If you were going to see another job site, like Monster.com, what features would attract you to the new site? What features would you expect for free and what features would you pay for? How much? Think about the questions from the employer as well as the employee point of view. Thank you for your input!
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
Flickr Free Limitations
So, what happens when you are using flickr free instead of flickr pro?
Hey djuggler! About your photos…
You’ve run into one of the limits of a free account. Your free account will only display the most recent 200 photos you’ve uploaded. All of your photos beyond 200 will remain hidden from view until you either delete newer photos, or upgrade to a Pro account.
None of your photos have been deleted, and if you upgrade, they’ll all come back unharmed.
Cool! You can buy Pro accounts for friends.
Hard to recover from a slip
I have walked a tightrope for 10 years. As I ponder getting off the tight rope I look down and see no net. I have to walk much further to get to a jumping off point but I’ve slipped. My balance is shaken. I know what I have to do but I am suddenly aware of the audience, hyperfixated on the missing net, distracted by the shows in the 3 rings below, and frozen.
I look up and my wife stands upon my shoulders. A menorah shaped device sits upon her shoulders and holds our five children. If I fall, they fall. I have already placed them at unnecessary risk. Where’s that net?
I try simply to move consistently toward the end of the rope but the ringer master cajoles me for dramatics. Ok. Already I have exceeded my energy reserves. I am tired. Perhaps if I concentrate for a moment and give 120% I can satisfy the ring master, silence the heckler, satiate the audience, fulfill my obligations, and get to the end of the rope.
What’s up with Cannibas?
Like every other blogger, I knew that in no time at all I would be pulling in thousands of dollars from Adsense thus you see a couple of ads on the Reality Me. Apparently I talk about pot more than I thought because Adsense, being context sensitive, has consistently shown a banner ad for Cannibas and Medical Marijuana since I posted Top 10 Pot Studies Government Regrets Funding. Of course, this post contributes to Adsense wanting to put marijuana ads on Reality Me. I find the ads distracting and non-profitable so eventually I will get around to removing them. In the meantime, if the arrest of the Wests has put a damper on your supply, I suppose you can click the banner for a new source.
Blingo Sends Me to the Movies!
I just won another movie ticket from Blingo! This time someone that signed up as a referral from me won so I won also. Now, I signed up under Cathy so when I win she wins which presents a slight problem in that Blingo limits each household to two prizes per month. On 9/4 I won a ticket and having referred me to Blingo Cathy received a prize also. She claimed an iTunes gift certificate. So technically, that is our two prizes this month. I wonder if I will actually receive this movie ticket. I think 2 prizes per month is far too limiting particularly if you have referred many people.
Since November of 2005, I have won 5 movie tickets from Blingo!
From the mouths of babes
Amy: " I don’t like being small." giggle, smile "when you’re small you’re" pause, grin, quieter "aaangry."
My God! My daughter is Jack Nicholson!
Crack Withdrawal
Popurls appears to be down! I don’t know what to do with myself.
Remembering 9/11/2001
I was late to work and Cathy said, "The Twin Towers are on fire." We watched the news together as the second plane hit. I remember the awe at what was happening before my eyes but not being overly concerned as I knew our firefighters would take care of the flames and that our engineers would restore the buildings; then the tower dropped. I stared at the tv in disbelief. That couldn’t happen!
I grabbed a portable television and went into work. We all sat around watching the news … more when evan lets me type
Reading Is Fundamental
Tonight I finished Chaim Potok’s The Chosen“>The Chosen. Good read. It leaves me asking many questions about Jewry. The story is very moving.
Raining on a sunny day
So today is a majorly important deadline. What could go wrong? Well, my computer keeps freezing up, the person with technical information I need is awol, I can’t dial my client from my cell phone because Cingular is saying I am not allowed to call them (your approximate hold time is…eternity!), the battery on the cell phone is dying, and I am supposed to be at another location in 10 minutes.
Update: Oh look! This computer says it is 1:30 and that computer says it is 1:18. ugh!
Beat the rooster
Popped out of bed at 2:59am! Now I like that. Rough day ahead. Let’s hope the next 3 hours of coding goes smoothly.
My pain! Hardware/Software problems
So today I have a "bring me a rock" client that is going ape to see progress on an overrun project. I have another client that has emailed me something that could be a maintenance issue on old work or a request for new work. I have 2 recruiters wanting me to send a resume specific to the job description (one short term contract; one full time op) they’ve email me. I have a friend that has sent a fulltime opportunity requesting a resume. I have a scheduled 3 week contract that is supposed to launch today.
So what? My workstation decides to go to la la land and quit responding! Troubleshooting time.
Update: fixed.
My Wishlist
I often feel prisoner to a lack of resources. When I consider rejoining the corporate world, my reasons center around a need to have the resources I lack. Ideally I really do well leading a team so the biggest resource I desire is people. Foregoing people and operating capital, here is my list of basic needs (new computers top the list):
- a macbook pro – for presentations, sales, lectures/public speaking, and remote development
- a new development server – linux
- new development server – windows 2003, CF 7
- new pc workstation with 3 monitor setup – I still rely heavily on pc based software
- new phone – preferrably a treo
- FranklinCovey planner refill
Now into the dream world:
- a 2nd (preferrably 3rd) monitor to dock with the macbook pro
- mid to high end digital video camera
- workstation for photo/video/art processing/production
- digital camera with exchangable lenses
And if I could have people:
- Personal assistant
- salesperson
- attorney on retainer
- accountant
- bookkeeper
- two developers
- intern research assistant
- lab assistant/technican – computer repairs, software licenses, maintenance, etc.
Assume the negative; unless they call
Yesterday Sarah’s bus was 20 minutes late. I thought Sarah pushed her luck and missed it. Regardless, I drove her to school arriving 2 minutes late. When she came home and explained that "the bus was 20 minutes late and I arrived before the bus students so they counted me tardy" I was dumbfounded. I called the school and received no answer.
Today I called, was transferred to another office where another person tracked down the authority to whom I needed to speak. Before I could finish my explanation, she chimed "all fixed."
Some number of tardies equals an unexcused absence; 3 tardies I think. Some number of unexcused absenses lands a parent in court; 5 I think (but the school can suspend a student for no reason for 10 days I think). So, shouldn’t the school be proactive and not mark the students from this particular bus tardy? This mirrors the wicked insurance industry with the practice of automatically denying a claim and then laying the burden of proof on the exhausted patient. Sometimes it is easier just to say "I’ll take the screw." I wonder how many parents fail to even ask "were you counted tardy" much less follow-up with a phone call to the school.
Cooking!
Dad: "Noah, what do you want for dinner?"
Noah: "Steak, taquitoes, or McDonald’s."
Dad: "Will you eat [fill in any fruit or vegetable here]?"
Noah: "No."
Dad: "Sarah, what do you want for dinner?"
Sarah: "I don’t know. Mac and cheese."
Dad: "Will you eat [fill in anything here]?"
Sarah, with disgust: "Well, nooo!"
Dad: "Tommy will you eat?"
Tommy: "As long as it isn’t spinach."
Dad: "Amy?"
Amy: "I’ll start with this then change my mind to that but I’m largely influenced by Sarah even though I really like to eat like Tommy."
Dad: "Evan?"
Evan: "Say it with me Dad.. Jugs! Oh, and pretty much anything Mom is trying to eat. Oh! Of course, I am 15 months and can clearly say ‘candy.’"
Dad: "Mom?"
Mom: "No onions! No peppers!"
Dad: "Self? Gourmet!"
In case you lost count, that’s roughly 3-5 different meals per sitting. We have dropped to least common denominator for so long that I have started to forget how to cook. The LCD? That would be chicken breast (plain), chicken nuggets (preferrably from McDs), spaghetti (but that leaves Noah with a peanut butter, maybe jelly, sandwich), steak, and hamburgers (but that leaves Sarah with ezmac).
I have decided to return to cooking. I am focusing on meals that create leftovers and hopefully satisfy a quorum but if the only people that eat are Cathy and I then so be it! The rule at this house is eat what everyone else is eatting or fix your own.
