Carl Lance

Wow is Me!

I first met Jim Hayes 25 years ago when I was his supervisor at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas. He loved new technology and eagerly shared his knowledge with some of us who were less enthusiastic. His generosity and patience are two of the main reasons I work in the computer support field today. […]

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Soldiers of Clay

My wife recently returned from a trip to Xian, China. That is where the famous Terracotta Warriors are located. Life-sized clay statues of soldiers don’t seem like a big deal until you look a little closer. To get an idea of the scale of the project, 720,000 people were forced to build the first Emperor

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Waste Management

As I was growing up in a small town in Tennessee, I thought I wanted to be a garbage man. They got to ride around all day on the back of a big garbage truck; dump people’s cans full of trash in the back; and pull the lever that took all that garbage out of

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One Way!

When we learned to drive we were taught to obey traffic signs. With few exceptions, drivers comply. If they don’t comply, an accident, a ticket or worse will eventually get their attention. One sign we follow without questioning is the “One Way” sign. The consequences of ignoring that sign are so serious, we don’t consider

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