Computers. How they have changed our lives.
I recall being informed when I started college that I was going to have to take a few courses in computer languages (versions of COBOL and FORTRAN). I thought that was pretty useless. After all, I was (literally) the first person to use an HP-35 calculator (patent to be applied for) and not be stuck with a slide rule. (OK. Brooklyn Poly made me learn how to use a slide rule, anyway.)
Continue reading A computer pioneer…
Not quite the culmination- but the week of “Spring Ahead” is a major one for those who’ve been working since “Fall Back”.
Today is the Ides of March. No, I am not referring to the Julius Caesar masterpiece by Shakespeare (or the history to which it refers). Today is the due date for business tax returns. 
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Almost every little boy (and a slew of little girls) is enamored of fast cars. Making that car go faster than anyone else around. (Of course, doing this on our highways often means you meet certain folks in blue. We are talking about doing this on tracks.)
Continue reading Zoom, zoom, zoom?
Interestingly, we have become overcome with baloney holidays (Grandparents Day, Secretary’s Day, Clergy Appreciation Day, Bosses Day…that should be MORE than enough). obviously, these are critical to the financial success of Hallmark and American Greetings- and not many other folks.
No, this post has nothing to do with Tina Fey’s new movie. I even considered using a term I learned when I was about 7. the headline on the (then ultraliberal, now ridiculously conservative) New York Post that read ‘SNAFU’. And, when I confronted my dad to define the term for me, there was a great deal of hemming and hawing, until he came up with ‘Situation Normal, All Fouled Up’. (By now, i am sure you’ve discerned the true definition of the term.)
Continue reading Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
I had one client complain to me that I would never include her other consultants on an eMail. I had another client who was angry that I didn’t copy him on every communication that I sent on his behalf. (I did send him a daily synopsis and attached all communications- but those missives were delayed and separate from my original eMails to various other folks.)
Continue reading You can- but you shouldn’t!
So, yesterday, we spoke about one new avenue to developing new antibiotics. Today, we will talk about what happens when we take antibiotics.
Continue reading Rotovirus to the rescue?
I’ve written often (here and here, just for starters) how we have not developed new methods to eradicate infections from our bodies. We use microbes to fatten our animals- cattle, chicken, etc.- because we’ve learned that putting antibiotics in animal feed not only keeps many infections at bay- even if they are not ready to invade the livestock- but feeding the antibiotics makes the animals gain weight- fast. Which cuts the amount of time farmers and ranchers need to maintain the animals before they are slaughtered for our food.
What comes to mind when you think of Miss America? If you are of the same vintage as I, it’s probably Bert Parks, swimsuits, pretty faces, and folks who weren’t always the brightest.
Continue reading Here she comes… (Miss America)
