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The Deluge
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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It never rains like this in Calgary, or rarely rains like this.
Every day almost, torrents and sheets, it's torrential, a deluge, days only to sit inside and build model arks and be grateful one doesn't live anyplace really rainy, like Vancouver....
It's never been this green. Lush, verdant, the garden overflows with exotic looking plants, the lawn needs cutting every other day...
And work, with the rain, has been busy. It's always busy, busier might be the operative expression. And when after all the surviving is done and the midweek day off rolls around there's other work, web work, work that trespasses on my limited free time, trespasses on my goodwill and easygoing nature, which is becoming progressively less and less easygoing....
So a couple of thrift shops today, a haircut (long overdue, but I like to see how long I can push these things, simply slap on some more hair product..), to the grocery store for some cat food but I neglected to provide for myself and so it's yet another day dining at 7/11, they've a limited (although savoury) buffet, a 3 hour nap (no dreams proper, rather disconnected unsexy sex bits if that makes sense...), wake, more coffee, work, work, some podcasts, work, loaf, and now a brief, utterly useless posting before bed.
It's a bit of a dry spell for ideas. I'm being distracted by a hundred outside influences, work I don't want to do, work I have to do, the pressures of an impending vacation and visit to the dentist and the necessity of finding a proper job; I'm being eaten alive by a million tiny obligations ....
Resume Action Words
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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My resume could use some work. My brother, he's successfully employed, by which I mean he makes ridiculous sums of money in a corporate daycare. He's a little more socially acceptable than I am, be blends in, doesn't make waves.
I'm generally not so easygoing.
He's sent me a list of action words I should be using in my resume, the same words that everyone else uses, they'll help drive it up in the recruiters ranking.
Words like "Reported, Resolved, Suggested, Summarized", you get the idea. BORING.
So I've compiled my own list of Resume Action Words, not all of which are applicable but they sure are a damned site more interesting.
Feel free to use them on your own resume:
Overthrew, conspired, insurrection, subverted, procrastinated, napped, guillotined, executed, argued, obfuscated, indoctrinated, tortured, vilified, cautioned, pestered, annoyed, obstructed, broke, crashed, quit, failed, discouraged, destroyed, embezzled, defrauded, assaulted, sued, litigated, misallocated, misappropriated, unionize, prevaricated, demoted, insubordinated, degraded, humiliated, revolted, convicted, denied, deceived, conspired, emancipated, impeached, ...
There are more. You get the idea.
Fixed (somewhat) and What I want in an IPAD
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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AN early night at work, thankfully, but work at home to catch up upon.
Traced the "500 Internal Server" to the tag-cloud component of the site, uninstalled & reinstalled an updated version, now appears to be working. I've yet to fix the blog listing of all articles, so for the moment all articles will have to be published to the front page.
And I've been thinking of the I-PAD, not because I want one, but because I've been curious what would be the "next big thing" in computing.
The I-Pad isn't it.
From what I've seen, the Microsoft Courier is a big potential contender. I like the touch screen interface, if it's lightweight and portable enough...
What I really want is some sort of touch screen interface that will recognize my handwriting and offer the ability to sketch vast mental maps that extend for kilometers beyond the boundaries of the screen and offer the potential for unlimited zoom.
Probably it's just me, but the mental mapping software out there, with it's dependence on keyboards and mouses, is rubbish.
What I want to do is to sketch, with a stylus or brush, images, ideas, thoughts, questions, over acres of virtual territory. With my hand, not a mouse or a keyboard. I want to be able to organize my thoughts. I want a virtual notebook that will take my writing as I put stylus to page, change it into legible type, allow me to explore related ideas, drag in images, soundclips, videos, links.....
Probably the Courier isn't the next big thing either, but it seems a whole lot closer.
And I'm working on other, more detailed posts, so this evening is a little shortchanged. I'm preparing my next Kijiji listing - for a genii infested oil lamp, almost there, just need to round up a few parts and take a few photos....save your money
Micmacs à tire-larigot
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An unusual film, but that's exactly what I expected of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. No, not Jean-Luc. You know who you are.
Great set design, props, characters, the story was so-so and overall the film seemed somewhat to lack in the "Heart" department. Especially after Amélie. While I'd certainly recommend it over any of the Hollywood drek that too often takes precedence in the cinemas here, it's not his best effort. Worth it for the visuals alone though (nice to see a director using real actors and actresses and not avatars chosen for their generic good looks ...).
And there's something about reconnecting with the same cast that he uses for all his films that makes it - well, enjoyable in the way that catching up with old friends is enjoyable.
I'd give it 6 1/2 Bananas.
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