Foul Ball: into the stands
Fans, chasing a foul ball at C.O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek. Summer of 1998.
Archive for October, 2003
Filed under
Baseball CrankSpace
Picture Show
Posted on
October 26th 2003
(mis)Measures: a Vietnam story
Truth told, neither the CWO nor my TC cared a lot about the errors, except they looked bad in our reports. Both superiors knew I’d made one error and repeated it fourteen times (the double-count was a reporting artifact). They also knew that it would show as 28 errors on the computerized reports, and (near as any of us could tell) those reports were the main method Saigon used to evaluate CommCenter operations. They issued performance rankings based on those counts….
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Bureaucratic Whimsy
Veteran Testimony
Posted on
October 26th 2003
Camera: Olympus Camedia C-50
I got some cash for Christmas in 2001, and earmarked it for a digital camera. What I wanted–a small, smart, high-resolution camera–wasn’t yet on the market for a price I was willing to pay, but it was clear that I’d find one within a year. About a year ago, I went shopping, and found this.
Filed under Picture Show Posted on October 24th 2003
Twenty Six Years
I’m still here….
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Bureaucratic Whimsy
Life's Stories
Posted on
October 24th 2003
Frank Patrick: what he does, and what I do
Somehow it fits with the wisecrack which used to grace this journal’s banner: I kinda dabble….
Filed under Bureaucratic Whimsy Posted on October 22nd 2003
Profiles: you can’t expect a machine to do this well
Now: Build a system on that foundation. Which drivers need attention? How do you identify them? What sort of intervention is appropriate? How do you staff the agency? Where does it fit in the organization? How much of this can you do with a computer program?
Filed under Bureaucratic Whimsy Posted on October 21st 2003
Web Design: a pet peave
A useful rule of thumb: A mouse is a poor data input device. Many users prefer to keep their hands on the keyboard.
Filed under Rant Posted on October 20th 2003
BC Yanks to Dubuque: a Quad Cities perspective
John Petrakis left delightful memories, but his teams were weak on the business side. I’d certainly hesitate before citing them as precedents in this discussion.
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on October 19th 2003
Connections: Margie, IT, and Steve’s VPN access
Then I got sick. I showed up at work last Monday, but left early. Except that I attended a meeting on Thursday, no one saw me again until Friday morning.
Margie handled it.
Filed under Bureaucratic Whimsy Posted on October 19th 2003
BC Yanks to Dubuque: perhaps
Both the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and the Battle Creek Enquirer have stories about yesterday’s press conference in Dubuque….
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on October 17th 2003
