Man, I’m on a serious book kick. I love books and always want to read them, but it’s an obsession these days. I won’t surf on the Internet. As soon as I get work done, I’ll go read. Since my eyes have been aching a lot in the last month or so, it’s been a … Read more
My kids’ school would like to use its PTA Web site to manage volunteer submission forms as well as volunteer hours. Database management isn’t one of my stronger areas though I’ve created a few simple ones. It would simply take me too long to try to do it alone. What we need: * Volunteers sign … Read more
BBS: The Documentary has finally shipped! The creator, Jason Scott, traveled roughly 20,000 miles by plane and car through 25 states and one province and interviewed 200 people. He recorded roughly 247 hours of interviews, with the shortest at 5 minutes and the longest at 5 hours. At no point did he despair, except when … Read more
I rarely write about my life. It’s too straight-laced and light on opinions for it to be interesting. But in honor of my first entry, I am writing about today’s crazy day. A little history: When I went to pick my youngest, I get out of my car and was typing on my Sidekick II … Read more
This is meryl’s blog talking. I wanted to sneak in and brag I’m five years old today! You can see my first lame post here. Meryl’s earlier postings were more personal as that is how most blogs were in the “old days.” But she realized that no one gives a flying fig about a blogger’s … Read more
It’s holiday weekend in the U.S. and many go to the movies. I’m sure most are seeing Star Wars: ROTS (Paul saw it last week), but those of us with kids are taking them to see Madagascar or Kicking and Screaming. My kids saw the former and said it was funny especially the penguins. I … Read more
If you get RSS feeds on a mobile device, then you’ll want to get your Traffic Conditions Data data by modifying the feed. The instructions on the site clearly explain how to fix it. I substituted my zip code for the 14607 and I changed the 4 to a 5 for the level of magnification … Read more
Some book reviewers say that when they don’t like a book, they simply don’t review it. I’d love to take the easy way out, but when I think about it from a reader’s perspective… I want to know when a book sucks. I recently had to give low ratings to a book. I posted it … Read more
Kranz On Copy made me think about titles and pronouns. I always pronounce “Messers” in my head as “mess-ers.” Thankfully, I never need to say this word out loud. I embarrass myself enough times mispronouncing things. Recently, I emailed an editor of a newsletter about the Ms., Mr., and Mrs. issue. Some situations call for … Read more
I’ve either been involved with or held a process-related role since 1994. It started in the government with TQM (Total Quality Management). Then before I left the government, I worked with ERWin and some process standard model—I’ve forgotten its official name. We had pages and pages of flows that were not easy to follow. In … Read more