Most of us do not have the time, energy or brain power to understand the ins-and-outs of our technology architecture. Isn’t that what we pay IT guys to worry about? While normally I would wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment, there are some decisions that are outside of their hands and need to be addressed by yours truly. This blog post deals specifically with such a decision. THE PROBLEM If you are currently on Visual RAMS-Pro…
I spent an hour yesterday on the phone with our credit card provider. It was exhausting, time-consuming, and, sadly enough, completely unproductive. I had a typical busy Monday; full of optimistic plans to knock out my task list before I could retreat to my wife, dogs and Star Trek immersion therapy. In my estimation, the call to the credit card company (whose name will remain anonymous), should only have taken a few minutes. Was I…
Over Labor Day weekend my wife and I had the opportunity to visit Rye, Colorado. Rye is located in the beautiful foothills of the San Isabel National Forest where the Aspen flourish and the Sangre De Cristo peaks tower over you. While the view would be enough for any traveler to choose this area as a destination, it would not be our destination that day. There was another site nearby that has an inexplicable allure…