Dr Wingnut

Month: June 2008

  • Time to replace the window

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    Probably seemed like a good design at the time.via email from John Treworgy, Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:38:24 -0700

  • Motivation posters

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    via email from Jeff Patten, Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:54:44 -0700

  • Strange sign

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    The following sign is posted in the conference room I am told is next to the area where the Special Education people are cubed at the Minnesota Department of Education.  It apparently doesn’t bother anyone else that they’re really called “white boards” as opposed to “black boards;” both of which are “wiped” to clear old…

  • Towels

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    When I started my new job last December, I saw this very strange sign on the towel dispenser in the restroom.  I have no idea what the hell it’s supposed to tell you, since it’s not an automatic dispenser.As a matter of fact, the dispenser has several design flaws, none of which the sign warns…

  • Always different

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  • Cannon Balls

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    It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships.  But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck was the problem.  The best storage method devised was to stack them as a square based pyramid with one ball on top resting on four resting on…

  • GTD – Getting Things Done

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    Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone.  The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.Lin Yutang