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Can you steal something that is free?

30, Sep 2008

Some jerky guy behind the Chipotle counter made a comment when I asked for the little container so I could take some green hot sauce to take home. Me: Oh, and could I get one of those little containers? Him: Sure, so you can steal our sauce? Now, I thought this was strange. As I [...]

My Dog – Bluey waking up

30, Sep 2008

My Dog – Bluey waking up, originally uploaded by adria.richards.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-09-28

28, Sep 2008

“ADD is not something you grow out of but grow with” –quote, me # How To Get an Interview in One Week (Butyoureagirl.com) http://tinyurl.com/3zze7d # I’ve taken the afternoon off! 83 degrees in Minneapolis and I’m at the park with the dog, cat and rats…and a book # Which 12 US Presidents owned slaves? Which [...]

US Dollar is Now Worth Half of a British Pound

28, Sep 2008

Update for Google Visitors: This post is getting a lot of traffic so I’m putting the current and historical conversion tools front and center to help you on your conversion quest: XE – Universal Currency Converter Historical currency rates with oanda.com Today I was buying a license for gAttach, an amazing tool which allows you [...]

My SATA Data Recovery Tools Including Adapters, External Drives, Converters

25, Sep 2008

Newegg is my favorite place to order my techie supplies. Here are my hardware tools for data recovery and transfer for SATA drives. I found out a friend had a drive go south on him so he lost some productivity because he didn’t have SATA based recovery hardware on hand; thus I share my tools [...]

How To Get an Interview in One Week

24, Sep 2008

I’m helping a former student from my A+ Certification class find a long-term contract or full time IT position so now’s a good time to share the steps we’re going through. This process works as I’ve used it myself and guided others. You will get an interview if you follow this process. Interviewing can be [...]

Bluey Gets Arrested by Minneapolis Police Officers

22, Sep 2008

Only joking. Today as I was heading out for some errands, who rolls up but Officer Deb and Officer Jeff in their Minneapolis squad car? I snapped this photo to add to Bluey’s photo gallery. I first met this duo on my way to the corner store with Bluey for some carmel corn (can’t get [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-09-21

21, Sep 2008

favorite gmail operator… is:unread http://tinyurl.com/28xgye # wow, this is the first productivity tool I’ve tried in 3 years that actually works!!!! http://www.rescuetime.com/ # Why Microsoft is successful – People value easy over secure – Thinking about the ability to Twitter timesheets and direct Twitter exposures # I cannot believe how easy it is to use [...]

My Favorite Songs

21, Sep 2008

Here’s a sampling of some songs that get me motivated and in a positive frame of mind when I need to roll up my sleeves and focus on techie work. NYOIL – “You’re A Queen” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Weird Al Yankovic – “White and Nerdy” [Audio clip: view full post to [...]

Reading is Fun – Books from a neighbor's garage sale

18, Sep 2008

I love fall leaves and found my very first favorite! I collect them and spread ‘em all around my desk. Each reminds me of something nice. Below are two books I scored this afternoon at my neighbor’s garage sale. He’s a pretty cool guy with a mellow dog. The first book with the red cover [...]

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