Friday, April 29, 2005
who needs blankets ?
be honest now - have you ever been a bit chilly, so sat with your computer on your lap just to get warm ? wonderful, isn't it ? all that science and technology and business and manufacturing and global supply chain - all for a high-tech electric throw-blanket.
list of random current events / thoughts
- what's a good way of printing a weblog ? a post per page, with the hyperlinks footnoted to expose the url's ? fine. then how do you do that ? more of a pita than it should be.
- good idea for resumes: well, not a resume, per se, i guess. but you know how they do case histories for various projects or other undertakings ? yeah, like that, for each engagement. ok, maybe that applies more to the consulting biz than other ways of dong business. gets kinda long too.
- i need a hedge trimmer for my lawn. heyyy.... but really, it's so dang healthy this year. if i could set my lawn mower at eight inches, it'd be great. oh, shut up, and mind the context ;-)
- hey, the jag series finale was just right. big smile. very cool. sad to see 'em go. the final scene made some connections with past cast. all very smarmy, and well done.
- so the bank i use up in michigan bought out a chain with a local presence. i thought, cool, i can consolidate all my accounts, etc. they've been ok, and after twenty years, i figure that's a good thing. especially after the crap i got from a local bank earlier this year. nuh-uh. they can't touch my accounts there. wtf ? maybe it's just transition pains. but they claim it's interstate banking rules. oh, well. i still will use this institution, but it looks like i'll have to open local accounts. i'll keep my original one though. meanwhile, no one there really knew what to do with me. and the poor lady who tried to help had a cold. i felt bad for her, but then she should have stayed home. i don't altogether buy the interstate barrier thing. what about internet stuff ? so i'll call michigan monday. oh yeah - to deposit a check, i had to go use the atm outside. wow.
- my phone died. i think it's the battery. and my 'puter died momentarily. some driver problem that started with the last “patch”. nothing wants to work around here. not even me ;-)
- so i reboot 'puter. (phone is on an electron i.v.) all my web site specific settings are gone ! ick - 'puter lost its cookies ! kinda makes me wanna lose mine. for some reason, it's putting cookies and all temp internet files in the wrong place. multiple wrong places. i reboot again. everything's fixed. i don't even wanna know...