Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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My new car is out of date
Of course I knew that there would be no TDI’s (aka Diesels) coming from Volkswagen or any other car manufacturer in states in 2007 and that there would be new models coming along in 2008 when I bought it, so this isn’t that big of a surprise. However it looks like VW has revealed the…
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Officially making the switch to Google Reader
While I have dabbled with Google Reader since the September update, I have as of the new year made the switch from NewsGator Online. I finally took the time to move over my most up to date OPML file and have most of my feeds synchronized from a read/unread perspective. A few reasons for the…
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Looks like no Mac tablet afterall
.!. I have been toying with the idea of getting either a Mac notebook or one of the next generation UMPCs (Origami was such a better name!). According to Apple Insider I won’t be able to get both in one device. I hate having to make decisions like this. Maybe I should just upgrade the…
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Highly reccommended: Open Business Models
Just finished the newest book from Henry Chesbrough, Open Business Models. I was drawn to his first book (Open Innovation, 2003) because it fit right at the intersection of our new corporate message (innovation) and what I was focused on (our open strategy). This new book takes a deep dive into the business model aspects…
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Good review of one of our partner's products
IndsutryWeek just published a nice write up of the intergration one of our partner’s products with Teamcenter. The increasing electrical content of manufactured products combined with increasing regulation has really driven demand for these sort of compliance solutions. IndustryWeek : Environmental Compliance Just Got Easier
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e-books
I just finished a very interesting novel by Peter Watt’s called Blindsight. I read it entirely on my Tablet PC (an HP TC4400) via the PDF that he provides on this web site. It’s been a while since I’ve read any pure fiction (The 9-11 commission report comes to mind) and this novel was a…
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Turning Green
I got turned on to these a few months back from a Fast Company article and have replaced almost all my non-exposed socket bulbs with them. I must admit that I did it more for budgetary than environmental reasons, but I think there is a lesson there: more people will become conscious of their impact…
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Back to work
Back at work after 18 days off. I’m feeling almost European! Got lots done over the break, although not all of the projects I had planned were successfully completed. Things that were done: The 2 new horse stalls got roughed in. As mentioned in a previous post if you ever have the chance to use…
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What super hero am I?
This test is good… Your results:You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 85% Iron Man 80% Hulk 65% Catwoman 65% Green Lantern 55% Superman 55% Robin 50% The Flash 50% Supergirl 45% Batman 25% Wonder Woman 15% You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility. Click here to take the “Which Superhero am…