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Why I hate Microsoft, part 1,392
I freely admit that I am a Mac user. OS-X just works better for me, and my workflow. But I will grant that Windows 7 is pretty good, and usable. Of course, since I work in the corporate world, I am forced to use Windows (well, in the past I have been a rebel and…
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Google All Access versus Spotify Premium
Recap: After Google announced their “All Access” plan for their Play service, I jumped on the free week. The intent was to compare it to Spotify which I had been a premium customer for about a year and a half (I went premium there to get rid of the ads and the “sponsored tunes” which…
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Physics Geek Alert
In a meeting today, we were talking about models for contact mechanics to measure the indentation of an indenter probe into a surface. I got to correct someone that the correct term is Hertz-Sneddon. Ian Sneddon, referred to as a Mathematician, made significant contributions to many areas of physics. Yeah, I am a geek.
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A good problem
Life is a series of challenges, but some are more welcome than others. Today I bicycled into the office, showered and changed into street clothes. I brought in a pair of jeans, a polo shirt and the usual accoutrements. After showering, and dressing I made a stark observation: My jeans are almost too big to…
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The joys of daily medications
Since I have had a bout with coronary artery disease (a mild understatement), I get to daily take a fun regimen of medications. Prior to my “event” I had battled high blood pressure (ironically, my cholesterol was OK), and was on an ace inhibitor to keep it in the “sane” range. Post event, my cardiologist…
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Diet and fitness update
Last week was a challenge. With the holiday (grilled some yummy steaks), and our anniversary (tried another local Mexican place that is now our favorite), and two days of training a new sales engineer put a crimp on the diet. But all told, I came out of the week down a pound, and once the…
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Fun with Dentistry
I had a cleaning and “new patient” visit a couple weeks ago. My first visit since I moved to Chandler from Tucson. All was good, but they did tell me that my amalgam fillings were beginning to age, and probably should be replaced. I was not surprised by this, as I had some major work…
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The search for good Mexican food
When we moved from Tucson to Chandler last year, the last thing I thought I would have trouble with would be finding a decent, authentic Mexican restaurant. I mean, it wasn’t like we were moving to Seattle, we were still in the southwest, and there are plenty of authentic people of Mexican heritage here. But…
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My, how risk averse we have become
On my bike ride today, I was pondering the changes that have happened over the last 20 something years. When I first got seriously into cycling in my mid 20’s, I thought nothing about climbing on, and doing 30, 40 or even 50 mile loops, barely taking a couple of bottles of water with me.…