One one of my trips last year to visit a client in Bentonville, Akarnsas ( yes it’s Wal*Mart ) I went into a Sam’s Club and found a deal on a Swiss Army backpack for $40USD. My current backpack had essentially given up the ghost as the main zipper had blown.
The SA backpack has great [...]
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A professor at MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND, was giving a lecture on ‘Involuntary Muscular Contractions’ to his first year medical students.
Realizing this was not the most riveting subject, the professor decided to lighten the mood slightly.
He pointed to a young woman in the front row and said, ‘Do you know what your asshole is doing [...]
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My traveling machine is a toshiba A100. A three year old machine with an 60gb harddrive and a gigabyte of ram, 1280×800 screen, wifi and a funky little tiny Bluetooth dongle for skype. Not terribly impressive by todays standards where 3/250 is the norm. It’s a tough little machine having logged lots of travel and [...]
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So, clients are here this week. Makes a nice change from traveling to them. And no, it’s not the same client. This week is all about new functionality for them with a bunch of new reports topping the list. All great stuff in their eyes, and it will be when we finally deliver. Scheduling is [...]
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This has to be my favorite piece of gear. It’s quite the toy and despite some of the press out there slagging it, I really enjoy the device and it’s functionality.
Solid music player, a good variety of interesting apps, though many games ( espicially the lite versions ) are unstable at times. I think some [...]
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Huge hassle when clearing customs despite the fact that I have made this trip at least 10 times over the last year and similar trips more than 50 times over the last 3-4 years.
To add to the fun, snow in Boston closed the airport and we had to make a pit stop in Syracuse, NY. [...]
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