Similar Posts
Globetrotting
ByDerekMy brief blogging hiatus was due to a two week work trip to Europe. This was my first trip overseas and it was quite interesting, if exhausting at times. I visited nine cities in five different countries, used five airports and seven train stations, drove the Autobahn, and sat in countless taxis, buses, and subways….
Share this:
The stuff Dilbert is borne from
ByDerekI work in a corporate environment. Things are done for reasons that often baffle the masses. I’m generally pretty good at understanding both sides of an issue. Today’s just took the cake, though. Everyone in our office today walked in to find their normal sized garbage cans replaced with these, seemingly from the world of…
Share this:
Non-endorsements
ByDerekThis election cycle for me is about voting against the candidates and the things I don’t like about the political process. I’m not excited about any of the possible candidates in any of the races, frankly. So here’s my anticipated rundown… NYS Governor: NOT Spitzer. I hate how he’s been annointed Governor since before the…
Share this:
More leisure time?
ByDerekI saw this story on Craig’s site, and it intrigued me. We’re all constantly hearing about how Americans work more and give up vacation time. So when someone comes out with a study that seems to indicate the opposite, it warrants some attention. So I decided to read the study, all sixty-some pages of it…
Share this:
QuickPlace upgrade, hour 39
ByDerekWow, some of these tasks take forever to run. Our server has somewhere around 260 places and 18 gigs of data. It took three hours to run “upgrade -server” and 9.5 hours to run “upgrade -a”. I’m on to “register -install -a” now, but like most of the process I start a task running, leave,…
Share this:
Broadway-Fillmore Alive
ByDerekBROADWAY-FILLMORE ALIVE: NEW GROUP TO PROMOTE HISTORIC EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD BUFFALO – February 6, 2006 – Broadway-Fillmore Alive announced its formation today. The group founded by three individuals with ties to the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood wants to promote, preserve and revitalize the area focusing equally on its historic past and on building its future. Co-founder Christopher…
Share this:

