Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Friday, April 20, 2012

Two Things I Don't Understand This Morning

Crazy suit but really nice man
I'm all for continuous improvement and I am an IT person by trade in my other life away from GBR, but I don't understand the constant changes applied to FB. I love FB but I sometimes just don't understand their updating schedule.

Secondly, who on Earth does not "get" the whole "666" connotation? We applied for a bee brand with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service out of A&M land and they gave us a number that ends with "666" and then they didn't understand why we wanted something different. Do you?? Would you want that on every single hive you have? In pictures? At trade shows if we take a hive for display?

On a happier note, happy Friday! Have had a great time with Tuan and family here. Wish it was for longer and that Tuan lived closer. Too much to do and say and see. Not enough time. I sure love him.

Monday, April 02, 2012

Random Thoughts to Kick Off April

Holy cow, it's April!!?!?!! What the heck am I in, a fast-forwarded time continuum? If you actually know about time continuum, please don't leave me comments about how I used this incorrectly. The rest of us know what I mean. I think. Thanks!

RT #1
I'm about to sound old but I can't believe how much memory you can get onto this cute little itty bitty stick. I remember when I bought a 1G stick for Mark about four years ago and it cost a little over $100. Yes. True. And now? 4 mobile gigs can be had for as little as $30 on sale. Wow.

Cutest flash drive ever

RT #2
I am pretty sure we used to have recycling pick-up here in Seguin but I can't swear to that. Anyway, I am just happy there's a place we can TAKE our recycling ourselves. So what it's only open 9-1pm Tuesday through Saturday. So what it's nearly impossible for me to work full-time and GBR and get recycling to the center without making at least four trips. So what I rode around with a TRUNK FULL (seriously, the man was sufficiently surprised and impressed I didn't toss it all) for over a week and unloaded it all to load Trade Days stuff and then reloaded all the recycling. Today I took it all in and was rewarded for my efforts.

City Recycling Center

I saw this hanging on one of the poles in the recycling center so I had to take a picture; I mean, what a welcome it provides, right? The man told me it's his mascot. Okay then. It really does a lot to add to the ambience - what with the fenced-in, barb-wire parameter and all.

Whoa! Seen at our City Recycling Center

RT #3
Bees don't live long typically, though it depends on the time of year. Spring time - maybe a few weeks because they literally work themselves to death. Pretty impressive. In winter, they might live longer a month or two I believe. So when they die, I wonder if it's like our old age. Do they just slowly run out of juice? Do they fly away to do some foraging and then just run out of juice out in the field? Is it quick or slow? Not sure. I've seen dead bees in the hive as well now and then but those typically get carried or pushed out by the maid bees, as I call them.

Poor bee - her time was up

RT #4
I have an iPhone 4S and I love it because I can keep myself current on all the social media (SM) I need and then some. I do the SM for GBR most of the time - I love being connected! More on that later. Anyway, the phone's "S" stands for Siri in case you don't know that (why would you know if you don't have one, right? I didn't for a while.) so that's what I call my phone. Siri has a great camera (8 megapixel, great for when you don't want to lug around the gigantic, aching-shoulders Nikon) and a big attitude. SUPPOSEDLY you can do voice commands and she tries to help you out. I once asked Siri to find me rest areas during a drive to Florida. After many attempts, she gave me a nursing home and a cemetery. Nice. Last week I switched her to an Australian accent just because I've always liked the sound of an Aussie. Well, unless you also speak with the accent, she understands you even less than a US English "accent." Oy. That Siri. I switched her back to regular vanilla. Boring. But at least she got my reminder right. For once.

Siri sets a reminder correctly

I'll stop here. My random thoughts could go on for a while. I hear we have a huge storm coming tonight and that tornadoes are in the Dallas area already. EXCITMENT!! This is one of the wetest springs in a long while!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Random Thoughts for Wild Wednesday

Storing tidbits of things

I don't remember when exactly I started this but so much for my attempts at Random Thoughts Manic Monday series! I had a weird brief migraine both Monday and Tuesday afternoons. So glad today I nipped that pinched neck feeling in the bud before it escalated again. I think it's work. Lord knows a steel mill in spring (with pollens everywhere) doesn't help. Or the old. musty buildings. Away from work I have been just fine.

RT 1: I love Pinterest. It inspired me to move some of my stored tidbits of "stuff" into recycled food jars rather than plastic containers. Sooo much nicer to look at when things are in glass jars! Yay.

In the blink of an eye, the queen was gone.

RT 2: Raising bees is sometimes like raising children. Young children. As in, don't take your eyes away for even five seconds! Because the next thing you know, they've vanished. Sadly, this happened to one of our new queens. Mark had just uncorked her cage and looked away to get the sugar cork. He took his eyes of her for like 3.5 seconds and forgot to put his finger on the opening. Poof. She's gone. Nowhere to be found near the hive or on the ground so she must have flown off. Sad. I was sad. But then I got distracted by something else so the sadness disappeared. :)

Grocery iQ app for iPhone

RT 3: I love this grocery app. It lets you make your grocery list by typing in your items or scanning in a barcode. You can then add it to your Favorites if it's something you might want to buy again later. Pretty snazzy. I loaded it on Mark's phone also and we can see the same list in case one of us gets to the store without the other one. Very nice. I'd like to find an app that will do that but also have the weekly menu planner also. I found some fee based ones but I always search the freebies first.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

I App'ed My Tacos

Fish tacos at Clear Springs

Is it possible to be in love with or addicted to an app?? I L-O-V-E Instagram! It is so fun and I love the different looks that the filters create out of one shot. Sigh. It's a real close call as to whether I love Pinterest or Instagram more. lol And I have enticed another friend onto Pinterest. :) I knew she'd love it. She's hooked.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Shazam!

I just love this app. It's awesome enough to tell me what I'm listening to...but now? Now it also gives me the words at the right time so it's like I have my own karaoke machine. Lol...without the crowd. I love technology. Good and bad. All of it.