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2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 210,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 9 days for that many people to see…
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If It’s Serious Do Not Facebook Me!
I was standing outside in the cold filling my gas tank recently when my cell phone rang. A friend of mine called, but because he was calling with an international calling card his number was not displayed. He had just moved to a different country so his phone number changed, and I knew I wouldn’t…
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Greetings from Cuba!
I will be honest folks… I was going to say that we are loving it and I wish you were all here, but it would be a lie. Stephanie and I are having the most wonderful time here, and we are enjoying the quiet and calm. I look forward to seeing you all next week! …
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Not Now… When?
You sent someone an e-mail and you get an Out of Office Reply that reads something like this: I am on vacation for a fortnight and upon returning I will be deleting all of my e-mail. Please resend on January 10. Now wait a minute… your e-mail to them was important, but are you going to…
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Seven
Sometime in the last few hours… probably around lunchtime on the East Coast, TWAM welcomed its 700,000th visitor. Thank you!
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Make It Up…
I had to go to a walk-in clinic last week. The nurse at the front desk handed me a clipboard with some pages attached. ‘Can you please fill in your demographics then bring the forms back to me.’ Huh? ‘Your demographics! Just fill them in and give me the form back.’ According to http://www.dictionary.com, this…
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Helping Others… Helping Myself.
Many of you probably think that because I have this great blog that I am smarter than others. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is, sometimes I just research a problem that I am having until I find the solution… I blog about it, and then I usually forget about it. So…
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Certified!
I just got an email from Microsoft Learning congratulating me on my new certifications… Windows 7 Specialist 🙂 I have not taken a Windows 7 exam in a few years, so it is nice to know they still care. I don’t know what I will do with them, but thanks!
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Are you kidding me?
I have figured out why Godzilla was able to attack Tokyo without any advance warning. It’s because everyone was going about their business, distracted… Either by cell phones or manga books or just generally ignoring their surroundings. If you haven’t met me, let me paint a picture: I am 6’2″ tall (a head taller than…
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Comfort Zones and Older Lessons
In 2003 I joined a small Montreal firm as their Systems Administrator. When I say small, there were four of us in the office. I had just passed my first certification exam, and I thought I was really something. Of course, I wasn’t… but I wouldn’t learn that until much later on. I say I…
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A (Mostly) Boring Trip
I really did have images of going out and having fun every night. I really planned to travel outside of Tokyo and see the country every weekend. That is not what happened. Don’t get me wrong… I have gone out for dinners, if mostly close to home. I have also been spending a lot of…
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Why We Test…
It is Friday morning in Tokyo, and there is a line out the door. If you didn’t know any better you would think that they were lined up to get an autograph from the latest pop icon. However if you look at the sign on the door it does not say ‘Tokyo Arena’ or ‘Tokyo Hilton.’…
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Warning: The Tax Department Is Not This Efficient!
I received what on the surface looked like a very welcome e-mail today from the Government of Canada, Specifically from the Canada Revenue Agency. Specifically, it looked like this: I was thrilled… and then I remembered that anything that looks too good to be true probably is. The e-mail address it came in from bears…
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Weekend in Tokyo… What to do! :)
Later this evening I will likely write about what I did yesterday, but today is a gorgeous sunny day, and I am heading out om the town. I am taking with me my Nikon camera, along with my 18-105mm lens, which so far I find to be the most versatile. I have not decided yet…
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Lemons and Laurels
I don’t generally do this, but I had a great experience with a computer store’s service department last week… and a lousy one. I want to give credit where credit is due. Firstly I am not going to badmouth the store that treated me poorly. I was not impressed, and suffice it to say I…
The World According to Mitch 