Archive for July, 2008

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Pareto Principle

Pareto Principle
According to the theory…

principle: 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes
economy: 80% of income in Italy went to 20% of the population
business: 80% of sales comes from 20% of clients (and conversely, 80% of the work comes from the bottom 20% of sales)

My personal interpretation…

personal: 80% of the joy in life [...]

Chad Fishie

Chad went fishing and caught something we all throught was a) too big to handle b) fake and c) a real Fish Tale!
He proved us wrong, though…even when the fishie tried to get him!

Ok, as you can probably tell, the “before” image shows Chad holding the real-size fish he caught on vacation.
It was still a [...]

Kitty Pong

Emil and the cats found a new game today. They named it Kitty Pong.
They were animated and vocal about something (probably all the chaos in the house, today).
Emil decided that after one meowed, he’d walk to the other one until she meowed. He did this back and forth with them a few times until Purrrrrl [...]

Kitty Conversations

SCENE: meowing cats while we are cooking dinner
EMIL: What is it?
PURRRRRL: meow
EMIL: Are you hungry?
PURRRRRL: meow
EMIL: Do you smell chicken?
PURRRRRL: meow
EMIL: Do you want chicken?
PURRRRRL: meow
EMIL: Do you want to share chicken with Sosta?
(crickets chirping through the silence)
LORI: laughing vigorously because animals understand much more than we humans ever give them credit for

Fletch

–SCENE: We just finished watching Fletch.–
LORI: (laughing at the last line). That was a great movie.
EMIL: I can’t believe you’ve never seen it.
LORI: What year was it made?
EMIL: (checking TiVo). 1985.
LORI: Baby, my parents didn’t let me watch PG movies in 1985. [implied rant: I was 15 before they let me see a PG-13 movie. [...]

Work Rave - my new friend

This handy dandy little piece of software nags you to take micro- and mini-break throughout the day. At real break times, it gives you stretches to do. At the end of the day, it tells you to get away from behind the computer and go do something else for a while. It also tracks your [...]

Internet (and other) Irritants part ii

“Click Here to Enter Our Site”
No! Put your site on your domain, and let me go straight to it. Don’t make me sit through some “commercial” just so you can have another click-through in your stats.
Music That Automatically Plays
Whether it’s a MySpace page or a website, I am already using the sounds in my comptuer [...]

Internet (and other) Irritants

Private Settings on Social Media
If you use MySpace or similar sites to promote your business, please keep your site public, not set to private! How can we network businesses and potential clients if no one can see who you are or what you do? With the proliferation of spam accounts on sites like MySpace, no [...]

Wearable Watch


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