Conjunctivitis
In light on my eldest daughter’s recent case of pink eye(s), I was looking at my wife’s cat when the following question popped into my head:
If my wife’s cat gets conjunctivitis, do they call it “green eye”…?
It’s Official…
I know believe I qualify as a full-fledged programmer. Setting aside the strange coincidences that led this English lit major to become a programmer in the first place, somehow after three years of coding, I still didn’t feel quite like a programmer.
It had nothing to do with the languages, which I know and understand (VBA being the primary one, with HTML as a fun backup, and some bits and pieces of others). It had nothing to do with my current or past projects. After all, I’ve built applications for large retail corporations that are still in use. I’m currently in the middle of a build that is an enormous undertaking and has a team that’s comprised of five separate individuals.
No, what made it official in my mind was last night. I was up working on a project until 2AM. I was, basically, coding all night.
Now I feel like I’ve earned that badge. That I’m now, officially, and computer programmer.
Geek Humor
For some it will come as no surprise that, being an Excel geek and programmer, I go trolling Excel websites to pick up helpful little tidbits of code and tips to make my work life easier.
One of the websites I hit on a regular basis is Dick Kusleika’s Daily Dose of Excel blog. It seems to be THE gathering point for all the big Excel names in the business. It’s got a lot of great stuff on it that makes life easier. But once in a while, you find something that (if you’re a geek like me) makes you laugh.
The one I found today was in a discuss about variable notation, RBVA versus Hungarian (look them up!), etc. And at the tail end of this length roll of comments, Jon Peltier chimed in with:
Dim oCanada As Anthem
If you’re a geek, it’s funny.
If not, well, your loss…
Making My Home State Proud…
…really? REALLY??
http://www.gazette.net/stories/11272008/frednew141637_32488.shtml
New Year’s Resolutions 2009
So, it’s that time of year again, the time of year when people take stock of their lives and decide that they are going to try and live their lives a little better. So, in the spirit of New Year’s Day, Here are a few of my resolutions for 2009:
- Lose about 20 pounds (because when I say I’m in shape, that shape should not be “round”)
- Exercise more (time to get back on that 5-K training course)
- Eat healthier (Red Robin helped me break that one already today)
- Try to be a better father to my girls (awwww)
- Try to be a better father to this blog (you may have noticed that this is my first entry since the spring time)
- Try to be a better friend to all the friends I used to know from days gone by (in other words, stop being such a lousy correspondent)
- Post some Excel fun I’m having on this blog (yeah, I’m a bit of a geek—sue me)
- Manage my money better
- Try to (at least begin) to become the person I really want to be, taking steps toward living the life I really want to live
- Go get checked out by all of my doctors (which means getting the physical I’ve put off for about five years, getting this goddam wisdom tooth taken care of, and filling in the at least seven cavities I’ve been putting off)
- Write more and regularly, and finally finish revision of the damn book
I’m sure that I I’ll come up with more as the week wears on, but this is literally off the top of my head. So there you have it.
