Most of you probably saw this picture earlier, when I emailed it off to nearly everyone that I knew.
Down a hole
I got a response from someone about it. Actually I got several responses but this one was funny for what she said, and the fact I never would have expected it from her.
> You should get that put on your business card. :o)
>
> Grant Guenther
> "Your hole specialist"
>
> Come to think of it that would be a great tag line for a proctologist.....don't ya think?
Friday, July 09, 2004
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Blog Assignment Of The Day:
We have a new task people! Put on your thinking caps and let's get started!
My boss wants to rename the company. He mentioned this morning that the 'Conditioning' at the end of Central Water is somewhat old-fashioned, and not connected to what the focus of our business model now is. He thinks we should rename the company. And I agree.
The assignment presented to us is, rename it to what? He kind of likes the 'Central Water'part, but we're looking to ditch the word 'Conditioning'. The target of this assignment is to re-brand ourselves, with an eye towards what we do now (commercial/industrial/municipal membrane treatment systems) and what we could do in the future.
Please submit all entries by the usual method.
We have a new task people! Put on your thinking caps and let's get started!
My boss wants to rename the company. He mentioned this morning that the 'Conditioning' at the end of Central Water is somewhat old-fashioned, and not connected to what the focus of our business model now is. He thinks we should rename the company. And I agree.
The assignment presented to us is, rename it to what? He kind of likes the 'Central Water'part, but we're looking to ditch the word 'Conditioning'. The target of this assignment is to re-brand ourselves, with an eye towards what we do now (commercial/industrial/municipal membrane treatment systems) and what we could do in the future.
Please submit all entries by the usual method.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Again, just for the record, I want to make a proclamation. Greg AJ Schwalm, living in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a god damn, unbelievable freakin' genius.
I was having some trouble with my network equipment at home. I piddled around with it a bunch of times but I always got to the same point. My notebook would access the wireless network but my WiFi enabled PDA would not access it. However, when I say it wouldn't access it, I do not mean in totality. Sometimes it would. But in an hour of trying, the PDA would be online for 1 minute, and offline for the other 59 minutes. It was very frustrating. It worked, but very, very poorly, so I blamed incompatible equipment, and gave up. (until I would get a new bug in my ass about having wireless access for my PDA)
Then, I was talking to Greg about network equipment last weekend. I had just bought an SMC all-in-one and (router/switch/wireless access point) package and it worked slicker than Vaseline. From the time I opened the box, until it was fully functional, including wireless connection for my laptop AND PDA, was about 10 minutes. This contrasts with my DLink equipment in Watson, that was giving me all the grief. I told this story to Greg, glowing over how well it worked, and how well my DLink stuff did NOT work, and contemplating another SMC device for Watson, when Greg asked me a very important question.
Had I done a firmware upgrade for my network equipment?
Well no, I had not, because frankly, I didn't think of it. However, it made complete sense because my PDA was a brand spanking new model when I bought it. It was among the first batch to arrive at our supplier, so I was one of the first people in North America to have one of these Toshiba PDA's. My firmware (I know now) was from January 2003, so it wasn't as current as it could be, and was not as current as my new e750 PDA. It got all excited about having the wireless in Watson work right. Then I had to wait almost a week to try it out.
Well, it worked! Just like Greg suggested it might. I upgraded my firmware on the router, and then on the wireless access port. I pulled the PDA out of my vest pocket (where it nearly always is) and yup, without a hitch, the two started talking immediately. And its way faster than any other network I've ever connected this PDA to before.
I am super impressed. I want to send a heartfelt thank you out to my buddy Greg. Once again he has shown me his incredible genius, and calm, rational resolution of a problem. There are many times I wish I had his vision, when it comes to technical support. Thought I don't say it enough, thanks a bunch Greg. Once more you have fixed my problem. No meagre amount of words I could string together would ever convey enough, my relief at all the problems of mine that you solve. I have only this I can say.
Thank you.
I was having some trouble with my network equipment at home. I piddled around with it a bunch of times but I always got to the same point. My notebook would access the wireless network but my WiFi enabled PDA would not access it. However, when I say it wouldn't access it, I do not mean in totality. Sometimes it would. But in an hour of trying, the PDA would be online for 1 minute, and offline for the other 59 minutes. It was very frustrating. It worked, but very, very poorly, so I blamed incompatible equipment, and gave up. (until I would get a new bug in my ass about having wireless access for my PDA)
Then, I was talking to Greg about network equipment last weekend. I had just bought an SMC all-in-one and (router/switch/wireless access point) package and it worked slicker than Vaseline. From the time I opened the box, until it was fully functional, including wireless connection for my laptop AND PDA, was about 10 minutes. This contrasts with my DLink equipment in Watson, that was giving me all the grief. I told this story to Greg, glowing over how well it worked, and how well my DLink stuff did NOT work, and contemplating another SMC device for Watson, when Greg asked me a very important question.
Had I done a firmware upgrade for my network equipment?
Well no, I had not, because frankly, I didn't think of it. However, it made complete sense because my PDA was a brand spanking new model when I bought it. It was among the first batch to arrive at our supplier, so I was one of the first people in North America to have one of these Toshiba PDA's. My firmware (I know now) was from January 2003, so it wasn't as current as it could be, and was not as current as my new e750 PDA. It got all excited about having the wireless in Watson work right. Then I had to wait almost a week to try it out.
Well, it worked! Just like Greg suggested it might. I upgraded my firmware on the router, and then on the wireless access port. I pulled the PDA out of my vest pocket (where it nearly always is) and yup, without a hitch, the two started talking immediately. And its way faster than any other network I've ever connected this PDA to before.
I am super impressed. I want to send a heartfelt thank you out to my buddy Greg. Once again he has shown me his incredible genius, and calm, rational resolution of a problem. There are many times I wish I had his vision, when it comes to technical support. Thought I don't say it enough, thanks a bunch Greg. Once more you have fixed my problem. No meagre amount of words I could string together would ever convey enough, my relief at all the problems of mine that you solve. I have only this I can say.
Thank you.
For the record, I want to say that Trailer Park Boys is the most entertaining piece of television that this country has ever produced.
Yes, it looks low budget and amateurish. To the producers credit, they took a lack of abundant funding and used it to their advantage. The documentary style allows it to look rough, but completely appropriate. It may seem a little unpolished but the quality of the production does not say a thing about the level of entertainment. This show is freakin' hilarious! You can't help but laugh. I was slow to convert but now that I have, I think this show is great! I will continue to buy the DVD's.
That is all for now. Be well, and in moments of sadness, watch Trailer Park Boys.
Yes, it looks low budget and amateurish. To the producers credit, they took a lack of abundant funding and used it to their advantage. The documentary style allows it to look rough, but completely appropriate. It may seem a little unpolished but the quality of the production does not say a thing about the level of entertainment. This show is freakin' hilarious! You can't help but laugh. I was slow to convert but now that I have, I think this show is great! I will continue to buy the DVD's.
That is all for now. Be well, and in moments of sadness, watch Trailer Park Boys.