Monthly Archives: July 2002

The stock market may be up and down, but I turned to MTV late tonight and big boobs still sell videos. Every once in a while I need some consistency in my life.

I don’t expect much when I go into a fast food restaurant. The performance bar is lower than a professional limbo contest. Hey, if there are croquet tournaments, professional limbo has to be at least on the radar. No matter. … Continue reading →

Even if they wanted to churn out more reliable products, most programmers lack the skills. Point-and-click development aids like Visual C++ have turned software creation into a For Dummies exercise. – Brendan I. Koerner, The Bugs in the Machine, WIRED … Continue reading →

You can find anything on the web. Go to a popular search engine like Google and type in what you want to find. You get a list of web addresses returned all pertaining to your subject. The more expert the … Continue reading →

I was watching TV – my laptop was open and visible so it still counted as working – and the program that I was viewing just ended. As the credits started scrolling onto the screen they were whisked over to … Continue reading →

Fixing computers is the mental equivalent of having a pick-up truck. Just without the country music and gun rack.

I was talking to my brother the other day and he was on his cellphone. I’d say about five words and realize there was nothing but silence on the other end. Grrr… Redial. Establish where the conversation was before getting … Continue reading →