Maurice Coleman, wrangler extraordinaire for the T is for Training podcast group, has challenged each member of the group to answer these 27 questions as a getting to know you exercise. Who am I to ignore orders!
1) Your One Sentence Bio
My business card reads: librarian . techie . trainer . consultant – to which I’ll [...]
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Is the moon ever really blue?
It’s a blue moon tonight, though it’s not really blue or green or made of cheese. It’s just that not so rare, second full moon in a month. I asked my local astronomer in residence if the moon ever appears blue. And guess what? Yes, it can be blue! And it is indeed rare and [...]
Great customer service
Some kudos to these companies for their great customer service this past week:
Hertz – I called to confirm a reservation, they found me a cheaper rate. Nearly $100 cheaper! Yay.
Coldwater Creek – Stopped at local store to return an item from mail order. Noticed one of the items I’d decided to keep was on [...]
Disappearing WordPress Visual Editor?
This is one of those days when WordPress is making me crazy. For no apparent reason, the visual editing tool bar has disappeared. It was there earlier, but gone now.
I ran the upgrade to get to version 2.8.1, but that didn’t bring back the Visual editor.
And the upgrade process nearly wiped out [...]
Free Rice – Feed the World, Exercise Your Brain
I’d forgotten about the Free Rice website until a friend mentioned it on Facebook today. For every right answer to their online quizzes, they donate free rice to the UN World Food Program. And now they have quizzes not only for vocabulary, but also math, foreign languages, geography, art and even chemistry.
I though I’d [...]
A 12 year old on future careers
I just loved this quote from a local 12 year old girl.
“I thought about being a pharmacist or lawyer, but at this point I’m kind of counting that before I have to find a major job, they’ll invent a new field that I’ll like and do well in.” (Albany Times Union, Sunday May 25)
And no [...]
