If I had not simply appreciated the value and satisfaction of doing something, I would never have survived 42 your in IT.   Like the old expression, 'I was my biggest...

I always did 'unit testing, even back in the days of Assembler, COBOL, and RPG.  We 'commented' out everything after the part to be tested to stop processing at each...

I see that I made a comment on this topic five years ago.   Wow, time gets away.  I agree about the days feeling extra long.  And I was in fact...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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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...

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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,...

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...

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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...

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