The Ultimate Holiday Gift: Just Listen

Of late, books seems to find me when a void surfaces. This year has been chock full of voids.

In a weird way, this is something to be thankful for in this season of thanks: the possibility of filling those voids.

While wandering through a library in Huntsville, Alabama where I live, I chanced across "Just Listen" by Dr. Mark Goulston on a display.  

The book screamed at me, and I listened!

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d3: A Humble Name for Powerful Visualization Technology

D3 - A Discovery in Visualization

D3, the humble and lackluster name for "Data Driven Documents", has dominated data visualizations in the past three years.  Like most, I was totally oblivious of the technology until I began investigating visualizations for a SharePoint Environment.

 To be honest, I was just looking at charting and graphing software. My sights had not yet expanded to encompass the technology of a Data Visualization Engine. In particular, I was looking at HighCharts when a colleague introduced me to some d3 examples. I was smitten with the variations in d3 that I began to discover.

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Worst Printer

Did I mention the worst printer I've ever purchased: HP Color LazerJet Pro MFP M277dw?

I was hopeful that when I switched to Windows 10 my computer would cease going into repair mode when I turn the printer on.

Good News: it does not go into repair mode--but it halts Windows 10 in its tracks and then causes it to reboot.

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Is Alabama #1 for most Financial Predatory Chains?

According to AARP in "Seeking Limits for Payday Lenders":

"The median income in Alabama is among the lowest in the nation, and that attracts predatory lenders. Such lenders take advantage of low-income people’s desperate needs for quick cash to buy food or pay rent by offering loans at sky-high interest rates."

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A Small Tweak to Social Security would Improve Senior Life Quality

It's funny how you start seriously thinking about things like Medicare and Social Security when 65 looms in the next month.  It gets even more crucial when you're not sure of the renewal of your employment contract in September.

The good news is that I will be working when I'm sixty-five --but October will have to fend for itself.

It seems that Common Sense and Social Security only have a passing relationship: both belong to the planet.  They are definitely not on first name basis.


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