Two co-workers have been bitten by the home improvement bug.  They gave a really good reference to a handyman.  I called him and a week later I had this fancy fan installed in the living room.  Being on the 2nd floor and with the  cathedral ceilings the air doesn’t circulate much and it gets blistering hot in the [...]

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I am currently writing documentation for a new server. I often include many screenshots and other graphic elements, it helps when I look at the doc a year later and try to duplicate a processes. My co-worker doesn’t really understand and just shrugs and says “you are a web person”.
Image my surprise [...]

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Saturday was a fun fill rainy day of moving enjoyment! The plan was to arrive at Sacramento at one to start the ‘moving process”, after working out the car pool issues, John and I arrived at 1:20 ready and able to move. Joe had not prepared the move as much as [...]

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I’m currently exploring the mystifying world of web 2.0 with my coworkers. It’s always interesting to see what others have discovered and learning something new! One of the assignments was to publish your first post with an introduction of yourself and what you hope to gain from this workshop.Well, I [...]

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We made the annual trip to geek mecca, Dundracon, this weekend.   Dundracon is a  February convention in San Ramon, California,  featuring board games, miniatures, card games, LARP, roleplaying, and SCA.   John arrived on Friday night and ran his game a few hours later. I arrived Saturday afternoon and crashed Adams d&d game.  A [...]

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