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By Perry, 5 years and 9 months ago

A tacky day at workPeriodically the management at ...

A tacky day at work

Periodically the management at work decide that we need permission to let off steam a bit so they encourage us to do something strange. Yesterday was one of those days. We had «tacky dress» day at work. In an ironic coincidence we also had a training session on «Customer Perception Enhancement.» It is fortunate indeed that our customers only hear us and don't see us, because if they did, I'm sure our attire would have surely affected their perception of us. Still it was a fun day. Pictures here.

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By Perry, 5 years and 9 months ago

You never stop learningLast night I delivered a co...

You never stop learning

Last night I delivered a copy of the photo CD of our reunion that I created not long ago (and mentioned here) to Pat Kessler, and while I was there, she showed me a print of a picture she had taken at the reunion of Don Vernine. It was quite good. Don was smiling in it and there were very few distracting details that took away from the photo. So I asked that she permit me to scan it so that I could post it in our reunion gallery at Pbase. When I got home, I scanned it and posted it here.

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By Perry, 5 years and 9 months ago

An interesting exercise in communityI don't have a...

An interesting exercise in community

I don't have a lot of time to elaborate this morning, but I've really enjoyed Metafilter over the last several months. This segment from the «About» page explains its nature and purpose:

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By Perry, 5 years and 10 months ago

Success!!It's good to see that Phil has now succee...

Success!!

It's good to see that Phil has now succeeded in getting his pictures uploaded to his galleries. Check out his Alaska gallery.

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By Perry, 5 years and 10 months ago

Yes, I'm still aliveAfter a couple of weeks of no ...

Yes, I'm still alive

After a couple of weeks of no posting, I begin again. If you read this site with any frequency, I'm sure I've probably extinguished your interest by not posting. The reason for my absence is that during the last couple of weeks I've been the lone trainer for a new group of agents at work. The need to arrive early at work coupled with my exhaustion at the end of the day sapped all the energy and enthusiasm I had for posting. So my apologies to you my reader for my absence.

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By Perry, 5 years and 10 months ago

CD BurningMy attention this weekend has been focus...

CD Burning

My attention this weekend has been focused on CD Burning and the software for doing so. It began when I experimented with creating a Photo CD using the software I have (CD Creator 5.0 Platinum that I mentioned on the 22nd). Phil decided he was going to purchase the same software. Then while talking with Paul Moor, he mentioned that he had the ability to burn CDs but had never used it. He has a program called Nero, about which I've heard positive things. I recommended to Paul that he visit his friend Mike Richter's site, and download the primer that Mike has made available there to provide some authoritative information about the process. CNET's review of Nero seems to rate it very highly, so I recommended to Phil that he check out that software before making the decision. (One reason is that it is $30 cheaper than CD Creator 5.0.)

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By Perry, 5 years and 10 months ago

My Sunday travelsAs I mentioned on Sunday, I drove...

My Sunday travels

As I mentioned on Sunday, I drove over to Asheville and visited with David and Lynn Steele for a few hours. Lynn's mother gave them the time share at Fairfield Mountain resort that she and her husband had visited for years and this was the second year that Dave and Lynn have taken advantage of their week there. I've posted some photos of my trip at my photo web site. I enjoyed seeing them and was again reminded how beautiful this part of the country is. The drive over during the day was delightful because I could see the spectacular scenery. It sort of illustrates the old adage that «getting there is half the fun.»

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  • Cast in a new role:
    • David Steele: Perry: Last week when I was in Las Vegas I had the opportunity to see your house. It is gorgeous! I understand it is on the National Register of Historic Places and the fact you can walk to work each day to our business incubator on campus will be wonderful. I have absolutely fallen...
    • Jeff Nelson: Wow!!! I am tickled to death about this opportunity that has come your way at this time in your I really should be helping you with all of the particulars that go along with such a move, but find myself trying to keep up with the train of my life as it moves down...
    • Perry: Thank you, Tom. I'd welcome your visit if it works out.
    • Tom Wright: Perry: Didn't realize it was for 2 years--which doubles my chances I will get out there to see you. My friend Steve lives in Santa Fe and has extended an invite, so things are looking very New Mexico-ey for the future. Best of luck on this and everything.
    • Perry: Thank you, everyone, for your good wishes. In particular, to you Tish about the award you've given me, I can only quote Jack Benny who said, "I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either." ;-) Also thanks for pointing out the error you get when posting...
    • Tish: Perry, I'm getting a long list of code errors when commenting. You may want to check that out.
    • Tish: Congratulations, Perry! I hope everything goes well for you! :) Btw, I have presented you with a very well deserved award over on my blog. :)
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    • Lee Collier: I know this is an old thread, came up in google as I'm searching for an answer to an Ubuntu boot problem. Just had to mention: Perry - the reason that Gutsy is detecting your sound card in VMware but not running natively is that, as far as I know, VMware presents a very...

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