I started an experiment with the last fill up of the tank of gas in my truck. I reset the truck’s trip odometer, and also reset the trip computer in my Garmin Nuvi. After 140 miles or so, the Nuvi is reading a little over 2.5 miles more than the trip odometer. The question is: Which one is right? I guess I’ll have to find a known distance, and reset both of them to see. Something to add to the to-do list, but certainly not at the top.
It appears that the unmotivational posters are being done by someone at work. Here is the latest.
Recently at my place of employment, there have been a rash of “productivity” posters placed around the workspace, with the intent to give helpful advice about how to be a better performer. I just find them insulting. Take this example:
Work early, late, and on weekends and you will get more done!
Another poster, which disappeared prior to me getting a picture of it, mentioned that better collaboration is possible if you wear under-arm deodorant. I’m not kidding.
As we keep scaling back spending at work, I wonder how much they spent on this poster campaign. Hmmm.
Yahoo Autosync must be a low priority item for Yahoo. I am running Vista, and it isn’t usable. Looking at the help page for Autosync related to supported platforms, it is pretty obvious that it isn’t something Yahoo values (or they don’t update help very often):
What are the system requirements?
Currently, you need Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, or Windows XP Home.You also need at least a Pentium Processor, 128MB RAM, and 40MB disk space.
Note: Vista/Outlook 2007 are not currently supported. We hope to have this by the end of 2007.
Last time I looked 2007, and 2008 have come and gone.
I guess I shouldn’t complain. I didn’t pay for it. 
While reading the summary of Oregon’s benefits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, I was amused to see that “slackers” are now a Targetted Group that can be used by a business as a tax credit:
“Under current law, businesses are allowed to claim a work opportunity tax credit equal to 40 percent of the first $6,000 of wages paid to employees of one of nine targeted groups … The bill creates two new targeted groups of prospective employees: unemployed veterans and disconnected youth. … An individual qualifies as a disconnected youth if they are between the ages of 16 and 25 and have not been regularly employed or attended school in the past 6 months.”
Does that mean that we will now see signs outside businesses that say “Slackers Wanted”?
