Ahh, the perils of leadership and semi-public exposure. I attended my mandatory ethics training session yesterday afternoon and noted, with some pleasure, that the format for the session has been changed from years past. The old written ethics case studies…
Here’s today’s Helpful Writted/Typed Communication Primer, presented by ZDNet UK: 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid. Take notes – there’ll be a quiz later. *grin*
Apologies for the lack of posts today – I was telecommuting and had my hands full with doctor’s appointments, childcare and of course, work. The good news from the orthopaedist is that my wife’s foot is almost entirely healed (her…
Apologies for the lack of posting – my primary workstation up n’ died on me today. I’m limping along on my ‘Doze box for the moment, hopefully soon to requisition a new machine. To make up for the absence of…
Apologies for the light blogging as of late – when it rains, it pours. First off, my wife began feeling under the weather in the afternoon while we were at my parents’ house and proceeded to feeling even worse as…
I actually had occasion to use the word grognard in a work email the other day. I guess all those years of reading CGS Plus finally paid off. *grin*
Work continues apace, meaning that I’m extremely limited in the time that I can even think about blogging, let alone working up full posts. In lieu of some genuinely new and original content, I’d instead like to offer up links…
Well, it looks as if I can put a stop to my pursuit of a Grand Army of the Undead, as I finally brought Oracle to heel this morning. And all it took was 20 hours of research on Google,…
It’s 11:30, I’m still at the office. I hate Oracle. I’ve decided I’m taking up necromancy – I won’t feel as dirty and it will have less of an impact on my everlasting soul. Garrrrr.
I’ve been tied up in meetings all day, but I wanted to share an interesting effect that I’ve noticed in our building recently: corporate wind tunnels. Our building is laid out in several wings, each of which is served by…
