Author Archive: Paul Epps

Cat and Dog

11 May 2012 /

Vanille et Diego dans l'herbe

No related posts were found, so here's a consolation prize: What You’ll Be.


David Anderson: Lean Kanban Southern Europe 2012 keynote

Posted by on 11 May 2012

Another Reason Notre Dame Has a Terrible Football Team

5 May 2012 /
Notre Dame mug shots

Officers reported that several people began jumping over a fence when they arrived and, specifically, they observed a group of five men attempting to jump over a fence and ordered them to stop, said Capt. Phil Trent, South Bend police spokesman.

Police arrive to break up a party, five guys jump over a fence and the only two who get caught are Notre Dame football players.

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Backup Quarterbacks

4 May 2012 /
USC quarterbacks

Oakland Raiders sign Matt Leinart to back up Carson Palmer

ESPN

Deja vu! Here’s a picture of Matt Leinart backing up Carson Palmer 10 years ago.

Backing up both of these guys was Matt Cassel (#10), who has so far had a better NFL career than Leinart, despite a college career in which he threw zero touchdown passes and never started a game.

I don’t know who the other two kids are. The coaches are current Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian and current Hawaii head coach Norm Chow.

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The Birth of Free Market Economics

2 May 2012 /

The Birth of Free Market Economics

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Junior Seau, 1969 – 2012

2 May 2012 /
Junior Seau

Junior Seau Dead in Apparent Suicide

Seau was a legend in San Diego, where he lived and played most of his career. He was also a legendary member of the USC Trojan Family.

The number 55 is now synonymous at USC with great Trojan linebackers, but Seau was the player who made the number famous. It has since been worn by Willie McGinest, Chris Claiborne and Keith Rivers and is only assigned at the head coach’s discretion.

This picture was taken just a couple of weeks ago at the USC Spring Football game. He doesn’t look like someone ready to end his own life, but you never really know what someone’s life looks like from the inside.

R.I.P. Junior Seau #55

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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. — William James


I’ve Got a Little List

22 Apr 2012 /
Koko

From the LinkedIn profile of a linguistically challenged IT manager:

High-Level Strategic Planner and Executioner

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Alternative Uses for Beer

19 Apr 2012 /
Stone IPA

I’m picking up a few things at Trader Joe’s — some Clif bars, a couple boxes of cereal and a bottle of IPA.

The checker points to the bottle and says, “That’s good. Have you tried it?” Like he’s the beer expert and I don’t know anything.

“Yeah, I’ve tried it.” Not to be outdone, I pointed to the cereal boxes and said, “Have you tried it on cereal?”

“No.”

“Well . . . think about it.”

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Mobile Site vs. Full Site

13 Apr 2012 /

From Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox:

The basic ideas are to:

  • cut features
  • cut content
  • enlarge interface elements

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This Scam Still Needs a Little Work

13 Apr 2012 /
Dress form

I got this in my email today:

From: paypal@service.com
Subject: account information needs to be updated

Dear PayPal Costumer …

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News Judgment

10 Apr 2012 /

Dog bites manDog bites man — not news.

Gravy-wrestling model hit in the face with monkey wrench after finding friend having sex on her sofa — now THAT’S news!

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Steve Denning: The Best-Kept Management Secret On The Planet: Agile

Posted by on 9 Apr 2012

Steal Like an Artist

1 Apr 2012 /

There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income.

I think the same thing is true of idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

— Austin Kleon, Steal Like An Artist

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Ashley Corral Wins 3-Pt Competition

30 Mar 2012 /

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At the Dog Park

24 Mar 2012 /

A pug (not mine) is humping a beagle . . .

“You could have puggles,” I suggest to one of the owners, “except they’re both boys.”

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It may look like a crisis, but it’s only the end of an illusion. — Jerry Weinberg


The Buffalo Bridle

14 Mar 2012 /

“Well, if you’re going to control buffalo, you got to know two things, and only two things: First is,

“You can make buffalo go anywhere, just so long as they want to go there.

“And second,

“You can keep buffalo out of anywhere, just so long as they don’t want to go there.

— Gerald M. Weinberg, The Secrets of Consulting

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No difference plus no difference plus no difference plus … eventually equals a clear difference. — Jerry Weinberg


The Titanic Effect

13 Mar 2012 /

The thought that disaster is impossible often leads to an unthinkable disaster.

— Gerald M. Weinberg, The Secrets of Consulting

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