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I was stupid. I was working in and another forum and got hit with a dialog box that I couldn't close asking for permission to change the hard drive. I thought it was the typical adware. It was worse, much worse. It was ransomware. https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/being-held-for-ran...

I walked into the kitchen and MSNBC was on with Al Sharpton lambasting Republicans for talking about light bulb and ceiling fan regulations. Apparently the EPA is chasing after ceiling fans and some Republican Congress people are enacting legislation to stop the EPA, something that champion of the ...

Everybody going to Japan should visit Akihabara.
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Building a new Subway in Manhattan.
https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com ... ve-subway/
A truly big project.

What we have here is a cutoff of communication. https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/is-recruiting-the-laziest-part-of-a-company/ Just how lazy is recruiting that they can't spend 18 minute or so per position reviewing resumes and passing them on to the people who actually have the nee...

The next time somebody rails about "tax cuts for the rich" think of them as vampires creating a zombie economy.
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It's not just Obama, or just the Democrats. It's the whole government/corporate system that's become dysfunctional. Somehow, in arranging things for their own comfort far too many people have forgotten that there's a reason for doing what they do, that where they work isn't just a bureaucracy functi...

A bunch of my friends were laid off from my former company yesterday. As this sort of thing is going around everywhere I want to share my ongoing aggregation of job related stuff. https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/job-search-14/ Interview and resume tips, the good news and bad news ...

And why it matters. My take on what happened in SF last weekend, updated with more links from well, everybody:
https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com ... lem-in-sff

Two words. We're screwed:
https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/the-economic-dysfunction-in-one-video/
I don't know how anybody can say that this anything other than the punt guns blasting the country.

The is something wrong with the way the job market is functioning or not functioning:
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I would suggest an update for your manufacturing processes book. 40 years old is useless. You need to be looking at recent technology since that is where all the innovation is happening. Relying upon a 40 year old book will actually hurt you in this. You want access to things like molecular diffusi...

I'm sharing my reference collection as part of my blog series on designing a product and getting it made.
https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com ... bookshelf/

Why do companies need your information when you apply for a job? As the process gets more invasive we job seekers need to start asking that question. And get answers. https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/why-do-you-need-that-information/ More: There's an enormous amount of frustration ...

I haven't written about Apple, yet. I'm sure that I will see something about Apple's issues. Google on the other hand has definite signs of corporate sclerosis. https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/why-cant-companies-learn-how-to-make-innovation-pay/ The thing is that once you live thr...