tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:13:36 +0000Stuff-o-rammahttp://www.quarkstar.com/noreply@blogger.com (Angela)Blogger1125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-5967733898973309662Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:03:00 +00002008-11-05T19:13:36.328-06:00So our beloved PC supplier, MPC/Gateway Computer Corp, is dangling on an edge - no idea if they will be a company in a week. As a customer it leaves me a little worried with what we will do to support our computers. There are no parts, there is no support right now. I have 4 broken computers that I can't fix. But in the end, what bothers me the most is not knowing about my favorite sales rep http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/11/what-do-you-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-8213504599114377124Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-10-09T22:33:04.979-05:00Today was our first full day staying in Auburn. I finally got to sleep in this morning which was nice. I still had to get up before 9 though because breakfast ended at 10 and I wanted that free breakfast. We spent the day at my brother's babysitting while he worked and my sister-in-law was with her family for Yom Kippur. We walked down to the little park and Rachel got to swing and ride the http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/10/in-auburn-day-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-4150465592893416238Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +00002008-10-09T22:24:46.629-05:00We started out the day finishing up our visit to Lake George, NY. We drove down to a couple of beach areas near the lake where I took a lot of pictures. There was some ruins and such at the battlefield park but the parking lots were closed and there was no where to park to see them. Most things around there are closed after labor day. We did end up finding a parking lot open at Lake George http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/10/road-trip-day-3_09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-332944542391487581Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:20:00 +00002008-10-09T22:26:02.655-05:00This morning we took one last look around Niagara Falls and headed towards Lake George, NY. Lake George is located just inside the Adirondak Mountains area and seemed like it would be a nice place to visit. The drive, while not as long as day one, seemed long. I'm starting to get a little road worn after only 3 days so that's not good. We had to take the toll road through most of the trip but http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/10/road-trip-day-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-3932342681866972402Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:19:00 +00002008-10-06T22:39:03.251-05:00vacationSub-Title: ...and they let me back in the US anyway. Today started out fine with an average free breakfast consisting of a bagel, a hard boiled egg and coffee. The coffee wasn't half bad and I was able to take it all on the road with me instead of waiting around eating. On the way through Michigan we (well I) decided to stop in Battle Creek to try and find the Kellogg's factory. They used to http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/10/road-trip-day-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-2216305843787641814Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:29:00 +00002008-10-05T21:33:50.947-05:00vacationI'm sitting here in a hotel room in Paw Paw, Michigan after a long but uneventful drive. I did see an accident happen around Chicago but it wasn't major - just one car rear ending another coming on to the interstate. Tomorrow we are heading to Niagara Falls which should, hopefully, provide me with picture taking opportunities. I did finally figure out posting pictures from my phone to flickr http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/10/road-trip-day-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-181373397276319032Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:58:00 +00002008-09-29T10:00:27.507-05:00Because I can't seem to get anything to work from my cellphone to sites I already use, flickr and blogger, I have set up my account with Alltel to create my mobile blog. I plan to use this to make quick posts of pictures, especially during my upcoming trip where internet access might be spotty. This is the direct link to the "blog": http://www.axcessmypics.com/theang/jsps/bloghttp://www.quarkstar.com/2008/09/moblog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-4777600026444902064Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:14:00 +00002008-09-10T17:23:33.345-05:00So the hard drive in my computer at work finally found itself in a near non-working state. Technically it was still booting Windows but it wasn't running well and there was much noise and clicking. First I wasted time tying to reimage the dying hard drive thinking it was just a Windows problem. Reimaging, for those that don't know, is reloading the OS and other software. There's more to that http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/09/death-of-hard-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-2059162776623895120Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:09:00 +00002008-09-06T17:15:02.545-05:00My friends went on a weekend trip to Illinois for a wedding so I agreed to house/dog sit for them while they were gone. They left yesterday morning and I've been hanging out here, mostly, since Friday after work. I love playing with the dogs and they have full cable, which is nice. I haven't done much today beyond goof around on the internet and watch TV. There's a House marathon on USA and http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/09/dog-sitting-and-flickr-stats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-7093173457325975840Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:20:00 +00002008-09-01T20:22:32.450-05:00I never update any more with the main reason being - there's just nothing to update. Work was super busy the last month or so but it's slowed back down to normal now. It's pretty much routine and uninteresting.http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/09/what-poor-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-5288046542878311019Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:20:00 +00002008-07-18T17:28:52.050-05:00Why Working at a Library is Full of Surprises. I was hanging out at the circulation desk this morning trying to get our printing system software updated and got to be witness to the following story: A patron approached the desk (he's a regular) and put a box down on the counter. He told my co-worker that he needed the number for animal control so he could get the number for animal rescue. In http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/07/jorge-bird-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-4016346447444323418Thu, 29 May 2008 01:09:00 +00002008-05-28T20:11:27.150-05:00I've seen this bus driving around town but I have no idea what the deal is. I assume it's just some random person's vehicle. I thought it was neat and finally got a picture of it. http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/05/old-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-5709432741158864878Fri, 23 May 2008 21:52:00 +00002008-05-23T16:54:54.448-05:00Jessie the Wonder Dog was put to sleep this morning around 10:30AM. She was an awesome dog and will be missed. We think she was born some time in 1992 so she had a long life. It was a tough decision but it was just her time to go. I will miss you girl but I'm happy you are no longer suffering. Be a good dog.http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/05/jessie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-1233317725381416054Tue, 13 May 2008 03:43:00 +00002008-05-12T22:47:34.553-05:00I like Twitter, some can argue that I probably like it too much, but I find it really easy to use and don't mind updating it. Granted it still has "new toy" status and with the new text messaging service on my phone I find that I am updating it a lot more frequently. Certainly a lot more frequently than I update here. The nice thing about Twitter versus here is that Twitter limits the amount http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/05/twitter-blog-killer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-6059699179064593710Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:02:00 +00002008-04-19T18:34:58.036-05:00For some reason I can't stop laughing at these clips. Cartoon guinea pigs driving around in a Winnebago? Classic! http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/04/roadents.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-1869208064206904094Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:53:00 +00002008-04-14T19:57:25.452-05:00Not much to blog but I am changing my work schedule a little bit, from this point on I will be working: Sundays - 8 to noon Monday-Thursday - 8 to 6 This is working out well because I enjoy having Fridays off and I still have a full Saturday to myself. It's not really that hard to work an extra hour a night and Sunday mornings will be a good time for me to get some stuff done without anyone http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/04/new-work-schedule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-3557727582556838388Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:31:00 +00002008-04-05T11:32:58.665-05:00Testing out how embedded video from Hulu works. http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/04/lazy-sunday-snl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-8411888088276838096Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:49:00 +00002008-04-05T08:56:08.162-05:00It's been awhile since I blogged but not a lot of updates really. I was sick for awhile, still recovering - I had the pneumonia - but all is well now. Work is busy right now because there are some problems with programs on all the lab computers and I still don't have them on the domain and in SMS so it requires a lot of manual updating that takes forever. I am going to be working this weekend http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/04/hello.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-4236508306953431394Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:44:00 +00002008-03-13T18:50:46.543-05:00I am hitting another one of those points in my life where I have to evaluate everything and take stock. Am I doing what I want to be doing with my life? And if I'm not, what can I do about it? I feel like a career change would be nice but I don't know if that's a temporary feeling that speaks more about looking for change than something that actually hinges on my job. Having invested this http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/03/broad-spectrum-of-unknowing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-2165101111139591482Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:19:00 +00002008-03-04T10:25:50.444-06:00The battery in my old cellphone finally reached the point where it would only hold a charge for about 2 hours, unused. I use the term "old cellphone" loosely though, because it's a little less than 2 years old. I looked at just replacing the battery but that cost more than a lot of the new phones I could get and since I'm not planning on changing plans any time soon I had no problem going into http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/03/new-cell-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-7683640565127758776Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:21:00 +00002008-02-27T22:21:31.052-06:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Angela - April 1, 1981, originally uploaded by TheAng. I was digging around in storage bins in my parents' basement and I found this gem of a photograph. This was taken (I am told) just after my dad put my hot cycle http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/02/april-1-1981.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-5759382282070236720Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:13:00 +00002008-02-12T09:13:56.326-06:00This one was fitting so I had to post it: http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/02/dilbert-hits-close-to-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-4439289765450568465Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:09:00 +00002008-02-04T17:12:30.965-06:00People have been sick at work recently and it worries me because I do not want whatever is going around. I do not want this flu/cold ick, not that I wouldn't mind a couple of days off. One part of my job that I dislike is that I am a sort of night supervisor for one of the service point areas even though I don't work night hours. So every once in awhile I have to go through a scare where it http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/02/working.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-2726564460395171447Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:18:00 +00002008-01-30T22:24:29.676-06:00workWe have been working on implementing SMS at work for... well it seems like forever. It's one of the biggest pains of a mystery we have been fighting to get working. One of our problems is a complete lack of training budget so we have to learn everything on our own from books, websites and begging people for help. So for the last few days we have finally figured out how to create software http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/01/sms-hates-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034519.post-4061065089514183642Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:22:00 +00002008-01-29T16:32:23.387-06:00I took this video while waiting for the light to change and 27th and O Street. I was trying to get a video of the blowing snow in the intersection but of course the passing cars was messing that up. Still, this is the first time I have used my camera to take video. It does have sound but nothing more than the clicking sound of my turn signal. It's a little shakey but I had the camera balanced on http://www.quarkstar.com/2008/01/morning-drive-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angela)0