21st
August
2013
One positive thing about my job is the lack of routine. Nothing “nine-to-five”, other than the requirement that I be at work for the same number of hours as indicated on the bi-weekly pay slip. That does not mean that I never have to do certain jobs that are routine. Today, my time filler involved normalizing a database. In computing, if your “fields” contain similar data, you can sort (more quickly). Basic stuff. And the corporate telephone data has the same warts as any other data. Save. Apply the changes. Return and repeat. All two hundred and thirteen times… A good way to kill part of the morning and most of the afternoon.
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posted in computing, music |
20th
August
2013
There. I’ve moved my latest acquisitions from the local hard drives onto external media. The game is to match the power supplies and USB variations with the particular drive case. There’s no simple answer (other than investing in a whole new set of externals with one interface, and then donating the various individual drives to someone in greater need. It’s OK, I can hear you. And see you waving.
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posted in media |
19th
August
2013
I know I’m back to work when the “reset my PIN” calls begin. No big deal, but how come I’m not allowed to forget my PIN, or any of the dozens of passwords that a required to “operate”? It’s going to be a long winter. The people at the magazine and snack shop (halfway to work) didn’t forget me, so my vacation wasn’t quite long enough. That should be part of the metric. Vacation until you are forgotten AND the passwords have all expired. Then we’ll see if support is an adjective or a modal verb.
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posted in environment |
18th
August
2013
You have to be “of a certain age’ to get it. This afternoon, I watched the movie Pleasantville, and without revealing too much of the plot line; think of living a in a world devoid of colour.
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posted in media |
17th
August
2013
One minor downside to vacations: the coming home to restart routine.
Just the email overload took several hours to work through. My fault. I attached several online forums to one address, and if the volume isn’t handled each day, it piles up. Try three weeks. All is in order, now.
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posted in media |
16th
August
2013
The charm of rapid travel is not lost on me. It’s just not something I practice. All winter long, my bus system gets me to and from the office with only a couple of hours as penalty. Come summer; nothing really changes.
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posted in travel |
15th
August
2013
Better a dry tent than something else. One of our family camping rules. The option of packing after a heavy dew did not beat the other option. Under a bright summer sky, with a stiff onshore breeze, we broke camp and bid farewell to the folk of summer.
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posted in food, travel |
14th
August
2013
Although it doesn’t require much for me to go into town, sometimes the reason is important. Running out of dog food and scoop sacks at the same time; need I say more.
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posted in travel |
13th
August
2013
Someone (several someone’s, actually) have commented that my recent blog posts and FB references seem to involve the food industry, a lot. Snarky comments, hinting that I eat more often than necessary. I must reply. All the blame should be attached to a certain smart phone. The GPS only notices restaurants. And when we’re inside, after the initial delivery of iced water, I have been known to refuse anything more nutritious. On at least one occasion…
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posted in travel |
12th
August
2013
Vacation, (my version, at least) is an allegory for real life. By our routine, we shall be known. Sleep, eat, travel, eat some more, look at stuff, look for stuff, sleep. Nothing requiring practice.
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