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Rant: I Hate Waiting In Line

I’m not a celebrity. I don’t get to cut in the front of the line and go through the hallowed velvet rope. The average person spends approximately an hour a day waiting in line, which totals to about 2 to 3 years in a lifetime. Two to 3 years of just standing there, people waiting with you, for whatever you are waiting for! I have to admit that there are some things that are worth waiting in line for:

One Thing Windows 7 Must Fix!

A lot of the time I will have quit a few apps running at the same time bouncing between files, programs, and the web. I consider myself bi-techual when it comes to working in different OS’s…I use both Windows and Mac environments without leaning one way or the other. But there is one thing that I can’t fathom why the folks in Redmond would allow me to do in Vista.

The Starbucks Algorithm

An algorithm is a finite sequence of instructions, an explicit, step-by-step procedure for solving a problem. – Wikipedia

Having moved to the Seattle area a little over a month ago from Boston, I never really understood why people were so enamored with a cup of coffee that had a semi-naked mermaid emblazoned on the side. In Boston, Starbucks locations weren’t on every corner but you weren’t too far from one if you were in your car and needed a caffeine fix. Seattle is a completely different story.