dak on October 6th, 2008

Well, as I get over a cold/flu that killed me for four days, it bided my time while listening to the Red Sox NOT wipe the Angels off the map last night in 12 innings by trying to get some of what I plan to take as a 17 day western odyssey on my motorcycle next May. [...]

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admin on September 21st, 2008

Well, to take Dan Akroyd’s line from his comment Jane Curtin on SNL in the 70’s… Bill O’Reilly’s got it wrong, so, so miserably wrong. While this was highlighted (see below) by Boing Boing, I still can’t believe, and listen closely, that he’s so damned ignorant. Not only does he not understand technology, his grasp [...]

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dak on September 15th, 2008

Yes, this was a great skit… wasn’t there for the original broadcast… but found it here on NBC. I think they both nailed it, and congrats to SNL to opening their 34th (oy I feel old) season with something remotely funny.

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admin on September 14th, 2008

Now folks who know me understand I have a GREAT distaste for Wall Street. I’ve been at several mismanaged companies, all with leaders from various top schools that churn out, IMHO, unqualified MBA’s (UPenn, Harvard, Yale… etc.) Reading this, after this years long line of failing bank and finance news, just has me shaking my [...]

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dak on August 20th, 2008

So, Bruce Schneier, coiner of that term, and publicity whore at times (ask me about my experience at a Gartner event he speaking at), has caught fire among the vernacular of travelers who are now subjected to the absolute goofiness of the TSA and other security procedures supposedly put into place after 9/11.
I’ve always been a believer [...]

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dak on October 21st, 2007

… I need not say more…

BTW, if anybody feels like they want to chip in for any of the following, it would be greatly appreciated:

1) Tickets to Game 3 in Boston

or

2) An Authentic edition Josh Beckett game jersey…

…that is all

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