Brandon Wilson @therealbrandonwilson

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I saw a post on the website Cheezburger.com, which somehow floated to my SmartNews feed. First of all, writing a paragraph and then posting screenprints of comments from social media does not count as anything close to a news story. Nevertheless, since I have personal experience with the topic, I...
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Metabolical - Book Darts
Chapters 8 and 9

Pg. 123 "In fact, there are really only two processes that handle energy properly--growing or burning. And there are two proper outcomes--living or dying. Every cell has to grow at one time in its life versus burn at another time--but never both at the same time."

Pg. 130 "As you might...
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2021-06-24 00:04:36

Passing the torch

This week is the last week before the new configuration manager arrives on Monday. The director and I have a call with him on Friday to touch base before he officially starts on Monday. 

My client has always had a very small configuration team (1-2 FTEs and usually several consultants)....
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2021-06-23 00:14:24

Amazon Prime Day and the assessment of deals

It's Amazon Prime Day, and as I predicted, I have not found any ground-breaking or earth-shattering deals for anything I want to buy. I found a couple of small things for the house, but I did not get sucked into some buying frenzy.

You have to be on your toes when...
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2021-06-21 22:57:15

Father's Day at a distance

Most celebrations of Father's Day between my father and me were rather muted. I would send him a card that was designed to arrive before the day, and we usually had a phone call. I cannot recall the last time that we were together in person for Father's Day.

My parents...
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2021-06-20 20:06:57

Metabolical - Book Darts
Chapter 7

Pg 107 "These eight processes when working right, contribute to longevity; but when not working right underlie the various chronic conditions that result in mortality. They're not considered diseases per se--as they don't have an easy lab test or biomarker. They don't have a drug target, so doctors don't talk...
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2021-06-19 15:00:31

AI Management

It is fashionable these days to opine about how artificial intelligence is going to take over the world and our jobs sometime in the future. Amazon has stores without any workers. Self-driving vehicles are being tested. I once bought a cup of coffee from a robot arm at the San...
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2021-06-18 21:57:07

Juggling four calendars today

Currently, I work for two different clients and never the twain shall meet. This means I need to keep both calendars in sync manually to ensure that I don't have any meeting conflicts. I also have to keep my employer's calendar in sync because sometimes I have obligations such as...
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2021-06-17 14:54:06

Simultaneous bodily functions

I'm trying to count the number of bodily functions that one can actively do simultaneously.

Take, for example, you can sneeze, by itself. You can cough, by itself. Then there's the sneeze-cough combination, which can occur at the same time much to the chagrin of the people who are sitting...
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2021-06-17 01:57:43

Build the 1,685-piece LEGO Statue of Liberty, Now $24 off

Lest anyone think I have started some affiliate marketing, I have not. This headline just happens to be the topic of my rant today.

I find headlines like this annoying. I suppose it's by design. Many people subscribe to the idea that the purpose of a headline in the online world...
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2021-06-15 18:57:44

Derelict in reading

I will admit I have been derelict in reading other posts lately. I'm not historically a write-and-dash sort of fellow. I like to see what other people are writing about and comment when I have something to say or a question to ask. I might even glance at a piece...
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2021-06-15 02:21:44