Of course, you forget, Peter, I was present at an undersea unexplained mass sponge migration.

Some days are just not good days for staying focused at work. Today happens to be one of those days. I've tried a few different strategies for fostering and maintaining focus. I've tried the Pomodoro technique, where you set a timer for 25 minutes and you work, ignoring all distractions for that time period and [...]

Life at a Real Company

Preface: I feel OK with this title because The Big Boss himself at my last job said, “…at a real company, they won’t let people do that.”  So… I guess the last place wasn’t a “real company”. So far, I’m liking my new job.  Going from a company of less than 50 employees to a [...]

The Final Countdown

http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf My last day at TF has finally arrived!  Today is going by pretty fast, actually, and I’ve got less than five hours to go.  There’s really nothing for me to do… My replacement bought pizza for the team for lunch and it was nice to have some time to chat with everyone.  I’m really [...]

Highs and Lows

So it seems like with every little bit of good news, we get bad news these days.  I’m all for balance in the universe, but, frankly, I’d rather have a bit more in the happy stuff column for a while. Our cooktop broke, randomly, in the summer (bad).  We really don’t like cooking with electric, [...]

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