Tag: work
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Mailing Services and English Nuances
One of the small perks we have at work is the ability to use our corporate mailing center for personal shipments. I still have to pay the shipping costs, but do get to use our company’s bulk rate rather than normal rates. It adds up pretty quickly, actually, but that’s not where this post is…
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Mentos and Diet Coke
It’s a slow day here at the office, so some co-workers and I decided that we should replicate the whole Mentos/Diet Coke thing. I know, it’s so 6-months ago, but oh well.
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Getting things done: my way
I’m a procrastinator. An expert at it, in fact. However, at work, that usually doesn’t cut it. I’ve been trying to figure out new ways to manage my to-do list, and I think I’ve come upon something that works really well for me. I was reading a blog post over at 7Breaths about someone using…
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CEOs and Excessive Pay?
An [AP article](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19142079/) just posted indicates that half of S&P500 CEOs get over $8.3M/year in pay. The article opens with this zinger of a line: > A new Associated Press calculation shows that compensation for America’s top CEOs has skyrocketed into the stratospheric heights of pro athletes and movie stars: Half make more than $8.3…
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iPods and Zunes in School: Banned
There’s been a lot of internal talk at work about the fact that some school districts are taking note and [banning iPods and Zunes](http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/04/27/ipod.cheating.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech) due to concerns about cheating. A co-worker of mine responded to the discussions about this with a brilliant comment: > Funny, I remember in HS when taking tests class the teachers…
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It’s been too long
Ok, so last time I posted was April 9. Seems I had pretty routine updates before then, but I got swamped with work and real-life. What’s been going on? Well, our high school’s 10-year reunion is coming up, and I’m on the reunion planning committee. Weird. Anyway, I put together a website for fellow [Conroe…
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Home from work sick: day 2
Still out sick, and the TV is still boring. I’ve even turned it off. Xbox is offline for maintenance, so no fun there either. I’ve been fairly producting in the whole e-mail department, though, so that’s good. The good news is that the chainsaws/wood chippers/weed eater sounds from yesterday are gone. The bad news is…
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Staying at home – used to be fun, now is boring
So, this weekend we went to Portland. I picked up some kind of illness at work last week, so I spent the entire weekend in Portland pretty much sleeping in our hotel room. Talk about the suck. So, today I called into work sick. Had the doc come out (my employer is testing out a…
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Books that call out to me
Why does [this book](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0398070792?ie=UTF8&tag=mariusdotorg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0398070792) call out to me? I’ve done so much logical security work in my professional career, but oftentimes the (perceived) simplicity of physical security systems seems so much more intriguing. Damn the $219 cost of the book: Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference. I’ve had my eye on it for…
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Tracking stock awards in Microsoft Money
I use [Microsoft Money 2007](http://www.microsoft.com/money/default.mspx) to track our personal expenses, and my employer offers stock awards (rather than stock options). Basically, the way it works is they tell you that you did good this year, and that you’ll get a certain number of stock awards (let’s say 100 for simplicity). For the next 5 years,…