As it turns out, I’ve ordered an iPad Mini. This is despite being a very ardent Google advocate. There are some reasons for this, of which I will explain henceforth: First, and foremost, my company supports iPad devices on our corporate network and does not support Android. If I don’t want to use a...
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“Kaizen” is a Japanese term that is very vital part of Japanese life for it refers to a system (or a philosophy) of continual improvement. I was first introduced to this concept when I was at Toyota, where it is a cultural imperative. All workers from those on the line to the engineers in...
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This is being republished from a forum I visited: Many times I have returned to writing thinking: “I can do that thing I just read/watched/played better.” But over time, I’ve come to realize that my vanity masks deeper concerns. As an atheist and a cynic with a comfortable existence, I see pervasive dullness and...
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I do not have a very good track record with Romantic Comedies. Most of the mainstream ones released these days involve horribly demonizing a woman for whatever reason or they involve gross humor on the part of the guy or a scene where a woman belches excessively to show that she’s not just an...
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There seems to be an experiment going on, where filmmakers are taking Liam Neeson and putting him in progressively more stripped down movies to see just how much more is needed to be added to make an incredible movie. If The Grey is any indication, it’s almost nothing. Neeson plays John Ottway, a man...
Read more →It’s hard to come into the Transformers movies without an opinion anymore. It’s a film series that has much publically emphasized constant action over any discernible story. This is never more apparent in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Robots duel. Soldiers run around shooting at things. Shia LaBeof is made to look like a...
Read more →I can’t watch the news anymore. I haven’t been able to in a long time, really. It’s not that I want to be ignorant, it’s just so obnoxiously … empty, that I get angry and think about hurting myself. CNN gleefully reports on the love lives of the Kardashians. Fox News turns every single...
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