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10/12/2006

The ultimate recycling program

There are significant concerns over all the used electronic gear we dump into the world's landfills, but my cable tv provider seems to have figured out a way to reduce the amount of tech junk it generates -

When you bring in a DVR that doesn't work, they simply stick the defective one on a shelf and grab a "reconditioned" unit from the other end of the pile.

Today, when I asked the Service Rep to give me a "new unit, one that comes in a box" I was told there are "no new DVRs, anywhere."

    "You mean I can't get a NEW one, even if I'm willing to pay for it?"
    "No sir. They just aren't giving us any new ones."
    "So, when this one quits working, like the last one did after two weeks, what should I do?"
    "Bring it back and we'll replace it - FOR FREE."
I wonder how many times I'd need to return a defective unit before I got one I'd already brought in. I wanted SO much to be a fly on the wall so I could watch the Service Rep take the one I had just brought in and place it on top of the stack the minute I was out the door.

Caption Contest


A friend snapped this photo of me during a seminar in Atlanta.

Have fun.

Can you guess who I'm trying to choke?

10/11/2006

Some guys have all the luck

CBS Sunday Morning ran a segment this week on the singer Ron Stewart.

This guy has always been one of my favorites, but I came away with a fresh appreciation for him after watching the feature.

In a musical career that spans five decades, Rod Stewart is a living example of my axiom that to successfuly navigate change you need to:

    Do different things or do thing differently.
The blonde rocker has re-invented himself half a dozen times and has come out each time smelling like a rose.

His latest success - according to CBS, his biggest to date - has been the series of albums he's done covering classic American tunes from the 40s and 50s.

One of Stewarts biggest hits is Some Guys Have All the Luck and Rod Stewart proves he's able to make his own.

A good example to us all.

10/10/2006

Cloning Grey?

Now that Grey's Anatomy has over-taken CSI as the hottest show on TV, will network programmers begin to clone the quirky medical drama as they did with CSI?

Will we soon see Grey's Psychology? Grey's Gastroenterology?

Oh, the possibilities are endless. How about Blue's Anatomy? Green's? White's?