Friday, June 17, 2005

Kudos from the Big Cheese Earlier this afternoon, I received a call from one of the Directors here at work.  Apparently, there was a nice new Dell Axim X50V which was needed for our CIO.  He was giving a presentation at a retreat the President of the University and his Cabinet were attending.  The presentation was at 1:00 PM, and I was brought the PDA at about noon.  Even better, the PDA was new--just arrived fresh from Dell.  So, I had to actually assemble it--put in the rechargeable battery and get it plugged in.  For a little background, I have gained a reputation as a "PDA Expert" of sorts.  When I first started working at Maryland, I had one of the early color Windows-based PDAs--a Casio Cassiopeia E-100.  I got it working with our calendaring software, and I got the reputation for being good with PDAs.  As a resule, any time someone important needed some help with their new gadget, I would get the call.  Today, they wanted to get it working and connected to the Internet.  I got it working in my office in all of 6 minutes, and I informed the CIO's assistant that it should work.  I showed her how it basically worked--a 5 minute tutorial--and some web sites that could be accessed.  I also said if there was a problem to let me know.   With that, I ran off to run an errand and get some lunch.  I got back to the office, and I had a voicemail from my CIO's assistant.  She was passing along the message from our CIO to me.  He wanted to make sure I received his thanks, as the presentation went off without a problem and the PDA worked great.  I am now all warm and fuzzy as a result.  Of course, I would not mind a new PDA, like the one I just setup, as thanks, too.  :-) 3:14:06 PM    comment []  trackback []

Ohhhhh.....That's nasty. As Cleveland once said on Family Guy, the engagement of Tom Cruise to Katie Holmes is just plain nasty.  Nothing like a 42-year-old man engaged to a 26-year-old, especially when the man divorced Nicole Kidman.  No offense to Katie, but I think that's a stepdown.  What was the thought process in Tom's head?  I imagine it went something like this: Let's see, I divorced a beautiful woman who has won an Oscar and been nominated for another.  Now, I am dating a nubile young woman who has really not been in anything notable except "Dawson's Creek." I will get engaged to this new girl, since she is shorter than my ex-wife.  At least the difference in height won't be so bad.  Show me the money! Choosing Katie Holmes over the hotness that is Nicole Kidman?!?!  INCONCEIVABLE!  10:56:26 AM    comment []  trackback []