the iMentor

Hints & rants

This weB-LOG is about the musing of a technical consultant. It is the iMentor's thoughts on technology and the human condition.

GO TO ARCHIVE

Category: Uncategorized

Eye on the Goal

May 3, 2022 Uncategorized 5 Comments
Episode #692 May 7, 2022 Years ago i worked with a fellow trade show exhibit builder, Ray. We were journeyman cabinetmakers.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYjUn-SBcg Ray was about 20 years older than i. We worked in the same shop at the same pay. One day Ray threw a party for his shop friends. His house was in Norco, California. Norco is a suburban equestrian town in Riverside County. Ray owned a 3000 square foot house on 2 acres. It had a barn and horse paddock which was home to four horses. The back of the lot adjoined an undeveloped hillside. It was...
[Continue Reading...]

Patient Communication

April 26, 2022 Uncategorized 3 Comments
Episode #691 April 30, 2022 i am saddened when i find myself unwilling or unable to communicate. Sometimes it is because i lack respect. Other times it's my failure to trust. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myZ32Pf-5PE If i muster the patience i can listen, consider, hold my knee jerk responses while listening, wait to respond, acknowledge the other’s points, look on the bright side and maybe, just maybe, approve their points with a smile. Communication is all about patience. Impatience leads to frustration, anger and impasse. I exercise patience in my communications through respectful debate. Rather than dictate my point of view i express...
[Continue Reading...]

Conflict

April 18, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #690 April 23, 2022 i want things done my way. Don’t you? Everything i know i learned. Those lessons were valuable. They taught me efficiency, value, self reliance and survival.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xigcSL6Urs   When someone wants to do something differently from what i know, it causes warning signals in my mind. What risks does this represent to me? What dangers may others risk? Has the alternate solution been thought through? Is this a learning opportunity for me? My first reaction is "NO." But i owe it to others to hear them out. Experience, instruction and Google can only go...
[Continue Reading...]

EBH

April 13, 2022 Uncategorized 8 Comments
Episode #689 April 16, 2022 In recognition of the 45th Annual Easter Beer Hunt and Rib Roast (which is today) i have included here the story of the 20th Annual EBH, perhaps the most memorable of all the parties.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsNWlM3fWmI   We Jump EBH The Easter Beer Hunt (EBH) is a tradition started in 1977. My sister has a birthday that sometimes falls on Easter. In 1977 her birthday was Saturday, the day before Easter. I called her up. “Hey Debbi, I want to throw you an Easter themed birthday party.” “Oh boy. That will be fun,” she said....
[Continue Reading...]

Memory

April 5, 2022 Uncategorized 3 Comments
Episode #688 April 9, 2022 My memory is getting rusty as i get older. A well oiled memory is one that gets used. i exercise my memory whenever possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdBVJbzkoqo i used to think that men were incapable of remembering more than three things at a time. i practiced that premise every time i left the house. CELL PHONE ID KEYS Check, Check, Check. i was quite good at remembering three things and then came COVID. Now i had to remember to bring a mask. MASK? Remembering four things was difficult at first, but eventually i mastered it. Turns out...
[Continue Reading...]

CD

March 29, 2022 Uncategorized 3 Comments
Episode #687 April 2, 2022 Some time in the early 1990s i was at a K-mart store. i went to the photo film department to pick up some 110 film cartridges for my Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 camera.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7hgaugoJjw There was no 110 film on the shelves. There were only 35mm film cartridges. i walked over to the music department. There were no vinyl records in the racks. They had all been replaced with CDs (Compact Discs). Had i just stepped through a time portal? Where had the familiar technology gone? It was progress. My camera and my turntable were...
[Continue Reading...]