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The Harvard MBA and the fisherman

A businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. Complimenting the fisherman on the quality of his catch, the businessman asked how long it took to haul in the fish. "Only a little while," the fisherman replied. The young man asked: "Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" The content fisherman said: "This is enough to support my family's needs. I don't need any more." "But what do you do with the rest of your time?" "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a walk with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my buddies. I have a full and busy life." The young man scoffed: "I have a Harvard MBA and can help you. Spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds from your catch, buy a bigger boat. Using the proceeds earne...

Point & click games: Reincarnation

Just trying to help promote the game and merchandise of one of my favourite series of point & click adventure games: Reincarnation, by B-Group Productions . You can try out the games on Kongregate (or other Flash game sites) Reincarnation (1) : A Demon's Day Out (ADDO) Reincarnation (2) : Riley's Out Again Reincarnation (mini 1) : Out to Sea You Die Reincarnation (mini 2) : A Hillbilly Holiday Reincarnation (mini 3) : In The Name Of Evil You can also purchase a demon figurine or buy the comic on the iTunes store. :)

Configuring Mozilla Thunderbird to align with Outlook

Different email clients have different naming conventions for their folders. Thankfully Mozilla Thunderbird allows customization so you don't have to hunt for where your deleted or sent items went if you alternate between Thunderbird and Outlook. Note that these instructions are for Thunderbird 2.0.0.24. How to set your Sent folder (from ISBER) Click on Edit -> Account Settings Under "Copies & Folders", check the box "Place a copy in" and select the radio button "Other" Choose the folder you want from the drop-down menu (usually "Sent Items" for Outlook compatibility) How to change your Trash folder (from mozillaZine) Locate your preference file, pref.js, in your profile folder Windows XP/Vista/7 "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\" Linux ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/<Mozilla generated profile key> Open pref.js with a text editor (Notepad on Windows, vi on linux etc.) and find the server number associated with your IMAP account. Look for a...