A child is born

Mindy Jane Merrill
born November 1, 2010, 12:49 pm
7 lbs 13 oz, 20 inches

Proper Radio etiquette

Having used a radio for work, this is really great.

Too good

Hitler Learns that Scott Brown won

Oh global warming, where art thou?

Dear whoever is in charge of the weather,

For the past 5 years, I have been trying to convince the inhabitants of the world that the earth is warming at analarming rate. I would give threats like dying polar bears, increased prostitution in areas with rising sea levels, and pretty much complete and utter crop destruction leading to the extinction of the human race. Just last month I was trying to explain the urgency of cap-and-trade, but then it started to snow and it has not stopped. What is the deal?

The weather over the past year has really put a damper on my work. Look at Florida for example: coldest temperatures since 1989; Texas- coldest temperatures since the '70's, and the list goes on and on.

Whatever you can do, please, please bring back this phenomenon called Global Warming. If you do not, Al Gore might have to give back his Nobel Peace Prize and I won't be able to spend tax dollars on parties and hookers.

I look forward to your response next year in Copenhagen.

Sincerely,

The EPA

Firelight

I recently saw the movie New Moon and I am really looking forward to this new movie called Firelight. I think it will be incredible! Enjoy the preview.

Newsworthy

This was published a while ago, but it is always great to remember important news stories.


Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner

Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

Dear World,

I would like to officially nominate my bike, Susan, to be considered for next year's Nobel Peace Prize. She brings so much peace to the world with her zero emissions. A true warrior during these cataclysmic times of global warming.

(I would also propose an increase in the winnings amount to $3 million dollars.)

I anxiously await your call on behalf of Susan.

Sincerely,

Anonymous Good Citizen of the World

Sheer Beauty

Please watch this video with the music. It is simply lovely.

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

I feel great

Simple. Fun. Enjoy.

What I have done learnt in Alabama

Its just like a mini-mall

Don't drink the Kool-aid

As of late, I have made a conscious decision not to participate in this so called recession. Sure, things are different than they were 6 months ago, but I believe that I can continue living my life happily, regardless of what the main stream media has to say about it. I may not have the ideal situation lined up, but I work hard and smart, and times will change.

I am calling on all my readers to unite and not participate in this "recession." Live responsibly, be self-reliant and stay out of debt. Then, whatever happens in society, with the government, with your neighbor, you will be taken care of.

Keep enjoying life, and don't let the man (or Uncle Sam) get you down!!

Makin' a splash on "The View"

The ever important TV show, The View recently added a giant squid to their cast and hope that she has more intelligent things to say than Ms. Goldberg. The giant squid will take over the popular "Politics" portion of the show at the request of many of the fans that watch the show for their political stances.

Best website of 2008 (for me)

Brace yourself. I have deliberated over this decision for some time now, and the final tallies are in, every vote counted and dangling chad accounted for. Here is the best website of 2008:

Pandora.com

If you are not familiar with this website, please, please go and visit it immediately. Pandora is a website that streams music, like an on-line radio station only you get to choose the music! The best part about it all???? It is completely free to you and me as users!

All you need is an email address and a password. From there, you type in either an artist or a song that you like. Based off of that information, Pandora will load a list of songs and artists similar to what you have chosen and start playing music. If you like the song, you give it a thumbs up and they will continue to stream that type of music. If you don't like the song, you can give it a thumbs down and they will find another song that you may like.

Personally, I love this thing. Through Pandora, I have discovered so many great artists and songs. Now I just log on and have great music at my finger tips.

If you don't know where to start, take some of my suggestions:

Nizlopi- acoustic feeling, (this is my current favorite)
The Postal Service- just good music
Jessie's Girl- I named this station on mine "Cheesy 80's rock" I love it!
Earth, Wind and Fire- straight funky stuff that will make you dance
Carpenter's Christmas- need I say more?

Hope you discover this treasure and appreciate it! Happy Holidays to all! Give yourself the gift of Pandora radio and rock your holiday socks off!!

Raced the race

Today was a nice day because I finished my last final. As I rode my bike home from my last exam, I got to thinking. "What did I accomplish this semester?" I spent hours and hours of studying, reading, attending lectures, etc. and what do I have to show for it? I hope that my future will humble me on this subject, but for tonight, I look back and wonder. I have really enjoyed most of my classes. Learning about real estate and technology was great! (the tech course is the reason I started this bad boy!) I once heard that college is meant to show others that you can endure. Grad school is the same. And I guess life really is the same. Can one endure and be happy? Why not?

p.s I am the pasty, red haired fellow in lane 1. Not first, maybe not last, but finishing the race!

Hasta La Vista Kevin

Well tech-class of 2008. It has been a pleasure serving with you. In pain and tears you were brought to life, yet with much joy and gladness do we say 'adieu'. Such is life in this crazy blog-eat-blog world. One day you are king, the next you are worthless. Here's to you.....my tech blog. May I find the gall to one day post, like I have never posted before. But until that day, may you rest in peace 'till I call.

Tried-Riga

Well after a couple hours of stumbling through the Trigiga CMMS program, I am still alive! It is a great tool for tracking everything imaginable with your facility. The only real trouble is setting it up from scratch. There is so much information that needs to be entered into the system, but once it gets set up, the capabilities are amazing.

Networks from another dimension

This is a simple network that I created using Microsoft Office- Visio. It is a great, easy-to-use program.

Stegosaurus or Stegnography?

This week in our technology class we were introduced to stegonography- a very cool way to conceal information such as word documents, mp3s and other documents, masked with a photo. So to the naked eye, an email containing harmless photos could actually be filled with words, and unless you had the password, you would not be able to access the document. I really think that it is a cool thing to use for fun with my family over emails. It is very, very easy to use, which I thought was nice.

Practicality in the FM industry? I don't know but here are some of my ideas:

1. You could take a picture of possible security liabilities of your building, then encrypt the photos with explanations of different ways that people have exploited these liabilities, preventing the future security breaches. Doing so, you would ensure that only the people you wanted to see it, could.

2. When giving out Christmas bonuses to your employees, you could encrypt a picture of Santa Clause with the amount of their bonus.

3. Other than that, I don't really have more ideas. I am looking forward to class today to hear what other people think.

May the Vektr be with you

This past week, I had the "vektr-experience." I thought that it was a fine tool to use for tracking and recording work orders. At my current employment, we use JIRA, which is very similar. I didn't find anything too amazing about Vektr, but I can see that it would get the job done.

When creating a work order, I felt that I had too many options and too many clicks to make, when sometimes the order is just simple. I prefer less pull down menus, and only a few fields. Again, I see the benefit of pull down menus for filtering purposes, but I thought there were too many.

Also, the resource tab was not intuitive. I was trying to create a work order, but I needed a resource, and I didn't know where to find it. Eventually, after clicking around I found out how to create one. I also thought that the Help menu was not very descriptive.

It is a fine product that will get the job done.