Can you imagine working in the following company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 29 have been accused of spousal abuse21 have been named defendants in lawsuits19 have been accused of writing bad checks… Read More »
Just the other day, I was discussing with some colleagues about how far USB has come. These days, we have quirky USB-powered gadgets like missile launcher and hamster that can hardly be considered within the domains of computer products. The situation, it seems, is fast getting out of hand. Just when you thought the forces… Read More »
If you’ve watched one of those cooking shows on cable TV, such as Martha, Rachel Ray or Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis, you’ll realise a couple of things: 1. Everything always turns out right, especially the here’s-one-we-prepared-earlier dish.2. The resulting dish, if tasted by the chef, is always perfect, delicious, or something along that… Read More »
1. Never use one word where ten will do.2. Never use a small word where a big one will do suffice.3. Never use a simple statement where it appears that one of substantially greater complexity will achieve comparable goals.4. Never use English where Latin, mutatis mutandis, will do.5. Qualify virtually everything.6. Do not be embarrassed… Read More »
Watched this segment on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 this morning where a guy named Tyson attempted to solve the Rubik’s Cube blindfolded on live television. While he didn’t manage to accomplish the feat (he’s got three cubes incorrect), I thought his memory and manoeuvring were pretty awesome. Here’s a video where he actually did it:… Read More »
Let’s see: A picture’s worth 1000 words. The average number of letters in a word is, say, six, including spaces. So a picture would need to compress down to under 6K to be worthwhile. Well, the picture on the left is well over the limit (click to enlarge), but it does say more than a… Read More »