This morning I decided to sleep in an extra two hours. Which is going to get me in to work later, which means I’ll be coming home about the time they take away the freeway near my house this evening. I’m already planning alternate routes.
I guess the good part of running behind today is that I’m going to still be at home late enough that I can call to make an appointment I’ve been putting off for a few weeks. Nothing major, but the office is only open when I’m at work or driving to and from, and I never think of calling from work. So I’ll try and schedule that a bit later this morning, and then I’ll be able to cross one more thing off the to-do list. Between that, and hopefully hearing from the contractor today with a bid, I think I’ll feel like it’s been a productive week, no matter how work goes. The only dark cloud on the metaphorical horizon is that two of my meetings that are normally held on Wednesdays got moved to Friday this week. Wednesday went great because of that, and I guess I’ll pay the price today.
- jr has a long rant about why he thinks Scrum is Crap. I like. Part of the project I’m working on at work is using the scrum system, and it’s not really any different from development projects I’ve worked on in the past. The big difference is in my attitude. I came into this job with a huge backlog of stuff to do, and I’ve just taken the attitude that I’m going to get as much done as I can, in the priority order they tell me, and what’s undone will be undone. And when I go home at the end of the day, I leave work at work — that’s been one of the nicest benefits of having a “real job”. [jr]
- A columnist at ESPN asks How do you really feel about Barry Bonds? We talked about something related to this at lunch yesterday. I just don’t follow Major League Baseball closely enough anymore to care. I’m a Saints fan, and MLB lost me in 1994. The whole stadium brouhaha here in Minnesota mostly has me thinking about how I’m going to be robbed of more tax dollars to finance rich guys who are too cheap to build their own facilities. But I’m not exactly excited about it. Hell, it’s just one more case of government stealing from me to give money to someone else. [scottk]
- The Story of marching ants and hamm’s beer is interesting and combines two of my loves. How could I not link to it?
- Speaking of beer, Miller beer to be first to use (Cold Can) Technology. Chills the beer by 30° F in 3 minutes. That won’t take it from hot summer to ice-cold, but I bet I still try some when they come out. [fark!]
- Hmm. On this list of 59 Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30, I’ve done a fair number. Let’s see: 25, 28, 37 & 38, 40, 41 and 50. Does doing seven out of 59 make me immature? Just where is the line? [fark!]
- The MoOM is the Museum of Online Museums looks like a good way to spend a day. Perhaps one of the days this weekend.