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I hate discomfort’s side effects
Mild venting here: I have some moderate lower-back pain today. Yes, I’ve done the back exercises you’re supposed to do (do not lie down with ordinary muscle-related back pain if you can avoid it), and I’m sure it will go away in a day. But one consequence is that I have just a touch less […]
From the jury room
Your Verdict is nothing, you play upon the Court; I say you shall go together, and bring in another Verdict, or you shall starve; and I will have you carted about the City, as in Edward the third’s time. The new state courthouse in downtown Tampa has a much better jury waiting room than the […]
Working without glasses
I left my pair of reading glasses at a recital Thursday night and wasn’t able to find it Friday morning when I returned to the hall. So I’ve been without my reading glasses over the weekend. My eyesight isn’t that bad, mild farsightedness. But I can’t just read and compute for hours the same way […]
Travel whiplash
I was back home last night after another quick overnight trip, this time to Orlando to interview candidates for the United Faculty of Florida executive director position. That’s the fourth overnight trip this month. As you can probably imagine, everything else is happening by sheer force of will right now, and I’m glad that I’m […]
Excel zen
By Sherman Dorn on May 26, 2007
I’m a fan of Edward Tufte in terms of information design, even if he did clash with Jakob Nielsen in an OK/Cancel superhero spoof of HCI gurus. Every year or so I dip into the website to see if there’s more stuff I need to learn. Tufte hates PowerPoint and Excel with a passion, though […]
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