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Decision-making 101: Should you let your employees work from home?
22 August 11 08:08 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  You know your employees.  Are they more likely to wear pants or shorts at home?  Could a video conference call turn into an HR episode...

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Things I've eaten - the list so far
10 June 10 08:51 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Whenever I visit a new place, I make it my goal to find the most unique local cuisine and consume it. I travel to China, so that makes it pretty easy to...

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The Geek Alphabet
17 May 10 03:21 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  As a geek, you definitely know your ABCs, but do you know these ? From A to Z, “away team” to “zork,” here is [GAS]’s take on the Geek Alphabet...

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Obama is my BFF…
03 May 10 09:08 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Funny stuff!  Jim Bezden posted this to the myITforum Off-Topic email list.  If you attended MMS 2010, you know what the BFF button is about...

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iPad – iFail?
01 February 10 01:04 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Filed under: Miscellaneous Nothings, Industry News

Haitian Relief Request
15 January 10 03:54 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

My church, Community Harvest Church , will be receiving a special offering this Sunday, during both AM services (8:30 and 11:00), for the relief efforts...

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Gearing up for the next trip to China…
06 November 09 12:00 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

It’s been a busy time around the Trent house for what seems like forever.  China in March, MMS 2009 in April, local soccer program all summer, a kid...

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Seti May Have Received Its First Reply : SCI FI PI // SCI FI Channel
22 January 09 05:45 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Coolest possible alien news (although probably really not) for a while. A meeting at the American Astronomical Soceity (it's 213th) has provided...

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Amazing time-lapse video shows 2008 in 40 seconds
30 December 08 03:22 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo .

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British Navy Releases "Windows For Submarines" (MSFT)
30 December 08 12:04 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  The British Royal Navy has developed a modified version of the Windows XP operating system for its warships. The first version, "Windows for...

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Oldest’s Dunk in game over the weekend
22 December 08 06:35 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Our oldest, Alex, who you’ve read about here for is mad Track skills also plays basketball in his Senior year.  Over the weekend he boxed out the...

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Oldest gets photo in the paper again…
13 December 08 09:33 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

He gets his photo in the paper due to his Track skills regularly, but here’s a couple from last night’s season opener.  Alex’s team lost , but they...

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Have you had a positive DHL experience?
06 November 08 02:16 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

If you read through my blog postings for the last few years you’ll find some endearing stories about my DHL experiences.  I have never had a positive...

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Does your professional demeanor change in the current economy? – just some thoughts…
28 October 08 10:57 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

With lay-offs happening and more looming, and consulting gigs trashed due to the economic landscape of today, how do you promote yourself to stand out...

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DHL scaling back U.S. operations?
28 October 08 06:45 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

FedEx says so.  This is something I had not heard about until I received an email from FedEx.   FedEx’s link whisked me away to this page which...

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