The Narcissism Epidemic

Click HERE for today's column, which might shed some light on behavior that's visible in Saipan, and which confuses many business managers.

Making a pitch

Click HERE for today's column, which looks at success, and failure, in making advertising pitches.

Here's the BBC News item on the VisitDenmark ad my column mentions

And here's the other ad featuring the epic tantrum, and a sales pitch.

Clothes make the man

Click HERE for today's column, inspired by a recent article in the Christian Science Monitor.

These three things

Click HERE for today's column, which distills decades of international economics and travel into three simple factors that anyone can assess. The object of meaningful analysis is to make things as simple as possible; that's why I created this list.

Sun! Sand! Co-payments!

Click HERE for today's column, which provides yet more evidence for my pet theory: If you have let the good times roll, you will spend the last half of your life hoping the first half doesn't catch up with you.

Viewing a global powerhouse from Saipan

Click HERE for today's column, which takes a look at one of the world's strongest brands--one that is a part of life in Saipan and, in fact, in 118 countries.

Chinese: An after-action report

Click HERE for today's column, which tallies my progress after a semester course in Chinese.

Slip F-18, Saipan

Click HERE for today's column, which introduces an old "friend" of mine, Travis McGee. McGee, a fictional hero of a series of adventure/mystery novels, would feel right at home in Saipan. And the books would certainly appeal to a lot of folks in the islands who enjoy an independent lifestyle.

Although Saipan's Bestseller books can order the novels (no, they don't carry them as normal stock; yes, they're still in print), I didn't have space to list the titles in my column, but this link (a great site indeed) has the information

The photo here (from Wikipedia) is of the first edition of the first McGee book, The Deep Blue Goodbye, published in 1964. I like the old, retro covers, the modern ones don't have as much character.

Weird germy things

Click HERE for this week's column, which takes a look at one of many creepy-crawlies that can dwell in water.

(Math note: I wrote that a micron is a thousandth of a meter, which is correct, but a more formal definition would be a millionth of a meter. Same thing.)

The photo of the Leptosira bacteria is from Leptospirosis.org.

Partitions: Not just for geeks

Click HERE for this week's column, in which we relish the joys of hard drive partitioning. Hey, it's not just for geeks. Really.

Incidentally, various computer manufacturers call their system recovery features various names. That's why my article says "whatever they call it" to refer to this stuff. If there is a universally accepted generic term for the concept, I don't know what that term is.