I have been doing some posting in the TEDEX forums. It seems no one is paying attention these days but there is no way I can tell for sure. Internet security issues require a totally private membership so it is hard for sincere new blood to contribute. TEDEX seems to be a closed society. That was and is not my intent. Thankfully, real people still email me directly. The private correspondence would make good fodder...
Continue reading...Paid Time Off
I am using up my excess PTO before the end of the year. That is Paid Time Off for the non corporate world. That started back when corporations of the Dilbert variety combined sick days and paid vacation into PTO. No more need to call in sick just to take a day off. Corporations buy each other and merge benefits. That happened to me. I didn’t lose how many PTO days I can earn (at...
Continue reading...Words Are Cheap
There is a word processor program that is an alternative to using Microsoft Word (and Office) It is Oracle’s OpenOffice.org. It does most everything MS Office can do only it is free, at least from paying money for it. If you have ever loaded Sun Microsystems’ JAVA (now owned by Oracle) you have probably seen a promo to download this suite. When installing there is now a lot of ad-ins that need to be avoided....
Continue reading...This is Only a Test
Somehow we have survived again. I am referring to the nationwide test of the emergency broadcasting system that happened at 1:00 PM CST (local) here. It was supposed to shutdown or interrupt all radio and TV broadcasting in the USA for about 3 minutes. The concern was that some folks would think it was some kind of real thing. Little fear, but they would have had a real panic if they shutdown the Internet (or...
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