The beta test at work started well today and then went astray. So we reviewed things, I redeveloped things and after an 11 hour day, I finally left work. So there are more changes to come. Given how things have gone, I'm thinking that there are three more lonnng days to get thru with me possibly taking off Friday. Ella (my car) needs some work and can't wait too much more. So I'm hoping Friday is the perfect day to get her fixed up a bit.

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_la_grou_plugs_smart_power_outlets_1.html

It's time to get every home better, one plug as a time. Like John LaGrou quotes:
"There is a way to do it better. Find it."
- Thomas Alva Edison

http://tinyurl.com/ted-RSJ-Success

4 mins of simple, easy to understand principles for every life to be lived

Go ahead, you know you want to watch

From JoeMyGod.blogspot.com. . .

From JMG: Cops Raid San Diego Dem Home Fundraiser With Helicopter, Arrests, Pepper Spray:. http://tinyurl.com/lv6xum

Woke up late this morning by oversleeping a whole hour. And for some unknown reason, I'm feeling stiff all over. So I didn't walk before work and had to rush in. Now to put in another lonnnng day.

A while ago I heard about the SMS service called Twitter and was hooked on it after watching a presentation from TED.com (which some of you may know I believe should be mandatory for all education systems in the world). I've been using it more than I have LJ here just due to it's simplicity despite the 140 character limit. However, I just posted something today that has me finally making an LJ entry again:

(Twitter name: gnsnyder) So BillyMays passed on & I just learned of his son's Twitter acct @YoungBillyMays Has me thinking bout time for my Dad to read my Tweets...

Now to be fair, my Dad would have to join Twitter with an acct to read my posts because mine are private from the world at large. How celebrities like Alyssa Milano (whom I follow) doesn't get bombarded by spam and other such things is beyond me. Given that I don't except my father to join Twitter just to read my little posts, I'll be highly increasing my efforts to use Pixelpipe.com here to post both to Twitter and LJ.

Maybe I should be doing this in the reverse order. . . posting on LJ and pasting cutdown urls to Twitter. Hmmm. . .

Namaste

New project dropped in my lap this morning due in one week. It pushes the current bigger project aside/postponement. GRRRR.

I get websites available for me to review daily and there is one that I 99% of the time really enjoy reading the articles posted. Today's is one I agree with across the board. Some the points I already practice intentionally and others unconciously. Enjoy!

http://zenhabits.net/2009/05/creative-inspiration-the-pulse-that-beats-within-us-all/

Namaste

Homoxual - pronounced 'ho-mock-shoe-all'. The new shortened form of 'homosexual'? Heard during BearsInTheCity Podcast #54. Definitely put a smile on my face considering it. *giggle*

I'm only working a 1/2 day today. Part of it has been a team call which is proving frustrating. As I'm trying to reflect, it appears that my mindset does not seem to gel nor communicate well with the rest of them. It's like coming at how to improve a vehicle. The current engineers on one side and consumer on the other. The consumers are telling the engineers why their decisions are not properly impacting the end user. . . . :|

As expected, there is not enough allowable time for me to achieve the current training revamp project goals for at work and as no surprise there is no OT allowed either. Time to suck it up and get on with it.

Presuming from a comment just made to me recently, my mentor at work saved me from being 'laid off' like my team member recently. Instead of me, the other team member was let go. I don't know if it was a situation of 'both' vs. one. I'm feeling a little unsettled and guess I should be glad I remember that today is my mentor's B-Day. Good thing I got a card for them. . .

Tired this morning and I woke up cold. Had to take a hot water only shower to begin warming up - brrr. It's raining outside today - blech. Just submitted a suggestion for 'greening' workplace since it IS Earth Day and we got a company created newsletter with suggestions for making us a better company. They also requested submissions of ideas, so I sent in a quick e-mail explaining that requiring a policy of turning off monitors when we're not at work could save my employer over 3 million dollars a year. *smirk*

Had another strange dream last night. This time it focused on something with Dad helping me as I persued getting a new job which was way more labor intensive then my current one and it was in the industrial manufacturing sector. I'm thinking yesterday's news is affecting me subconsciously. . .