Coworker Anna is highly amused by my spreadsheet of movies. It wasn't sufficient that I merely keep a list and check off the movies I've seen. Nope, I had to geek it up and record WHEN I've seen it, IF I like it, WHAT it was about, and then, of course, enter formulas to count how many and figure percentages.
This silly list is actually helping me. One, it keeps me from watching movies I've already seen. Not that I'm against re-watching movies, I do it all the time. I do, however, want to avoid watching dreadful, boring movies all over. And with my crappy memory I get about fortyfive minutes into a movie and I start to wonder if I've seen it already. Well by then I have to finish watching it because I don't remember how it ends!
This morning I started to watch Mona Lisa (1986). It hit me about 10 minutes in that I'd seen it before. I sat through another 15 minutes and yep, I think I have actually watched this TWICE before. I fast forwarded through to the end and that was enough for me to declare I've watched it in November 2012. Did I like it? Not really. Was it worthy of a best actor nomination? Not really. What was it about? A man falls in love with a prostitute who is in love with another woman. Sorry, telling you about the other woman is probably giving away too much. I don't care. This movie will get lost in the shuffle which is where it belongs. It certainly has been lost in my brain's files and I will be happy when it slips away again.
My list also helps me now that I'm stepping forward and sharing my thoughts on movies I've seen. I can't report on a movie as soon as I see it so keeping some notes is necessary.
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Ninety Naughty Nautical Knots
Okay I'm just being silly. I just wanted to share how I manage the huge wad of extra power cables I have to store in my office.
The skinny end has a doohicky that you can wrap around but the other one dangles and tangles up with other cords. People freak out because there's some rule somewhere about your cords. Here's the thing, I'm not kinking the line like the blue ethernet cable that runs through my house from the office down the hallway up around three doorways and into the livingroom (and now my son's room because wireless here sucks) that keeps getting caught in the door.... THAT is wrong. I still do it, but I won't advocate anyone else doing it. My tangle averting knot, however, I DO advocate. It's a gentle twist that I give enough length to so it can be plugged in without untying it. That means for the five laptops on my desk I also avert a tangled mess at the surge protector. But I started this for the box of spare cords. Now it provides an endless source of entertainment seeing how the spare cords get returned to me. Usually, they come back a big jumbled mess, but occasionally somebody figures out that they don't have to be untied.
The skinny end has a doohicky that you can wrap around but the other one dangles and tangles up with other cords. People freak out because there's some rule somewhere about your cords. Here's the thing, I'm not kinking the line like the blue ethernet cable that runs through my house from the office down the hallway up around three doorways and into the livingroom (and now my son's room because wireless here sucks) that keeps getting caught in the door.... THAT is wrong. I still do it, but I won't advocate anyone else doing it. My tangle averting knot, however, I DO advocate. It's a gentle twist that I give enough length to so it can be plugged in without untying it. That means for the five laptops on my desk I also avert a tangled mess at the surge protector. But I started this for the box of spare cords. Now it provides an endless source of entertainment seeing how the spare cords get returned to me. Usually, they come back a big jumbled mess, but occasionally somebody figures out that they don't have to be untied.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Modern Parenting
How else does one converse with a teenager these days? There are chores to be done and somebody has failed to call me, yet again, to find out what he's supposed to do.
Yes, this is real.
Yes, this is mine.
Yes, this is real.
Yes, this is mine.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The Punishment of a Day Off
I have a theory that however many days you were off work it will take twice as many to catch up. So, if you take a week from work it will take two more to get back to normal.
Think about it. I'm right.
It is with trepidation that I plan to take a few days off next week. I know the Hell I will be facing when I return. It's not like they hire Peggy from Account Temps to fill in while I'm gone. Nope, they pile it all up and wait until I come back.
And the curse of the IT department everywhere is that even when you're gone you still get panic calls. I always felt sorry for my supervisors when I had to be the person making that panic call. With my predesseor it seemed like every time he was 24 hours out of town one of the servers would crash. EVERY. DAMN. TIME.
Turns out those stupid machines have latched their affections onto me so now when I leave everything falls to shit.
I should feel honored or something.
It's like having a sick kid at home. At some point you're going to wake up to a vomit soaked munchkin and will spend the next hour restraining your own gag reflex to mop the bathroom, change sheets and hose down the sick kid. You don't look forward to it, you sure as hell don't enjoy it, but it's just part of the job.
In fact, I would much rather deal with random server-is-down panic calls than a sick kid ANY DAY.
Now the return to work and trying to catch up while getting my bearings and suffering a little post-vacation depression? I might consider a round with a sick kid as a trade off.
Think about it. I'm right.
It is with trepidation that I plan to take a few days off next week. I know the Hell I will be facing when I return. It's not like they hire Peggy from Account Temps to fill in while I'm gone. Nope, they pile it all up and wait until I come back.
And the curse of the IT department everywhere is that even when you're gone you still get panic calls. I always felt sorry for my supervisors when I had to be the person making that panic call. With my predesseor it seemed like every time he was 24 hours out of town one of the servers would crash. EVERY. DAMN. TIME.
Turns out those stupid machines have latched their affections onto me so now when I leave everything falls to shit.
I should feel honored or something.
It's like having a sick kid at home. At some point you're going to wake up to a vomit soaked munchkin and will spend the next hour restraining your own gag reflex to mop the bathroom, change sheets and hose down the sick kid. You don't look forward to it, you sure as hell don't enjoy it, but it's just part of the job.
In fact, I would much rather deal with random server-is-down panic calls than a sick kid ANY DAY.
Now the return to work and trying to catch up while getting my bearings and suffering a little post-vacation depression? I might consider a round with a sick kid as a trade off.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Dead Refrigerator Woes
I grabbed an ice cream bar from the freezer and noticed a weird fizzing sound coming from the back. I bent over to see the very bottom shelf (it's a side by side refrigerator) and noticed a redish light. Like something was trying to spark. And water was dripping. From the back. By the sparking light. As if the only thing preventing an actual fire was the dripping water!!!!
Being a technology goddess, I knew this wasn't a good thing.
Fortunately we had bought a new refrigerator for the backroom a few years ago. And let me tell you, having that second fridge has been great for overflow storage especially when I've volunteered to bring a couple of dishes to family gatherings. This time, however, it was getting every single morsel of food from the main refrigerator.
And I am grateful.
But geez, what a pain in the ass. This morning I had to pour my bowl of cereal, grab an empty glass and schlep all the way through the house to the backroom to get milk and juice. So inconvenient. I have no idea how long we will be down. This means we have unload all of the crap on top of the kitchen refrigerator and then pull it out and then scrape the gross crusty crap off the floor before we'll let anyone in to assess the problem. Of course my druthers are that we just replace the beast.
Being a technology goddess, I knew this wasn't a good thing.
Fortunately we had bought a new refrigerator for the backroom a few years ago. And let me tell you, having that second fridge has been great for overflow storage especially when I've volunteered to bring a couple of dishes to family gatherings. This time, however, it was getting every single morsel of food from the main refrigerator.
And I am grateful.
But geez, what a pain in the ass. This morning I had to pour my bowl of cereal, grab an empty glass and schlep all the way through the house to the backroom to get milk and juice. So inconvenient. I have no idea how long we will be down. This means we have unload all of the crap on top of the kitchen refrigerator and then pull it out and then scrape the gross crusty crap off the floor before we'll let anyone in to assess the problem. Of course my druthers are that we just replace the beast.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday Fragments - May 11, 2012
I need to visit more blogs, I still feel out of the loop. Maybe I returned from my blogcation too soon. Then again, it's May and I always feel disconnected with the endless running back and forth. May has eternally been a busy month for me.
So what are my fragments for this week?
On Sunday my brother, the temporary house guest... and his dogs, departed for Florida. It's not a decision any of us would make but he's hellbent on getting back to the beach. ultimately it's his life and he is the one to live with the consequences. He'll find employment eventually, at least he arranged for a place to stay before he got down there.
****
I decided to let my hair go gray. In July I stopped coloring my hair. Last week I finally got the old color cut off. There are still wisps of "copper" at the tips since she didn't want to cut it too short with all of my curls. It's a great change, especially before summer. Best of all, I don't have to fuss with it too much. In this picture I actually bothered with a curling iron. Since then I've been letting it dry naturally with a little gel to boost the curls.
****
Ultimate Frisbee season has ended. The one team they missed due to poor scheduling (I suspect a mother's club is soon to be formed after this screwball season) invited the guys to a scrimmage and BBQ today. I thought that was a great show of sportsmanship. In the end it's about having fun so I think they succeeded.
****
Today at work was Technology Hell Friday. We changed internet carriers so we took the opportunity to bring in new network equipment at the same time. It meant the office was down for a few hours so that's never pretty. On the upside I didn't have to lift a finger - otherwise that would have been much much more than a few hours of being out of commission. The guy did a beautiful job. He even cleaned up the glob of wires in my technology closet!
****
Have a great weekend and happy Mother's Day!
So what are my fragments for this week?
On Sunday my brother, the temporary house guest... and his dogs, departed for Florida. It's not a decision any of us would make but he's hellbent on getting back to the beach. ultimately it's his life and he is the one to live with the consequences. He'll find employment eventually, at least he arranged for a place to stay before he got down there.
****
I decided to let my hair go gray. In July I stopped coloring my hair. Last week I finally got the old color cut off. There are still wisps of "copper" at the tips since she didn't want to cut it too short with all of my curls. It's a great change, especially before summer. Best of all, I don't have to fuss with it too much. In this picture I actually bothered with a curling iron. Since then I've been letting it dry naturally with a little gel to boost the curls.
****
Ultimate Frisbee season has ended. The one team they missed due to poor scheduling (I suspect a mother's club is soon to be formed after this screwball season) invited the guys to a scrimmage and BBQ today. I thought that was a great show of sportsmanship. In the end it's about having fun so I think they succeeded.
****
Today at work was Technology Hell Friday. We changed internet carriers so we took the opportunity to bring in new network equipment at the same time. It meant the office was down for a few hours so that's never pretty. On the upside I didn't have to lift a finger - otherwise that would have been much much more than a few hours of being out of commission. The guy did a beautiful job. He even cleaned up the glob of wires in my technology closet!
****
Have a great weekend and happy Mother's Day!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Friday Fragments - April 29, 2011
Good Morning!
I've been up for five hours now - got up early to watch the royal wedding. It was gorgeous and every bit as spectacular as I had hoped. So sad Diana never got to see her lovely boys grow up and get married. It's impossible to look at William and not see his mother, he has her eyes.
It's been quite the week. Last Friday closed out with horrendous storms ripping through northern St. Louis County. Everybody I know has a story of where they were when the tornadoes barreled into town and knows someone affected. We are all grateful and amazed no one died. Then yesterday my friends through the south are reporting even greater damage and loss of life. I don't know who did it, but Mother Nature is PISSED OFF and we had better start making amends quickly - hurricane season is just around the corner.
In geeky news, I will be reformatting a server in the not so far future. That always sounds much more harrowing than it really is. The key is to have decent backups of all of the data.
While I'm on the subject of backups, have you backed up your computer lately? How about your blog? It's been a little too long since I've done any of that myself. But seriously, save your work frequently and have a reliable back up.
Okay, back to work for this chick. I'm trying really hard to get back into the swing of visiting everyone now that I'm past the auction slog.
I've been up for five hours now - got up early to watch the royal wedding. It was gorgeous and every bit as spectacular as I had hoped. So sad Diana never got to see her lovely boys grow up and get married. It's impossible to look at William and not see his mother, he has her eyes.
It's been quite the week. Last Friday closed out with horrendous storms ripping through northern St. Louis County. Everybody I know has a story of where they were when the tornadoes barreled into town and knows someone affected. We are all grateful and amazed no one died. Then yesterday my friends through the south are reporting even greater damage and loss of life. I don't know who did it, but Mother Nature is PISSED OFF and we had better start making amends quickly - hurricane season is just around the corner.
In geeky news, I will be reformatting a server in the not so far future. That always sounds much more harrowing than it really is. The key is to have decent backups of all of the data.
While I'm on the subject of backups, have you backed up your computer lately? How about your blog? It's been a little too long since I've done any of that myself. But seriously, save your work frequently and have a reliable back up.
Okay, back to work for this chick. I'm trying really hard to get back into the swing of visiting everyone now that I'm past the auction slog.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
iPhone App
Tech corner chat today...
A coworker brought her ipod to lunch yesterday and got all of us helping her answer the word relation questions in this incredibly addictive game. As soon as I got back to my desk it was downloaded and ready to start.
OMG
I managed to suck in the family last night to finish the first level. Addictive indeed.
iAssociate 2 (click here)
As I told my messageboard friends, when you come up for air and stop pondering 12 letter words associated with spaghetti you can hunt me down for a little retribution.
Have fun!
A coworker brought her ipod to lunch yesterday and got all of us helping her answer the word relation questions in this incredibly addictive game. As soon as I got back to my desk it was downloaded and ready to start.
OMG
I managed to suck in the family last night to finish the first level. Addictive indeed.
iAssociate 2 (click here)
As I told my messageboard friends, when you come up for air and stop pondering 12 letter words associated with spaghetti you can hunt me down for a little retribution.
Have fun!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Friday Fragments - January 28, 2011
In case you've overlooked it, today is my HALF birthday. And good Lord, you all know what a freaking nut I am about birthdays. No? You're new? Oh well let's fix that!
In a few minutes I need to place a call to my friend Mendy and remind her that although it is her actual birthday she has six months left to prepare for my birthday. And in six months she will return the favor.
OMG! In six months, ON MY BIRTHDAY, I should be a GRANDMA!!!!! My first grandchild is due mid July, just before my 45th birthday. Excuse me for a moment while I absorb that... eh... I still can't wrap my head around being a mother so the grandma thing is just impossible.
So let's get into my fragments for Friday. Yeah, I know, I have posted a metric shit ton already! Does it bother anyone that I swear in my posts? Hope not, my filter was lost somewhere in college.
1. As I was getting ready to leave work last Friday, I got a frantic call from my future DIL (daughter-in-law) that my son (baby daddy) was on his way to the ER. Never a good call for any mother, but when your kid is a diabetic that is exactly where your thoughts go. Nope, not a diabetic problem, HE GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOG FIGHT! Grotesque descriptions were conveyed and I flew home. I never made it to the hospital (45 minutes away in no traffic, but this was the height of rush hour). My SIL called from the hospital after her 15 yr old daughter drove him to the ER. Turns out it wasn't a dog fight and there weren't huge hunks of flesh dangling from his arm. THANK GOD!!!!!
The two family dogs were playing and one caught her jaw on the other's collar, strangling the dog. Keith held the dogs and by necessity had his arm in the jaws as his cousin cut the dogs free. He has six puncture wounds that could have been stitched, but they butterflied them shut and he was out tromping around in the woods on Sunday shooting airsoft guns at his little brother.
2. We attended a trivia night on Saturday. I love attending these. The one we attended last year was HARD. This year someone else compiled the questions and our table ended up with 72 out of 100 correct. Not too shabby.
3. We're working on a new recipe for our business. I'm playing with my mom's roll recipe. Unfortunately my first run used old yeast. Absolutely NO rising whatsoever. Instead of tossing out the dough I rolled out some of it and sprinkled salt on it... CRACKERS! They weren't too bad, but rolling out the dough was too much work so we tossed the rest.
4. My youngest has missed an entire week of school. He just cannot shake this fever. The doctor's office suspects a sinus infection, but in a little bit we'll make a visit to make sure. Hopefully his teachers will take some mercy and not slaughter him with homework. I've got emails out to the teachers trying to get the assignments so he can work on them over the weekend. We'll see.
5. Yesterday I ran an update on my mac laptop and received the new App Store in my apple menu. And I discovered a ton of free and incredibly cheap apps - some for my iphone others for my laptop. OMG! Lots of fun. I've spent a couple of hours with one called RINGER that takes songs in your iTunes library and allows you to make ring tones with them. Oh so much fun.
In a few minutes I need to place a call to my friend Mendy and remind her that although it is her actual birthday she has six months left to prepare for my birthday. And in six months she will return the favor.
OMG! In six months, ON MY BIRTHDAY, I should be a GRANDMA!!!!! My first grandchild is due mid July, just before my 45th birthday. Excuse me for a moment while I absorb that... eh... I still can't wrap my head around being a mother so the grandma thing is just impossible.
So let's get into my fragments for Friday. Yeah, I know, I have posted a metric shit ton already! Does it bother anyone that I swear in my posts? Hope not, my filter was lost somewhere in college.
1. As I was getting ready to leave work last Friday, I got a frantic call from my future DIL (daughter-in-law) that my son (baby daddy) was on his way to the ER. Never a good call for any mother, but when your kid is a diabetic that is exactly where your thoughts go. Nope, not a diabetic problem, HE GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOG FIGHT! Grotesque descriptions were conveyed and I flew home. I never made it to the hospital (45 minutes away in no traffic, but this was the height of rush hour). My SIL called from the hospital after her 15 yr old daughter drove him to the ER. Turns out it wasn't a dog fight and there weren't huge hunks of flesh dangling from his arm. THANK GOD!!!!!
The two family dogs were playing and one caught her jaw on the other's collar, strangling the dog. Keith held the dogs and by necessity had his arm in the jaws as his cousin cut the dogs free. He has six puncture wounds that could have been stitched, but they butterflied them shut and he was out tromping around in the woods on Sunday shooting airsoft guns at his little brother.
2. We attended a trivia night on Saturday. I love attending these. The one we attended last year was HARD. This year someone else compiled the questions and our table ended up with 72 out of 100 correct. Not too shabby.
3. We're working on a new recipe for our business. I'm playing with my mom's roll recipe. Unfortunately my first run used old yeast. Absolutely NO rising whatsoever. Instead of tossing out the dough I rolled out some of it and sprinkled salt on it... CRACKERS! They weren't too bad, but rolling out the dough was too much work so we tossed the rest.
4. My youngest has missed an entire week of school. He just cannot shake this fever. The doctor's office suspects a sinus infection, but in a little bit we'll make a visit to make sure. Hopefully his teachers will take some mercy and not slaughter him with homework. I've got emails out to the teachers trying to get the assignments so he can work on them over the weekend. We'll see.
5. Yesterday I ran an update on my mac laptop and received the new App Store in my apple menu. And I discovered a ton of free and incredibly cheap apps - some for my iphone others for my laptop. OMG! Lots of fun. I've spent a couple of hours with one called RINGER that takes songs in your iTunes library and allows you to make ring tones with them. Oh so much fun.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Diversion
Yesterday I spent the afternoon doing what many tech people detest - sitting on the phone waiting for tech support to pick up. Hold music hell.
Had I been smart I would have used my cell phone and flitted around the office doing other stuff, but no, I was stranded by a desk phone staring at a computer screen waiting for the magic code from the Serial Number Gods.
What's an easily distracted multi-tasker to do?
I whipped out my iPhone (the one I should have made the call on instead) and played Angry Birds. I had heard this stupid app is addictive. Oh.My. I sort of look forward to sitting on hold today.
Angry Birds is FUN! I might have to break down and pay for the full version.
Had I been smart I would have used my cell phone and flitted around the office doing other stuff, but no, I was stranded by a desk phone staring at a computer screen waiting for the magic code from the Serial Number Gods.
What's an easily distracted multi-tasker to do?
I whipped out my iPhone (the one I should have made the call on instead) and played Angry Birds. I had heard this stupid app is addictive. Oh.My. I sort of look forward to sitting on hold today.
Angry Birds is FUN! I might have to break down and pay for the full version.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
iPhone Cover
The super big news in the last week is that I finally got an iPhone! A few days ago we weathered the crowds and joined the Christmas madness as I looked for a cover. I've never been too wild about those rubbery cases, plus I have a latex sensitivity (not a full blown allergy, but it does bother me). The hardshell plastic cases also present other issues that I found frustrating with my iPod - the auxiliary outlet is not accessible to the plug in my car and it doesn't seat well in my iPod player with it on.
In the store there was an opened box like the product had been returned. It held a leather case that looked just like a wallet with a flap to cover the face of the iPhone. Actually it IS a wallet because the flap has slots to hold a credit card, ID and a little place to stash a few dollar bills. It's perfect.
I showed it to my coworkers and they all agree it's much better than the other covers, especially for those who toss our phones into purses and even better for those of us who don't want to drag a purse and all of the associated crap to places like a bar. Did I say it's perfect? It is.
It is from Griffin and it's called the Elan Passport Wallet.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/elan-passport-wallet
So I have a super cool case for my super cool phone. Now if I can master all of the iPhone features... like dialing people in my contact list and remembering how to hang up. You know, complicated stuff.
****This is not a paid endorsement****
In the store there was an opened box like the product had been returned. It held a leather case that looked just like a wallet with a flap to cover the face of the iPhone. Actually it IS a wallet because the flap has slots to hold a credit card, ID and a little place to stash a few dollar bills. It's perfect.
I showed it to my coworkers and they all agree it's much better than the other covers, especially for those who toss our phones into purses and even better for those of us who don't want to drag a purse and all of the associated crap to places like a bar. Did I say it's perfect? It is.
It is from Griffin and it's called the Elan Passport Wallet.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/elan-passport-wallet
So I have a super cool case for my super cool phone. Now if I can master all of the iPhone features... like dialing people in my contact list and remembering how to hang up. You know, complicated stuff.
****This is not a paid endorsement****
Friday, November 05, 2010
Friday Fragments - November 5, 2010
Being too busy to remember the days is a good thing, right? Because sitting around, twiddling my thumbs is a worse option? I hope so.
This is Friday, right? I hope so.
Because I'm going to spill my week right here as if it were Friday and this were truly Friday Fragments. Crap, the way things are going tomorrow will be next Friday. *sigh* So thank you Mrs. 4444's for giving me a chance to recap the week, a chance to slow down, a moment to take a deep breath and let my brain catch up with my body.
*Have you turned on your furnace yet? I'm married to a polar bear so he would be happy if ice crystals would form on all surfaces. Me? Not so much. I find it disruptive to eat breakfast when my shivering splashes the milk and cereal off the spoon, you know? Despite my husband's cheap ass polar bear tendencies, our furnace is ON and running. (and I'm still bundled in a blanket!)
*My geeky triumph occurred a few hours ago. Yes HOURS. I woke up early, watched a Netflix movie (Prince of Persia - pretty good) while I tweeked a report I've been slaving over for several days. I've been looking for an Excel formula to mark the first and last of each of several sets of numbers in a single list. Determination paid off. Yippee.
*For anyone who deals with an occasionally complicated formula I found that I keep a single spreadsheet with all of these quirky things and loads of notes how I used them. It's easier than constantly trying to google formulas, especially with my crappy memory. I can remember I solved "that" problem, but not what type of formula was used which makes it very difficult to research.
*Saturday was Ian's first hockey game of the season. I couldn't attend due to another commitment, but I called him as soon as the game was over. He said they lost. I'm not sure how he came to that conclusion, but the little moron WON! They had a HORRIBLE season last year, certainly not for lack of trying. But I have to say, what I've seen in practices is a mature team ready to play hard. They deserve a winning year.
*More geeky news, I have an iPad in my possession. It's not mine, just mine to review and then set up for coworkers to review. I have to get my iTunes account updated before I can download any fun apps - just like an iPhone. So it's cool, but not really "fun"... yet.
*Today is my supervisor's last full day. Should I be more nervous? Am I in denial? Or have I already assumed so many of his responsibilities that for the most part it doesn't matter? Or how about some combination of the two? Let's place bets that I'm in denial. I foresee next Friday barreling up on me even faster.
*There is a good possibility I talked the parents club into doing a trivia night. Because I need more to do.
*Big events this week were outlined in other posts - drunk driver hitting my parked car on Friday night and my son outgrowing trick-or-treating - GAH!
I hope everyone has a happy Friday and FABULOUS weekend!
This is Friday, right? I hope so.
Because I'm going to spill my week right here as if it were Friday and this were truly Friday Fragments. Crap, the way things are going tomorrow will be next Friday. *sigh* So thank you Mrs. 4444's for giving me a chance to recap the week, a chance to slow down, a moment to take a deep breath and let my brain catch up with my body.
*Have you turned on your furnace yet? I'm married to a polar bear so he would be happy if ice crystals would form on all surfaces. Me? Not so much. I find it disruptive to eat breakfast when my shivering splashes the milk and cereal off the spoon, you know? Despite my husband's cheap ass polar bear tendencies, our furnace is ON and running. (and I'm still bundled in a blanket!)
*My geeky triumph occurred a few hours ago. Yes HOURS. I woke up early, watched a Netflix movie (Prince of Persia - pretty good) while I tweeked a report I've been slaving over for several days. I've been looking for an Excel formula to mark the first and last of each of several sets of numbers in a single list. Determination paid off. Yippee.
*For anyone who deals with an occasionally complicated formula I found that I keep a single spreadsheet with all of these quirky things and loads of notes how I used them. It's easier than constantly trying to google formulas, especially with my crappy memory. I can remember I solved "that" problem, but not what type of formula was used which makes it very difficult to research.
*Saturday was Ian's first hockey game of the season. I couldn't attend due to another commitment, but I called him as soon as the game was over. He said they lost. I'm not sure how he came to that conclusion, but the little moron WON! They had a HORRIBLE season last year, certainly not for lack of trying. But I have to say, what I've seen in practices is a mature team ready to play hard. They deserve a winning year.
*More geeky news, I have an iPad in my possession. It's not mine, just mine to review and then set up for coworkers to review. I have to get my iTunes account updated before I can download any fun apps - just like an iPhone. So it's cool, but not really "fun"... yet.
*Today is my supervisor's last full day. Should I be more nervous? Am I in denial? Or have I already assumed so many of his responsibilities that for the most part it doesn't matter? Or how about some combination of the two? Let's place bets that I'm in denial. I foresee next Friday barreling up on me even faster.
*There is a good possibility I talked the parents club into doing a trivia night. Because I need more to do.
*Big events this week were outlined in other posts - drunk driver hitting my parked car on Friday night and my son outgrowing trick-or-treating - GAH!
I hope everyone has a happy Friday and FABULOUS weekend!
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
100th Post and My Geeked Out Geekness
I'm totally wasting my 100th post (yay me!) on bragging on my geek accomplishments today!
A) I learned how to make a button that links to my parenting blog
B) Placed said button in the title bar (because I want to be like all the cool kids)
3) Found the code to put buttons in a horizontal line up there (will have to make more buttons to prove this one)
iv) Tweeked the html to widen my posts on the screen (this one has been nagging at me for a long time so I'm REALLY happy I figured it out)
THIS is how I've burned my brain cells for the past several hours and I'm really excited butnobody ANYBODY (sorry to my grammatically correct friends) who understands what I'm talking about is nearby so I can't brag on my geekiness. :(
yay me
CRAP! The fucking button doesn't work! Dammit! *sigh*
FIXED! YAY!
And now I've moved the button to the sidebar after all of that brain hammering to get it to work right at the top. Oh well. It looks better on the side. At least I have the code to do it on top if I want to. (Yeah, a geek needs "code" to "do it" on top)
Crap. It IS "nobody". I really need to stop re-reading this post. Or maybe I can just turn it into the most edited post in all of blogdom. Come back tomorrow and see what else I've done to it. You know, I'm going to wake up at 4am and worry if I got the anybody/nobody issue right. At this point it does.not.fucking.matter. But I have to get it right. Once I posted a response to someone saying "sherpa" along the lines of feeling like a pack mule. And then I woke up the next morning seriously worried that I made a wrong analogy so at 4 am I crawled out of bed, pulled up the computer, searched Wikipedia for "sherpa" all prepared to eat crow and laugh at my stupidity yet again. But no, I was right. And wide awake. And this is why I should not use big words.
But seriously, do you see how the posts are wider on the screen? Isn't that totally awesome? I did that without searching for tips and tricks, without copying someone else's code. Did it all with my own brain matter. But I really need to avoid big words because that is what trips me up. Not programmer code which I don't know squat about, words like sherpa.
A) I learned how to make a button that links to my parenting blog
B) Placed said button in the title bar (because I want to be like all the cool kids)
3) Found the code to put buttons in a horizontal line up there (will have to make more buttons to prove this one)
iv) Tweeked the html to widen my posts on the screen (this one has been nagging at me for a long time so I'm REALLY happy I figured it out)
THIS is how I've burned my brain cells for the past several hours and I'm really excited but
yay me
CRAP! The fucking button doesn't work! Dammit! *sigh*
FIXED! YAY!
And now I've moved the button to the sidebar after all of that brain hammering to get it to work right at the top. Oh well. It looks better on the side. At least I have the code to do it on top if I want to. (Yeah, a geek needs "code" to "do it" on top)
Crap. It IS "nobody". I really need to stop re-reading this post. Or maybe I can just turn it into the most edited post in all of blogdom. Come back tomorrow and see what else I've done to it. You know, I'm going to wake up at 4am and worry if I got the anybody/nobody issue right. At this point it does.not.fucking.matter. But I have to get it right. Once I posted a response to someone saying "sherpa" along the lines of feeling like a pack mule. And then I woke up the next morning seriously worried that I made a wrong analogy so at 4 am I crawled out of bed, pulled up the computer, searched Wikipedia for "sherpa" all prepared to eat crow and laugh at my stupidity yet again. But no, I was right. And wide awake. And this is why I should not use big words.
But seriously, do you see how the posts are wider on the screen? Isn't that totally awesome? I did that without searching for tips and tricks, without copying someone else's code. Did it all with my own brain matter. But I really need to avoid big words because that is what trips me up. Not programmer code which I don't know squat about, words like sherpa.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
New phone
I have a new phone! Yippee!
boo hissss
It took forever for this technology goddess to figure out how to save my contact list (nearly a bagillion) to the SIM card and then transfer it to the new phone. But I prevailed and I no longer have to contemplate bribing my twelve year old to enter each one for me.
And here is the cold hard truth - I am old. Until recently I was young and knowledgeable. I can hook up DVD players to the TV like nobody's business. My antique VCR shows the correct time, not the flashing 12:00 and I play video games. I use computers, surf the web, have a facebook page and know how to tweet. Give me a damn phone and suddenly I'm all thumbs, can't read the screen, hang up on callers and delete messages. I can't find half of the settings to customize it to my likes and needs. Sadly I'm going to have to appeal to one of my children.
I'm excited that it has bluetooth, not that I want to walk around with one of those ridiculous ear pieces like what's her name from Star Trek. This phone has a camera on it! Yeah, my old one was indeed very old, dinosaur almost! So I want to be able to take those cool camando pics and then load them on my computer. BUT HOW???? It took several hours for me to figure out how to discover the computer, or was it the phone? Hell I don't know. Now it says something about wrong file or something? I'm so confused.
I did manage to snap a pic of the giraff my youngest drew several years ago and it is now my wallpaper. Yay, small victory.
I believe this plan (it's through work) also includes texting. I'm a texting virgin. The few times I've had to type out something for a friend, it took forever and ended up very garbled. I'm scared.
boo hissss
It took forever for this technology goddess to figure out how to save my contact list (nearly a bagillion) to the SIM card and then transfer it to the new phone. But I prevailed and I no longer have to contemplate bribing my twelve year old to enter each one for me.
And here is the cold hard truth - I am old. Until recently I was young and knowledgeable. I can hook up DVD players to the TV like nobody's business. My antique VCR shows the correct time, not the flashing 12:00 and I play video games. I use computers, surf the web, have a facebook page and know how to tweet. Give me a damn phone and suddenly I'm all thumbs, can't read the screen, hang up on callers and delete messages. I can't find half of the settings to customize it to my likes and needs. Sadly I'm going to have to appeal to one of my children.
I'm excited that it has bluetooth, not that I want to walk around with one of those ridiculous ear pieces like what's her name from Star Trek. This phone has a camera on it! Yeah, my old one was indeed very old, dinosaur almost! So I want to be able to take those cool camando pics and then load them on my computer. BUT HOW???? It took several hours for me to figure out how to discover the computer, or was it the phone? Hell I don't know. Now it says something about wrong file or something? I'm so confused.
I did manage to snap a pic of the giraff my youngest drew several years ago and it is now my wallpaper. Yay, small victory.
I believe this plan (it's through work) also includes texting. I'm a texting virgin. The few times I've had to type out something for a friend, it took forever and ended up very garbled. I'm scared.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Passwords, Accounts, and Access
*SIGH*
At some point I have forgotten my password. I thought I was to be forever banned from adding another morsel of my wisdom on these pages. I tried my different passwords, ones from the past, ones I've modified for increased security. Nothing worked.
The truly sad part is that I am tech support and should be above such idiotic moves as forgetting my password. I had been so proud of myself keeping up with my stash of passwords for my various accounts and then bam, I'm locked out of Blogspot.
It's taken me two years to finally click around and find the "if you've forgotten your login or password, click here"
So, I'm back. Much has changed. At some point I'll share more. In the meantime let's all rejoice the resetting of my password.
At some point I have forgotten my password. I thought I was to be forever banned from adding another morsel of my wisdom on these pages. I tried my different passwords, ones from the past, ones I've modified for increased security. Nothing worked.
The truly sad part is that I am tech support and should be above such idiotic moves as forgetting my password. I had been so proud of myself keeping up with my stash of passwords for my various accounts and then bam, I'm locked out of Blogspot.
It's taken me two years to finally click around and find the "if you've forgotten your login or password, click here"
So, I'm back. Much has changed. At some point I'll share more. In the meantime let's all rejoice the resetting of my password.
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