November 28, 2007
getting things done versus looking like you’re getting things done
“Never mistake motion for action.” – Ernest Hemingway
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“Never mistake motion for action.” – Ernest Hemingway
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well, after a seriously total wipe-out of the coalition this weekend (wow!), it’s been fascinating to see all the reports of key liberal figures declaring that they knew it was going to be that way, which begs the question why they didn’t do something to change that… the stupid elephant in the room of howard’s [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized
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“If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this.” - Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M “Post-It” Notepads. the above quote sums up the counter-intuitive nature of much scientific endeavour, and probably a lot of [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized
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An interesting quote from British politician Enoch Powell: “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure.
Probably applies equally to a great many professions, including boxing…
Filed by ob1 at November 24th, 2007 under Uncategorized
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”— Mark Twain
Filed by ob1 at November 23rd, 2007 under Uncategorized
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a quick tip i’m happy to pass on…i was having trouble with my blackberry pearl’s trackball not tracking left. i had a mate who had similar issues, but i’d been fortunate to not having anything, in spite of me probably not giving my pearl the best care in the world – i just tend to [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 21st, 2007 under tech
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the aussie stockmarket continues to be dominated by the US scene today, and it’s just amazing to me how the markets work. i laugh at people who like to analyze things, and check company backgrounds and data, etc. frankly, asides from filtering out the odd company with big fundamental business problems, generally this [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 20th, 2007 under life
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i came across this at scott hodge’s blog (and i believe he got it from david foster), and all i can say is AMEN! wherever is came from, i love this because it expresses so perfectly how i feel about some of the nonsense debates and critiques and battles going on in certain quarters [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 20th, 2007 under church
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just got through a 8 year old’s birthday party with squealing, giggling girls making a lot of noise, etc. it’s fun to watch them play and have fun, but the 2 minute attention span is a bit of a challenge! being a teacher with this age group must be a constant collage of [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 18th, 2007 under life
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I’ve been really enjoying the subtle differences in the Mac OSX Leopard upgrade – very nice!
But, I ran into a small hitch last Sunday when I discovered that I suddenly couldn’t play video clips in my Keynote presentations. As a quick sidenote, I’ve been using Keynote for a while now instead of Powerpoint, and [...]
Filed by ob1 at November 17th, 2007 under tech
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