I’m fascinated by people who play slot machines. I have nothing against it; I just don’t understand it. My brother has a buddy who goes to the casinos quite a bit and I went with them on a trip a while back. While his pal plays craps for pretty decent stakes and blackjack, he also spent time on the slots. He’s definitely a sophisticated gambler and yet he chooses to play something that minimizes his skill as a gambler and is, in my mind, the equivalent of buying a lottery ticket. Why do I bring this up? Continue reading
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Rewiring
Like many of you, over the years we keep adding boxes to our audio/video system. It used to be an antenna to get TV and the sound came out of the speakers. Then came cable. After a while, a video game. A VCR (remember those?). Soon a DVD player. Maybe a separate DVR like TiVO. Maybe a Sling box. Roku? A surround audio system for sure.
In any event, along with the boxes came an awful lot of wiring. Cables of all types – A/V, component video, digital audio., HDMI – we’ve got them all. And frankly, they’re a mess. So this morning, we did something about it and that’s todays thought. Continue reading
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Changing The Format
I’m playing this weekend in our club’s Member/Member tournament. No, it’s not televised or even streamed – sorry. But it does provide a business thought I want to share with you. To get there, I’m going to take a few words and explain the format but stay with me – hopefully it’s worth the golf stuff.
You play with one other member as your partner over the course of 3 rounds. Each of the rounds is a different type of competition. The first is a scramble (you each hit and pick the best shot to play next then you both hit from there); the second is a best-ball (you each play your own ball and the low score counts on each hole); the final round is alternate shot (the team only plays one ball and the players alternate shots. One guys tees off on the odd numbered holes; the other on the evens). Got it? So what’s the business thinking? Continue reading
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Consult Keith 