A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary.
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
Yesterday I paid $2.199 per gallon of gas! I never thought I’d see the day that I got excited over $2.199. When I first started pumping gas into cars and using my own money to buy it, I think gas was either $0.58 or $0.68 per gallon. The guy sharing my pump last night said he remembered gas being 20 cents a gallon but also that his wage was $1.60 per hour.
I am still confused as to why we never saw $4 or $5 per gallon like “the they” claimed would happen with the pipeline shutdown.
I would really like to take some time to beat myself up today but I am having difficulty working it into the schedule.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
Popurls appears to be down! I don’t know what to do with myself.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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):
Now into the dream world:
And if I could have people:
