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The third time I faced a 'downsizing' situation I actually planned too well. I took an 'early retirement' offer and headed out to my long-planned-for Rocky Mountain cabin. I was...
June 30, 2023 at 12:48 pm
I just have to share this with you all. I don't like this device and wish my wife would get rid of it. This email message was received June 24th.
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Hello...
June 27, 2023 at 1:01 pm
I would not get my personal credit and finances involved in company dealings. If my company wanted me to spend THEIR money, that's OK, but I'm not going to take...
June 21, 2023 at 6:18 pm
Perhaps some of this is because I am melancholy by nature. Also, I grew up in the country where our society expects everyone to be friendly, however the kids...
June 5, 2023 at 6:20 pm
And here's another area of trust that worries me. I regularly reconcile all my financial accounts monthly. Why? Because they are all on computer systems that can cause errors. Just...
June 5, 2023 at 4:06 pm
When I was growing up, our house, when it was even locked at all, was locked with a 'skeleton key' (look that one up if you are not old enough...
June 3, 2023 at 9:04 pm
Rod, at my age I like to use both good graphics and good summarized data. Suffering from my OCD (self-diagnosed) I almost daily have to check in on my retirement...
May 24, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Steve, this posting brings back a funny memory of my last DBA position with a company that was purchased by Bridgestone Firestone a few years before I retired. It makes...
May 24, 2023 at 12:06 pm
I have a 36" wide stairway to my basement. The builder installed a 32" door at the top of the stairs. It saved money, but I can't get most...
May 22, 2023 at 7:17 pm
Rod, I will respond to your original post that I still have in an email notice. Your description of your work situation regarding the boss and software design is intriguing,...
May 22, 2023 at 2:37 pm
Just looking back at this old article and responses, I will throw out that my home network has now grown to 34TB of storage on two 4-drive NAS devices and...
May 20, 2023 at 1:14 pm
I have commented for many years that software developers, and even for most product developers, it should be required that they actually use what they design. It just doesn't make...
May 20, 2023 at 12:43 pm
Some days I look out at the world and ask myself "What have we done?"
May 1, 2023 at 6:29 pm
Keep it simple: Simple designs are often the best designs. By keeping things simple, you can reduce complexity and make your software easier to use.
Protolabze:
I agree on the keeping...
May 1, 2023 at 3:17 pm
Yeah, I need to find my resume. I think I backed it up to the cloud, I hope so , my other PC died about a year ago.
That's OK,...
April 28, 2023 at 8:01 pm
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