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Why Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold Water

It’s Monday, and that might mean it’s counterintuitive science day. Up on the block: why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? It does, but it shouldn’t. Right? Wrong. The reason behind it is called the Mpemba effect, and a group of researchers think they’ve cracked the puzzle. Now Xi and co say hydrogen bonds

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The Periphery of Project Success

After 25 years of implementing ERP solutions, I have had countless discussions about the successes and failures of various projects.  Each project has unique characteristics, so no two are ever alike, but there are many common themes for both success and failure. When talking about success, the common themes are planning, communication, realistic expectations, a

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An Open Letter to Jim Sinegal, Costco CEO

Usually open letters are scathing public admonishments of a policy or some other corporate decision. Not this one. Chris Horst wrote Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek (CEO and President, respectively) a different kind of open letter. For his entire life, Matthew has been classified and known by his “special needs”. Since the day he began

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MIPRO Sponsoring and Presenting at Ohio RUG

MIPRO Sponsoring the Ohio PeopleSoft RUG Meeting October 1, 2013   MIPRO is proud to be a Sponsor & a Featured Presenter at the October 24, 2013 meeting of the Ohio PeopleSoft Regional User Group.  The group is geared to provide a forum for PeopleSoft Enterprise customers with a way to share and exchange resources and

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Butvilofsky Joins MIPRO Consulting

MIPRO Consulting Hires Roland Butvilofsky as PeopleSoft Practice Manager of Supply Chain Management October 24, 2013   MIPRO Consulting, a Milford, Michigan-based consultancy specializing in the implementation and optimization of Oracle’s PeopleSoft and Fusion products, announced the hire of Roland Butvilofsky as PeopleSoft Practice Manager.  MIPRO President and CEO Jim Prokes made the announcement.  

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Two Easy Ways Apple Could Improve the iPhone 5s Fingerprint Sensor

The iPhone 5S is the first consumer device that actually brings useful, reliable biometrics to the masses via its ‘fingerprint identity sensor.’ In July of 2012, Apple bought Authentec, and now the fruits of that acquisition are clear. Security biometrics have been used in smatterings of tech products for years, but never consistently or reliably.

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Dropbox Users: Protect Your Account with Two-Factor Authentication

Dropbox is easily one of my absolutely essential apps. I use it every day, and increasingly it’s home to personal information like travel plans, photos and draft blog posts/articles. What used to be a little service I used to store a PDF or two has become a cornerstone of my daily workflow. Like every other

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Why You Should Be Watching Breaking Bad

I’m going to tell you something you’ve probably been hearing a lot lately, but I’m telling you again in case you haven’t been paying attention. Breaking Bad is the best TV show ever put to print, and if you haven’t started it yet, you should. Very few times in life are you truly missing something

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PeopleTools: Creating an Activity Guide

We’ve written about Activity Guides before. In a nutshell, we think they’re incredibly useful, and not enough people know about them. If you want a very clear example of how to create a simple activity guide, we recommend the one Matthew Haavisto and team whipped up for the PeopleSoft Technology Blog. PeopleTools provides a feature

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