2006-09-13, 7:47 pm

On the Work Front



src="/sites/default/files/blog/2006/09/0609131948-OntheWorkFront-flour.gif" width="1" height="1">This Thursday and Friday I will be on the panel interviewing for the person who will take up the day-to-day monkey work for the civic websites and free…
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2006-08-28, 3:35 pm

Things are starting to get interesting


I signed my official letter accepting my new position at work and my cards are on order. It's mundane, but it is a foundation. After having the rug pulled out from under me once the hostile take-over started two years ago, and subsequently not even…
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2006-08-23, 2:16 pm

It's Done!


I'm positively giddy about this. I got my new, improved three days a week job. My new pay rate (roughly a $10/hr raise) becomes effective tomorrow for three days of the week. For the time being I will still be working five days a week with the other…
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2006-07-26, 10:29 am

10 Things on my Desk, "Day Job" Edition


  1. Guinness mouse pad
  2. Gothic BC coffee mug
  3. "A Gorey Year" Edward Gorey desk calendar
  4. Red Swingline stapler
  5. Ikea plush bat
  6. Incandescent lamp
  7. $20 gift certificate for the company store for winning a company photo contest
  8. A transit timetable
  9. Town of Watson Lake…
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2006-07-01, 10:16 pm

Art of Adornment

The new catalogue application I wrote for valerian's store is live today. I'll post more about the nuts and bolts of it in my programming blog when I get around to it. Basically it is a Lotus Domino database presented to the web via a PHP skin…
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2006-06-01, 1:41 pm

Worth my Salt

It occurred to me today that in the six months I have been here, in addition to the valuable services I provide, I have quantifiably saved my employer more money than the gross total of my salary in the same period.


Oringinal post: http://mbarrick…
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