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Entries from October 2007

“Imaging” your Web Address Icon

October 24th, 2007 No Comments

I wanted the web address icon to be an image that I selected instead of the standard IE “e” image.  Simple enough.  I search the web and found some posts that explained how to do it.  I tried and tried, with no success.  Eventually, I happened upon a nice little website in the UK that [...]

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Tom Peters’ SAP Questions

October 24th, 2007 No Comments

I don’t know if Tom Peters is serious with his question, “Should I buy SAP or invest in my team?“, but it seems like we could give him advice. After implementing 7 domestic sites and 7 international sites on SAP (and 5 more international site to go), you would think we would be experts at answering [...]

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muteDonkey for the week of October 21, 2007

October 23rd, 2007 No Comments

So far, Ellen is taking the award for the week of October 21, 2007. She has proven herself a muteDonkey by not just saying, “Yeah, I gave up the dog.” She could have made America a better place by letting everyone know that animals are lower on the food chain than humans (contrary to what [...]

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muteDonkey for the Week of October 14, 2007

October 14th, 2007 No Comments

Needing no introduction, Britney takes the muteDonkey of the week award for October 14, 2007. After dropping her babies on the floor, showing her crotch to the world, shaving her head, heading for detox (multiple times), etc., etc., this train wreck could have laid low like her buddy Paris and made America a better place. [...]

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Change the Subject, Please!

October 14th, 2007 No Comments

I have noticed an alarming trend in email lately; changing the subject in the body of the email without changing the subject line of the email. So, why is this a problem? For me personally, there are three primary reasons:
Reason One. I am trying to avoid the annoying email administrator emails that state, “You have [...]

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Did you get my Skype picture?

October 6th, 2007 No Comments

A little background: As a group, we had just started using Skype for the majority of our chat and calls. One of the fun things about Skype is that you can personalize it, including adding a picture that describes you a little better than the default Skype picture, which is:

This image appears in the contacts [...]

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Sushi Follie…

October 5th, 2007 No Comments

It was the end of a long Singapore day when the typical subject of “What should we eat tonight,” came up. The decision, sushi. As anyone will attest, I will generally eat anything, but sushi is not my favorite. Being a good sport, I complied. We decided to eat at sushi restaurant in Chimes because [...]

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