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Toxic Pens

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I have a personal rule when it comes to working with teams or judging the effectiveness of a manager: be careful of the person who can’t spot the really important problem.  The house could be burning down, but these folks are more interested in watering the flowers. If you find your manager (of if you’re […]

Windows 7 and HP OfficeJet Pro L7680 Work Around

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A quick post to help anyone who has an HP OfficeJet L7XXXX scanner, fax, printer combo get their software installed on the Windows 7 RC. 1. The HP disks are useless, so go to the HP site and download the full version порно мамы смотреть онлайн 2. Once the file (3XX megs) is downloaded, navigate […]

Shot gunning a Brand: Radio "The" Shack

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My Brand Strategy professor at NYU (exchange) was an activist investor focusing on companies that have great brands that the current management were killing.  He was pretty good at organizing friendly (but could be) hostile takeovers of the board.  May I now humbly suggest that Scott turn his attention to Radio Shack.  It’s illogical that […]

French tourists ranked as world’s worst – Seasonal- msnbc.com

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PARIS – French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world. And my favorite statistic is that 90% of French people never leave the country.  Americans who may travel a lot or are thinking about […]

Upgraded Blog to WordPress 2.8

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I’ve been putting off doing an upgrade to this blog for quite a while, but finally took the plung.  Old version 2.3 is out and the new snazzy 2.8 WordPress is now in. It’s been a good IT day for me.  Windows 7 is now running on my Media Center (dual boot), my Blackberry SIM […]

Hacked

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I don’t feel violated. I don’t even feel irritated. I do feel confused, because I can’t figure out how it happened.  Yesterday morning, during a call with someone from my company I noticed my Facebook status changed to HI. I thought this was just a typo on my part, while trying to search. However, when […]