Day: October 3, 2018, 1:48 PM

Just Thought

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I just realized something about a meeting I had regarding infrastructure over a year ago with a company that works with the one where I now work (when I was still contracting part-time). They had asked me for an in-person meeting to hear me discuss prospective infrastructure for the application we provide.

I did so, and made a really comprehensive possible design including a very thorough design diagram. Then when the infrastructure was actually implemented, none of my design elements were included. Not a single one.

Looking back now, I realize they brought me in to mostly show me up and demonstrate their own knowledge/superiority (this is very common in IT, alas) but when I was actually in the door, they had no idea what the hell I was talking about because they actually didn’t have that much experience. That explains the odd questions I was asked, as well as several factually incorrect statements they made to me.

Literally I did not realize until now, but it explains so much, and their later hostility and passivity. There’s a certain breed of IT people rather than trying to learn from you, exhibit hostility and resentment when you prove to know more than they do (especially if they brought you in to specifically show you up).

That explains so much. Wish I’d realized it sooner.

Kobo is an anagram of book

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If I seemed lukewarm about my current Kobo in the post below, I really am not. I freaking love it. One of the best tech devices I’ve ever bought. Nice screen, the battery lasts forever, has no ads bespattering the reading experience and just works without me hassling with it.

I highly recommend the Kobo. It’s far better than Amazon’s offerings and I can’t wait to get the new Forma. It sounds just perfect for me since I am not an ant or an amoeba and need a screen I can actually see. And physical page turn buttons! So good.

Bo

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Kobo now has an ebook reader with an 8.0″ screen and that has page turn buttons. This is what I wanted when I bought the Aura One. I’d actually prefer the screen a little larger still, but 8.0″ is ok, and the page turn buttons in particular are great.

I will probably get this. I am glad there is somewhat of a trend against readers that are fit only for viewing by mice and paramecia.

Thrown

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Was going to make a list of all the things I was thrown out of class for in middle and high school, but who has time to read 200,000 words, and some of it would probably get me in trouble with the liberal fuddy-duddies and possibly other similar contingents.

Some of them are very funny reasons, but not in today’s climate. (No, I was never disrespectful to women and sure as fuck didn’t assault a woman, but in today’s climate, better to stay mum.)

Was It 57

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I was thinking about that Nena video I embedded the other day, and was comparing how my grandmother and other people I knew in North Florida looked in their 50s vs. how she looks.

Hard living ages you. My grandmother when she was 57 looked 80. A hard 80. My uncle, about the same. My mother looked 70 when she was less than 40.

When I joined the Army, I was a bit confused when I saw regular people in their 50s who looked to be in their mid-30s. I thought that only happened to celebrities. But that’s what working out and not taking drugs, smoking cigarettes, and being grindingly poor can do for you.

On working out, Nena definitely does. In the side lighting you can see her arms well. She has muscles. And you don’t get shoulders like that from not working out.

 

Just a reminder that resistance training is one of the few scientifically-validated ways to both improve quality of life and lifespan. And you feel better too; more energy and more stamina. You probably won’t ever look like Nena, at any age, but you definitely will not if you become one with your couch.