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The Sydney Morning Herald report that Austrlain IT workers are the “worst dressed”

“Because the majority of IT people are not in front of customers all the time, they tend to slack off,” she said.

Help-desk staff were named as the worst offenders

I’m sorry, I’ve got to be somewhat proud of that. In a world hung up on the necktie, it’s nice to see us nerds proving you can still do an excellent job, without wearing one. And even if you commit a few fashion sins…

Read source article: IT workers dubbed ‘worst dressed’ - Breaking - Technology - smh.com.au

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A lot has been made of the common men’s neck tie, still de rigueur in the corporate workplace and yet lambasted by many for what it resembles, both physically and symbolically - a noose.
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“Select members of the industry and media received invitations Tuesday from Apple to a special event taking place one week from today at the California Theater in San Jose. The event, Think Secret has learned, will not usher in the much rumored video iPod but rather new PowerBook and Power Mac systems”

A conflicting rumor about […]

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The longer I’m a parent, the less I know about parenting
As a father of four, that might sound ridiculous. So, I am less inclined to give parenting advice.
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How is it that spam email is illegal, but spam phone calls (i.e. telemarketing) is not?
More people are offended and annoyed by telemarketing than spam. With spam you can limit it with spam filters, but there’s nothing you can do to filter spam telemarketing.
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Look at this picture. The squares marked A and B are exactly the same shade of grey.
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You read some of the stories and realise for our civilization, we are still but one step away from savages.
This is a theory I’ve had for a long time, that under the wrong conditions, we would resort to primal behaviour. And sadly, many in the Hurrricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, are proving the theory.
Read more: […]

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You hear go-getters and high-achievers talk about always looking forward, but what about us average Joes?
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Each evening I try to write down […]

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