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I'm the kind of guy who thrives on challenge and gets bored resting on my considerable laurels. Thus, I chose the blogosphere as the next object of my conquest.

 

The mobile phone providers are scamming us

By Thanh January 14, 2011 Life, Technology 0 Comments

Textual messaging is more popular than voice calling these days. According to my intensely-researched wikipedia sources, the maximum possible text message size is less than a single kilobyte. So why the heck can’t data and text packages be integrated into a single package?

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Are long work days feasible for coders?

By Thanh January 14, 2011 Life, Technology, Work 0 Comments

This issue is beginning to trend quite a bit. The company I last worked for tried to enforce longer work hours as well. Things became stressful, my health was affect (borderline high blood pressure) and eventually, I left after a 3 year tenure. My doctor would tell me “no job is worth putting your health in risk.” I left during an economic downturn, but I didn’t fear not being able to find work. I am highly skilled in my profession and pretty confident in my field of work.

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Massachusetts’ texting while driving law

By Thanh November 01, 2010 Boston, MA, Life 0 Comments

Massachusetts, as of September 30, 2010, joined the growing list of states to ban texting while operating a motor vehicle. While the new Massachusetts cell phone use while driving law provides fines for violations, it will have implications for accidents caused by driving while texting. In case of an injury-causing accident, violation of the statute by texting while operating a vehicle will be evidence of negligence on the part of the vehicle operator. At the trial of a personal injury case, the judge would likely read the texting while driving statute to the jury and instruct the jury that it could consider violation of the statute as evidence of negligence.

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