Let the record show. Rather, let my record show that we are at the end of April. There is still a certain quantity of old snow around (front yard, tree line, over by the bus stop) and the pool has more ice than I need. The seasons are running late, and it probably won’t make any difference in the long run, but I want to make a note of such things.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Cheap VC | 265 words
Time to get a tattoo. Or a bumper sticker for my forehead. The inscription: “This too shall pass”. I’m frustrated by the small stuff. By the things that shouldn’t even register on my personal radar.
For example… does it matter that there is another serious “zero day” bug in IE. I don’t use it, but I do support it. Or another “zero day” bug in Flash. Oh, for the good old days when my flash might need to be recharged periodically, but the only bug was a failure to create a short burst of artificial illumination. Tha flash still works (after all these years). The software version… not so much.
posted in environment | Comments Off on A hit to my self-actualization | 284 words
After spending a few minutes on YouTube, watching how others use Loopy on their iDevices, one question must be asked. How do people go to work when there’s so much potential for creation? Someone close (within touching distance) has offered to bring a Mini into my life, and my resistance is dropping. Either the iStuff is radioactive, or the time (and price) is right.
posted in computing, music | Comments Off on Might get loopy | 267 words
Tomorrow, I’ll go to work. Usual thing. Been at this for a long time, and my attendance has been fairly regular. It’s a deal I make with my employer; I go in and do what is required. In return, I get paid. I’m not alone; lots and lots of people, all around the world, loan their effort in return for something of value. Much better business model than slavery, for example. Which leaves me wondering about the content on Cross Country Checkup, this afternoon.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Is it a lazy whim? | 282 words
Spent too long this afternoon trying to apply updates on the Mac Mini. Foreign land to me. Decided to relax after I ran out of buttons to push, and went into the app store (another foreign land). Turns out there is no apparent access to a version of Tetris! I knew that the orchard wasn’t a great place to play, but for pity’s sake. No Tetris? How do the locals put up?
posted in computing | Comments Off on No access to falling blocks | 259 words
The one question a parent has to ask, eventually: are my children like me? Not, do my children like me. You have no say on that one. But as to the social character and belief system, accept fate. You reap what you sow.
posted in education | Comments Off on The sound of righteous indignation | 270 words
According to Gladwell, mastery of a trade requires a minimum effort of ten thousand hours. A rule. Applying that calculation to education, the (contractual) five hours a day for ten school years brings one to the threshold.
posted in education | Comments Off on Mastery achieved | 264 words
Back in 2011, I mentioned the closure of a local magazine shop [blog.spudman.ca/?p=4415] with sadness. I like magazines. They satisfy the hunter/gatherer/collector instinct. They teach new crafts, for a fistful of loonies. They hold up other stuff, if you stack them properly. However…
posted in education | Comments Off on Not again… | 265 words
In today’s episode of alphabet soup: Using RDP, I took control of the VOIP CME via the CLI and managed to restart a broken process. I wonder if there’s a t-shirt for that?
posted in environment | Comments Off on Dealing with IT chaos | 257 words
This may be hard to believe. I just watched the finishing minutes of a marathon, not for the first time. And even with all that good example, I have no urge to run from here to there (or any other segment of highway that measures 26.2 miles / 42.2 kilometers). Either I have remarkable self-restraint, or a good dose of middle aged common sense. Or both. Check back this time next year, and I will try to give more feedback.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Corporate plumage | 348 words
