Traveler's Mug

Working at a large university I often encounter the problem whether or not to limit possible offensive conduct and materials. Our office in charge of printing poster sized documents is often called to print protest posters and the like. The only way we avoid this is to print only departmental related documents, as the ink…

I only have three weeks until I am married. Within that three weeks I probably have 4 weeks worth of things to do. I think I might have gotten myself in over my head when it comes to crafty stuff. The fiancé and I decided a while ago that we would make the card box…

Looking into the Adobe / macromedia deal I shiver. I like both products, while I believe them to be prohibitively expensive, I think they make good programs separately. I love, for instance that Macromedia licenses O’Reilly books for their help documentation. I think that is one of the best examples of a complete product on…

I honestly haven’t had the motivation to write anything down for about a week or so, so sorry for the delay. Not that this blog has reached the status of a must read or anything. Actually I’m pretty sure it hasn’t reached a status at all yet, so I probably haven’t done anything. I’m looking…

Ah yes the day of from work, an elusive animal. Often seen hovering around the end of the week or clustering with ritual events. Noted to be considered by those who partake of it, as both refreshing and relaxing. Many stories have surfaced concerning the possible ritual significance of the number of these in a…

Every once in a while I feel the need to get creative. Paintings writing and other outlets often help quell this bug. But lately I have been attempting to expand my horizons concerning computer art. I have latched onto the desktop art as a medium. I feel that if you can create and image which…

I was and still am a longtime PC (IBM clone, for the older geeks) user. I consider myself a power user. I write, I game, and I network with my PC. I build my own systems. As a lab manager for a large university I found myself in the position of needing to be more…

Why is it that earlier in life I always tried to follow the guidelines set forth by the establishment, and others who broke rules, missed deadlines ect had their work given the same shrift as my own, punctual work. I almost never turned things in late. Now I am in the position for punishing those…

It is not very often that people stare history in the face and marvel at what has happened. In fact there are very few occasions when the normal person stops in their tracks and stare long and hard at something and realizes even a tenth of the history it represents. My great grandfather built and…

I have to say it was cool at first when I started listening to Podcasts. Wow you mean I can listen to a news program, tech information, comedy whenever I want. Ok so that wore off very quickly as I had no time to actually listen to certain people. Others I couldn’t stand the voice…