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The Monster claws are coming…

ByObblogatory April 12, 2024

… to chew up part (or all?) of my wife’s little flower garden. Will it survive? Stay tuned!

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2K in 20 minutes = Pace 9’59” per KM.

ByObblogatory October 14, 2024November 14, 2024

It’s hard work, really hard. I guess I’m getting to the point where I can now claim: I can run 2K without stopping in less than 20 minutes. That’s some progress. I wasn’t able to do 100m a couple of months ago. Now I’m looking for a new 4K for December.

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Who is an owner? Who is an employee?

ByObblogatory March 18, 2008

Having been in business for a few years already, we’ve faced the challenges of hiring, keeping and firing employees. In fact, it’s one the reasons I use a rule of thumb: “you’ve never been a boss until you fire someone!” Really, performance management is an ongoing hassle, too for the entrepreneur as the business is…

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How long should I keep blogging?

ByObblogatory March 7, 2010

I’ve been working away on my blogs for a number of years now, and in the process of blogging, I’ve learned a great deal about the technology, blogging, writing and myself. But with so many great websites that I am keen to build (now about 5 or 6), and I only have time to build…

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An astonishing distinct lack of empathy on FB! Or not!

ByObblogatory November 4, 2024November 14, 2024

Sharing this story from Tobie Openshaw’s wall. Many wall commenters elsewhere on this story seem to show an astonishing distinct lack of empathy. Czech couple rescued by helicopter from Taiwan’s Taroko Gorge | Taiwan News | Nov. 1, 2024 17:29 I’m glad the couple are well, too many mountaineers die in Taiwan’s mountains, … I’m…

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Dial-A-Flight.com: Good deals for off-season fares to Asia!

ByObblogatory October 10, 2007

Dial-A-Flight is a website that offers good deals on travel, hotels, and more… I found them when, to my surprise, they became one of my blog sponsors at another location. So I decided to check out the website, and now I’m drooling at some of the off-season prices. Naturally, my interest is in Asia. I…

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personal fabricator

ByObblogatory May 26, 2005

The Economist and Business Week magazines have both run fascinating articles on the concepts and practices of the Personal Fabricator. Could this invention revolutionize our post-Industrial societies? This kind of device would really ruin our product-based societies, as many kinds of manufacturing would just cease overnight. On the other hand, if we still had to…

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