A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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…Let me count the ways. I do believe that if I’m ever at a point where I have to purchase a new computer and the only Windows option is Vista, I’ll buy a Mac instead. I’ve been working with Vista on the laptop I got last August, and to say that it’s frustrating is an … Read More “Vista, How Do I Loathe Thee?” »
OK, this has really got me ticked. I signed up for a Kodak EasyShare account when I was exploring the geotagging capabilities of various photosharing sites. Unfortunately, I started getting regular e-mails from them, even though I said I didn’t want such things. So, I decided to click on Unsubscribe. Here’s the message I got… … Read More “A Kodak Moment of Frustration” »
On my way back from one of my schools this morning I spotted this sign… My first thought was, “Oh boy, yet another pastor who is ignorant of church history, and who buys into that ‘War on Christmas’ junk.” About.com gives a nice concise description of how the phrase “Xmas” came to be. It is … Read More “Xmas and Rebel Flags” »
Some years ago I considered myself a purist when it came to taste in Christmas music. All I wanted to listen to were the classics, anything that came out of the Oxford Book of Carols, or anything written and arranged by David Willcocks or John Rutter. Basically, stuff from the British school and Lessons and … Read More “Annoying Christmas Music” »
Wednesday morning I had a rare opportunity. I was invited to work with a high school government and economics class, introducing them to Google Earth. There was a class of about 30 students in the media center’s computer lab, and I showed them basic navigation, how to create placemarks, and some general features of the … Read More “No child left behind, except for gifted” »
My goal for the day was to avoid any center of commerce or any road leading to such an area. Since it was such a beautiful day, I thought it would be nice to get out and take some photos. Before heading out on my photo tour, I did make one stop at a store. … Read More “Black Friday Blues” »
I had multiple confirmations that this morning’s State Department meeting in Columbia was a complete waste of time. First, when I identified myself as an IT person, the presenters said that I wouldn’t get as much out of the meetings as others. Then there was the presenter who kept referring to “school inoperable framework”, instead … Read More “Inoperable” »
When I first got to my office early this morning I opened up RandomConnections to check comments and clean out the boatload of spam comments that tends to accumulate overnight. The first thing I noticed was that all of my photos were missing. If I clicked through to get to the actual photo page, the … Read More “So Much for Flickr” »
IDM, DMZ, SCRAPI, CPS, ASCII, PCS, W2K3, HTTP, HTTPS, RDP, VPN, OS, MS, EEDA, IGP, SASI, SCOIS, ASWAB, ACT, CRI, RFP, LDS, SUNS, IAAA, LDAP, SDE, SSO, API, CPSI, SDM, UA, ZIS, ODS, TDS, DVRE, VRA, SIF, ETL, XML, SCDE, RAM, RAID, HR, SIS, IIS, FTE, DBA, TLS, SQL, CSV, DB4, DB2, ODBC, JDBC, ADO, … Read More “Acronym Overload – again” »
When I first started this job, I left my home at 8:00 am and got to the office at 8:30. Traffic was pretty bad on I-85 that time of morning, so sometimes I’d get stalled in traffic and have to call in that I would be a running a bit late. After a year or … Read More “Commuting Creep” »