Even the most dedicated networking and technology professionals need an occasional break from protocol analysis, troubleshooting, and technical documentation. Sometimes the best way to spark new ideas, broaden your perspective, and recharge your creativity is by exploring something different.
This section is a collection of articles, stories, observations, commentary, and thought-provoking content that we find interesting, entertaining, educational, or simply worth sharing. Topics may range from technology and innovation to business, science, history, and other subjects that capture our curiosity.
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Post Views: 964 Look no more..… 1. Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and shows signs of starting to dig.2. His/Her students would follow him/her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity.3. I would not allow this instructor to breed.4. This associate is really not so much of a has-been, but […]
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Post Views: 1,165 44 Lessons in Life Allegedly Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, Cleveland , Ohio “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 44 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:” 1.
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Post Views: 890 A student in a recent class turned us on to this stuff…it is great. Enjoy! A Day in the Life of A Telephone Man Phones and Codes: Brian Regan – Telephone Company One Ringy Dingy – the famous Miss Tomlin! Ms.Tomlin Calls Cher Bono to Gossip Lily Tomlin on Merv Griffin Show
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Post Views: 1,309 Food for thought:1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do
Post Views: 1,066 Stories of Air Traffic Control… Hope these put a smile on your face. These are (allegedly) actual air traffic control exchanges from various sources: Tower: “Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o’clock, 6 miles.” Delta 351: “Give us another hint! We have digital watches!” ========================= “TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn
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Post Views: 1,082 This is a story of Thomas Edison. It is a story I often refer to when teaching both new and experienced Engineers in the US and abroad. When I mention his name, What do you think of? Most people immediately think of the light bulb. The incandescent light bulb to be precise.
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Post Views: 1,001 This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn’t. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers. 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest
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Post Views: 1,135 The following letter of complaint was apparently sent to NTL ( a UK based telecoms company) and contains some useful phraseology, which you may wish to plagiarize in some future correspondence of your own, to a service provider who perhaps does not reach the writer’s expectations of service. It has a reasonable
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Post Views: 1,211 If you have been in my classes, you know I often share my story of the Milky Way Galaxy picture in 8th grade science class and how I got in a lot of trouble doubting that the picture of the Milky Way could not possibly be the actual Milky Way in which
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Post Views: 1,093 If you provide any type of technical support, or have ever called technical support before, this will make you smile: The tech support problem dates back to long before the industrial revolution, when primitive tribesmen beat out a rhythm on drums to communicate: “This fire help. Me Groog”“Me Lorto. Help. Fire not
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Post Views: 2,943 A friend recently showed me a cool ASCII Flow Diagram site that allows you to create ASCII text diagrams for documents. I was really impressed. It is a lot of fun. Here is a sample of something I did: Pretty cool. But I have something EVEN BETTER! I dug
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Post Views: 1,397 On a recent trip to Bismarck, North Dakota, one of our friends and colleagues at Telephone Training and Safety shared a wonderfull peice of history with me: The Edinburg and Gardar Telephone Company Telephone Directory. The year is not shown, but it must be from around turn of the century (early 1900’s). It
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Post Views: 1,363 **None of the content below is the opinion of CellStream, nor its employees. You should always use best judgement when setting up your email responders. I am currently out of the office at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Please be prepared for
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Post Views: 1,463 Great Quotations can have deep and meaningful impact to anyone. From time to time we receive a great quote from our visitors/clients/friends/acquaintances. We thought this page would be a great place to keep them. First, here are some links to great quote sources: http://www.allgreatquotes.com/ http://www.brainyquote.com/ http://www.great-inspirational-quotes.com/ http://www.wisdomquotes.com/ Ok. Here are some
Post Views: 1,608 The following is the famous “Five Monkey Rule” of business. Some people have challenged me over the years on the validity of this rule. Well, it is based on a real study you can read about here. Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a
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