My Musings

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    The Brave New Future

    I am reading a book right now which is taking a while because I am reading maybe 3 other books at the same time and I have been busy with other stuff. This book is about the future: Future Smart. I’ve mentioned this book before, possibly twice before and I probably will mention it a…

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    Discovering Data Model

    Before I left on a retreat, I was playing around with Access and data model. Pivot tables have something called data model and I was playing around with it to see how it works. What I found was that it allows you to combine two tables, kind of like Access’ joining of tables and/or queries….

  • Went on a retreat

    I have been away for a while: I’ve been running various errands and then I had to get ready for a business retreat. Now I’m spending time recovering from the retreat and trying to get caught up. The business retreat was nice because I got to meet face to face with some of the people I…

  • Greed Part II

    Within the past week, another drug company has been found to be jacking up prices in a price gouging manner: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. It is headed up by an ex-McKinseyite – a former consultant, a group marginally better than hedge fund managers. The company’s strategy is to buy up pharmaceuticals instead of investing in R&D….

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    The Scary Future

    I’m reading at least 4 books right now, only one of which is fiction. My problem is I just don’t have time and there are so many interesting things to do. Anyway, I have mentioned Future Smart before in conjunction with the author’s envisioned future for money. But the author also talks about –  surprise,…