I’m working onsite with a new customer today, and I discovered this wonderful machine that dispenses excellent coffee when you push a button. * Click* grindgrindgrind* wooooosh* dribble And then you drink really good coffee. The guy I’m working for walked by while I was…
I asked friends to share their strategies and targets for charitable giving. In the spirit of “show me yours …” here’s our current plan: We’ve got a budget that works pretty well these days. It took about 3 years of effort to get good at…
Surgery went well today, so far as we can tell. In summary, I highly recommended: * New England Surgicare.* Dr. Andrew Chapman I do not recommend needing surgery … but if you gotta … this is the way to fly. I was “NPO” (nothing by…
My colleague cariaso is in Thailand for a few months, teaching computer skills to refugee and impoverished children. He shared his final exam with me – and I was struck by the first question: 1. What is a harpsichord? Keep in mind, we’re on the…
I notice that I haven’t been posting all that much lately. What can I say? February tends to emphasize to me that life is short … a short month full of short days … so I spent more time doing rather than documenting. Caught up…
I’m having a good day. For one thing, the weather is (within reasonable error bars) PERFECT. Mid 60’s, bright sun. For another, I led a 3 hour technical meeting today that stayed on task and produced good insight without losing the humorous, fun edge that…
I haven’t whined much about the shoulder lately, because there hasn’t been much to say. Every day it hurts a little less, and every day I surprise myself by using it to lift something slightly heavier than the day before. On the other hand, every…
I picked up A Fighter’s Heart by Sam Sheridan at the airport on the way back from VA. I’m nearly through it already, a quick and easy read. Sheridan has fought in several different styles over the last decade or so. He attaches himself to…
A friend asked my opinion on forgiveness. My answer was long and sufficiently general that I figure I’ll share it here: I very much feel that some kind of contrition has to occur for there to be forgiveness. I don’t buy into the Christian form…
It’s time to iterate on the year in review traditions. I’m open to any and all of these … and I expect that I’ll do a bunch of them. This one is the “copy and paste the first sentence that you posted in each month…