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- The Wii - How much of a shortage is there?
- The Wii!!! My 18 year old son had wanted one from nearly the second he heard about it - back when it was the 'Revolution'. He set aside money in a special account for it. For 18 months, he went to the Wal-Mart daily, hoping to get one. He went...
- Tags: Nintendo Wii, Games, Personal Technology, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Problem resolution flowchart
- Not all flowcharts can be used in D&D and other gaming situations, but here is one that can help in most work-type situations, as long as you don't show it to your co-workers. by Rebecca Ward
- Tags: Flowchart, Games, Personal Technology, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- New Office - Greener Pastures
- When one changes jobs, there are usually many things that change besides just the job at hand: email, phone number, parking space, domain name, DNS server, Remote Web Workplace access. I recently changed jobs, for the better. My old job was fun, but not very challenging....
- Tags: Software, Job, Microsoft Office, Plant, USB, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- Roomba or Doomba?
- It has been a while since I posted. The project I was on lost funding so I have been spending my days on Monster.com. But, now I sit and wait as my security clearance is being processed. It should be done any day now. While I have been home these...
- Tags: Team, Robot, iRobot Roomba, Landmine, Roomba, Janitor-ba, Robots, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Emerging Technologies, Management, Manufacturing, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Swag - the battle
- A while back, my husband wrote a blog about the swag that I have received. In my last job, besides being the system admin/network admin/database/admin I was also the main purchaser of ... themed items...so I am on the list with several companies as an active buyer. Most of the...
- Tags: Internet, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- The Needy Get Nerdy
- Ever consider how unfair it is that poor people can't be geeky? I mean, sure they can be geeky, but they can't afford the stuff that marks them as geeky. Here is a project, started in Portland, that is trying to remedy that injustice. They take old computers, refurbish them,...
- Tags: Computer, Productivity, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Reference for colorful websites
- I don't remember what I put in my profile. My spaghetti brain doesn't work that way. I keep some key bits of information and then the address to where the rest is located. I guess that means I work on the pointer basis. Anyway, in one of my lives I...
- Tags: Web, Color, Web Site, Computer, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- Spam-A-Lot Grail-A-lot
- I had to tell you all about two of my favorite things being brought together - D&D and Monty Python! In this morning's email is a note from Paizo, the publisher of Dungeon and Dragon magazines. They have hidden 12 grails among the pages of their magazines and their website. ...
- Tags: Magazine, E-mail, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-03-17
- Dancing ducks, frogs, James Brown, and a whale. What is the connection?
- I was feeling kind of down today. It has been three weeks since my former boss quit nearly two months since she tendered her resignation and I have heard nothing from the board as to whom me or someone else will be the new program director, where the new office...
- Tags: Office, E-mail, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Incompetency rules
- Okay, some of you have read about my "former" boss. Yes, she finally quit and went on her own merry way. In her wake, I have a living room full of office equipment, files, and miscellaneous crap that she had "acquired". You see, our office was in her home. Yes,...
- Tags: Phone, Fax Number, Fax, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Portable Gear
- Okay, we heard about the wonders of swag, but I found a gadget that I *wish* someone had given me as swag. It was at <shudder>Wal-Mart </shudder> but it completely fits the bill. By Philips, this is a retractable USB2 extender...but wait, there's more! It also has attachments. The PM1247...
- Tags: Adapter, PM1247 Kit, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
- Sisyphus and the Database Contractor
- In the Greek myth of Sisyphus as portrayed to us by Homer, Sisyphus was punished to eternally roll a huge rock up a hill only to have it roll to the bottom again, thereby showing the futility of man's existence.The interactions between management and contractors can be seen in this...
- Tags: Database, Contractor, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- Powertools and the Geeks that use them
- I have a labrador retriever in addition to my other pets. He is probably about 8 or 9 years old (hard to be more precise, we have had him 5 years, but he was a rescue dog.) He likes to chew... a lot. Lately, his favorite thing to chew is...
- Tags: Board, Gate, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-12-17
- The Geek Closet
- I have a six year old daughter. She had begun to ask if she could sleep in the playroom/office. After some judicious questioning (checking to see if it was "monsters under the bed"), I figured out it was because she wanted to use the TV in there. She likes TV. ...
- Tags: TV, Computer, Playroom/office, Shelf Unit, Productivity, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- Genetics Calulators and Volcanic Dust
- Geekiness is seeping into other areas of my life. Well, okay, it has been there for a long time. For those who know me, it is obvious that I am an animal lover. I have two dogs, a cat, fish, a turle and most recently 5 gerbils. I have trained...
- Tags: Trait, Problem, Gene, Chromosome, Geekiness, Microsoft Windows 95, Biotechnology, C/C++, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-12-08
- One gift to rule them all, two ways to buy
- This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend (that is a notice for any geek out there so deeply involved in his/her geekiness to have missed the Macy's Day Parade.) Besides being a weekend of overeating, Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally the start of the last minute Christmas shopping. For weeks, I have been thinking...
- Tags: Salesperson, Monitors & Displays, Retail, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-11-25
- My secret life as a gaming Beta Tester
- One of the things that a lot of people ask me is how I was lucky enough to get chosen to be a beta tester for various games or on certain developmental teams. Mostly, it was being in the right place at the right time or being seen by the...
- Tags: Game, Team, Newsgroup, Con, Beta Tester, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-11-21
- Do Geeks need caffeine because they are geeks, or are they geeks because they use caffeine?
- Most geeks I know are caffeine-aholics. They are addicted to their caffeine, though there are many sources for their individual addictions. My husband is a Mt. Dew addict. He even drinks it before bed. I know many who are coffee drinkers, Coke or Pepsi guzzlers and a few who prefer...
- Tags: Geek, Food & Beverage, Games, Manufacturing, Personal Technology, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Electronics Stores Treat Women Like Geek-Idiots
- I love shopping in electronics stores. Seeing rows of hardware gets my mouth watering. I enjoy researching which parts would best suit my personal needs, and the specs of my machine. I can spend hours hopping from web site to web site making sure that I have found the best...
- Tags: System Administrator, Women, Breast, Electronics, Electronics Store, Rebecca Ward
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
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