Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Tips and Insights from Twitter (5-18-2010)

While scouring some Tweets that I had saved as favorites, I thought these would be of interest to many of you: keener This works well: http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ Identified a Facebook privacy setting that I hadn’t fixed to be most secure. CoryBooker … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends from TwitterLand (5-3-2010)

Here are a few tweets that recently caught my attention: RickM “No surprise Warren Buffett defends Goldman Sachs. Buffett’s investment in Goldman pays him $900 every minute. $500 million a yr.” fredwilson “We are talking about Scenario Analysis on MBA … Continue reading

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A Lesson from Retirement: Exercise

When I retired, I knew about the importance of keeping active, both mentally and physically. I took care of the mental part, reading a ton of books, working on the computer, and doing some consulting. In fact, I probably overdid … Continue reading

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We’re not alone afterall

We’ve known for years that dolphins seemed to have a fairly high intelligence. Now, after additional testing, some scientists have concluded that dolphins are so intelligent that they should be accorded the status of non-human persons. That is fascinating! It … Continue reading

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Around the Web, 2009 Dec 10

A few articles you might find useful: Aaron Wall, in his Why do a fade in a web page, makes some good points about branding. This is a term that has been popular in social media for a long while, … Continue reading

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Corrected: Blogging Platforms, Simplicity, and Speed

Update: Based on information I received late this evening, I have made some corrections to this post. The short version is that (1) the Google Site Performance data appears to be grossly wrong, and (2) I would do well to … Continue reading

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Around the Web, 2009 Dec 2

Here are some articles that interested me: Chris Leckness of Mobility Site answers the question Droid, iPhone, or HD2 … which would I choose? If you are shopping around for a new smartphone, Chris’ testing and ratings will be useful … Continue reading

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Two CNBC Programs You Should Watch

I recently became aware of two CNBC shows that I highly recommend to you: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great – a Q&A session at Columbia University with these two financial giants and thought leaders. Absolutely superb. I … Continue reading

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How to Experience God

I’m not a saint or a priest or a theologian. In fact, I’m somewhat agnostic about the traditional view of God. But, if you were to dig down deep through my beliefs, into the core, you would probably find that … Continue reading

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From the Heart

As most of us gear up for the Thanksgiving Holidays, I hope we all make the time to be truly thankful, from our hearts. I confess to not having been good at this over the years. It is so easy … Continue reading

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