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Crickets
Despite spending most of my social media time on Facebook and Twitter, it's still sad to come to LiveJournal and see my "Friends" pages totally blankI guess if I want to read something, I have to post something. Perhaps one of the letters I've sent to various politicians and a media host, in support of gun rights ( Read more... ) -
First post from windows phone
Another step into the 21st century ( Read more... ) -
How to Keep an Idiot in Suspense.
The 3 most recent comment notifications in my LJ inbox are:
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So don't waste my time.
Apparently this is what happens when you comment on a post in someone else's Journal, and they later delete the entry, or make it private (friends only), which seems more likely. So you keep getting notifications when ( Read more... ) -
Run for elected office. At least you get to speak.
I ran for a seat on the regional school district Board of Education ( Read more... ) -
Recovering from a full-power stall-spin.
Q: Was it an intentional stall as part of advanced pilot training or was it an unexpected emergency ( Read more... ) -
Competing for a spot on the US Olympic whitewater team
"Fortune favors the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur ( Read more... ) -
Update
I've got a gorgeous New England vista out my window today, except for the fog, but the colors are amazing ( Read more... ) -
Microsoft Office Character Recognition. Really?
I finally got motivated to re-live my bicycle trip. Since MS Office 2010 supposedly supports converting text in a scanned image to editable ASCII text, I installed on of the 3 licenses for it on my new laptop. My hope was that I could scan the hand printed pages of my journal from the trip ( Read more... ) -
Dynamic Times
My management is transferring my project to a "permanent" employee who wants no part of it (his quote "I'll be drinking tonight"). The last engineer on this project? Quit. They fired the project manager last week. The customer has to wonder WTF? Maybe they'll call me back eventually, but it helps not to get too emotionally attached to the job. It's ( Read more... )