May 30
May 30
On a recent trip to Shanghai I was trying to use a public phone. I read just a little Chinese, so I was checking to see if it had english instructions. Do you see which button to push from the picture below. You have to know to push the bottom of the two buttons on the left which have the symbols zhong and ying for Chinese and English. So to get English instructions… you must know Chinese. 
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May 30
Another programmer who I work with, wore a tee shirt into work with this phrase:
“There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t”
If you read this tee shirt and laugh, you are a nerd. I laughed and then sent out to my friends. Click here to order your own.
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May 30
Does anyone else have surreal conversations with their kids like I did today with my 16 year old son Mike?
Mike: Dad, if you had the mental powers of Charles Xavier from the X-men, where you could influence what people think, would you use your powers for the good of others or for your own gain?
Me: I would use my powers to create world peace and solve world hunger.
Mike: How would you do that?
Me: I would become Miss America.
Mike: Get real dad.
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May 30
As the father of two high school students it is my job, every other day or so, to drive my kids to school…. While driving in Rome offers the joys of being passed on both sides simultaneously on the right and left by Vespas carrying a family of four, our local neighborhood offers its own challenges…. This area draws smart people from all over the world to contribute to its reputation as the world class high technology Mecca. So within the melting pot that makes up America, I live in a region where the local high school has a very large population of Asian immigrants…
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