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Heating Up Business Leftovers

I live with my wife, Kim, and our dog, Layla. When it comes to making meals at home, Kim has that down to a science. One thing I can say is that we often have leftovers. For example, when we do Taco Tuesday, we almost always get a second meal out of the cooked food.…

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You Can Do That with AI?

WARNING: This is a Geeky Post! No matter what your skill level, business acumen, or technical skill set, Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we do business. You don't have to actually download or pay for a system like ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity to experience it. It is now built into almost every piece of…

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Are We Missing Something?

It's no secret that I love technology. I have been a geek since I was a little kid, and I still embrace it and love to learn into my senior years. I have worked with computers since my teens. I've built multiple recording studios, ranging from patching together a recorder with a PA system to…

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Step By Step… to Step It Up

We had some good news this week: our dog Layla has cleared her heartworm test, which means she can start to return to normal activities. Six months ago, after she had an anaphylaxis shock, a routine follow-up visit revealed that she had heartworm. Heartworm in dogs is a serious and potentially fatal disease caused by…

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What's Hard Is Easy, and Easy Is Hard

We are all living in interesting times. Life, technology, and the world are moving at lightning speed. I remember sitting in my living room in Bolingbrook, Illinois. I was sick, so I was home from work. A special report came on the TV. It was the beginning of the first Gulf War. CNN’s historic live…

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There Is GOLD in Them Thar Bills

Arguably, three states in our country are famous for gold: Alaska, California, and New York. California had a gold rush in 1849. Although it was not a state yet, Alaska had a gold rush in 1896. New York is famous in more modern times because of Wall Street and the financial trading in Gold and…

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