Monthly Archives: August 2009
Are you serious?!
Occasionally you read really stupid articles… like this… is this guy serious?! Mac OSX Snow Leopard isn’t a pale imitation of Windows 7… Mac OSX (in general) is the forerunner of what Windows 8 will be!!! That’s how far behind … Continue reading
Ashes Debacle
It’s been painful watching the Australian cricket team wobble from greatness to patheticness (is that a word?!) during this Ashes series. Their loss in this final game was easily predictable, given the interviews Ponting was giving in the press before … Continue reading
Quirky Quote
“If you’re going to take Vienna, take Vienna.” – Napoleon :-)
Pacing Your Leadership – Lessons from a Great General
A number of years ago, a friend of mine through the Arrow Leadership Program, Jim Wallace (now with the Australian Christian Lobby, once himself Commander of the SAS Regiment, retired Brigadier), recommended a book by Sir William Slim, entitled “Defeat … Continue reading
Making mistakes
“Only he who does nothing makes a mistake.” – French proverb As a basic principle of life, I firmly believe in the truth of this proverb. People who don’t make mistakes, who are afraid of making mistakes, are unlikely to … Continue reading
Why the BMI is bogus…
Sometimes you get surprised to find out that things that have become central to certain kinds of evaluations and decision-making are built off completely silly leaps of logic. I was shocked to discover this about the famous “BMI” (Body Mass … Continue reading