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- Sun, 22:36: Segway, I rode it! http://j.mp/jEnEGx
- Mon, 00:14: RT @MWGenderQueer: If you google "transgender" the search button grows a rainbow http://tumblr.com/xbi32sdwpt
- Mon, 01:24: my induction burner is just so wonderful. it's better than gas and beats the crap out of electric. finally, stove top cooking isn't a pain.
Jun. 20th, 2011
- Sun, 22:07: today's basket http://j.mp/jSrHQT
- Sun, 22:36: Segway, I rode it! http://j.mp/jEnEGx
- Mon, 00:14: RT @MWGenderQueer: If you google "transgender" the search button grows a rainbow http://tumblr.com/xbi32sdwpt
- Mon, 01:24: my induction burner is just so wonderful. it's better than gas and beats the crap out of electric. finally, stove top cooking isn't a pain.
Gym Report
Jun. 20th, 2011 10:05 amToday I did a full 30 minutes with the more difficult elevation program at 2.7. It was pretty good.
My one leg still has spots of pain when you poke at it and I banged up the knee again this weekend in a car mishap so proper kneeling is probably still 6 weeks away, but it's so much better than it was. I'm still pretty conscience of every step. Not so much on the treadmill but for sure in the wild. Thankgod at least my bones are obviously in pretty good shape or they'd be like pretzel crumbs in the bottom of the bag by now.
My one leg still has spots of pain when you poke at it and I banged up the knee again this weekend in a car mishap so proper kneeling is probably still 6 weeks away, but it's so much better than it was. I'm still pretty conscience of every step. Not so much on the treadmill but for sure in the wild. Thankgod at least my bones are obviously in pretty good shape or they'd be like pretzel crumbs in the bottom of the bag by now.
Gym Report
Jun. 20th, 2011 10:05 amToday I did a full 30 minutes with the more difficult elevation program at 2.7. It was pretty good.
My one leg still has spots of pain when you poke at it and I banged up the knee again this weekend in a car mishap so proper kneeling is probably still 6 weeks away, but it's so much better than it was. I'm still pretty conscience of every step. Not so much on the treadmill but for sure in the wild. Thankgod at least my bones are obviously in pretty good shape or they'd be like pretzel crumbs in the bottom of the bag by now.
My one leg still has spots of pain when you poke at it and I banged up the knee again this weekend in a car mishap so proper kneeling is probably still 6 weeks away, but it's so much better than it was. I'm still pretty conscience of every step. Not so much on the treadmill but for sure in the wild. Thankgod at least my bones are obviously in pretty good shape or they'd be like pretzel crumbs in the bottom of the bag by now.
IBM - the movie
Jun. 20th, 2011 12:17 pmI worked at IBM for 15 years in two separate stretches. In the early 70's, I was the first female sales rep hired in Greenville, SC (just after the first African American). I left after a couple of years and then went back to work for them in the 80's in marketing. It was a wonderful place to learn about business, about people, and about me.
IBM does a lot of classy things but this video may be the classiest ever.
IBM does a lot of classy things but this video may be the classiest ever.
IBM - the movie
Jun. 20th, 2011 12:17 pmI worked at IBM for 15 years in two separate stretches. In the early 70's, I was the first female sales rep hired in Greenville, SC (just after the first African American). I left after a couple of years and then went back to work for them in the 80's in marketing. It was a wonderful place to learn about business, about people, and about me.
IBM does a lot of classy things but this video may be the classiest ever.
IBM does a lot of classy things but this video may be the classiest ever.
Decide.Com
Jun. 20th, 2011 12:28 pmLaunch was this morning! I had written this entry just after I got back but locked it down for my eyes only. All eyes are welcome now!
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I am writing this on 4/14/2011 just after I got home from my visit with decide.com. I want to capture the experience because it was so fun but I signed an NDA and we even talked about my not writing about it in Live Journal so this is a private entry until they come out from under wraps.
I had no idea what I was getting in to. I got an offer last year - just before CES - to join an organization of early adapters of technology - CEA. It was only $20 so I said sure. Decide.com - looking for consumer opinions, found me from CEA and asked me to come in for a test and chat.
Why not? So off I went this morning. Turns out they are in a bank building on the other side of downtown from me - on the same floor as the icanhazcheeseburger people which is kind of fun. They are a 20 person company in a pretty little small suite of offices and one room of developers.
Everyone I met was nice and sharp and articulate and good humored. And every one of them had a nice firm, welcoming handshake. Classy group.
We swapped backgrounds and then they showed me their website which was a compilation of information I'd looked for and never found before. When I was thinking of replacing my TV, I wondered when was good time to buy a TV. Fortunately, I wondered out loud in this journal and got answers. But their website will enable you to get specifics. Is this a good time to buy this particular model? With historical pricing trends and a recommendation - buy now or wait.
And it has a lot of other information as well. I'm quite excited about it and can't wait til they launch and I can use it.
It was a very cool experience and quite fun. They asked it I'd be willing to come back and I allowed that I'd be delighted. Then they gave me a Starbucks gift card with a thank you note signed by by all of them! I thought that was pretty darned classy, too. Oh and a little bug thing that works on battery. I need to dig that out and get it going and see if I can terrorize the cats with it.
All in all a lovely treat for my first day of break.
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I am writing this on 4/14/2011 just after I got home from my visit with decide.com. I want to capture the experience because it was so fun but I signed an NDA and we even talked about my not writing about it in Live Journal so this is a private entry until they come out from under wraps.
I had no idea what I was getting in to. I got an offer last year - just before CES - to join an organization of early adapters of technology - CEA. It was only $20 so I said sure. Decide.com - looking for consumer opinions, found me from CEA and asked me to come in for a test and chat.
Why not? So off I went this morning. Turns out they are in a bank building on the other side of downtown from me - on the same floor as the icanhazcheeseburger people which is kind of fun. They are a 20 person company in a pretty little small suite of offices and one room of developers.
Everyone I met was nice and sharp and articulate and good humored. And every one of them had a nice firm, welcoming handshake. Classy group.
We swapped backgrounds and then they showed me their website which was a compilation of information I'd looked for and never found before. When I was thinking of replacing my TV, I wondered when was good time to buy a TV. Fortunately, I wondered out loud in this journal and got answers. But their website will enable you to get specifics. Is this a good time to buy this particular model? With historical pricing trends and a recommendation - buy now or wait.
And it has a lot of other information as well. I'm quite excited about it and can't wait til they launch and I can use it.
It was a very cool experience and quite fun. They asked it I'd be willing to come back and I allowed that I'd be delighted. Then they gave me a Starbucks gift card with a thank you note signed by by all of them! I thought that was pretty darned classy, too. Oh and a little bug thing that works on battery. I need to dig that out and get it going and see if I can terrorize the cats with it.
All in all a lovely treat for my first day of break.
Decide.Com
Jun. 20th, 2011 12:28 pmLaunch was this morning! I had written this entry just after I got back but locked it down for my eyes only. All eyes are welcome now!
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I am writing this on 4/14/2011 just after I got home from my visit with decide.com. I want to capture the experience because it was so fun but I signed an NDA and we even talked about my not writing about it in Live Journal so this is a private entry until they come out from under wraps.
I had no idea what I was getting in to. I got an offer last year - just before CES - to join an organization of early adapters of technology - CEA. It was only $20 so I said sure. Decide.com - looking for consumer opinions, found me from CEA and asked me to come in for a test and chat.
Why not? So off I went this morning. Turns out they are in a bank building on the other side of downtown from me - on the same floor as the icanhazcheeseburger people which is kind of fun. They are a 20 person company in a pretty little small suite of offices and one room of developers.
Everyone I met was nice and sharp and articulate and good humored. And every one of them had a nice firm, welcoming handshake. Classy group.
We swapped backgrounds and then they showed me their website which was a compilation of information I'd looked for and never found before. When I was thinking of replacing my TV, I wondered when was good time to buy a TV. Fortunately, I wondered out loud in this journal and got answers. But their website will enable you to get specifics. Is this a good time to buy this particular model? With historical pricing trends and a recommendation - buy now or wait.
And it has a lot of other information as well. I'm quite excited about it and can't wait til they launch and I can use it.
It was a very cool experience and quite fun. They asked it I'd be willing to come back and I allowed that I'd be delighted. Then they gave me a Starbucks gift card with a thank you note signed by by all of them! I thought that was pretty darned classy, too. Oh and a little bug thing that works on battery. I need to dig that out and get it going and see if I can terrorize the cats with it.
All in all a lovely treat for my first day of break.
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I am writing this on 4/14/2011 just after I got home from my visit with decide.com. I want to capture the experience because it was so fun but I signed an NDA and we even talked about my not writing about it in Live Journal so this is a private entry until they come out from under wraps.
I had no idea what I was getting in to. I got an offer last year - just before CES - to join an organization of early adapters of technology - CEA. It was only $20 so I said sure. Decide.com - looking for consumer opinions, found me from CEA and asked me to come in for a test and chat.
Why not? So off I went this morning. Turns out they are in a bank building on the other side of downtown from me - on the same floor as the icanhazcheeseburger people which is kind of fun. They are a 20 person company in a pretty little small suite of offices and one room of developers.
Everyone I met was nice and sharp and articulate and good humored. And every one of them had a nice firm, welcoming handshake. Classy group.
We swapped backgrounds and then they showed me their website which was a compilation of information I'd looked for and never found before. When I was thinking of replacing my TV, I wondered when was good time to buy a TV. Fortunately, I wondered out loud in this journal and got answers. But their website will enable you to get specifics. Is this a good time to buy this particular model? With historical pricing trends and a recommendation - buy now or wait.
And it has a lot of other information as well. I'm quite excited about it and can't wait til they launch and I can use it.
It was a very cool experience and quite fun. They asked it I'd be willing to come back and I allowed that I'd be delighted. Then they gave me a Starbucks gift card with a thank you note signed by by all of them! I thought that was pretty darned classy, too. Oh and a little bug thing that works on battery. I need to dig that out and get it going and see if I can terrorize the cats with it.
All in all a lovely treat for my first day of break.
today's basket
Jun. 20th, 2011 04:18 pm
Today's bear is so far Mr. Flat Ass. But he'll fill out soon enough.
today's basket
Jun. 20th, 2011 04:18 pmToday's bear is so far Mr. Flat Ass. But he'll fill out soon enough.
Dear Comcast, really???
Jun. 20th, 2011 07:37 pmI have two TiVos both series 2 - so they are capable of HD if they have the cable card installed. One does. One doesn't.
I called tonight to find out how much my bill will increase if I got a card for the other TiVo. I am told $1.50 only. I kind of believe that since that's what the other one costs me a month.
What I don't believe is that the service center will have them and that I can just go pick one up. I am pretty sure, when I get there, they will not have any and/or tell me they are not qualified for customer pick up. The only service center we have left is way the hell up north of town.
The Comcast phone people tell me there is zero way of determining whether or not they will actually have any without going there. "They *should* have them. They probably will." Oh yeah.
Alternatively, I can wait a week or more and pay out the nose from some dude with a clipboard and tool belt to deliver one to me.
They are about the size of a credit card. It would not cost more than a first class stamp to pop one in the mail. But, oh no... that's not an option at all...
I think I'll truck up there mid-day Wednesday and see if they are wrong or right. I'm going to be fairly unhappy if I get all the way up there to discover that I have to wait for more that a week and pay out the nose for the tool belt dude...
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All of the above are if I don't die of kidney failure before then. I have a pain - intermittent but attacking me all day - about where I think my left kidney is. It's not a killer pain and it could be a strain. In fact it could be from straining to stay balanced on that segway yesterday. Or it could be fatal kidney disease. I'm thinking time will tell.
I called tonight to find out how much my bill will increase if I got a card for the other TiVo. I am told $1.50 only. I kind of believe that since that's what the other one costs me a month.
What I don't believe is that the service center will have them and that I can just go pick one up. I am pretty sure, when I get there, they will not have any and/or tell me they are not qualified for customer pick up. The only service center we have left is way the hell up north of town.
The Comcast phone people tell me there is zero way of determining whether or not they will actually have any without going there. "They *should* have them. They probably will." Oh yeah.
Alternatively, I can wait a week or more and pay out the nose from some dude with a clipboard and tool belt to deliver one to me.
They are about the size of a credit card. It would not cost more than a first class stamp to pop one in the mail. But, oh no... that's not an option at all...
I think I'll truck up there mid-day Wednesday and see if they are wrong or right. I'm going to be fairly unhappy if I get all the way up there to discover that I have to wait for more that a week and pay out the nose for the tool belt dude...
---
All of the above are if I don't die of kidney failure before then. I have a pain - intermittent but attacking me all day - about where I think my left kidney is. It's not a killer pain and it could be a strain. In fact it could be from straining to stay balanced on that segway yesterday. Or it could be fatal kidney disease. I'm thinking time will tell.
Dear Comcast, really???
Jun. 20th, 2011 07:37 pmI have two TiVos both series 2 - so they are capable of HD if they have the cable card installed. One does. One doesn't.
I called tonight to find out how much my bill will increase if I got a card for the other TiVo. I am told $1.50 only. I kind of believe that since that's what the other one costs me a month.
What I don't believe is that the service center will have them and that I can just go pick one up. I am pretty sure, when I get there, they will not have any and/or tell me they are not qualified for customer pick up. The only service center we have left is way the hell up north of town.
The Comcast phone people tell me there is zero way of determining whether or not they will actually have any without going there. "They *should* have them. They probably will." Oh yeah.
Alternatively, I can wait a week or more and pay out the nose from some dude with a clipboard and tool belt to deliver one to me.
They are about the size of a credit card. It would not cost more than a first class stamp to pop one in the mail. But, oh no... that's not an option at all...
I think I'll truck up there mid-day Wednesday and see if they are wrong or right. I'm going to be fairly unhappy if I get all the way up there to discover that I have to wait for more that a week and pay out the nose for the tool belt dude...
---
All of the above are if I don't die of kidney failure before then. I have a pain - intermittent but attacking me all day - about where I think my left kidney is. It's not a killer pain and it could be a strain. In fact it could be from straining to stay balanced on that segway yesterday. Or it could be fatal kidney disease. I'm thinking time will tell.
I called tonight to find out how much my bill will increase if I got a card for the other TiVo. I am told $1.50 only. I kind of believe that since that's what the other one costs me a month.
What I don't believe is that the service center will have them and that I can just go pick one up. I am pretty sure, when I get there, they will not have any and/or tell me they are not qualified for customer pick up. The only service center we have left is way the hell up north of town.
The Comcast phone people tell me there is zero way of determining whether or not they will actually have any without going there. "They *should* have them. They probably will." Oh yeah.
Alternatively, I can wait a week or more and pay out the nose from some dude with a clipboard and tool belt to deliver one to me.
They are about the size of a credit card. It would not cost more than a first class stamp to pop one in the mail. But, oh no... that's not an option at all...
I think I'll truck up there mid-day Wednesday and see if they are wrong or right. I'm going to be fairly unhappy if I get all the way up there to discover that I have to wait for more that a week and pay out the nose for the tool belt dude...
---
All of the above are if I don't die of kidney failure before then. I have a pain - intermittent but attacking me all day - about where I think my left kidney is. It's not a killer pain and it could be a strain. In fact it could be from straining to stay balanced on that segway yesterday. Or it could be fatal kidney disease. I'm thinking time will tell.