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Entries from February 2013

Let the (Sequester) Campaign Begin

February 28th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The government sequester begins tomorrow as does the biggest advertising campaign in the history of America. Unless something unforeseen happens, the great government sequester begins tomorrow, March 1st. Also beginning will be the biggest advertising campaign in American history. Those who want government to be bigger will be out telling everyone that […]

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Tags: Government

Apple, Texas Instruments, and the Digital Watch

February 25th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The rumors are that Apple is building a wristwatch. Will they learn from the experience of Texas Instruments? Apple is supposed to be building a wristwatch. Some call it the “iWatch.” Here is just one of hundreds of posts about it. This has happened before: a really smart, really successful tech company […]

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Tags: Culture · Design · Success · Technology

The Core Problem of Gun Control Legislation

February 21st, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips People on differing sides of the gun control issue are separated by knowledge. Without education, the sides will probably never come together. Gun control legislation is a hot topic in America today. It is almost impossible to have a rational discussion of the issue. The core problem is: knowledge This comes about […]

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Tags: Communication · Culture

Civil Rights Champions: Engineers

February 18th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Hurray for the engineers. We are the new champions of civil rights. What happened to the lawyers? What happened to the justice system? There is a new champion of civil rights: the engineers. We understand the flow of information on the Internet and everywhere on earth. We see denial of basic human […]

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Tags: Culture · Technology

No Thank You vice the Red X

February 14th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips How clever  – pop up windows have replaced the red x with “no thank you.” I’ve noticed this the last week or so. Those annoying pop up windows – instead of clicking on the red X in the upper right corner, they have a “no thank you” box at the bottom of […]

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Tags: Communication

One Last Thought on Weight Loss – Feeling Good

February 11th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips One last round on weight loss. This post addresses the statement, “you should feel good while losing weight.” I have been told by many people that, you should feel good while losing weight. Consider that you want to lose 20 pounds and you have already lost 10 pounds. You feel better when […]

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Tags: Diet

More Thoughts on Weight Loss

February 7th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Since I am skinny, and no one yells at me about what I write here, I will write some more about weight loss. Now to a more specific diet. This is taken in part from the movie Fat Head. Henceforth, when you see Burger King you may substitute McDonald’s or Wendy’s or […]

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Tags: Diet

Thoughts on Weight Loss

February 4th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Since I am “skinny,” I feel obligated to tell the world how to lose weight. About 15 years ago I discovered that I was skinny. I never knew that. As a child I was always “small for my age” and you many not know how much a boy hates to be called […]

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Tags: Diet