Job-hunting sucks. I can work eight to nine hours every day preparing résumés and emailing them (or, in rare cases, snail-mailing them) to various places, and it feels like the more I send out, the less I hear back ( Read more... )

I was going to write something on a completely different topic, but as I've come across an insurmountable lack of confirming information on which to base my conclusions, I'm going to let that drop. Instead, I'm going to join a large number of other bloggers today and write about how I feel about HR 3261, the "Stop Online Piracy Act ( Read more... )

The job-search process has become decreasingly personal and increasingly frustrating. The combination of the two is a direct result of so many employers switching their recruiting process completely to online systems and services. Long gone are the days when one can walk into a potential employer's place of business and hand a résumé directly to a ( Read more... )

My email got hacked by spammers. Google shut off my account after about nine or so emails went out, some of which got auto-bounced by their intended recipients. I was able to re-access my account in short order, and have changed four passwords in various places to keep spammers out of where they don't need to be. I've also started work on ( Read more... )

Thanks, danicia...this made my evening, especially since I'm on Wikipedia's Counter-Vandalism Unit (go, me?).


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Of all the cast members of Firefly, only Summer Glau has a Bacon Number higher than 2.

Just thought someone might like to know that...

*poof*

I'd like each and every reader of this blog to go take a look at the image Ralph Lauren doesn't want you to see.Seriously. I don't have a problem with touching up photos for advertising, but that one is so far over the top it's painful. And to issue a DMCA Takedown Notice on it is even more laughable, since it's obviously a fair use of the image ( Read more... )

I wondered why my phone hadn't "bonged" at me a half dozen times this afternoon. Now I see...according to Slashdot, Twitter has been getting pounded by a DDoS attack. Facebook and LJ are, reportedly, also getting hit ( Read more... )

Looks like Twitter had some issues yesterday. Or LoudTwitter did. I'm not sure which ( Read more... )

No 'Net connection from work last night, so I couldn't check email or review any of my routine sites. I couldn't even get a good weather forecast for today.

And right now I'm too sleepy to try.

Later, y'all.

*poof*