Agendas
Here is the agenda of these posts. And more than you wanted to know about all sorts of agendas.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Off the Beaten Track
First post in a long series on Principles of Quantitative Development , on how an investment bank works.
Home No More
On the loss of a second parent, and its implications.
Missing Events and Photos in iPhoto?
After migrating to a Mac from a Time Machine backup, do you have missing events in your iPhoto library? Do not panic. Here is how to recover from the situation. Or better still, prevent it from happening..
Computers
Slow Time Machine with Time Capsule – SOLVED!
Do you suffer from painfully slow Time Machine performance with your brand new Time Capsule? Here is how you solve it.
Topical, Work and Life, Science
Are You an Introvert?
Take a quiz to see if you are an introvert or an extrovert – a techie or a manager.
Work and Life, Books, Corporate Life
Quiet Me
On why I like to be quiet and keep listening to a world that can’t stop talking. It is prelude to an upcoming review of the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain.
Was Yours, Now Mine
This article is a follow-up to my last post on what was troubling my conscience. This is also a rant on the modern capitalism of the corporate era, where we have all become tiny cogs in a giant wheel inexorably rolling on to nowhere in particular, but obliterating much in the process.
Corporate Life, Environment, Work and Life
Troubled Conscience
Do you feel troubled and responsible for things over which you have no control? If you do, this post may help you get by. Then again, it may make it worse…
Humor, Work and Life, Life and Death
Ridiculous, Annoying and Embarrassing
When our kids turn 13, we turn ridiculous. How do we handle it?
Humor, Corporate Life, French
Speak Your Language
A small anecdote to illustrate why one should stick to one’s language when arguing.