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- Monday WaterCooler - pre Thanksgiving
- And what a weekend it was. First year for my boys to come hunting with me, so we rented a cabin up in Mio Michigan for the weekend. (The WiFi was down because of a lightning strike, in case people were wondering why it was nice and quiet...
- Tags: tradition, memories, watercooler, hunting, off-topic, family, kids, jdclyde, cabin, jd-quick (formerly clyde), wood
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
- Watercooler - Saw a concert
- On Friday night, a friend and I took a bit of a road trip to see a band. We saw a Grateful Dead tribute band called Dark Star Orchestra. Now these guys did a real nice job. They were technically very good, and while...
- Tags: DMambo, Grateful Dead, off-topic, show tunes, watercooler
- Discussion threads 2006-11-13
- Monday Watercooler
- Monday WatercoolerGood Weekend??Wasn't too bad.Didn't do much apart from watch some of the Macgyver Season 1 series that I bought the DVD set a week ago, then painted my stock car in preparation for the upcoming racing season. Managed to wash and wax my own car too. :)Kind...
- Tags: rim, monday, watercooler, TechMail@..., off-topic, TheTechMail, Brighton Marina, Monday Watercooler
- Discussion threads 2006-07-30
- Sights to Disco lights
- Sights to Disco lightsFeel free to make judgments about whether or not it was the right thing to do but…I had to do it.We had four raccoons in my apple tree last night. They’re all pushing up field corn in the cornfield now. The smallest raccoon would’ve seen my biggest...
- Tags: flashlight, raccoon, lighting, animal rights advocates, dj, neverbusted, watercooler, anti-flamers, flames will probably be ignored, ItsTheInThingToDo, off-topic, edited out, HaveFun_Peace, NB_HaveFun_Peace, Ol' NB, OnTheRopes, partnership
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- Well, NB, yours was better than mine.....
- Well, NB, yours was better than mine.....weekend, that is.Went home from here Friday, expecting to have one helluva lot of planning to do for the arranged Phoebe Tyne Tootle on Sunday, with neighbours, daughter and grandson.It got cancelled 10.55pm, same night.Rehashed the shopping lists, did laundry and shopping on Saturday,...
- Tags: HOB, Yoda Bear, bored, watercooler, ItsTheInThingToDo, Dan, NeverBusted, off-topic, edited out, HaveFun_Peace, NB_HaveFun_Peace, Ol' NB, bale, firework, OnTheRopes
- Discussion threads 2006-07-24
- Monday watercooler
- Monday watercoolerOut of my head on Monday moaning.Nothing too exciting. Sometimes that's a good thing.Yesterday I was outside with my wife, son-in-law and both dogs. It was both of the dogs first time in the pool, with me holding them. Yoda, my Yorkie was fine, his heart didn’t even start...
- Tags: can't think of anything else, watercooler, Yoda, neighbor, ItsTheInThingToDo, NeverBusted, off-topic, edited out, HaveFun_Peace, NB_HaveFun_Peace, Ol' NB, OnTheRopes
- Discussion threads 2006-07-17
- Dispatching the Troll
- Dispatching the TrollSo in a variety of threads- many of which I think most of us would like to have go away- a bunch of side conversations began. And all of those side conversations were more interesting than the thread origins.I propose that we continue to enjoy lighthearted banter...
- Tags: Nothing
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
Additional Resources
- Miss Management (exe)
- From the makers of Diner Dash, get ready to manage a team of zany animated coworkers as you step into the shoes of Denise, a young and beleaguered first-time office manager. You'll have to juggle incoming work tasks, keep everyone from getting stressed out, and help the coworkers achieve their...
- Tags: Coworker, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Management, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-08
- Athlon 64 X2 5200 overheating & CoreTemp blue-screening
- For starters, here's my system info:AMD Athlon 64X2 5200+ WindsorBioStar TForce 7025 moboXFX NVidia 8500GT 512mb PCIX-162x1gb G.Skill DDR2 800My building experience is limited, so please bare with me while I attempt to explain.My startup core1 temp according to BIOS and Speedfan is 47c. First thing that came to mind...
- Tags: Processors, taustin@..., SpeedFan, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon 64
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Your Monday Watercooler
- Anybody do anything interesting at the weekend?This is the place to tell us all!Work on cars.Apart from not much but play PC games, I sanded back a stock car in prepartion for the next racing season.not the right placeto start this! Miscellaneous would have been.RobShould be able to edit the...
- Tags: Games, NETWORKING, TechMail@..., JUDGE, Chili, This IS
- Discussion threads 2006-07-16
- Can you survive a devastating career faux pas?
- It comes down to people !Most senior execs understand that watercooler discussions sometimes fall into the "trash barrel". It takes a strong person to continuously not let down their guard. Everyday, our integrity is challenged by the many issues, problems, interactions and even watercooler talks. Each person has...
- Tags: career, dan.joyce@..., apology
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Business analysts: Clear communication may curb application development failures
- Eliminate Middlemen, Reduce Cycle Length in Software DevelopmentUnfortunately, this article is a mixture of somewhat contradictory quotes. I would focus on two areas that affect the development of software systems: Communications and Cycle Time.The introduction to the article gets it two-thirds right, "If more progress is to be made,...
- Tags: Software development, Development tools, Wayne M., software, developer, application development, Clear
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Download TechRepublic's form for tracking change requests
- Is scope creep ruining your projects? Stop creep before it starts with this project scope log from TechRepublic columnist Tom Mochal.Scope creep can happen at any stage of a project's life. An effective way to contain a project to its original goal is to document every change made to the...
- Tags: E-mail, Dana Norton, change request, Microsoft Project
- Technical articles 2001-07-13
- Monday Watercooler
- Monday WatercoolerNot the best of weekends. Went down to Brighton with my mate and his family yesterday to take my Goddaughter and friends out in the boat for an 11th birthday treat but the weather was bad so we toured the harbour.We went out to the harbour entrance to watch...
- Tags: Neil
- Discussion threads 2006-08-21
- Harness the power of the informal communications network
- Once, when I was a young manager just beginning to explore team dynamics, I made a classic mistake. I mentioned in passing to one of my team members that things did not look good for the next quarter. Within a day, the entire region knew about our "doom and gloom"...
- Tags: communications network, informal communications network, mill, network, Shannon T. Kalvar
- Technical articles 2003-10-30
- [b] I've been away but I see the PTB have forgotten an important rule.[/b]
- [b]IF IT AIN"T BROKE DON"T FIX IT[/b]When I left there were discussions about eliminating Tech Q&A, which I agreed with but did they have to throw the baby out with the bath water. Since my returning I have suddenly started to encounter log on difficulties; nothing seems to be where...
- Tags: advertisement, Dawg, e-mail, Ease-of-use, feedback, off-topic, security, sleepin'dawg, TR Site, why???
- Discussion threads 2007-01-20
- User perception of IT staff as irrelevant or slackers
- OK, here's the issue...Our department has come under fire for our perceived "slackness" This is mainly fuelled by people seeing us coming and going at non-standard hours not knowing the real hours put in and the fact that we all refuse to get stressed / angry when they are having...
- Tags: OK Here, Steve_IT, information technology, job
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- Search doesn't cut it
- Search doesn't cut itSeveral times I have tried to search for an old discussion and have been unable to find it.I have even known the title of the discussion, but the search engine is just the little train that couldn't.What is up with this?Is there anything that can be done?Shouldn't...
- Tags: jdclyde, search, discussions, tags, topics, feedback, jd-quick (formerly clyde)
- Discussion threads 2005-12-27
- Not Multiple Choice? Not FAIR!
- Not Multiple Choice? Not FAIR!I come to TR because I use it for research, occaisionally to download, sometimes because of something in a newsletter, to read the articles, get answers, occaisionally post an answer. Oh, and hang out at the water cooler.TR is a place where for the...
- Tags: IS IT, TR IS, tr, jdclyde, blank, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde)
- Discussion threads 2006-05-15
- Help !!!!!
- Help !!!!!I would be most grateful if some person or persons could explain to me the procedure for electing the President of the Unites States.Short AnswerBasically it works like this...Disgruntled, power-hungry,most often ego-centric, super rich people decide they can and should be leader of the US so they announce...
- Tags: Electoral College, jardinier, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-10-14
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