I first heard of  Etaoin Shrdlu when "he" appeared as a character in "The Black Hole Travel Agency" by Jack McKinney. In the author's note, Jack explained how he'd picked...

Right there with you, Grant. It's best to admit you don't know the answer if you don't know it. We can't know everything about everything. Usually our knowledge of the...

Right there with ya, Grant, on the situational awareness training. For about 15 years, my husband and I were in the County Sheriff's Posse and we received a lot of...

It depends  🙂

Most of the time, I work in silence, but occasionally in the afternoon I'll put on some music. The rarity of the music is mostly because I find...

It was great getting to see you at the Microsoft Fabric Community Summit, Grant. I also enjoyed all the classes and networking opportunities that went along with the event. I...

My experience with "same language, different words" was with an Oracle database. The SQL used to query Oracle is very similar to MS SQL, but not quite the same. Some...

More old tech: BOOKS. Lots of paperback books. I have a kindle e-reader, but there's something about the feel of real paper books that makes me hope that they'll never...

I prefer using vintage and antique sewing machines over modern ones. The youngest machine I have is from 2007 (Bernina 850 "sewing computer" as it's called in the manual), and...

Happy New Year to you, too, Grant.

I only ever made one New Year's resolution (many years ago), and that was not to make any New Year's resolutions in the future.

Grant,

It was "And Now for a Word", the episode in which the ISN Reporter goes to Babylon 5 and interviews all of the major characters.  I scanned in a photo...

Who are you? What do you want? Do you have anything worth living for?

When Babylon 5 was in its second season, I attended a Science Fiction convention in Ohio that...

My first thought when I saw the term "Lean Coffee" was that it was a new Starbuck's offering.

🙂   There are many ways of running meetings, and how well each meeting...

A wise elder once told me, "An untested backup is no backup at all. "

I haven't forgotten that.

My prayers are with you and your family. Get well soon.  Be strong.  🙂

Thanks for that posting - it was a good reminder that we have to be more cautious and less trusting when traveling. I'd like to thing everyone is as nice...