minorthird

so…it’s Wednesday, and I’m on the train. Yesterday was Tuesday, and I was home, and still in bed at this time.
No, this isn’t just the introduction to the opposites. The consulting company I work for is having a holiday lunch, so Erika and I switched days.
It may seem like a small change but it is […]

so…I walked into my office this morning and was greeted by a friendly, black screen and a cheerful message:
“NTLDS is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”
So you know what happens when I “press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart?”
“NTLDS is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”
At least it has a sense of humor. Just what I was looking for: a Dell that […]

so…note to self (the global self, not just the selfish self):
When typing up a report to send to the head of the department, always spell check to make sure “internal departments” is not “interanal departments.”

so…you know you’re special when you walk into the bathroom work and the motion sensitive lights are off: First person in the bathroom!
Yes, I’m slightly excited about this. The first person in the men’s room, on a Monday, means a completely clean, smell-free experience*: a weekend’s worth of air freshener unfouled by the common man.
*Even […]

so…there is this elevator in the building where I work. Let’s call it “Elevator Car No. 5″ because that is its name: “Elevator Car No. 5.”
Anyway…”No. 5″ (for short, and laying the possible ground work for some Short Circuit quotes) is in the lobby with 3 other elevators. In the 6 months that I’ve been […]

so…I’ve heard of armchair Quarterbacks (I’d like to be inducted into the Hall of Fame for this someday), but now you can be a Aeron chair Quarterback: David Seah invents Arm-Mounted Index Card Scabbard — The Gauntlet of Productivity
Taking it from the field:

to the office:

(seen at lifehacker)

so…last year on this day I got laid off from a job I had held for nine years.
I’m not going to say anything profound about the experience — don’t get me wrong, it has definately changed our lives — except this: I don’t think I ever got up at 4:45 am to go to work […]

so…it’s amazing how a little exposure to my “fellow man” in the morning can ruin an otherwise enjoyable song as “I feel for you.”
I was late for the train. Again.
I got up almost 10 minutes early today! I had everything laid out, pre-pack, showered, ironed, and/or ready to go! The only thing I needed to […]

so…the building that I used to work at did not allow you to use the stairs. The doors to the stairwells were locked from the inside — once you got into the stairwell you had to go to the lobby or stand there and knock, hoping that someone would hear you.
I used to blame my […]

so…at my old job (I can’t believe it’s almost been a year already!) I knew all of the non-handwashers…
new job = new non-handwashers
one of the network admistrators is definately anti-handwashing. Just as long as he doesn’t need to install any patches on my machine — I don’t need those grubby hands on my keyboard…