reading...Planned Obsolescence
I have a very nice DeWalt battery powered drill model DW929K2 that I have been using for ten years. The model number is superfluous after ten years. DeWalt has probably created and sold over a hundred new models since then. My problem is the two 18 volt ni-cad battery packs that it came with are now in their final days. One won’t charge at all. I consider that no shame after all this time. The...
Continue reading...Excel Panic
I saw a Microsoft Office 2007 update upload in one of my auto update sessions a couple of days ago. I have the full office suite on my business/home computer. I am also running Windows seven ultimate as my OS. Yesterday I was manipulating some old Excel worksheets (.xls) which I use for tracking material orders in my store. I immediately became alarmed after I opened the first spreadsheet. I could look at it but...
Continue reading...Baboons Need PTO
I watched a program about stress last night. It was one of those things you watch where you see yourself being described and it makes you pay attention. The funny part was it was a story created about a hippie professor and his life long study of stress in baboons. There is a joke there somewhere… but I swear I did watch the movie. It is a National Geographic special. The timing is good. My...
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