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Is a Paper Notebook a Time Waster?
I was listening to the Mikes on Mics podcast a few days ago and heard of some Elite Harvard Ivory Tower Intellectual pooh-poohing my paper notebook. Alexandra Samuel actually isn’t an elite Harvard intellectual in the sense that I’m lampooning, but she is a writer for the Harvard Business Review and she put up a …
Georgia Legislative Activity past Crossover Day
The legislation below is what I’ve found interesting and has survived crossover day. There is other stuff out there that didn’t survive, but I’m going to leave that alone. For now, here’s the legislation in chamber and number order (with one exception). HR 4 – We Want Tennessee! This one is interesting. If you weren’t …
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Book Review: Fitzpatrick’s War
Today I finished reading Fitzpatrick’s War by Theodore Judson. I liked this book, and Judson did some things very well, and another thing spectacularly, but I hesitate to recommend it for reasons I’ll get into soon. I wouldn’t recommend this book to a friend without a thorough understanding of what type of fiction they like. …
Crossover Day
Crossover Day has come and gone. They haven’t yet updated the tally about which bills have done what (last update is as of Tuesday right now. It’s a fun spreadsheet. Go have a look) but the AJC has a nice list of what bills were discussed on crossover day and their outcomes. Once they’ve updated …
Facebook is Eating your Soul (and by extension, mine)
Over a year ago, I kicked Facebook mostly out of my life. My reasoning was/is primarily that Facebook is a soulless evil entity that doesn’t give a shit about you, the user. ((Remember! You’re not Facebook’s customer; you’re it’s product.)) My lesser points were/are that Facebook is training people to like when a software product …
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IDimager is Dead! Long Live Photo Supreme?
Many moons ago, I posted about my struggles with choosing an image database management program. In the end, I decided to stick with IDimager (version 4, I think) over Adobe Lightroom. IDimager continued to have some of the same issues with lagginess and performance, but I was willing to put up with it—and have—since then. …
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Georgia Legislative Crossover Day
Today is Day 30 of the 40 day Georgia Legislative calendar. It is also known as “crossover day”. Any bill that wants for eventual consideration as law must pass one chamber (either the House or the Senate) by midnight to be moved along. Otherwise, it’s a dead bill and won’t be looked at until next …
Battle Nations: Why it’s Fun and Why I’m not Playing Anymore
Battle Nations is a game you can download for your handheld mobile personal computer. ((Mine is an iPhone.)) You build up a military base set on the fringe of a militaristic empire and blow things up. You spend resources and time to expand your base from a couple of huts to an industrial powerhouse capable …
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Most Important Things to get right about Microsoft Word
The following are what I consider to be the most critical things to get right when you’re using Microsoft Word when you’re planning to make real documents. “Real documents” means “more than writing up a shopping list” or “beyond a one-page letter to mom.” However, note that despite the ease of just opening up a …
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