Write on the whiteboard 100 times:
"I will not configure my smartphone to unlock my car."

"What did you do today, Bob?"
"I dissected a dead mouse."
And yes, I had fun.

I took this screenshot back in 2018 and just stumbled across it again today. I thought you might find it to be an interesting lesson in the English language.

I thought I had this genius idea to register "Rogue_AI" on the Xitter site, so I did a search to see if someone else had already claimed it. Yup. They beat me to it. And I don't know what they did with it, but it seems sort of roguish to me, since they already got it suspended.

Client: “Hey – how did you know we have [a certain piece of equipment] in our network? We haven’t talked about that yet.”
Me: “Uh, you’re paying me to map your network and document it. It’s my job to find everything.”

The true analytical mind doesn't break the problem into a thousand interrelated parts.
The true analytical mind expresses the one simple essence.

LinkedIn - no, no, NO!
WTH are you thinking???

Image description: screenshot of a portion of LinkedIn home page with the block to start a new post containing the prompt, "Start a post, try writing with AI."

I want to own up to my responsibility for today's stock market decline.
This happens every time I invest.
The value always decreases within 24 hours.
When I get tired of losing and sell to cut my losses, everything will go back up.

Microsoft: "You will pay us money to use our products. Also, we will take your information and sell it for more money. No, we won't share the profits with you."

It was right on the tip of my tongue. But I had to Google it.

I'm still waiting for an AI assistant worth paying for.
I want an AI assistant worth paying for.
I'm watching and hoping for an AI assistant worth paying for.
They won't be free forever.
But right now, they aren't worth my money.

It just occurred to me that dating apps could be problematic if you're dyslexic.
Swipe right, swipe left...

In Outlook, I finally figured out how to make the "Send Adobe Link" suggestion begone.

File - Options - Add-Ins - Manage COM Add-Ins - Go - Uncheck Adobe Document Cloud

This morning on LinkedIn I posted, "Beware of cynical voices on LinkedIn." You can probably guess what kind of people were offended by that, and they fought back with their comments. Don't care.
As a side note, from context clues in some of the answers, there are a lot of people who don't know the difference between "cynical" and "skeptical." Those people were also offended.

Wanna hear a Japanese band play some kick-ass New Orleans blues? Watch this performance from the Blue Note in Tokyo. It starts with just two guys on stage (drums and bass) and then builds into something amazing.

youtu.be/nQufZEijRmc

Common small business email problems, and how to avoid them… A couple of small business clients have recently had issues with receiving emails that affected their ability to bid on quotes, etc.

Here are some problems and solutions. (LinkedIn post)


linkedin.com/posts/fifonetwork

"Uncomplicate yourself."
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, translation by Gregory Hays.

Let a big ship hit a big bridge and suddenly everyone's an expert on maritime navigation.

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