Know It All

Working in academia is a new experience for me, I’ve been at the job about 4 months now. Because I’m the only person in my job function, I have a pretty extensive project list. This list gets reported to my boss regularly, but there are a number of other people that think they know what… Continue reading Know It All

Because Popup Ads Suck

Saw this a couple of days ago on Daypop and meant to post it. The kind owner of Technoerotica posted a page of opt-out links that includes many of the web’s common advertisers. An article describing a study by E-poll mentions they learned that 36% (do the math) of consumers like some form of internet… Continue reading Because Popup Ads Suck

Dog Show

Saturday we went to a dog show. This was the first time I’d ever been to one and it was alot of fun. I got loved by a doberman, a komondor and a bloodhound. You don’t realize there are so many different breeds – 150 according to the AKC – until you see nearly all… Continue reading Dog Show

Disconnected

I’m having a disconnected day… just sort of drifting along, messing around, surfing the web, reading blogs. This is what you’re supposed to do on a day off right? Except that just because I don’t go to work on Fridays doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be working. And really, I have plenty to do, but I… Continue reading Disconnected

Never as Planned

Here’s what I was planning to do this evening: Spend some time blogging; write something more… uh, personal, and a bit longer, than the stuff I’ve posted recently. I have some topics in mind, things to get off my chest. Then I was going to work on catching up on my Quicken entries, in preparation… Continue reading Never as Planned