Friday Purge

I collect ideas for blog posts. They sit as drafts in my gmail account. Links to neat stuff that could be used if I am desperate for ideas.  Clearly, from the judge of it, this well thought out plan rarely sees the light of day. So today, I bring you a purging of my draft…

Day 148 – An App for That

Sadie mentioned on Thursday a new app she was playing around with on her iPhone. The app is called Hipstamatic – an app the imitates old film style camera circa 1970 or so. I like how some of the pics turn out. This is one of my test shots.

eBooks – The Rant

I have not hidden my love for my Kindle. I love having my virtual library with me in a single device – the Kindle itself or even on my iPhone. I love getting that instant gratification of downloading something while laying in bed. I love not having to find room on the eight million book…

A Study of Women in IT

There are three kinds of women in IT. And I work with each of the three types. Type #1 is the Hardened Veteran. She had to claw her way to the top leaving bodies behind. No one showed her the ropes. She believes everyone should be tossed into the deep end and forced to show…

An IM Fable

Years ago at my old work, we had a big blowup with our users. They were working on a large global project, and the consulting firm suggested (behind the IT Ops group’s back) that everyone install Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM) and use it to chat about issues related to the project.  When we (I was…

The Curse of Technology

“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila” – Mitch Ratcliffe I learned a long time ago how written communication and technology can lead to mis-communications.  Jokes don’t always translate, so can be taken wrong.  Reactions can come across stronger…

An Interview and Some Clean-up

I don’t do “nothing” well.  I have discovered this while at work this week.  I have nothing I can get accomplished due to people taking time off post-project, vendors not cooperating, etc.  So, I did a whole lot of nothing at work.  Then said fuck-it around 2-3pm each day and left. The only scheduled thing…

The Laptop Story

A couple years ago now, I bought my husband a laptop of his own.  The idea was he would stay off of mine (I don’t share computers well being I’m a computer geek who likes my stuff a certain way) – and he could use it for school.  The school desktop he was issued was…

Day 224 – Girl versus Tivo & Other Battles

A week ago, I got this great idea.  We would subscribe to Netflix, and we would hook a computer up to the TV to watch the downloaded movies.  Great idea.  Then I read that you could stream Netflix movies through a Tivo.  I have a Tivo.  Perfect.  I activated the Netflix membership and was set…