Take one drop of reef aquarium salt water, place on microscope slide, let it dry and voila! Instant Alien Beach.

WHY oh why do people send me email with the Importance flag set to HIGH? I have some clients who always set that flag, I have some others that send me absolutely non time critical email with the flag set… In the end I have learned never to even consider the flag. If you send me an email with 500 !!!!!!! I will not be giving it any more attention than one with no flags, in fact, I might even ignore it.

If something is urgent then pick up the phone. If it is not THAT critical but still urgent text me on my cellphone. All other queries can be sent via email but for God's sake, please drop the importance flags.

How am I supposed to make a decision between two seemingly identical options but different prices? There is no point to this table as it does not do what it was intended to do - show the differences.

Most humans are blissfully ignorant of the world around them, so busy dealing with life that they miss 99.9999999999999% of everything around them. Spending a little time peering deeper into our surroundings, you might just be pleasantly surprised at what you might find. I have shown that certain things do not exist, however finding this small slice of natural beauty does provide some relief from normal life.

Below a photo of MgSO4 crystals I made:

Recently the CEO of one of the largest IT companies decided that inter company email is to be banned. This triggered some memories I have regarding discussions with various business people I have met through the years regarding the usefulness of email in the corporate environment.

Many people I have spoken to supports the decision I mentioned in the introduction of this post. They believe that email is a huge distraction for people to work efficiently, as most email is either junk or not of such a nature that deems a response / action necessary. Those people usually recommend instant messaging or the telephone as alternatives.

I however believe IM (Instant Messaging) and the telephone are the worst evils - affecting one's performance much more adversely than email ever can. Why? Because people expect you to respond immediately when sending an IM or calling you. They expect you will stop what you were busy with and pick up the phone or respond to the IM bouncing up and down the dock. I have had people yell at me because I did not reply quickly enough on IM, even though I explained I was on the phone and busy on a remote computer session with a second client, they still insisted I should at least have acknowledged the IM message. That made me furious.