★★★★★ I must confess up front that I seem to always like John Cusack in a movie. I was kind of shocked to stroll by the under $5 discount bin and see this movie on top of the pile. Odd that I had never heard of it. Naturally it went into the cart. Yes an actual shopping cart as I was in an actual store. Mr. Cusack is one of those gifted actors. Even in … Review – The FactoryRead more
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How to Set Up Mutt to Work With JustHost.com Email
Every now and then you are going to need to send email from the command line. In the world of OpenVMS we did it from batch jobs all of the time. Yes, there were abort routines which would notify all operators currently logged in and who had typed REPLY/ENABLE at their terminal, but, you still sent email just in case. OpenVMS had a robust email system long before we had an Internet, indeed, long before … How to Set Up Mutt to Work With JustHost.com EmailRead more
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Farmer Fred and the IRS
Most of today’s youth cannot comprehend a world before the touch tone phone where a basic adding machine cost north of $400. Heck, most of today’s youth don’t even know what a touch tone phone is. Well, this story takes place during that time you cannot imagine. Such is the time when this story takes place. While I was a child I was old enough to understand the story I heard. I do not remember … Farmer Fred and the IRSRead more
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Only 5 Days Left to Fulfill a Promise
There are only 5 days left for President Trump to fulfill a campaign promise. In truth, the easiest promise to fulfill given all of the promises and outlandish statements made during the campaign. End the visa worker abuse in this country which has decimated high paying jobs for college educated workers. Ordinarily I don’t pay much attention to the writings of Michelle Malkin. She seems in large part to be a creature born without a … Only 5 Days Left to Fulfill a PromiseRead more
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Move Quickly and Turn Worthless Shit Into Production
We’ve all heard the phrase attributed to FaceBook “Move quickly and break things.” Some people have turned it into a totally fraudulent development methodology called Agile. Today I got to have a lovely exchange with what could charitably be called “offshore support” from Dice.com. I had come across a posting of interest and wanted to identify all of the other pimps hawking the same contract. Why? Because, even though the pimp flagged the contract as … Move Quickly and Turn Worthless Shit Into ProductionRead more