More than half a lifetime ago when I was establishing myself in New York one of the major selling points of the bank I chose was the vast number of…
Wednesday was a slow day for me at the store location I was working. Rather than sit around twiddling my thumbs I decided to sort through the dozen or two…
I had an entirely different idea for an article until about two hours ago. My Sunday ritual is to run errands, choke down dinner at my parents' and write my…
During my daily routine at my store locations I answer many interesting questions. Most questions are fairly innocent while a few are, well, odd. So here, in no particular order,…
You've probably never thought about how a company profits from a computer sale. But, I know you've most likely been frustrated by all the trial software and in-store offers when…
Over the past six months I've noticed an interesting trend at the computer stores. Customers procrastinate getting their computer repaired for months. The story is always along the lines of…
Most custom computers built through my company are assembled from tried and true components. Every now and then a customer will hit us with a build for a specific application…
Several years ago I wrote about online dating and how it's terribly miserable, and a couple months back I wrote about big data. This week I'm going to combine those…
Throughout the week I type possible subjects for articles into my Palm Pilot PDA and review them prior to writing. Even with all these keen ideas I keep thinking about…
An hour ago I finished watching all ten seasons of the television series Friends. Every night I'd fire up Netflix to see the latest shenanigans and relive that time in…
