By anomaly on 1/23/2007 10:30 PM

Recently, I was reading on John's dated series on how he hates the world and thought it would be good to post something a little more positive.   You caught me, I'm generally pretty optimistic.  I'm outwardly cynical but generally have a positive outlook on things - I just don't take the world or people in it too seriously. 

With that said, my friends would be happy to back up that I am the world's worst consumer.  When I walk into a business, people should run the other way.   Not that I'm going to cuss them out, yell, scream or throw things but I do have some basic expectations with regard to customer service, experience and the representation versus reality of products and services I subscribe to.

I am the guy that once called Dateline on my local Wal-mart and made the store manager personally deliver a new lawnmower to my house.I am the guy that had the owner of Daphne Honda personally sell me a car and negotiate the price because of snide tones about my age.I am the guy that, when working with...

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By anomaly on 10/1/2005 10:41 PM

Exhibit:

Main Entry: syn·er·gy Pronunciation: 'si-n&r-jEFunction: nounInflected Form(s): plural -giesEtymology: New Latin synergia, from Greek synergos working together1 : SYNERGISM; broadly : combined action or operation 2 : a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct business participants or elements (as resources or efforts)

Dear Webster Dictionary Editing Team,

I'm writing you today to cordially request that you remove the word "Synergy" from future publications and - if possible, please recall all dictionaries including this word.  I'm sure that your literary goals were indeed noble through introducing this word to the english language but I fear that its continued misuse adversely affects society by supporting vague marketing communications that are eroding the sensibility of our civilization.

If you do not catch my meaning, simply search the marketing whitepaper for any enterprise software...

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By anomaly on 9/28/2005 6:44 PM

This is my "I Told You So" to my linux/firefox friends, you know who you are.

On September 19, 2005 Symantec ventured a bold claim: Mozilla Browsers more vulnerable than IE.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5873273.html?tag=nl

I love the unwinnable battles.   Recently, talking to a friend, I mentioned I got the personalized tag "D0T N3T' to go on my new sports car.   The friend, a avid Microsoft-naysayer harrassed me for hours and is genuinely irritated by my adoption and persistent use of MS technologies to provide solid business solutions, advance my career and improve my station in life.  He's a linux-phite, dedicated to hating all things Microsoft & loving all things not endorsed by Bill G. - and I constantly hear about his insistance on the greatness of Firefox. Six months ago it seemed that Firefox had set IE squarely in its sights with claims of greater stability, security, better functionality and stricter interpretation...

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