A quarter of century or so ago a friend of mine dumped his American-made car for a Toyota. back then the Japanese were also making alarm clocks and calculators, but that was the first time I'd heard about the Japanese auto quality and that memory has stuck with me ever since. Over the years I've — Continue reading »
Miami Beach Running
📆 January 25, 2010
Last year when I was at Miami Beach on business, I went out for a jog on the boardwalk on the western side of the island, but after some distance hit a construction barricade and was forced onto the streets. This year however, with the construction apparently over, I was pleasantly surprised. The boardwalk extends — Continue reading »
Night Running
📆 January 13, 2010
Running at night time is nothing new for me. I've been doing it for 2 decades after work. of course there's a big difference between the 8 PM hour in summers when it's warm and light versus the winters when it's cold and dark. In winter time, when I run after work, I usually stick — Continue reading »
Walking on Water, er, Ice
📆 January 11, 2010
Much of the US, including New England, has been gripped by a long-running cold snap that doesn't seem to want to quit. No complaints from me. I love the cold and crisp weather. Now I don't have to be outside for my job, otherwise I might have had a different opinion on that. Anyways, over — Continue reading »
2010 Y2K Fun
📆 January 7, 2010
Happy new year, well, at least if you follow the Gregorian calendar. Every new year just before the calendar turns over I get a little nervous. Nothing like the Y2K time, but some tension nevertheless. The systems I take care of at work have been humming fine for years, at least as far as the — Continue reading »
IE8 and JScript / WSH Bug
📆 December 29, 2009
Had a hell of a time chasing an inexplicable and sudden crash in one of my JScript programs last week. In the end Internet Explorer 8 was the culprit. Thankfully removing IE8 is simply done via the Control Panel and it's rolled back to the previously installed one. Guess we have fair-competition rulings to thank — Continue reading »
Google Voice, SMS Texting, and Gmail
📆 December 27, 2009
It's hard for someone like me who doesn't have a cell phone to stay in touch with people these days. I know, I should just get one and some day I may, but for now I stand on my principles. Besides, I don't really have that many people to stay in touch with, nor that — Continue reading »
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