Archive for the 'Work' Category
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
One thing I’ve been working on the past few months has been inventory control. Not in depth, but I’ve been developing a few things that need greater control. So far, I’ve been entering information by hand, which is a real pain. At Fry’s tonight, I finally found a barcode scanner with a USB cable. Not [...]
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
I’m up way too early this morning. At this point, I’ve been awake since 4:40, way before my alarm went off….. But I did go to bed about 8:45 last night, as I wans’t feeling well. That’s what I get for sleeping on Eastern Time I guess.
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Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Another fun Saturday spent at work! woohoo, 6am to 3:30, watching people clean…. At least Andy came up for lunch today, thanks Andy!
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
Factory Shift: Manufacturers Struggle to Fill Highly Paid Jobs – Los Angeles Times From personal experience, working for several companies, I can only agree that finding a highly qualified person is difficult for manufacturing positions. Particularly for modern, clean, highly automated manufacturing lines, there just are not the people qualified for the job. I’ve been [...]
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Monday, July 17th, 2006
1) Generate form on computer 2) Print form out 3) Scan form. Make sure it’s a little blury, and not centered right 4) Turn scan into PDF 5) Email to people who need to read it. 6) Complain when they don’t read it 7) ???? Angry people with hurt eyes== Profit, right?
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Saturday, March 4th, 2006
Ok. It’s late. it’s 1am. That’s very late for me, even on a Friday night/Saturday morning. But finally, since I started working on it at 10pm, I figured out how to have working effectivity dates in Filemaker. not a big deal? It’s a huge deal. Now I can track my changing costs (such as fuel) [...]
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Sunday, December 4th, 2005
I’ve not written much in detail the past few weeks. A few reasons for that. I’ve been working pretty hard at RSI, taking care of samples and training my replacement. That’s right, replacement. I turned in my notice at the beginning of last month, and I will be taking care of a variety of family [...]
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
So I’m wearing a new pair of pants today. Ok, second day I’ve worn them. What happens? I get glued spilled on them. Just a little dab. I get it somewhat washed out with cold water, but it’s still highly visible. On a pair of new black jeans. Dag nab it. Oh yeah, I got [...]
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
No, the program isn’t wrong. You put the wrong part up there. You put a 36 inch long part and selected a 33 inch program, and you think the program is wrong? argh
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
Ok, quick run down in the Life of Bill. Friday I dropped off the Scouts up at the Firestone Scout reservation in City of Industry. I picked them up on Sunday. They won first place in gateway, and second in overall campsite. Not a lot of competition this year, but they still did good. Friday [...]
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