Tales from the Technoverse

Category: life

  • Facebook

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    I guess the story today is that mostly old people use Facebook, though of course that puts me right in the Facebook main stream. Having said that, it is clear that people, old or young, who do not use Facebook or at least one of the more popular social networks do not realize how much…

  • Clothes

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    ME: “Ellen, I am thinking that I might, in the near-term future, throw out the pair of pants that are sort-of falling apart.” ELLEN: “Which one?” ME: “…” It is my feeling that Ellen and I even after all these years have not developed a common understanding as to the desirable broken-in status that clothes…

  • Let Them Eat Cereal

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    The other day Ellen told me a life lesson that a friend told her (and I know I am paraphrasing here, since my porous memory has become even more so). Her friend said that a mother should know that if she waits long enough eventually everyone in the family will just eat cereal. Something I…

  • My Advice for Career Advancement

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    I recently was asked to provide advice relating to career advancement for the UMUC Alumni association (some would argue that perhaps I am not the best source for such advice), but in any event as a proud UMUC Alumni (and current UMUC employee), I wrote up the following which appeared here and which is copied below:

  • A Passing Thought About Winning the Lottery

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    It occurred to me the other day that as a mostly consultant these days that if we won one of the multi-hundred million dollar lotteries, I would have to tell myself I was not coming back to work. Somehow that seems less satisfying.

  • Half of My Life

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    So today marks a pretty significant date in my life. As of today, September 22, 2013, I will have been married (to one person) for 50% of my life. It is not entirely clear what I should consider the takeaway from that fact. It does occur to me that my two daughters opinion that I…

  • The Dog Channel

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    So there was a thread by a friend of mine about what channel they left their TV on for their dogs when the dogs were left home alone. The conversation wandered to the dog channel on direct tv, http://www.directv.com/premiums/dogtv. For $4.95/month you too could have your dog watch a ‘scientifically proven’ way of providing relaxing…

  • My Father-in-Law and the MG

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    I have been very fortunate not only in whom I married but also with the parents that are part of the deal. Both my father-in-law, David Elow, and mother-in-law, Barbara Elow, are very special people. Both of my daughters have had many valuable moments with both of them, especially as the daughters have become young…

  • Sandy and Social Networking

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    There were two big differences between Sandy for us and many past storms. First, we did not lose power (yet) which is a real plus. Second, since we continued to have Internet access it was remarkable the active interaction with friends and near-friends who were close and geographically far away. Our Sandy experience started in…

  • Follow Your Passion

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    I have learned over the years that doing things that you are passionate about is very important. This was brought home to me earlier this week when I had lunch with a long-time friend of mine who I worked with during my time at Sun Microsystems. We were comparing job experiences and she remarked that…