American Express announced today of their intention to reduce their work force by 10%, shedding 7000 jobs over the next year. It’s rarely good to hear about job cuts, and the current downturn in our economy is impacting everybody. Still,…
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Don’t Like Going To The Dentist? Just Chew On Duct Tape!
A recent article in Science News reveals an amazing tape fact. The simple act of unwinding a roll of tape generates X-Rays. Not just a few random rays-enough to actually expose a piece of dental x-ray film! Scientists at UCLA…
Don’t Forget To Water Your Par Cans
Jeff
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There are lots of very exciting things happening in the development of new lighting technologies. The desire to save energy and use fewer natural resources in lighting manufacturing means that big changes are right around the corner. General Electric is…
Customer Service At Lightning Speed
Jeff
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This blog seems to continually find its way back customer service issues, and I guess that it really is a passion of mine. Unfortunately, most of my postings address negative customer service issues, but I really enjoy having such a…
Is There A Place For Us In The Green Theatre Initiative?
Jeff
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I recently came across an interesting article in Stage Directions magazine and it leads to a discussion that we need to be a part of. The article, by Mike Lawler, features Gideon Banner of the Green Theatre Initiative . It…
The “Gateway” To Customer Service
They say “write about what you know “. Well, after years of dealing with telephone-based customer service in our business, I like to think this is something I know a little bit about. My most recent foray into bad customer…
Podcast Like It’s 1949
We know that Edward R. Murrow never filed a podcast, but if he had, this is what he would have used. The Sony Retro Wireless USB has a great classic mic look, but is designed to be used with a…
Making The Case For AN XLR Patch Bay
We used to do lots of church and auditorium sound system installations and many times, some sort of a patch bay was called for. While including a patch bay in an installation can be both expensive and time consuming, it…
Wireless Warriors Step It Up A Notch!
The interest in acquiring the broadcast spectrum currently used by many professional quality wireless microphones has been raging for a while. Everyone knows that some changes will take place in February 2009, when the FCC reallocates some of the spectrum…
Great Documetaries At Your Fingertips
I watch way too much video on the internet. Between catching up on The Daily Show reruns and watching my daughters short films on Facebook, it seems like I’ve got something streaming all the time. A new site which hosts…
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