Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
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The U.S. government is on a plain language campaign. This isn’t the first; several decrees have gone out, dating back at least to the Civil War, suggesting, pleading and even demanding that those in government use plain language. Now, thanks Continue reading Plain language
7825 Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, was the inspiration of one of the best science fiction movies of all time, the 1982 feature film Blade Runner. And that was the only reason to take this Continue reading Do androids dream of electric sheep?
2821 One of the great mysteries of the modern world is: where does spam come from? It seems that no matter what kind of filters you put on your E-mail, or what kind of special software you install or special Continue reading Where does spam come from? Costco.
It is a fact of life: no matter how thoroughly you try to equip offices with the latest and most modern life saving technologies, there comes a time when those technologies are outdated, damaged, worn out, or simply missing. Fortunately, Continue reading Do it yourself
It isn’t clear if you need to be Chinese to get a pulse diagnosis or if the person doing the diagnosis is Chinese. Whichever it is, the diagnosis is free. This photo, taken with an iPhone, is from Silverdale, Washington.
You know how you’ve waited all year to sell things during the Christmas season? Some business report 60 to 90 percent of their profits come from sales during the November-December period, and they plan accordingly. Such as this vendor who Continue reading Plan ahead
Emergency signage should be clear, concise and to the point. Here is a stellar example, the Fire Evacuation Plan for a hotel near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Only the top third of the sign has anything to do with fire evacuation; Continue reading Be sure and read the fine print
In our quest to get back to nature and a highly processed, untouched-by-human-hands world, we offer this: The collection of words on the packaging makes no sense, beyond an obvious, overly anxious attempt to seem hip and “natural.” If the Continue reading All natural organic citrus aloe vera
3360 MacJournal is an inexpensive application that allows you to blog — or create a local journal on your Mac, or both — using a full, native Mac application. There are also iPhone and iPad versions, but we’ll ignore them Continue reading Posting via MacJournal