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Circling the drain

Posted on 14 January, 2010 by jb

> “If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”   General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army as quoted by Tom Peters in Reimagine I only flew JAL once and that was on 5 August … Continue reading →

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>Not that anyone in China can read this, of course…

Posted on 14 January, 2010 by jb

>   HT Information is beautiful

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>Using Fibonacci Numbers to Convert from Miles to Kilometers and Vice Versa

Posted on 14 January, 2010 by jb

>For example, how many kilometers are there in 100 miles? Number 100 can be expressed as a sum of Fibonacci numbers 89 + 8 + 3. Now, the Fibonacci number following 89 is 144, the Fibonacci number following 8 is … Continue reading →

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>Here she goes again – Sarah Palin displays her slow CPU. Again

Posted on 14 January, 2010 by jb

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>Too good to miss

Posted on 13 January, 2010 by jb

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>Grab a Tiger by the….

Posted on 13 January, 2010 by jb

> …tail?

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>Good morning, Victory Motors

Posted on 11 January, 2010 by jb

> In a past life, I ran the Cargo Reservations department for Lufthansa at Heathrow. It was frantic. British Airways moved to a new terminal. Nothing worked. They closed down. We worked 20 hour days. British Airways went on strike. … Continue reading →

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>The amazing Catherine Moullé strikes again

Posted on 11 January, 2010 by jb

> Winter in the Provence. More of her work here

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>Blast from the past

Posted on 10 January, 2010 by jb

> Delving in the genealogy bin

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>They must be joking

Posted on 10 January, 2010 by jb

>   Air New Zealand is introducing a new unform, designed by Trelise Cooper. Comments thus far: Airline spokesman Ed Sims: “The uniform is “contemporary”, based on New Zealand themes that still allowed individual choice by addressing body type and … Continue reading →

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