Scientific Management

When I was in high-school, I discovered Scientific Management or “Taylorism”, that was invented by the American Winslow Taylor, at the end of the 19th century.

This method of work management addressed and improved workflows in order to enhance labor productivity. I've always liked the idea, but it's only later in life that I began to apply it whenever I could, either on for specific projects or just for repetitive, daily tasks.

Not only does this saves me time on mundane activities, but it also take the angst, the "paralysis" and temptation for procrastinating that often accompany any “big project.” My mastery of the process isn't always perfect, but at least, I'm aware of it and try to get it better as time goes by...

Who's supporting Trump and why?

After a long primary campaign, it's hard to believe why Trump hasn't washed away, imploded or just quit?

Is it because Hillary Clinton did everything in her power to mess up her situation and gave plenty of fodder to the ultra conservative clan, or because Donald Trump supporters are just plain dumb, angry and fascist?

The response is probably a little bit of everything. My sense and my prediction is that come November though, significantly fewer folks than today will be ready to pull the Trump trigger when they realize how much more perverted the man his than his female counterpart...

A record-breaking hot summer?

So far June and July have been particularly hot in Park City and since I've kept track of our nightly minimum and daily maximum temperatures since 2007, I have a good ten years of stats at my disposal.

So I began gathering my numbers today for these two months and over a decade. Guess what? The first year I began keeping records was as hot as this year, while 2009 was by far the coolest. Is climate warming a hoax? I still don't think so!

Finding the perfect bike

Have you ever shopped for a new type of bicycle that you weren't familiar with? For instance a hybrid bike if all you know is mountain bikes or road bikes...

The process is not exactly easy and frankly, is definitely not for the faint of heart, unless you give up from the get-go, and relinquish the work to the bike salesperson at the retail shop. 

It is so complicated! It start with how the bike will be used, how heavy it is (no one really knows), how to size the bike (depends a lot on the store inventory) and all these key measurements are just before one's takes the plunge into the jungle of components.

Can you trust a retailer though? I won't, so I'll have to do the work myself!

This 2016 election

I probably will repeat myself, but in order to get the “Monster Trump” out of the way, we'll have to vote for Hillary, the “Queen of Lies”. This way we stand a much better chance to have a decent Supreme Court for at least the next four years.

In a state like Utah, where Trump is so despised, Hillary might even stand a chance to win, so we can't waste our vote on Jill Stein the Green Party candidate. So let's pinch your nose, close your eyes, forget our principles for a while and let's vote for Hillary!

Promising jobs

In this election season, nothing is easier to find than politicians offering to create jobs or bringing back full and well-paid employment in the USA. Well, this will be a hard promise to keep, especially if the jobs promised are supposed to be good and decently remunerated.

Look at it this way; our active population is growing and simultaneously, our automation and robotics are growing too, but at even much faster rate.

When the old factory employed hundreds of workers twenty years ago, today's same plant can do with just 20 engineers with an army of robots, and the trend will still pick up momentum.

Of course, this kind of topic isn't something that will get a politician elected, but while it just gets swept under the rug, it still remains the dire reality. Plenty of underpaid menial jobs will remain available for a while as long as the inexpensive robots that can do anything human finally hit the market.

Bottom line, the full-employment picture isn't just grim, it is already a pipe dream, which is why ideas like paying folks for doing nothing isn't as weird as it might seem; we've simply not quite adjusted to it! http://go-11.blogspot.com/2016/06/wheres-my-guaranteed-basic-income.html

Done rocking?

I've always liked to rock, rock n' roll and all the mineral benefits one's derive from that material, but late last June, I overindulged when I purchased five tons of pebbles that I have since laid out by hand, one small rock at a time, to recreate a stream dry bed, all around my house.

Today was finally the moment when I laid the last stone and saw my work completed. I've worked on that project for a good 21 days, for an average of 3.5 hour each day.

Towards the end, I couldn't stand seeing the huge heap of pebbles that didn't seem to diminish in size. Being sick of this delusional sight was what motivated me to finish it all off today.

Will I repeat the feat? I doubt it very much, even if I was paid “big bucks” for it. So, am I done rocking? You bet! June 30