Outsourcing Maybe Gone Awry?
The latest twist in outsourcing to India? It’s not another IT job category, but it does involve a pretty specific
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This is the default category used as the catch-all. If couldn’t think of any other classification for the post, I will classify it as “general.”
Weekend Update-July 23, 2006
This weekend was fairly slow and quiet. Friday evening I did a major cleaning on the pool pump. The pool’s been cloudy a lot lately, so finally I just broke it completely down. Saturday morning I did some cleanup around the yard and the house.
Read moreUpdate on July 17, 2006
As you may have noticed, there have not been a lot posts over the past couple of weeks. For the past three weeks, I’ve been on very tight deadlines with a bunch of very large proposals. For the first pay period of July, I’d put 110 hours on the time sheet. That’s two weeks, and I probably didn’t record all the time.
Read moreNew Feature Here At Deep Sand
You may not yet have noticed, but using another one of the great Wordpress plugins, I’m offering a new feature. Now, when I post a book or movie review (or anything else I’d like to rate), I can add a rating mechanism at the end of the post.
Read moreThe Devil Wears Prada
A naive young woman comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city’s biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly.
Read morePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Jack owes an unpaid debt to Davy Jones and his army of sea-phantoms…his soul. Now, he must find a way to save himself from becoming one of them, and suffering forever.
Read moreHow Do They Coordinate Fireworks
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy once reportedly said that you might be a redneck if your lifetime goal was to own a fireworks stand. But these days, operating a modern-era fireworks production is much more like Hollywood in the sky. Orchestrating the shows that will take place over the next few days requires artistry, a fanatical interest in safety, and a healthy dose of geek, to boot.
Read moreReally, have extraterrestrials visited?
Well, there’s lots of alleged evidence but little agreement as to its legitimacy.
Read moreIs the MGM lion yawning?
It’s possible the lion in the famous MGM production logo may be more fatigued than ferocious. Hollywood thrives on illusion, after all. But to get to the lion’s heart of the matter, we’d need to know which lion you’re referring to.
Read moreWhose the majority, males or females?
According to GeoHive.com, a site specializing in population statistics, there are around 3,248,080,000 males on the planet and around 3,214,983,000 females. That translates to men accounting for 50.25% of the population.
Read moreTuesday Morning With Alberto
This may most likely be the last update about Alberto. It rained some during the night, but not enough to even have to pump water from the pool. I did hear some gusty wind, but nothing major. The sun was out this morning when I got up.
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