For those in retail, knowing what your competition is up to is primordial. For the consumer, figuring out what comprises competition is very important difficult. A case in point.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Seeking some effective, but generic, syrup | 267 words
Channel the stress. That’s my way of handling this very important week in the world of AI9. The countdown to the final 24 is too big to be left to the competitors. Next time around, I’ll help with the Olympics.
posted in Idol | Comments Off on When a cough is not a cold | 255 words
Funny thing about the footprints we leave, here on the Web. The traces aren’t just the ones highlighted by running your name through Google. This afternoon, while reading someone else’s blog, I spotted a breadcrumb left by someone else, who had arrived there from here. I’m not alone in the world!
posted in environment | Comments Off on Perhaps we’ll never officially meet | 255 words
One more reason to avoid the iPod; the frustration level engendered by iTunes software. While I go merrily along with my little MP3 player, loading and unloading music with aplomb, son #2 is working on a personal version of apoplexy. Every time he tries to put order in his musical life, iTunes gets all higgledy-piggledy and then shuts down. When you hear someone swearing that he’ll forego changes to the soundtrack of his life, the state of the nation is clear. In passing, I’ve suggested that he seek a solution involving Linux.
posted in computing, music | Comments Off on Blame it on the user | 287 words
Perhaps the commentators on our Olympic channel are taking the Canadian thing too seriously. After an upsetting win by the Women’s Hockey team over Slovakia, the idea was floated that perhaps there should be a “mercy rule.”
posted in sports | Comments Off on And around they go, except in the presence of potholes | 265 words
I’m caught in a time of adjustment, and I need a great plan for a bag of bell peppers.
As the kids get older, their schedules are starting to impinge on family routine. Son #3 put it eloquently, as he headed out the door. “I’ve got a life now”. No matter that within the half-hour, he was on the phone seeking a Dad-taxi, since the calculation of city but times had left him standing in limbo for at least one hour.
posted in food | Comments Off on Retune the weekly menu | 264 words
Three little words: Citius, Altius, Fortius
For public purposes, an invitation to play nicely with others. In private, an admonition that only superlatives matter. Once again, the Games are upon us. Seventeen days; enough time for spring to fully arrive on the Left Coast. I’m watching the Opening Ceremony. Have been for hours. It takes a long time to welcome all the neighbours over for a play date.
posted in politics, sports | Comments Off on Let the Games begin, if they must | 292 words
The first time that Windows Updates broke things, I shook my head and remembered that accidents happen. The second time that things took a turn for the worse, I used the Microsoft version of time travel and reverted to an earlier point in time. I don’t need a third time. As the company that doesn’t sell doors gets ready to catch those pesky pirates with yet another round of software stumble-blocks, I’m worried that actually purchasing legal software wasn’t the best choice.
posted in computing | Comments Off on Issues with updates that break things | 265 words
Some things just don’t fit. Decisions made by committee. Ballroom dancing in a trio. American Idol in a group. Tonight, like each preceding year, showed just how painful trying to fit individual (large) egos into a happy, harmonious amalgam can be for all involved.
posted in education, Idol | Comments Off on Singing in committee | 292 words
Transportation news kept me on the edge of my chair all afternoon. Canadian transportation news; how often is that newsworthy?
posted in Idol, travel | Comments Off on Oh say can you see (my driveway)? | 288 words
