I received a call from an unknown number. I presume, had I answered, the caller would have offered a chance “to lower my interest rate†or some similar enticement.
Such calls are hardly news (or blog) worthy. What is worth a comment was the caller ID description.
Astute reader(s) may notice that this blog receives infrequent updates. While this may be of little concern to anyone who is not a spam bot (my most loyal commenters), I will explain that although not updating here, I have also a secret life as an anonymous blogger.
On a recent web wandering, I came across the official site for Visicalc. Visicalc was the first (or at least one of the very early) spreadsheet programs. From the above site, you can download a working copy of the program that will run in an MS DOS process under Windows.
Mass migration is a recurring part of Ireland’s history. From potato blight to economic blight the Irish have frequently needed to leave their homeland. Along with the expected Great Britain, The United States, and Australia, theIrish ended up in places such as Argentina, Mexico, and Chile.
It seems we may be able to add the Artic to that list.
Many people dislike Microsoft’s PowerPoint, some go so far as to call it evil, but a group in Switzerland has decided to make it political.
For Veterans Day.
A nice video that reminds us that while we remember many wars through black and white photos, they are all fought in color.
It was recently my birthday, and in sending me best wishes my younger brother explained that: “At a certain stage it is no longer ‘happy birthday’ it is just ‘birthday.'” While I tend to agree with that statement, I feel no particular angst at getting older. However, I recently discovered a more worrying marker of aging, other than gray (and fewer) hairs, that made me reconsider.
There is an old joke stating that prediction is difficult, especially regarding the future. Anyone that has ever tried to model or operate a complex system, or even gauge the effects of a change in business process, will understand how true that is. In his book The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations, Dietrich Dörner explains why sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.
In previous entries of this series we discussed Extroversion and Introversion, Sensing and Intuition, Thinking and Feeling, and finally Judging and Perceiving. In this post, we bring those for preferences together to find your type.
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