Took the boy to an Indian’s game last Friday night. I was hoping the bad weather would miss us and then this happened in the bottom of the 6th…
Then the sky opened up and let loose a pretty big downpour. We were just far enough up in the lower level box seats to have some cover. We waited around for an hour & called a night. Hoping to go back for another Friday night game and see the post-game fireworks!
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Strange Sight Downtown
Looking out the break room window today before lunch and there were hundreds if people getting ready to do Yoga on the south side of Monument Circle.
Turns out it was the “Monumental Yoga on the Circle” event by The Athenaeum Foundation.
This Might Just Work!
I spend a lot of time in downtown Indianapolis and seeing people walking down the street staring into a smartphone is a very common site.
I’ve witnessed people walk into other pedestrians, step into traffic, and even the occasional parking meter out of nowhere collision.
I think this might be the solution for unemployment and rising medical costs due to stupidity.
I give you the Seeing Eye Person!
Working From Home Is Like Saying No to Drugs
I could not agree more…
“Frankly, I don’t really care if I am less productive working from home than in the office. Productivity is only one variable in a complex equation. Another very important variable is personal happiness. I want to be productive, but I also want to be happy, and sometimes those goals conflict and I have to sacrifice one for the other. Working from home is where I am potentially sacrificing productivity for happiness. Now, to be clear, I’m not conceding that working from home makes me less productive, but instead I’m saying that I really don’t care. It’s a moot point in the argument.” [MORE]
Hundreds of Full-Length Movies Are Reappearing on YouTube
Interesting article on Gizmodo that talks about how Hundreds of full-length movies are showing up on YouTube. Some of these movies are still in theaters. In case you’re interested Reddit has a page that lists the movies with direct links to the content on YouTube. I can’t imagine these will stay on the site long & I’m really surprised YouTube has not gotten smacked around by the movie studios!
No Saturday Mail delivery? Fine by me!
Earlier this week the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it would stop Saturday mail delivery in August and that’s just fine by me. I say cut it down to 2-3 days a week.
I go to my mailbox a few times a week and it’s full of advertising inserts, credit card offers and stuff I never even look at. I pay my bills online and I rarely, if ever, send any kind of written correspondence, and I’m sure I’m not alone. As a matter of fact, I hate all of the waste generated by direct mail marketing. I didn’t ask for this stuff but I have to take care of getting rid of it…
The USPS is supposed to be able to pay for itself with the fees it charges to use its service but after being “forced” to take a HUGE loan to pre-fund its union pension program it’s become under water to a tune of $15-billion. Yet another example of how unions are not good for business anymore (that’s another post all together).
So far I have not read a lot of complaints about the USPS decision. I think it’s just a sign of the times and probably not the first reduction of service we’ll see in our lifetime.
Apple Style With Windows Functionality
I’ll admit I’m starting to get a case of Apple Fever. After moving to an iPhone from the long favored Blackberry and actually finding a way to integrate an iPad into my daily routine I’m taking the next step… I’ve purchased a MacBook Pro.
This is not just any MacBook, this is the 13″ model with the *new* retina display, 8GB of memory and a roomy 256GB Solid State Hard Drive. Having used a 12.1″ Lenovo Thinkpad for the past 4 years the 13″ display on the MacBook seems a lot larger and the resolution (and clarity) of the retina display is nothing short of amazing.
The overall design of the Apple MacBook Pro is very nice. Machined from a solid block of aluminum this thing is as solid as it gets. No plastic to flex or creak and no flimsy screen to move around. I’ve never felt a laptop as well-built as this is.
I mention Windows Functionality in the title of this post. That’s possible because of a virtualization application called Parallels which allow you to run Windows applications right alongside the Macintosh apps. It’s pretty much seamless and, so far, it just works.
I’m still in the “getting to know you” stages of the Macbook but I really like what I see so far. Time will tell if this becomes my primary platform or if the limitations push me back to the world of Windows. There are enough differences in how the two systems work that it’s going to take some time for the Apple Operating System to become second nature like Windows has become.
After I take this thing on an extended test drive I’ll go into more detail and post a more thorough review. Stay tuned…
Apple Customer Support
Had to call Apple customer support this week for a client who had some equipment stolen. I was VERY impressed with how they handled the call. VERY helpful and efficient. Good example for some of the others to follow (I’m talking to you HP, Cisco & Microsoft!!)…
Not often I have ANYTHING to positive to say about support so I thought I would at least pass it along.
No More Upload Errors!
Finally the upload error has been fixed! If you like to MoBlog (mobile blog) you’ve probably run into the (mobile client) upload errors that have plagued recent versions of WordPress. The latest update finally fixes that and makes it easy to draft/publish blog entries when away from the computer.
Virtual High-Five WP Dev Team!