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Sir Patrick Stewart passed today. He was a prolific, versatile and wonderful actor. I, of course, got to know him as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise. But he was much more. From Shakespeare to Saturday Night Live to Star Trek, he did it all. Take sixty seconds and watch this sililiquoy he did for Sesame Street about the second letter of our alphabet, "B or not a B." It has it all. Eloquence, humor, respect for our rich history, and most of all, his embracing, warm...

A Jira Coffeemaker: Tough to open up for cleaning and repairs. I read a disappointing but unsurprising article the other day. It confirmed what we all already know: consumer products are getting worse. Quality of consumer goods is dropping. Customer complaints are increasing. Dramatically. The article makes the compelling case that the natural merger and acquisition activity inherent in our economy focuses on profit, drives out cost and reduces overall product quality. I would suggest...

720 Repair's web site is now live. We're excited and happy to issue our first blog to go with our web launch. Anyone who has ever learned a new software programming language is familiar with the concept of a "Hello World" program. It's the classic first program for any brand new programmer. The object of such a program is to simply print out "Hello World" on the screen (or whatever output device might make sense[1]). If the programmer can accomplish this simple task, then they have...