We had a snowstorm this week, which was eventually dubbed a blizzard by The Weather People just before the snow started falling. Coinciding with this storm, I wasn’t getting a lot of sleep. This combination led me to say a great many stupid puns about the blizzard, including but not limited to: If this blizzard
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Read More...A: The boy scouts taught me to plan ahead and be prepared. My mother reminded me often that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Your organization’s assets are no different, and a maintenance management solution such as Oracle’s is the perfect starting point for a proactive approach to maximizing the value
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Read More...On Fridays, I normally post a brief and usually pointless anecdote, followed by some interesting links I culled during the week. I’m not going to do that today. Today is about a video. It was shot by Kristian Anderson of Sydney, Australia. Kristian is 34 years old. He’s a happily married husband and father of
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