20030213

Just a minor request for the computer users of the world: When the computer puts something up on the screen, READ IT FIRST, THEN THINK, THEN ACT. This means that, when you’re trying to print something and the system tells you your job is on the queue, you should pay attention to which printer it’s [...] [...]

20030212 #2

Bleah. I’m sick with a cold. Congestion, cough, and no voice; hence, no could-be-considered-a-but-could-also-be-considered-something-other-than-a date. We’re rescheduling; in the meantime I’m getting some hot tea and going to bed. [...]

20030212

Been a fairly typical workday. One location decided to rearrange their furniture without documenting what cables go where, and yet they were all extremely puzzled when those computers couldn’t access the network. Well, DUH. Saving grace: the woman I spoke to became righteously indignant when she learned why the network wasn’t functioning quite right. Another [...] [...]

20030211 #3

I just spent a lovely evening reading my old online diary (back in the days before the term “blog”, thankyouverymuch). Heh. Nostalgia is powerful stuff, you know? Anyway, I got to thinking about how much has changed since I posted that, and how much really hasn’t. On the one hand, I no longer live with [...] [...]

20030211 #2

‘Scuse me while I play around a bit with the design of the site. And yes – those really are my eyes, they really are that color, and I really do have good reasons for putting that particular picture up there (but I won’t tell you them unless you’re nice). [...]