Monthly Archives: March 2009

Eleven hours in the tin can, there’s got to be a better way

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Eric

And that was just from SFO to Tokyo.  Add another four from Tokyo to Guam, and one more from Guam to Saipan.  Plus about eight hours waiting in airports, an hour and a half of ground transportation, etc., and it … Continue reading →

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Ink jet printing, the suboptimal way

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Eric

Naturally when I desperately need to print my travel itinerary for a flight tomorrow, and a contract that I need to mail, and it’s well after any stores that might have the right ink cartridge for my printer, is exactly … Continue reading →

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Suboptimal Management at National Semiconductor

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Eric

They’ve gone completely insane!  They’re laying off Bob Pease! “… a disaster of biblical proportions… real wrath of God type stuff…  Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies!  Rivers and seas boiling!  Forty years of darkness!  Earthquakes!  Volcanoes!  The … Continue reading →

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textnook

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Eric

textnook, n. – a cozy place with books.  origin – typographical error for textbook

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