For the past two weeks, I’ve been having nightmares about survival planning during a zombie attack. In the nightmare, I’m in a large building, and I have to figure out where is the best place to wait for the zombie attack to come. The feeling is that we have to …
A couple of companies are trying to re-invent the thermostat. There’s lots of good reasons to fix it. It’s not connected to your home and life in a way that it feels like it should be. It’s frequently accessed by lots of people, of all ages and technology levels. It …
If there is one thing I’m sick of at work, it’s the “I want a pony!” syndrome. Kids want ponies, because they don’t understand that having a pony requires lots of money and lots of time and effort. All the kid thinks about is how awesome the pony will be …
I have a list in my head of the top five companies I’d like to work for, someday. This doesn’t necessarily mean I’m unhappy with where I am now; this is just like a bucket list of companies. I figured I’d post it for fun. Without further ado, here it …
In the past 36 hours, I have eaten: * 3 marshmallow peeps (chocolate reindeer) * 1 southern chicken sandwich from McDonald’s * 4 holiday cookies And that’s it. Work has been so hectic that I’ve barely had time to pee, much less eat…and then I had to run to class …
So, I’ll be leaving town this Friday evening to go to Taipei again. I’m looking forward to it. On the plus side, the timing is good in that I’m not in school yet (still on summer break that week). Also, the food is just so darn good over there. I …
I just wanted to generally give a heads’ up that we may go into a period of silence (or very rare posting) on the blog over the next few months. Twitter will probably get updated more often, just because I can update it from more places…and the micro-blogging lends itself …
I just picked out my service award gift for 10 years of being with my company. I decided on a dress watch (runners up were necklaces…there were several non-jewelry items on the list, too, but nothing I really wanted). Still…I’m old. And I feel like only doubling my salary in …
As many of you have noticed, the blog has gone back in time to catch up on posts from our (very awesome, wanna go back NOW) Disney trip. As such, I skipped over quite a few events that would normally warrant a blog post. I don’t want to spend another …
I see no point to the “Did you see my/her/his e-mail?” e-mail, nor its close cousin, the “Please respond to my/his/her e-mail,” e-mail. It is particularly vexing when received less than 24 hours after the original mail, and it’s downright annoying when received less than 8 hours after the original …