A Golf Blog

Changing Chronicles

Sometime over the Memorial Day holiday, the Golf Car Chronicles will be undergoing a face lift. Re-launch early next week.

Overheard.....

this morning in the coffee room / break area a snippet of a conversation that included "mobile law office". So, off to Google it and I'm feeling lucky and voila. Thanks to Walter Olsen.

Home Again

Well, today’s the big day – the oldest returns to the nest after completing the 7 year plan and getting his degree in sociology. Actually, he graduated last year and has spent the time in between paying off bills and padding his savings from his job as a car park valet. So, now his lease is up and he’s off to the Air Force on 7/11 (or there about) and he needed somewhere to stay, somewhere to park his car, somewhere to store his stuff, you get the idea.

Actually, he’s really quite remarkable – he’s going into the Air Force to become an air traffic controller. He probably could have gone to a specialty school (like DeVry or some such) but he would not have had the practical experience that he’d get from 4 plus years of on the job training.

Going to miss him and the money I take from him when we play golf.

What's Next

Late yesterday afternoon, I got the green light from our Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications to begin posting about things going on at the place where I work. As I’m making this post, it’s painfully obvious I’ve not thought this through and I have more questions than answers. I doubt very much that the name ‘Ace’ will cut it and I’m also certain that a new domain name is in order.

So to get a better handle on things, I’ve asked Robert Scoble for some help – I'm sure he’s had posts on the subject but I’ve not had a lot of luck finding them. Maybe I’ll hear from him later today.

Stay Tuned

Ace

Pluck Your Browser

Chris Shipley of IDG Executive Forums and the Demo Conferences reported in a recent newsletter about a browser plug-in called Pluck. It's an information search and organization tool and it looks and works a bit like Outlook.

I think I'm going to give it a try.

Left Lane Limits

Any opinions on tractor-trailer rigs in driving in the left lane on the intra/inter state road systems?  If you are one of the fortunate telecommuters, this probably doesn't apply but, if you aren't read on.

Where I work is a nightmare drive - not a particularly hard drive nor a long one.  Just fraught with taking chances.

Why do the big rigs insist on driving in the left lane when they can't keep up with the flow of traffic?  Those that can't keep up create situations where folks like you and me take chances.

Any opinion on restricting the "big rigs" from the left lane?  Fort Worth, Texas will be limiting left lane access on some of the intra/inter state system later this summer.

Sensibility at Southwest Airlines

As the majors rolled back fares by $20 to $40, Southwest Airlines quietly raised their fares by $1 for segments less than 600 miles and $2 for segments greater than 600 miles. Just wondering how the majors can ever hope to catch up.

Stay tuned.

Ace

Air Fare Increase

American Airlines and Continental Airlines (along with 4 others) recinded their recent fare increases of $10 and $20 each way based on mileage. Seem that Northwest Airlines would not match the increase - had the increases not been recinded, Northwest would have had a competitive advantage.

Not good news for the continued solvency of the airline industry.

Are You A Counter?

I don't have a clue as to how I got to this question but I was wonder how many stair counters there are in WebLog land. You know, whether it's up the stairs or down the stairs, or even the same staircase, over and over - just wondering if you are a stair counter and also wondering how long you've been at it.

Chips with a Message

Beginning next month, look for Procter & Gambles Pringles potato crisps to appear with trivia questions and answers. Then in August, there will be trivia questions through a partnership with Hasbro, the makers of Trivial Pursuit Junior.

What's next? Edible advertisements? I don't get it.

Ace