Category: Technological Difficulties

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Inspector Gadget

The car inspection report is back. There are issues. Many small ones that don’t merit much consideration, and a couple larger ones. I am not amused at the larger ones. I obviously need to turn up the hardass and give the salesperson some hell. Maybe after a nap. Continue reading Inspector Gadget

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Marquee Phone

This one’s for mikey. Happy Marquee Monday! My cell phone contract isn’t up until October-ish… but I’m hoping to convince the fine folks at Telus Mobility to let me renew it a little early, because methinks it’s time for a new phone. A CAMERAPHONE. So I can take pictures like this. And this. And phallic … Continue reading Marquee Phone

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Fast Times

Shopping last night was a fantastic time. Sue and I conqurerd Richmond Centre and both came away with some great finds. I managed to spend more on a cheese knife, than a pair of jeans. To be fair, the jeans were on sale at Old Navy, and the knife is FANTASTIC. I obviously have my … Continue reading Fast Times

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All Access

I’m currently taking an MS Access class through work. Right now we’re talking about Validating Data.

The instructor just said “If you’re doing data entry work right now, I’m sorry. Because it’s a horrible job. It’s tedious, and exacting, and if you make mistakes you usually get in trouble for it. Our job as database designers is to create validation rules that force the users to enter good data and minimize mistakes.”

Nothing wrong with that statement, right?

Right… except….

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Uh Uh the Email

I’ve just realized that I left my email client open at home. There it is, happily chugging away downloading all my messages every 5 minutes and promptly deleting them from the server. So I can’t check my personal webmail accounts ALL DAY (despite the fact that all I really get on it is blog comments, … Continue reading Uh Uh the Email