Quiet People

During my working career, I’ve had a some managers that worked for me that had a strong tendency to remain very quiet during open discussions, brainstorming sessions, etc.  I always wanted to offer these folks the benefit of the doubt,

Sports Bloopers

If you’re interested in some humorous bloopers from various sporting events [click on the picture below to stream the video]. [googlevideo]4758380892721654828[/googlevideo] 2 min 27 sec

Hard of Hearing

More elderly humor… An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to

Streaming Video on the Blog Site

If you’re not a frequent user of the Internet, you’ve probably overlooked the emerging phenomenon of streaming video…  This is where web sites enable you to watch low-quality video clips immediately upon clicking on the desired video.  This has been popularized by

Alternative Fuels

For those of you that have elected to spend your hard earned dollars on alternative fueled automobiles, you should stop to read the article in Popular Mechanics.  The story specifically focuses on the ability to use hydrogen as a substitute

Adobe Acrobat Killer – Microsoft XPS?

There is a new new implementation of a technology from Microsoft that is targeted at replacing Adobe Acrobat.  This emerging “standard” is known as the XML Paper Specification (XPS).  The specification itself describes the formats and rules for distributing, archiving, rendering, and processing

Noah’s Ark 2006

In the year 2005, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said: “Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another