This evening we decided to treat ourselves to pizza rather than cook something at home. Â We both like the personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut on occasion, so I called their number to place my order.
And got to listen to a canned ad for the newly added “Wing Street” offerings. Â We’ve called them enough times [...]
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Did You Know?
Posted in elsewhere, nerdliness, random on Dec 8th, 2008
When I was 13 or 14 years old, the last year I was an active member of the Boy Scouts, my troop spent a week at camp. Â The camp was new and modern and full of great activities. Â The pool director liked to have people tossed in the pool. Â Birthday. Â New merit badge. Â Any kind [...]
The Lost Art of Apprenticeship
Posted in nerdliness, random on Nov 25th, 2008
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend a two-day overview of the capabilities and features of Adobe’s Dreamweaver CS3 product. Â The session was a highly level look at the major features and workflow the software provides. Â My employer is looking at using the tool for interface mock ups and screen design. With that responsibility [...]
The Movie Watching Experience
Posted in diversions, random on Nov 15th, 2008
Going to the movies isn’t what it used to be. Â Or maybe it isn’t what I fondly remember it as being. Â The timing of our weekly trip to Manhattan this Saturday allowed me to take in the new Bond movie while Sibylle was teaching. Â The 1:45 show time fit neatly into our usual schedule so [...]
The Idiot Squad
Posted in random on Dec 6th, 2007
Today marked the start of the 2007-2008 Car Hockey Season here in Kansas City. Freezing rain followed by a few inches of snow fall start this morning. By the time I left work at two o’clock, the roads were slick if not icy. Most people on the highway were driving a cautious [...]
Once in a while, Sibylle and I will order take out from the nearby steakhouse and eat at home. By ordering out we get to avoid the crush of people waiting 30 to 45″ minutes for a table, and we save some money too. Neither of us needs or wants to eat an [...]
Recently I’ve been up to:
Making the inaugural pot of chili for the 2007-2008 season.
Learning the ins and outs of Wordpress templates and themes.
Playing around with Ubuntu.
Drawing house plans on graph paper.
Demolishing the leftover bread stuffing.
A few things that I’ve been up to lately.
planning
A move from my current hosting provider to Blue Host, and a conversion from MT 2.661 to Wordpress. I’ve been at Pair forever and I have no complaints other than the price. Recently Sibylle was researching hosting providers for the new MAMTA site and through [...]
Out Of Office
Posted in random on Oct 1st, 2007
My employer utilizes Microsoft Outlook for email and calendaring. The culture here uses the calendar to track outages. When you are going to be out of the office, whether for training, the dentist, or vacation, you are to send a meeting announcement to your team letting them know of your absence. It’s [...]