Tag Archives: 'work'

• NL

  Just now, via work IM… reyonthehill: Holliday was traded. reyonthehill: St. Louis for three players reyonthehill: National Leaguers co-worker: saw that this AM. It was in the works since opening day, as far as i’m concerned reyonthehill: I didn’t realize the NL was still in business. co-worker: yes, still in business co-worker: apparently, letting pitchers [...]

• If the IRS was on Twitter

  In a wide-ranging, long-winded, semi-work-related IM conversation with a coworker this afternoon, I floated the idea of the IRS on Twitter… @IRS you suck balls @IRS where’s my money? @IRS you just got fooled. thanks for the refund. #fail Be sure to follow the White House and Social Security, you know, if you have the [...]

• Workdress Wednesday

  Nearly two months ago, I scribbled an idea on the white-board in my office. Not a virtual one — an actual physical white-board with different colored markers on a tray along with an eraser that never seems to wipe the board clean. It read Workdress Wednesday. I threw in a dot-com just for kicks. In [...]

• .xlsx

  Thanks to the wonderful engineering minds at Microsoft (who pleasantly thought that changing their omnipresent file extensions were (1) a good thing, and (2) in desperate need of an additional ‘x’), I get to have these types of work-related IMs… reyonthehill: are you using xls or xlsx co-worker: xlsx reyonthehill: me too co-worker: cool reyonthehill: [...]

• Lectures

  Work IMs make the day… Co-worker: hows it going? reyonthehill: it’s good to see you are still alive Co-worker: yeah they decided to hole me up out in the field office again for a while Co-worker: I was kinda pissed when I wasn’t able to make those last two seminars reyonthehill: yea, it pissed off [...]

• Same Shirt?

  I know this is a lame excuse, but I have been so busy these past two weeks, I am not sure if I wore this shirt two days ago. I guess I’m relying on whether or not anyone notices, but what would they say if they did? Hey, didn’t you wear that shirt two days [...]

• View From My Window

  The view from my office window is the Berkeley Hills, and right now, there is a small brush fire along Highway 24 near the Caldecott tunnel. The fire — which currently lies directly downslope of a series of condominiums — started around 11:30am, and helicopters have been swarming and pouring water for the last hour. [...]

• IM I’m

  An interesting clarification was needed during a work-related IM (just right now)… me (9:29:50 AM): i’m unsure me (9:29:54 AM): im Amber me (9:29:58 AM): IM amber me (9:30:02 AM): i’m not Amber me (9:30:10 AM): but you should instant message Amber That was close.

• Conference Calls

  I will be in Sacramento all week for the GEESD conference, which happens every ten years, so this is pretty much like our Woodstock. Only with more beer. What is GEESD, you ask? That is a great question. Let’s start with the acronym. The ‘g’ stands for geotechnical, the ‘e’ stands for earthquake, the second [...]

• Moving Day

  Today is moving day at the office. Our servers will be shut-down in t-minus forty-five minutes. I’m hoping there is a free wi-fi in this building; I’ve got too much shit to do. I guess I could work without the internet, but what is the fun in that?

• Berkeley Summons

  I just got back to the office after a couple hours spent at Berkeley for the annual GeoEngineering seminar. (I only stayed around for the first lecture since it involved my current work.) In a roomful of a hundred or so alumni, four of them were my former bosses. I understand that this industry makes [...]

• Dearest Geobears

  Keeping tabs with the class, updating the folks on the mundane ins and outs of daily life of engineering. Anybody down for a little bit of in and a whole lot of out? Maybe some In & Out? Dearest Geobears, I would like to wish everyone a prosperous new year. I hope everyone is enjoying [...]