… Until Morale Improves

I served with a fellow, Lawrence Mack, who was on board the USS Pueblo when it was captured by the North Koreans in 1968. One of Larry’s stories he told resonates even today, and it’s about the importance of human contact. He said that after capture they were held in a POW camp in North […]

The Office Doesn’t Have a Culture

Culture (/ˈkʌltʃər/) is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.[1] Culture is often originated from or attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning […]

Stupidity Should Be Painful

Stupidity is a moral choice. Or an immoral one, if you please. Highly educated people can be stupid. Seemingly, the more education some folks have, the stupider they choose to be. Yeah. stupidity is a choice. Some of the least educated folks I’ve ever met, Tejas ranchers, have been among the smartest folks you’ll ever […]

The Hour Mill

I’ve been working in Navision… Attain… NAV… Business Central (whatever they called themselves) since 1998. It’s been a ride. From the Beginning When I first joined the community as a green (but certified) CA/L developer, I was told by the Solution Center owner how the partners ran their successful businesses. (This was long before Microsoft […]

Fuzzy Logic

Fuzzy Logic: Coding without glasses. A halfway house for Boolean values that won’t go all the way. The essay answer to a true-or-false question. Boolean values that won’t go all the way We’re impressed when computers, defined by switches that can either be on or off, do something that seems like they come up with […]