July 18, 2008
Ahh, yes
So, I had my first hit of comment spam on bmo 2.0. I used my trusty old comment closer utility to nip that in the bud. So, if you see an entry with comments closed off, that's why.
Posted by BicMan at 01:48 PM | Comments (0)
July 11, 2008
Blah
I feel kind of blah today. I think it's a combo of not enough sleep (due to going to bed late, getting up early, a cat meowing at 6am, etc.) and work. I haven't been as productive lately as I would like to be, and this is wearing on me. Right now, I've been assigned a few tasks that I hate (such as documentation) and I have a huge, complicated task looming over me.
On top of all of this, I feel a disconnect with my team, and I feel like I'm barely involved in the project at all. I was supposed to start on a new project in a month, but it was postponed/cancelled. I didn't realize how excited I was to do something new until it was taken away. The part I was looking forward to was the part that scared me the most. On this next project, I would have so much more responsibility and accountability. It would mean more work and a higher level of visibility of that work, but it would also mean more credit.
I suppose one of my problems with my current project is that when it's done, I'll just be one of the team. No one will remember my contributions. I guess I like to be noticed. I never call attention to myself, but when attention is focused on me, I like it. In fact, I think it's so much better for people to give you attention without specifically trying to get them to notice you. I also think that's why I wrote in here for so long because I never really asked any of you to read it, but you did. It made me feel like I mattered.
I wrote this in a very stream-of-consciousness way, so I don't know if any of it makes sense, but I think I feel better for writing it. Anyway, let me see if I can actually concentrate on work for a while.
Posted by BicMan at 11:21 AM | Comments (0)
July 10, 2008
Quotes
I added some quotes to the thing up at the top. A few were funny quotes from people such as:
[Not talking about belly buttons] "What? I have an innie and you have an outie." - Natalie Jones
But most were quotes I was collecting in my e-mail to add to the list. (I've been lazy about that.) Here are a few of my favorites:
"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher (BCE 3-65 CE)
"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." - P.J. O'Rourke, writer (1947- )
"In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated." - Margaret Halsey, novelist (1910-1997)
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty." - Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)
"Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment." - Robert Benchley
When I get a chance, I plan on modifying the script that randomizes the quotes and try to get it to reduce repeats.
Posted by BicMan at 11:56 AM | Comments (2)
July 09, 2008
Out with the old
Over the weekend, Daniel mentioned that while I deleted my old posts from my MT database, the actual html files still existed. I corrected this error since my whole goal for restarting this site was to leave all of that behind.
Don't worry, I made a backup, but as of right now, BMO 1.0 is only accessible to me.
Posted by BicMan at 01:02 PM | Comments (0)