I could go on and on, but the basic theme for this week was distractions from the work that pays the bills. It won’t end with the weekend, but hopefully I’ll at least be able to ignore things for a few hours over the next couple days. Yes. It’s a Very Grumpy Morning.
The biggest frustration this week has been dealing with the headaches of the Adhoc website. I can reliably generate the content or manage the website. Trying to do both is Just Not Working. It’s gotten bad enough that I’m probably not even going to go to the @#$% conference at this point. But after spending a few extra hours working on the website every morning this week, I feel just as tired as I do after the conference anyhow.
Mostly I just need to remind myself to never volunteer to run a website for anyone for free ever again. No matter what kind of goodwill comes out of the deal, it just isn’t worth it.
- The Metro Transit union committee recommends workers accept offer to end the strike. The voting will conclude later today, and if the union accepts the proposal, and then the Met Council okays it, the buses could be running on Sunday. [daily]
- Meanwhile, the Drivers expect close vote on the contract, but this article has details on the proposal. After looking at the details, I see why. It’s not a sweetheart deal for the union, but nobody expected that. I guess the big question is whether it’s good enough. The executive board seems to think so, but now it’s up to the drivers. [press-patch]
- Mark Stonich, who I know from the MNHPVA has posted An Holistic Guide to Recumbent Design. He’s got some unconventional ideas, but generally puts together good ’bents. [jim]
- It’s spring, and Bike thefts [are] in full bloom around the U. This happens every year, and an awful lot of the thefts are because people didn’t lock their bike up at all, let alone with a crappy lock. [daily]
- Monday was the tenth Spamiversary of the first spam sent out by Canter & Siegel. Sad. Dealing with the spam is getting to be a bigger part of my morning every day. It doesn’t make me happy.
- The FTC says Porn spam must be labeled.
Apparently people have never heard of turning off HTML email to avoid just that problem. [boing boing]An FTC study released last spring found that 17 percent of pornographic offers contained images of nudity that appeared whether a recipient wanted to see them or not.