Jer979's Blog

To keep in touch, generate conversation (and a hint of controversy), and opine.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Battling "Legacy You"

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In the technology world, we talk about "legacy" software.  That is, old programs that linger around and impact the way you do thin...
Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Why We Love Sports

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It's not for the raw physical prowess. It's for what it shows us about how we can be...if we choose to be. The lesson of Sunday...

What's the most cutting-edge way to buy a new suit?

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So...I have to buy a new suit. To stay consistent with the brand, I am trying to figure out the most cutting-edge way to buy a new suit (w...
Monday, February 06, 2017

Best sports year ever?

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Between the Super Bowl, Game 7 of World Series, and Game 7 of NBA finals, have we just experienced the best sports finale combination ever? ...
Friday, February 03, 2017

Is Make America Great Again a Desire for the 1950s?

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This morning, I asked Alexa to play  Rock and Roll Part 2  and somehow ended up with  50 greatest rock and roll hits from the 50s . It was s...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Bald Men Have Got It

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Finally, some news I can really get excited about.  Bald men are more successful, intelligent and masculine — science says
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The Genius of Trump's Strategy

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This isn't an endorsement. Since the election, though, I've said that "whatever you think of Trump, he has his own wing in th...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Why sports are great

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In the past week alone, we had the Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary, the fantastic Clemson-Alabama finish, and then another Rodgers miracle in Dallas...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Honoring the Greatest Generation

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If you have a relative who served in the Pacific in WWII, you may want to see about having him/her recognized through the National Museum of...
Sunday, January 08, 2017

How much Google knows about you...

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People worry about "big brother" and they think Government. If you have an Android (and I think Apple does the same), if you go ...
Monday, January 02, 2017

Stone Mountain visit...Atlanta 2016, Day 3

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The claim to fame of Stone Mountain, Georgia is that it is apparently the largest high-relief sculpture in the world. And it is impressive...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

What Your Worthwhile Journey Will Look Like This Year

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Early on in my Sprinklr career, I hit a really rough patch. I wanted to quit. As fate would have it, I found myself watching a document...
Friday, December 30, 2016

The UN's Death Warrant for Jews

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I've held off on commenting on the US abstention from the recent UN Security Council resolution. Mostly, because I think what Obama ju...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Meeting a Trump Voter from Alabama

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While sitting by the pool at our hotel in Atlanta, I struck up a conversation with another guest. He is a Filipino-American living in Birm...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

CNN & Civil Rights: Atlanta Impacts the World (Day 2)

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Continuing on the theme of what Atlanta brings to the world, we visited CNN center and the (relatively) new National Center for Civil and H...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

MLK and Coca Coca...Atlanta impacts the world (Day 1)

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For this year's winter vacation, we decided to head south and visit Atlanta. Day 1 took us to two places of worldwide significance. ...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Secure Your Phone Number Please

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As phones become the central feature of our lives, they also become targets. Recently, a number of high profile people in the world of Bit...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Reinventing myself, little bets, and being ok with a 6.5

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Monday night, I gave my first blockchain presentation. On a scale of 0-10, the average rating was about 6.5. Not horrific, but not great. ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Coffee: Being Safely Irresponsible

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I was having my 4th (or 5th) cup of coffee the other day when the person on the video chat said, "how much do you drink each day?"...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Why ObamaCare Angers Me

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5 years ago, when I was a solo practitioner business, our families high-deductible HSA individual health care plan cost us approximately $42...
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