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In a previous post, I discussed the British television show, Top Gear, and the unfortunate accident that took place when one of the show’s hosts, Richard Hammond, crashed a 10,000HP (yup, 10 with three zeroes), jet-powered car at, roughly, 288MPH. Ouch! Hammond who was doing “one last run,” had already broken the British [...] There is an interesting article in today’s New York Times (registration required, I believe) that asks the question; do organizations really know what their employees think about their jobs and work environment? Not surprisingly, the answer is, no, for the most part they don’t. “Some 86 percent of the 262 employers in a study by [...] The US Department of Defense just announced that its new “Heat-Beam,” non-lethal weapon will be available for use as early as 2010. Apparently, this weapon can raise skin temperature to over 130 degrees from a distance of almost two football fields. The evil-doer that is subjected to the beam feels a blast, like from [...] While certainly a tough game for Patriot fans, the AFC Championship was a great overall football game. The Patriots dominated in the first half, giving Pats fans all too much hope for victory. The Colts dominated (even more) in the second half, though, overcoming a big deficit to take their rightful place in the [...] This week’s I, Cringely column, “When Being a Verb is Not Enough: Google wants to be YOUR Internet,” is a must read. While Google’s desire to acquire the dark fiber in the US is fairly well covered in the blogosphere, what they plan on doing with it is subject to a tremendous amount of [...] As a CEO, almost nothing drove me crazier than being surprised. And I don’t only mean being surprised by bad news, I mean being surprised by good news as well. That latter part may sound a bit absurd and I can promise you that hypocritically, my reaction to good surprises was never as negative [...] As you’ve undoubtedly read a thousand times in the reams of pages of management books that you’ve consumed, it’s vitally important that when you build your management team, you don’t just pick good people, but instead, pick good people whose skills fill in for weaknesses in the team. For this reason, the first person I look to [...] Who woulda thunk it? A 24-21 victory over the best team in the NFL. I thought the Pats had a chance, but believed that a loss for New England was the likely outcome of the game. As it turns out, though, the Patriots came to play today, especially the defense. San Diego has better [...] This week, Steve Jobs did his MacWorld song and dance. While he delivers his message to an eager and receptive audience, there’s no question that his mastery of public speaking helps promote his message and causes even those who aren’t Apple zealots to take notice. I’d hazard a guess that this skill is also a huge [...]
I spent the better part of the last two weeks of 2006 traveling throughout the Galapagos archipelago with my family. It’s a trip that my wife and I have wanted to do for years, but only convinced our teenage kids that it could be fun as well as educational late in 2005 [...] |
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