Don't hire on the cheap. I’ve recently learned my lesson about hiring workers on the cheap. A friend of mine recommended I hire this guy and his crew to handle some painting and wood stripping/refinishing. The quote came in really low and the time frame wasn’t realistic. Against my best judgement, I went for it… Continue reading Don't hire on the cheap

Much of Gulf Coast Is Crippled; Toll Rises. Floodwaters were still rising as much as three inches an hour in parts of New Orleans late Tuesday. By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and N. R. KLEINFIELD. [NYT > Home Page]

The Pacific Institute. Going through my many pages of notes, here are some highlights: – Goals cause us to change what we see, who we talk to, and where we go for information. State (or better yet, write) a goal, and then walk into a bookstore, surf the net, or talk to a stranger in… Continue reading The Pacific Institute

Mass. high court creates archive of oral arguments. I've written here and here about the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's launch last spring of live webcasts of its oral arguments. Today the court announced that, in addition to the live webcasts, it will provide permanent archives, posted to the Web [Robert Ambrogi's LawSites]

The leap seconds are coming, the leap seconds are coming. Oh, great–first the government mucks with DST, and now leap seconds are back for the first time in 7 years. I was starting to think that we were done with them for good. My timezone is going to have an extra second added at 3:59:60… Continue reading The leap seconds are coming, the leap seconds are coming

Useit.Com: Open New Windows for PDF and other Non-Web Documents. All these guidelines stem from the same underlying phenomenon: the non-Web documents are native PC formats. These formats have their own applications, each of which gives users a set of commands and navigation options that are completely different than the ones for browsing websites. [Tomalak's… Continue reading Open New Windows for PDF and other Non-Web Documents

Eric Mack gets runaround from Toshiba tech support. Eric Mack is giving Toshiba a hard time for its customer service after his Toshiba M4 Tablet PC crashed and JK gets on Microsoft to fix the problem. I agree. I hate not having recovery disks available. I've sent these to the guy who is in charge… Continue reading Eric Mack gets runaround from Toshiba tech support

The Microsoft Office I Really Want. Are you looking forward to the next release of Microsoft Office, whenever that is and whatever it will do? Yeah, me neither. However, I can see how a lot of value could be delivered on top of supposedly ultra-mature products. Consider the needs of a virtual team doing things… Continue reading The Microsoft Office I Really Want

Note to Apple: Keep the Mac expensive!. I was pondering the Mac's security and the fact that, compared to Windows, it's largely virus and spyware free. Why should that be? Some answers which spring readily to mind might be: the Mac's low market share compared to Windows dislike of Microsoft making it an easy target… Continue reading Note to Apple: Keep the Mac expensive!

Development iFolder Server Available  If you've ever wanted to download the iFolder Client and try it out quickly, now's your chance. Previously, you've had to build it yourself following the instructions in a HOWTO. But now, it's just as simple as installing a couple of RPMs. I just finished up some work to build an… Continue reading Development iFolder Server Available