To state that Brad Delp deprived his fans from his voice by committing suicide would be selfish. But at the risk of sounding self-centric I am going to declare that Brad Delp deprived me of his amazing voice by taking his own life. Back in 1976 when Boston's self-titled first album was released, I was — Continue reading »
YouTube Copyright Trouble
📆 March 14, 2007
When Google bought the fledging, but popular video sharing site, YouTube, for $1.6 billion in early October of 2006, it created a firestorm of controversy surrounding the transaction. It seemed like we were back again in 1999, the height of the Internet bubble. Google itself had actually launched its own video sharing site months prior — Continue reading »
Energy Policy? Daylight-Saving Time (DST)
📆 March 11, 2007
Here we go again. As if this whole idea of daylight-saving time (DST) wasn't bad enough, this year the US has decided to tweak the time-shift and spring forward 3 weeks in advance. I received an email from one of our vendors a few days ago regarding the change and this was a part of — Continue reading »
Houses, Roofs, and Snow
📆 March 4, 2007
There's an old Persian adage that states: "The bigger one's roof, the more one's snow". Living on America's east coast the adage doesn't really apply. The roofs are generally pitched and snow simply thaws and slides off. Back in Iran where most roofs are flat and building structures are of questionable soundness, people are forced — Continue reading »
Company Meetings
📆 February 24, 2007
I hate company meetings. I understand that sometimes they are necessary evils and on occasion they are useful, but generally I've found them to be a waste of time. That was my feeling when I worked at one of the largest companies in the world and today, working for a small company, I am just — Continue reading »
Tax Break Myth
📆 February 20, 2007
Republicans like to pride themselves in supporting lower taxes. That is indeed a great ideal. The problem is that today such a view is plain false. I'm a middle class citizen, and I can speak with authority that the tax breaks have meant very little in terms of helping me achieve fiscal success. In fact, — Continue reading »
The Alternate Chat Room
📆 February 14, 2007
On September 4th 2006 the world lost a famed and intrepid animal lover, Steve Irwin. Soon after, the Internet was abuzz with the news of his tragic death. Checking the news on the next day, during my lunch hour, I scanned some of the stories surrounding the circumstances of his death and this is one — Continue reading »
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