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It’s not a question that someone is going to mess up in the GUI or not, it is a matter of how often, when, and how bad. The larger the organization, the more likely the answers to those questions will be answers you won’t like very much.   – Me in VMware vSphere 5 class […]

To rise in this company you must be a flag, willing to blow in whatever direction the wind says to blow. Rating 4.33 out of 5

I was talking with a friend of mine today and he said something extremely funny to me and I wanted to share it… …My usual response to vendors is “make it idiot proof, we do our part and supply the idiots”…      – Mike Nault Rating 4.50 out of 5

Using scripts to process data is more like panning for gold than transmuting lead into gold. So if there is gold in the garbage, the scripts can find it, consolidate it, and output it in a shiny pretty form. If there isn’t any gold, then you will just get some finely sorted and polished garbage. […]

Maybe we can call it the Nader effect. In a world where everything is made “fool proof” – fools start to truly believe the universe is always safe. It isn’t.      – Saw this on a website discussing the three 20-somethings that went over the waterfall in Yellowstone. Rating 3.00 out of 5

Just because something is unexplained does not mean that it is paranormal, supernatural, extraterrestrial or conspiratorial. Before you say something is out of this world, first make sure that it is not in this world, for science is grounded in naturalism, not supernaturalism, paranormalism, or any other unnecessarily complicated explanations.    – Houdini’s Principal Rating […]

Don’t let yourself be victimized by the age you live in. It’s not the times that will bring us down, any more than it’s society. When you put the blame on society, you end up turning to society for the solution. There’s a tendency today to absolve individuals of moral responsibility and treat them as […]

This is such a great quote I wanted to post it again. So many parents now a days could really use this basic advice.   Your children are profoundly shaped by you, and your actions will resonate, for good or ill, throughout the rest of their lives. Be a parent who lives the qualities, characteristics […]

I like the thermostat set nice cool at 65. My wife likes to crank it up to 70. so we compromised. It’s set at 70.     – Craig Ferguson Rating 3.00 out of 5

I saw this and wanted to share it, I see it as a great statement of fact for most places. “Consuming application owners don’t understand how their applications consume identity management services, resulting in poor configuration and change management.” Rating 3.00 out of 5