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Gartner Hype Curve

Gartner Hype Curve, http://tbdcatalog.com/
fig. a: Gartner Hype Curve traces outrageous ideas from excited trigger moments through frenetic hype (typical in media outlets) to inevitable sad disillusionment to refinement of what is actually sensible finally to mundane product/ion.

From TBD Catalog

Don’t answer the phone.

Courtesy + civility = emotional intelligence?

The problem with this video is that it restricts itself to business settings – in real life, it’s always difficult to ignore purposeful rudeness, whether you’re in a meeting or not. If someone is talking to you, and you do anything with a phone without first explaining why your phone is more important than what’s being said, you are being extremely discourteous.

My friend Pedro, who is on call at all times, invariably says, “Excuse me, hold on a moment, let me see if I have to take this call” and checks his screen – if the person calling is an important customer, he’ll say “I’m really sorry, but I have to take this call. I’ll make it as short as I can” and then after he gets off the phone he will apologize briefly but sincerely for the interruption.

These simple apologetics invariably waste less of Pedro’s time than his incoming call wasted of anyone else’s time, and cost him literally nothing. Nonetheless this small gesture of courtesy and respect, this trivial acknowledgement of an inconvenience, has a huge impact on how others see him and act towards him.

If you want others to treat you with courtesy and respect, you need to start by treating others that way. Answering your phone while another person is taking the time to talk or listen to you is purposeful rudeness. It’s ignorant and disrespectful, and it makes you look shallow and stupid.

Apple live event in progress

Xeni Jardin is tweeting it, if you like the twidder.

Apparently Apple would like the “Apple watch” to overshadow the iPhone 6.

“The most innovative time-telling device since the sun dial.” #applelive — Carson Hickox 2:23PM EST

What I’m hearing is “We spent all of our time on making watch faces instead of improving battery life.” #applelive — Taren Smith ‏2:25PM EST

Birthday Paradox

Wikipedia’s entry is unwieldy and Wolfram’s is written in the obtuse language of professional mathematicians. HowStuffWorks cuts through the clutter.

Recovering at home

There’s no way I’m going to work today, but I figure with a full day’s rest and small amounts of very bland food I should finish recovering from the Boston seafood experience. Maybe I’ll be able to enjoy a nice labor day picnic by Monday, what what.

Back again.

OK, so that sabbatical was not so brief. I went a few places, did a few things.

In the meantime my hex tiles have arrived from Cali. I was only able to find one place that sold three- and four-point hex edge tiles, and they sure weren’t cheap.

I’m thinking about throwing down redgard and self-leveling compound before I lay the tile.

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I-5 with semi-rare forklift at auction tomorrow

Not too shabby, but missing front fenders

Will Weatherby Estate Auction – Saturday June 14th @ 10:00 AM
To be held onsite in Russell, PA 16345. At the intersection of Routes 62 & 957. Warren County. Take Exit 14 off I-86 and follow 62 south to the blinking light at the intersection of routes 62 & 957. Just north of Warren, PA. (7 miles south of Jamestown, NY)

Starting at 10am sharp, registration starts at 8am Saturday.

This is the smallest of the I5 forklifts

The image links above will probably die by Sunday. But you can see an I-5 with the small forklift mounted at George’s excellent site.

Inexplicably bad property photographs

Enjoy the cavalcade of snark.

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Is this normal Facebook behavior?

Normally, when you join a web forum, the proprietors will validate any email address you provide to them.

This is a pretty simple process; you just send an email to the address, containing a unique link to your web forum, and wait for someone to connect to it. When they do, you know that the person at that address is indeed someone who wants to participate in your forum. Code to do this is easily found on the web, you don’t have to write it yourself.

But apparently Facebook doesn’t bother with that sort of labor and time saving automation, they just let anybody use any old address, or something.

Yesterday, in the wee hours of the morning, someone using the name “Autumn Brooks” signed up for Facebook using my gmail address. In short order this fictitious person got 52 people to “friend” him. Only three people out of 55 smelled the obvious rat.

Now, I don’t know what this person’s game plan is or was. I mean, obviously, the intention was criminal, since my email was abused, but I don’t know how they expected to profit.

What I do know, from the Facebook-generated email that’s been POURING into my mailbox ever since (making it difficult for me to find and respond to real email in a timely fashion) is that “Autumn Brooks” was seeking out people in distress. Men struggling to raise kids alone, lonely for some adult female companionship. Teenage cutters looking for someone to talk to. Vulnerable people, people in emotional distress.

Yesterday afternoon I requested Facebook do something about this. I have yet to receive a response… maybe this is all business as usual in Facebook-land?

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Adding “peer reviewed” doesn’t help as much as you’d think. Try it for yourself.

Yakkity Sax Black Satans

So what’s wrong with a parody of black metal done by a parody black metal band? Well, obviously, the MUSIC. Assuming you agree it’s even music at all.

This video fixes that one remaining problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT7qfdgdgq4

I may have posted this before, but I don’t care.

Back from the UK, posts to follow.

OK, my vast readership is no doubt wondering where I’ve been and misses my informative ranting and witty banter.

I will back-fill our whirlwind tour of England and Wales anon.

Current Earth Destruction Status

The International Earth Destruction Advisory Board (IEDAB), an independent scientific institution which monitors the current status of the Earth, regrets to inform you that the Earth has been destroyed.       Current status: DESTROYED.

the Mad Scientist look

Back in the day, you couldn’t get hired at a big company if you were a male with an earring. And frankly, there were very few people other than sailors and homosexuals who had one.

So I’d take it out for interviews with personnel goons, and as soon as they handed me off to the people I’d be actually working with, I’d sneak it back in.

The tech staff would invariably spot it (good engineers are detail-oriented!) and you could see the gears turning in their heads… If this guy can get past HR with a frickin’ earring, he must be a bona fide techno god. I do believe it made them pay more attention to my opinions and show me more respect.

But in the end, you have to back up the “mad scientist look” with some actual Mad Science, or the appearance of unconventional brilliance will wear off. So I never got to rest on my laurels.

Bonus side effect: I didn’t have to listen to very much stupid racism, homophobia or misogyny from the older guys, because they found my appearance very confusing and rarely made assumptions about what they could get away with saying to me. Win!

Of course my single tiny earring is very staid and boring these days. You see bankers with dreadlocks and tongue piercings now and nobody bats an eye.

Thorn style no-spin knife throwing

I spent a lot of time throwing knives, tomahawks and axes in the 1980s. It’s an enjoyable hobby, and one that nearly anyone can become very good at… you just have to practice consistently, you don’t really need a teacher if you don’t want one. It’s good exercise and very calming, at the same time.

Like a lot of autodidacts, Ralph Thorn has developed his own unique style which seems to work very well for him. The blade does not complete a full spin before striking the target.


Arrrgh, matey.

Put John Huff’s version of “High Barbaree” on and read about 17th Century Irish Pirates.

I never knew the name his parents gave him

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Pulse jet bicycle madness

I mean sure, you could go all polished and classy like Robert Maddox, but there’s something appealing about the exuberant insanity of Colin Furze’s approach.

Maddox has built several of these things

Happy Holidays

A fine Imbolc, St. Brighid’s day, Candlemas, St. Mary’s feast, or Groundhog day, as you prefer! Midway between the solstice and the equinox, it’s as good a day as any to start looking for snowdrops.
The wonder of flowers, to be covered, and then to burst up