Blog Archives

Research Journals

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

If you are working on a long-term project and need to do research on it, it’s a good idea to have a research journal. That’s a journal where you record where you searched, what you looked for, and what you…

Tagged with: Active, archive, arrangement, bones, data, decision, History, images, index, indexes, journal, journals, office, OneNote, places, product, records, reference, Research, research journal, Scrivener, series, solution, surname, text, tool, word
Posted in Family History, Hobbies

When Computers Attack

Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

When computers attack, they can do a lot of mental harm. They can do physical harm as well, if they are the right kind of computer in the right circumstances, but I’m not talking about those. I’m talking about the…

Tagged with: Avoid, battery, boot, clients, computer, computers, data, desk, files, gremlins, locks, maxim, Microsoft, mischief, office, person, product, products, reboot, suite, tension, threats, upload, version
Posted in General Opinion

Automation

Posted on Sunday, November 4, 2012 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

People automate too many things. It’s not always good to automate, because machines are not good at making decisions. I once read an article on job hunting that said that often companies create a program that scans resumes to narrow…

FFL: The Special Treat

Posted on Sunday, September 2, 2012 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

From: Agent Pica To: Mr. Whiskers at HQ Date: 2 September 2012 Subject: The Special Treat They offered me a special treat today. I don’t know what it was, but it was some kind of dairy product. I know I…