Adventures As Me » Whatever http://blog.tel-cor.com Programming, life, oddities Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:10:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Linux 15 years on http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:28:11 +0000 telcor http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/ This month marks the 15th anniversary of my foray into Linux. It all began with the mention of the word Linux on a BBS I frequented in Bisbee, Arizona (I lived in Douglas, AZ at the time). Not long after that I chanced upon a book entitled “Using Linux.[*]” I bought the book and installed [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/feed/ 0 Alert! Anti-bacterial not the same as Anti-viral! http://blog.tel-cor.com/2004/03/22/alert-anti-bacterial-not-the-same-as-anti-viral/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2004/03/22/alert-anti-bacterial-not-the-same-as-anti-viral/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:33:04 +0000 telcor By way of Arstechnica’s Science Sunday column, a report on MSNBC titled Anti-bacterial soap may disappoint clarifies the role of anti-bacterial soaps and other cleaners. Apparently confusion exists in the minds of people that such cleaners provide protection against all manner of microbes.

The response from the manufacturer’s of such products is understandable:

“It’s [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2004/03/22/alert-anti-bacterial-not-the-same-as-anti-viral/feed/ 0 “You Catch More Flies with Honey…” http://blog.tel-cor.com/2004/03/03/you-catch-more-flies-with-honey/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2004/03/03/you-catch-more-flies-with-honey/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:14:48 +0000 telcor http://blog.tel-cor.com/?p=256 Raymond Chen reminds us in Blow the dust out of the connector that the way we address people (tone of voice, instructions, etc) effects the outcome. Approaching people in a positive, upbuilding way leads to an equitable situation for all parties. His example of customer support highlights how this is used and why it works.

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This past week I ‘struggled’ (mild term) with moving data from MS Access to a format I can easily dump into MySQL. A simple csv [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2004/01/26/random-thoughts/feed/ 0 Are you pondering what I am pondering? http://blog.tel-cor.com/2003/12/01/are-you-pondering-what-i-am-pondering/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2003/12/01/are-you-pondering-what-i-am-pondering/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:30:24 +0000 telcor If you are a fan of the great show Pinky and the Brain (seen on variety comic show Animaniacs and as its own show), that question is part of the core goodness of the show. What inane, nonsensical response will Pinky give this episode? Do you wish you had a list of every response? Wish [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2003/12/01/are-you-pondering-what-i-am-pondering/feed/ 0 How much is in your wallet? http://blog.tel-cor.com/2003/11/18/how-much-is-in-your-wallet/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2003/11/18/how-much-is-in-your-wallet/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:55:37 +0000 telcor Lists like this:The 10 most overpaid jobs in the U.S. always tell me I chose the wrong profession.

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There appears to be a problem on this page:

http://www.aezula.com/bloggy/archives/2003_03.html

When we click on your link to: http://www.aezula.com/bloggy/archives/www.zempt.com we get the error: 404 File not found

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