Archive for the 'computers' Category

Aug 05 2008

This is the one that you probably already knew how to do.

Published by Mike Lawson under computers, work

I’ve got a major headache right now.  I spent the last two days in an annual reatreat for work.  I learned a lot about the org. that I work for, and it was nice to meet a bunch of people that I hadn’t had the opportunity to meet yet.

There were a few parts of the last few days that were so freaking ridiculous though.  Mainly was the 2 hours we spent talking about email ettiqutte (really, I need to be reminded to check my email every 48 hours?  I can’t even go 48 minutes without feeling the what-if-someone-important-emailed-me anxiety) and Outlook calendar training.

During the Outlook training my peers were asking questions to the presenter (curve balls, really), and I had to bite my tongue not to step in.

Now that I’m home, I’d like to jump in the shower and relax a little.

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Mar 04 2008

this is the one written in all lowercase.

Published by Mike Lawson under Blogging, computers

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i’m not going to write any capital letters in this post.  and i’m not trying to be all ee cummings on you…i’m actually protesting uppercase letters.

my right shift key is sticky, and it doesn’t always capitalize…and since i type at super-human speeds, i have to backspace to make corrections a lot more than i like to.

so frustrating.

i’m thinking about getting a new computer (a mac for sure) but torn between a desktop and a laptop.  what would you chose and why?  i’m thinking about saving until about summer for this purchase.

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Aug 23 2007

This is the one about a google search.

Published by Mike Lawson under computers, friends

A female friend of mine had a crush on a male friend of mine.  Of course she googled him and cyberstalked him by finding his Myspace, Facebook, etc.

Eventually the two friends started dating, and on their second date they met at her place to have some wine and look up show times and buy movie tickets online.

“You look up show times,” she said.  “I’ve got to go to the bathroom.”

He opened up google and started typing in the movie title, which tragically started with the same letter as his first name, and the drop down showed all of the previous searches my female friend did that started with that letter, including my male friend’s name.

When she returned from the bathroom my male friend said, “Have you ever googled me?”

Female friend chortled.  “No way, that’s stupid.”

They aren’t dating any longer.

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