Well, we all got excited last week because it was so nice out. People were walking around outside with no jackets and everything seemed quite nice.
And then came the snow. Again. This actually was a nasty storm. The wind was horrible. Driving home from Boston was just awful. Couldn’t see anything. My car wanted to slide everywhere. Yuck.
They say this will stop soon. We’re supposed to start Spring next week. I hope they are right. I’m ready to put away the winter jacket for good. It’s not been a very snowy winter but it has been very cold. At least I think so.
And to my California family members - yes, people will use those grills in the snow too. This is New England : - )
All-pajama-weekend is something I highly recommend. Basically, you get into your most comfy pajama-type clothes as soon as you get home after the work week. Then you stay in pajama-type clothes until you have to change to go back to work.
You can change pajamas as much as you like but do not wear real clothes. The point is to not put on any proper clothes or leave the house for the entire weekend. If you can, don’t answer the phone either. Everyone should do this when they get the chance.
My cat, Chuck, is demonstrating the most appropriate all-pajama activity; napping on the couch.
Coldchair is a cop who also happens to be a folding chair. It’s a series that was created by my friend, Glenn, and his friends, Darren and John. In this clip Coldchair chases a bad guy on skis. It’s pretty hilarious.
(This original comedy is created by John Docimo, Glenn DiTommaso, and Darren LaCroix. Also staring John Brindisi, Aaron Whipple and Jeff Brindisi)
Well, I just finished the speaking engagement at the SPC. It was…. OK, I guess.
Basically, my computer had a fistfight with the AV equipment and the result was that the screen resolution was all weird, things got rearranged and the video samples I had didn’t want to play back correctly. UGH.
I’ve had this happen once before and the only way to deal with it is to back away from what was planned and do something different. I guess it is “possible” for the techies to get things working but when you have a room full of people all waiting to hear something interesting and informative there is no time for a game of “lets figure out what it wants”. grrrrr….. technology…… foo.
I haven’t had that happen in a very long time so it was unexpected - and it threw me off. Way off… I ended up talking about my camera and why I picked it while I tried to re-group mentally.
Luckily, I pulled it together after a few minutes. The SoundSlides stuff worked OK and I was able to show Final Cut and iMovie and the some of the other things I wanted to show. I had wanted to show Flash, Fireworks and possibly Photoshop/After Effects too but didn’t want to make my computer die entirely.
So, it was a bit bumpy, frustrating and scary at first but I think I was able to give something that was helpful. That really was the goal all along.
Just when he was getting used to it, the snow has gone.
This really has been a very strange winter. Yesterday there was a mess of slush, ice, snow and very cold rain. Earlier in the week, snow. Today, 50 degrees out there.
I don’t know what’s going to happen next out there but I hope it’s better than that awful slush storm.
