Author Archives: Michael Koby

links for 2007-08-29

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Michael Koby

New To Wine? 9 Videos That Teach You The Basics Some previous episodes of Wine Library TV have aimed to help beginners (and even more experienced wine drinkers) better understand specific topics from the vast wine world. Below, we’ve unearthed … Continue reading →

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New Music Tuesdays 2007-08-28

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Michael Koby

This week, we have got some hot new albums coming out. Lets dive right in… 1) Afterwords by Collective Soul – If Youth was a sign of things to come, then bring it on. Collective Soul seems to continue their … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-08-28

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Michael Koby

MozBackup – Backup tool for Firefox and Thunderbird (tags: application firefox mozilla tools freeware) In Pursuit of Paperless Personal Finance ? Get Rich Slowly (tags: finance money lifehacks) Bsams.net Everything you need….and a little you don’t – Front Page – … Continue reading →

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Al Gore, Hypocrite

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Michael Koby

Recently I have had several discussions about Al Gore, his movie “An Inconveniant Truth”, and the issue of global warming in general. While I will not go into extreme detail on my opinions, simply pointing out that that one should look up Global Cooling and see how long that was being talked about before global warming, I do want to bring up something that was brought to my attention. I received the following in a email and it was verified via Snopes.com to be true. Continue reading →

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Office Politics & Employee Relations

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Michael Koby

By the end of the day Friday I will have left my current employer and will have begun working for another company. I am leaving the steady world of real estate technology for the consulting world. Thanks to a good friend of mine I will now be allowed to play with other technologies, learn Business Intelligence (that new buzz word that’s going around), and improve my programming skills.

To say it is not a sad thing that I am leaving my current employer is an understatement. I have spent the last better part of 7 years (minus a forced 9 month sabbatical) of my professional career where I am at. That means something to me. However, I am not doing what I want to do and the pay is not as good as it could be. And there in lies the problem. Continue reading →

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links for 2007-08-27

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Michael Koby

Creationists Foiled Again: Peppered Moth Evidence for Evolution After All A statistical analysis of the results revealed a clear example of Darwinian natural selection in action. “If the rise and fall of the peppered moth is one of the most … Continue reading →

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