crankygeek

I wouldn’t say I’m hatin’ on Twitter, but since it’s blocked here at work, keeping an eye on it without the “with friends” feed basically blows. So per Judi’s request, I’ve signed up for FriendFeed:
http://friendfeed.com/jackbrewster

This is a pretty sweet looking service. I’m still not ga-ga over the social web, but I wouldn’t mind following a few friends, so give a shout out if you’re on it (already found you, Nick) or heck, just subscribe to my feed and I’ll figure it out.

It’s summertime and, at a school district, that means the work day is a little bit easier for IT folks.

It also means that I’ve got time to check my feeds. Which means I’ve just read everything and now I don’t know what to do for the next six hours in my day.

Okay, I’m kidding, I still have plenty to do (Don’t worry about me, taxpayers!), but it’s such an odd feeling having no unread items. Maybe I should look for new feeds? After all, I do need fodder for my new link feed (I did mention my link feed, didn’t I?)

I was talking with Emmett today and I mentioned (very much in passing) that I’d been considering adding a link blog. He called me on it, so I’ve spent the last couple of hours upgrading WP (been running 1.5 for awhile - yikes) and adding a link feed (link - also linked in the sidebar).

I’ve also added a link (finally) to Emmett’s blog and he has the starring role as my first linkee. (Thanks for the friendly elbow in the ribs, Emmett!)

Hopefully, that feed will update a little more often than the main one. There won’t be a particular theme. It will vary from geek to political to wtf - basically the same kind of stuff I post, only written by someone else.

Hard to believe my son is already two years old. Tomorrow, he’ll be asking me for the keys to the car.

I don’t have any pictures from today (yet), so here’s a couple of recent ones that are in my personal faves list.

Note to self. When troubleshooting a computer that won’t boot after the user has been gone for a week, be sure to check their keyboard tray to see if anyone is playing a practical joke on them.

If I’d done that first, I’d have found the rubber snake that was mashing down multiple keys and preventing the computer from booting. And I would have saved myself a good 45 minutes.

Still, not bad for a Monday.