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Small World Holiday In Disneyland -

For the past 22 years, Disneyland in California has transformed the iconic It's A Small World ride into a Xmas light show, with music to match. It's not too early to get ready for the holidays, and it's never too early to get some Xmas spirit.

 

BlueStylus - Case Management A La Carte

Home page - BlueStylus. Welcome to new advertiser, BlueStylus, which provides online case management for lawyers and other professionals. While there are many practice management solutions out there in the cloud, BlueStylus allows solo and small firm attorneys to pick and choose the features they want, and will pay for. They also provide easy migration instructions to get existing data into the system. Give them a shout and try them out. You have nothing to lose. 

FUZE Card - Your Whole Wallet On One Card

FUZE Card. Call it an electronic credit card. But, this one card can store the electronic data of all your cards, both credit and membership cards. While it can be difficult to figure out how to load all your cards; once you learn, it is easy. And, if, like me, you have 10 or so loyalty and member cards, and a dozen or more credit cards, you know how bulky and heavy they can all be in one wallet. The card is six digit code protected, and can't be turned on without the code. It recharges through a dongle that comes with the device, and I can't wait to try it out. Just turn on and cycle through to the card you want. Then, use it as you would the original card. I feel lighter already.

It's Official - Samsung Has Lost Its Collective Mind

Samsung introduces dual-screen flip phone | Android and Me. Samsung is bringing back the flip phone; but, with a twist. This one has two screens, one inside and one outside, and it costs almost Three Thousand Dollars. In addition to requiring the user to flip open the cover, it is thick, and only has 4.2 inch screens. I submit this phone as Exhibit A to the competency hearing for Samsung execs that is sure to follow. Jeez.

Thinking About Death Isn't Maudlin...It's Rational

I admit that I was one of those who thought of death as little as possible, before my wife's passing. However, the Stoic concept of Memento Mori has changed the way I view it, in a good way. As Robert Greene says, in this very brief two minute interview, we are standing on the shore of a vast ocean, which is death. We are the only animals with an awareness of it. We need to avoid spending our time with cartoon versions of it, and hiding our repressed anxiety about it. We need to dive in and explore it, while we are alive, and see it for what it is, the natural progression of our lives. Once that happens, the fear becomes an overwhelming need to make the most of the time we have left. If you do nothing else today, watch these two minutes.

 

Why Are All Hotel Gyms Empty?

How to Get a Good Workout in a Crappy Hotel Gym. And, for the totally useless piece of information of the day, I give you an article on how to get a good workout in a crappy hotel gym. This article makes several dangerous, and incorrect, assumptions. First. when I am in a hotel, the last thing on my mind is the gym. I am focused on food, the cleanliness of the room, and comfort. There is a reason, other than germophobia, that these things are always empty. Second, nobody wants to work harder planning a workout than actually doing it. Assuming that I would ever go into a gym in the first place (highly unlikely), I certainly wouldn't miss the breakfast buffet to do it. Third, don't you have a meeting to go to, Superman? 

Tom Turkey Makes A Will

We lawyers get some strange requests from clients making a will. However, I think this turkey gets it.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Ever Have To Get Six Sigma Certified.

What Is Six Sigma?. If your eyes glaze over at any discussion about process, discipline, data-driven, or any other buzzword or phrase in the following, join the club:

"Six Sigma at many organizations simply means a measure of quality that strives for near perfection. Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving toward six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process  from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service."

The process, seriously, is to achieve no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. Are you kidding me? I suppose that it never occurs to anyone that these employees are spending more time on process than on getting work done.

Excuse me, while I delete all discussion of Six Sigma, and get back to working on client files. Jeez.

Another Career For FutureLawyer?

I am thinking of a second career as I get older. I would get to wear a uniform, and help rid the world of double negatives. Who's with me?

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Google Maps Improvement Day

Google Maps testing crash and speed trap reporting | Android and Me. The acquisition of crowd sourced Waze, known for its realtime reporting by users of speed traps, traffic slowdowns, and accidents, has started to be integrated into Google Maps, making the app much more useful. Now, users are reporting the addition of a small button which allows them to report real time traffic issues. The button, when it appears, occurs during navigation mode, when most of us are following a disembodied computer voice to our destination. Google never stops improving its products.