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Accumulating Stuff
Published on 2007-10-02 09:02:00
We cleaned out the basement last week, tossing out articles we'd been saving needlessly, or things which had lost their usefulness over time. Things like old magazines, broken toys, household items, and objects that were once the property of deceased relatives or pets. It was sort of a Spring cleaning in the Fall.Over time, I'd gotten used to weaving my way around piles of bags and turning sideways so I could slip past stacks of cardboard boxes. Meanwhile, others wondered out loud, "How can you
Over And Outsourced
Published on 2007-06-07 06:55:00
First, understand that I call myself a Liberal, with a capital "L," and I'm proud of it.Employees where my wife works were required to go online and take Diversity Training, and it had to be completed by a certain date. About the same time, the company announced that the computer "Help Center," the department that office workers call with computer issues, was being outsourced.My wife speculated that the two events were related, and of course, she was correct. The first time she called, she was u
The Web-Bot Project
Published on 2007-05-22 17:08:00
The Web-Bot Project is old news, but most of the people I talk with have never heard of it.Originally, designed to search the web and then make predictions about the stock market, users claim they soon noticed the program making accurate predictions concerning things such as natural disasters and even the 9/11 tragedy.The History Channel aired a program on the issue, tying in things like the Mayan Calender and the Chinese I Ching (book of changes) which like the Web-Bot Project, predict the end
