I've been reflecting on this article while enjoying my morning coffee, and conclude that my inspiration comes from trying to understand cause and effect and perspective.  Maybe this is why...

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Jeff, thank you for your kind words.  And I always enjoy hearing your words on SSC.

Your wish makes me think:  I'd rather be an octogenarian than an oxygenarian.  Now see...

My 'normal' continues, or maybe it's close to normal.  Spring is near, and I've had a few nice afternoons on the patio with my sweet wife for our wine and...

If you are talking to your computer....you need to get a life.

The closest I come to this is telling some gadget called Alexa to 'Call Ethel' who has her hangout...

My job was outsourced, I went to work for the outsourcing company, worked at my same desk, and got a raise.  How did THAT work?

I wonder why it's called a 'variable'.

We used to use magnetic tape for arhiving data and avoided needing to delete it OR to pay ongoing costs for online storage.  It probably saved us lots of  money. ...

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I read this this morning when I woke up about 3:00 am and picked up my phone. It got me thinking and I mulled this over for the next hour....

My take on 'exit lines':  Don't say anything that might preclude you from being invited back.'

In my last position as a DBA the company was going through a downsizing/outsourcing period,...

Me too. It's weird, but I find the act of writing (not typing) helps me remember better. And I doodle to make sense of and plan things (like...

Some old tech that I wish would come back is people that actually know how to ask a question and then read the answer and act upon it correctly....

On a practical note, I have bought a couple of Denon 5-disc CD changers and these are great. They are also well made. And, given the price that Denon...

I prefer using vintage and antique sewing machines over modern ones. The youngest machine I have is from 2007 (Bernina 850 "sewing computer" as it's called in the manual),...

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"We still have mainframes and lots of older applications, but one piece of software I expected to see around was Lotus Notes. I know some people might still use it,...

This is so true.

How many of us look forward to finding a secondhand bookshop with old Kindle titles in it? With any luck, some brave person will have amassed...