Rants
Work Frustrations
I wrote the rant below and hesitated to post it. I decided that I would after editing it to remove any mentions of the name and location of the company and any employees I mentioned in the previous draft. I will not divulge any of that information in this or any follow up posts or […]
Websphere Everyplace Micro Environment For Palm
I was trying to get something to work on my Palm Centro last week and found that I needed to have Java installed. Unfortunately Palm and IBM stopped supporting Java on the Treo/Centro product line about a year ago. The last time I ran into this problem was when I wanted to install Opera Mini. […]
My Crazy Morning
I had an interview set up for a 3 month consulting position this morning at 11. Google Maps told me it would take me about 24 minutes to get there. I actually left home at about 10 to take into account that the trip would probably take longer than Google told me and that I’d […]
Why Credit Cards Are A Bad Business Model
I was canceling one of my credit cards the other day and the guy on the other end of the phone kept trying to woo me into another card from the same bank. I had held the card for over 14 years and paid on time every month so I’m not surprised that they were […]
NJ Tax Rebate Woes
I was reading in this morning’s paper that the state of New Jersey has pushed back the deadline for filing for property tax rebates until October. (It had originally been August 15.) The reason was that people are having problems out the forms. As a New Jersey home owner I filled one of these forms […]