Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
From The Shape of Days:
Ignorance of historical context is inexcusable. The Second Amendment has absolutely nothing to do with hunting. It’s about owning guns for the purpose of killing people. It was written during a time when the idea of peaceful political change was laughable; just a few years after ...
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Joel Spolsky of Frog Creek Software makes some good points about customer service.
Almost every tech support problem has two solutions. The superficial and immediate solution is just to solve the customer’s problem. But when you think a little harder you can usually find a deeper solution: a way to ...
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Dear Seth,
Congratulations! On February 20, 2007 the Board of Directors of the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad voted to admit you for membership...
Woo! Only took 5 and a half months. We'll see how this adventure pans out.
Posted in Personal, Real World, WVRS | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
If you’re not familiar with using an Apple computer, you might be a little hesitant to purchase one for general use, however nowadays that’s less and less of a barrier. If you like, you can setup Windows XP on the latest Mac machines and either run it as a ...
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