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Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. In my last column I talked about “the busy signal.” To review, for anyone not around before the 1980s, the busy signal was the repeating buzz-like tone that you ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. Busy … busy … busy. For those of us old enough to remember, before the days of email, voice mail, and online chat, there was something that at the ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. The technology community prides itself on being resilient. With a life full of servers crashing, internet outages, and software bugs, resiliency is required if you want to succeed. This trait ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. When I was growing up the world seemed small to me. Biking distance was often the main factor in determining who my friends were. The closer they were to ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. “You don’t know what you don’t know.” – Socrates. My son mentioned learning about the great philosopher recently, and it got me thinking. Whether it’s leaving home to go ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. Let’s talk about trash. Although trash is not pleasant to talk about (or smell), for many Nashvillians it’s become an unexpected topic of conversation. Just in time for ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 Photo credit DOMO, Visual Capitalist. This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. The holidays are supposed to be a time when things slow down. It’s a time to catch our breath, spend time with family, and ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. Driving out to a place called the Inglewood Lounge at 11 p.m. on a Sunday made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Maybe it was the term “lounge” that threw me ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. A couple of weeks after he started, one of our new IT support guys called and said he couldn’t come in because he had hit a deer with his ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. Armor…check. Goblet…check. Helmet…check. The castle was massive. With no drawbridge in sight, we weren’t quite sure how we would get in. Glancing up at the giant towers, we paused, ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. Believe it or not, there was once a time when being a nerd wasn’t all that cool. Often shunned by the popular kids, our big thick glasses and obsessions ...

Last Updated: March 30, 2026 This article originally appeared in The Tennessean September 11, 2020. Fall semester, winter break, spring semester, summer break — repeat. It’s a comforting and predictable pattern that takes most of us through our formative years.  There’s an ...