Category Archive for 'General'

Inspirational Reading

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

How to Stand Out in Any Job by Chris Guillebeau
Getting Things Done When You’re Only a Grunt by Joel Spolsky
How to Make Time for Your Personal Goals by Leo Babauta

Midwest Values

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

One of the forwarded e-mails I received today had a sharp observation that I, for once, agreed with:
Is it just me?
As you watch the flooding in the Midwest, have you noticed that there
are no farmers running around with stolen plasma TVs or holding stolen
liquor over their heads.
There’s no looting or yelling ‘Where’s Bush?’, ‘Where’s FEMA?,  [...]

What if…

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Sometimes I can’t help myself. What if?

…the Web Services department managed all of the web sites? Certified Angus Beef, AngusSource, National Junior Angus Association, Angus Foundation and more.
…the Web Services team was given the time and resources needed to truly be a useful service to our Angus breeders?
…we had the time to develop and market [...]

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (FF3RC1)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Good to see everyone again. This is a slightly aged review of FF3RC1, just to help me get back into the swing of things again. Note: Firefox 3 is now available.
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 has rock solid performance. The memory leak has been plugged and the odd JavaScript bug in Gmail that kept crashing [...]

Summer Calm

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

I am taking a short break, so there won’t be any posts during the second and third week of June. With the end of Sale Season I am taking advantage of the short lull and using some time off for my personal agenda. I’m getting married June 13 and will be taking a honeymoon the [...]