Technology & MSG

It astounds me how often my coworkers and I are treated like children.
Fact: My time card is due at the end of the week. While the specifics of when are presently point of contention, the general time frame has never changed.
Fact: A day before my time card is due, I receive an email reminding me [...]

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I firmly believe that those entering the workforce should be trained on the use of microwaves.
It confuses me that many office workers fail to realize that a microwave is a shared space, no different than a copy room. The typical person understands that throwing glue, paper, and toner all over the walls of the copy [...]

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A few days before January 1st of 2010, I was migrated to Microsoft Office 2007. So far, I’m not too impressed.
After a few days usage, I’ve found Office 2007 to be softer looking, slower performing, and visually bluer than Office 2003. It appears like Microsoft attempted to do away with all things sharp, both by [...]

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I am one of nine participants in my office’s chili cook-off this coming Tuesday, contending for nothing more than bragging rights. I decided to go off-reservation a bit by utilizing a recipe I’ve never tried before. I wanted to allow the flavors to meld for a few days, so I started this morning.
A mixture of [...]

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I’m quitting my job.
I’ve had this unwritten rule that I don’t blog about work, but it was mostly due to the technical nature of it and the fact that I don’t want to write about work when I get home. But the following is more about how this change is affecting me and less about [...]

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I find writing to be relaxing and therapeutic, but lately I just haven’t been able. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. It doesn’t help that the makeup of one my team (at work) is changing and it’s leaving me feeling stretched a little thin.
Six Flags is fun. Too much, perhaps. It took several [...]

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