It was an absolute bitch getting my left sock on this morning. I was the only one on the bus this morning when I got on at my stop. I don’t think that’s ever happened before. In fact, I don’t think there’s ever been less then four people already on the bus when I’ve gotten on. … Read more
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every … Read more
Nearly 300,000 people have applied for the approximately 7,000 available jobs in the Obama administration. ~ New York Daily News ~ With hotels in Washington, D.C. rapidly filling to capacity for Barack Obama’s January 20 inauguration, area college students have been renting out their dorm rooms for anywhere from $500 to $1,800 a night for … Read more
I was into work early this morning, and as a result, caught the 4:30 bus home. It was coming just as I walked out. I attended the STC’s end-of-semester and holiday gathering at Mitch’s Tavern, which started at 7:30 and hosted a convergence of present NCSU STC student chapter members, an “ENG 675 (’08) reunion,” … Read more
I spent most of my work day today working on a redesigned Web page for OIT Units. Observation: TinyMCE sucks. I exported my Palm Pilot calendar and then imported it into Google. I want to stop having to sync the two, so now that it’s imported into Google, I hope to just maintain my calendar … Read more
I attended two work meetings today, one on accessibility considerations when creating Word documents, PowerPoint slides, and PDFs, and the other on Web site organization with regards to the director to whom our department reports. A tweet after that meeting was rather telling of how it went: Myers-Briggs-speak: I need to do some (S to … Read more
I had a productive, if not at times frustrating day today. Information architecture in a highly restrictive environment is challenging, to put it nicely. We had a nice retirement gathering for a colleague today, at which I honored her “with her own words.” Saroj is NCSU‘s “accessibility person.” It’s not that she’s the only person … Read more
I spent most of the day today at Helios, where I haven’t been in a long while, and where my customer service experience didn’t start off well. For the first hour or so, I sat out on the patio, and then later moved inside when it got a little too cool to be outside in … Read more
2008’s First Christmas Joke Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates. “In honor of this holy season” Saint Peter said, “You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven.” The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked … Read more
There was drama on the bus this morning. The driver stopped between stops on Hillsborough Street and just idled the bus there for a minute or two. She kept looking in the rear view mirror, so I took out my earbuds to hear what was going on. A guy in the back of the bus … Read more