The Church of the Customer blog had an excellent post on moods in the workplace. a. What is your personal mood? b. Does your team amplify this mood (good or bad) or do they take on their own? c. If there is a negatively amplified mood, how do you deter it? Kids are great examples…

This weekend has been an absolute dream. I can’t express how much I needed it. Work this week was indescribable and I was in dire need of some distractions. We had our Christmas Potluck at the office on Friday. It was a lot of fun! Saturday, we hung out around the house for most of…

It’s a bit on the chilly side here in Minneapolis. I thought it was cool in Austin, but here it’s COLD!!

For My Democrat Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion…

I’m on a mission. I’m looking for a case of Mead Bungee notebooks. I can’t find them anywhere! I just called the Mead customer service line and am waiting to hear from a product specialist. I’ve purchased all of them that I can find and even resorted to having my family buy them whenever they…

Well, I have been on vacation for the past week. It is something that I rarely do, but it was definitely needed. I haven’t spent this much time without physically going into the office in, um, well, ever! Unfortunately, our vacation didn’t play out quite like we had thought. Other than a trip to Dallas…

Today I scored a refurb 15″ Mac Book Pro. In a word — SWEET!! A few things to note: As long as they are available, I’ll never buy anything other than a GLOSSY screen. It is awesome. The back-lit keyboard is a dream-come-true. The mag-safe power adapter has already come into play. What a great…

minivan Originally uploaded by 347. It’s official. We own a mini-van. My wife has been drooling for a mini-van for over a year. Now that we need two carseats for the kiddos, her little car wasn’t very practical. She had been driving my Explorer, however since it is a bit aged, there isn’t any rear…

“That’s the corporate equivalent of Jesus endorsing your sandals.” – Dave Girard http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/parallels.ars

“The master of the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others…