Crazy Days at Metropolitan State Hospital – The Exam

Years and years ago, I worked at Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, Massachusetts, a state mental hospital, as a “mental health assistant.” It was a crazy place, even before its decline and decay after shutting down, as evidenced in these pictures.

After being hired while pursuing a degree in Psychology, I was grouped with about 25 [...]

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Misdirected email and email disclaimers

Like many people who have been active on the Internet since AOL was a standalone service, I’ve accumulated a number of email addresses over the years, many of which I still use. Some are short and easy to remember, and at least a few of them are routinely given out by people who think they [...]

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Outlook, Mail Archives, and Duplicates

Exchange and Outlook are dismal examples of code, but the fact remains that they are ubiquitous. Nobody has managed to create a mail/calendar/contacts/task application with wider adoption, and it has enough inertia that well designed applications have little chance to make inroads, which means a lot of people are stuck with it. For those [...]

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