On LinkedIn say that you use search to find someone you know, finding them, you can then tap “I know so and so”. It presents you with the standard canned message and a blank for their email address. Plug in a valid email address for that someone and it will issue the invite. I’ve done it and had it done to me.
JOBSEARCH: LINKEDIN tip for connecting with known people
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FUN: Take a tank to the store; puts a new light on “fighting” for a parking space
Tuesday, October 10, 2006http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409518&in_page_id=1770
Man shells out £14k on army tank for supermarket run
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MONEY: Proper use of credit cards
Tuesday, October 10, 2006There’s nothing wrong with credit cards as long as you carry a zero balance.
For example, I have all my “old folks” using them for all tax deductible expenses. And, for everything, in general. Since I do their bills, I pay them in full and the end of every month. It captures all the data needed for their taxes and prevents anyone from defrauding them, stealing from them, or doing other bad things (like forgetting to give me the phone bill).
Note: It’s really easy to have the phone company charge their credit card for the phone bill. I may miss the bill and a chance to check that their phone line isn’t being abused by a visitor (It happened!), but they don’t get the phone service cut off for non-pay, and I don’t have to be Simon Legree about the mail.
In my own case, I use the same strategy as a budgeting device. One credit card for techie hardware / software / service stuff. One for books from Amazon. With my CFO’s (Frau Reinke) rare blessing, I use the cards as a free accounting service to ensure that I spend ENOUGH on books and technology. (Yes, that can be a problem!)
Note: One can actually “prepay” a credit card with a monthly automatic payment from a checking account and it will sit there waiting for the offsetting charge. So, for example, I pay my tech visa account XXX$ per month. That’s my budgeted amount. And I buy tools with that card. If you leave a positive balance on the card, eventually the credit card company will send you a check. (Screwing up my system. And leading the CFO to ask about cutting the budget. She’s not like the government. You don’t use, you don’t just lose it; you’ve LOST it forever!)
Prevents a lot of paperwork and arguments.
FWIW YMMV FAIWWYPFI
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LIBERTY: In a Libertarian America … …
Tuesday, October 10, 2006In my Libertarian American, you’ll have:
- gold coins to use (no federal reserve),
- get your whole paycheck (no taxes), and
- keep all you ever earn (no inheritance taxes).
You’ll be busy though, because you’ll be making lots of choices:
- how to educate the children; no state skool.
- what drugs to buy at WalMart; no gubamint permission required to buy medicine.
- what to do with all that extra money; there will be many private charities appeal for some of your surplus.
- what type of ammo to buy for your gun; self-defense.
- what insurance company to contract with for police services; no thugs in uniforms from the central committee with diktats.
- what fraternities / sororities, clubs, and associations you will join for various benefits (Consult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville for how it was); no gubamint free goods to lull you into slavery, poverty, or stupidity.
Ahh, it will be great.
Remember in post-Civil War to WW1 America, the economy was booming and there was a gradual decline in prices. Life expectancy surged. The rising tide lifted all boats.
The spirit of the Statue of Liberty was in the land.
We can be there again.
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JOBSEARCH: On being roadkill on the highway of life … …
Tuesday, October 10, 2006http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/092706-yourtake-indiana.html?page=1
Q&A: How Indiana cleaned up its big IT mess
CTO says: “The vendors were running wild.”
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World, 09/27/06
In 18 months, the state of Indiana has gone from disarray to discipline in its IT infrastructure. Brought in by Governor Mitch Daniels, an experienced IT management team has cut 230 jobs, consolidated hardware and services, renegotiated contracts and saved the state $25 million in annual costs. Network World Senior Editor Carolyn Duffy Marsan interviewed Gerry Weaver, CTO of Indiana’s Office of Technology, about how he pulled off this remarkable turnaround.
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What were the biggest challenges you faced in terms of changing the way Indiana acquires and manages its IT infrastructure?
Getting all the other agencies to understand what was going to happen. We had a few hard meetings with agency IT directors. There were a couple that didn’t buy into our plan and, quite frankly, they’re gone.
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It would seem that when change happens, it’s in one’s own best interest to get on board with the new guy’s program. It’s either that or be “roadkill” in front of the steam roller. Or, be a displaced outplaced outsourced “turkey” down at the “turkey farm” protesting you was robbed, misunderstood, or misappraised. As we used to tell new turkeys arriving a the Delta Beta Mu turkey farm, “you’re here. that prima facie evidence that you’re here for a reason.”.
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TECH: PLAXO didn’t have the latest info for one of my contacts. Hmmm!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006One of my contacts is Plaxo, but he has his old employers address. So, Plaxo SAYS it’s the latest but it is in fact ng. Perhaps I have uncovered a flaw in the model? Hmmm?
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Reinke Faces Life 