Moving Day(s)

The past few days I have been moving from one office to another. That’s one of the fine things about working. There comes a time that change is made for better or worse and with that is necessitated moving. Such was my lot this past week.

First thing to move was my computer. In some places one moves to a new place and a computer comes with the space. In my case, I have had the same computer for a long span of years (yes years). I like my old computer. It does what I need it to do. It is set up the way I want it set up with the software I want on it set up the way that I want it. It runs great. I keep it well maintained. (And yes, it runs Diskeeper).

Well moving the computer went smoothly. So smoothly, I decided to add a second monitor. That went quickly but I found that I did not like the how the second monitor displayed (too dark). I got some fast help from our hardware guy and the next thing I knew, I had a new video card in my system. This was fine with me as I did not like the previous video card.

Now the dual monitors are displaying much more to my liking. However, I have now burned a day in the process. I still had all my other stuff to bring over. An now I learned something. We print way too many things especially when we want to pass it on to another. I swear I had a mile of paper sitting here and there. I have no idea how it all fit in such a small space. After getting rid of 7/8ths of a mile of paper, I proceeded to move my 1/8th of a mile paper along with my sponge brain, my wind-up robot dogs, a bowl of candy, and various other items of equal significance to my new office.

Now I had to direct the building guy on where to hang my plaques, certificates, cork board and white board. He got the cork board up and had to run off to handle an emergency.

Meanwhile, I now have my assortment of toys, equipment, supplies and of course my 1/8th mile of paper to put away. I quickly saw that the important papers I brought, perhaps were not so important. So now I am going through this pile of paper and I manage to get it down to 1/32nd of a mile of paper. Wowie! (the shredding company is going to earn their money the next time they are here.)

So I sort everything. File everything. Arrange everything. I am now in business. Again!

However, I notice that for some reason, I have fewer toys that before. Bummer! Yeah, I have work to do, but my to-do list contains in it one important item. Get more toys.

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Is It Good For You?

We all have pet peeves. For some of us it is careless drivers (insert your own name for them here). For others it is noisy kids, or in-laws or nosey neighbors. I must admit I have some pet peeves. Most recently, I have found a new one. It is people who say, “It’s all good!”

Ok, maybe I’m too much of a pessimist or maybe I get too literal. But when someone says to me, “It’s all good”, I often ask, “Oh really, the war in Iraq is all good, how about the kid that just got kidnapped or perhaps the way prescription drugs are being abused by kids and adults? Is all of that GOOD?”

Right about then, someone mutters about what downer I am and it’s just a saying, you know…

You know, they’re right. I have this idea that we should say what we mean and that we can get overly glib about what we say. I guess I really wonder if this new catch-phrase is representative of how we currently close our eyes to what is going on around us. This world is no-where perfect and there is much we can do to fix it starting in how we treat each other. I just don’t think we will really do so if we take for granted what is good and what is not.

There’s lot of good stuff. My kids when they play sports or even better when they mind their mother. That’s good. When high school kids reach out to their neighborhoods and clean them up or help the elderly, that’s good. When people get together to build a house for low income people, that’s good. When my boss’ baby smiles and laughs at me for no good reason. That’s good.

The way that some products really work the way they are supposed to work. That’s good. Like Diskeeper.

See what others have to say about Diskeeper at:
http://www.diskeeper.com/products/reviews/search.aspx

What’s Important?

Seems like I have no idea what’s important any more. As a kid, I always knew what was important to me. Sure it was all focused on me. That’s a kid’s world where everything revolves around them. For a kid, that’s ok.

Well, seems like the House Energy and Commerce Committee's commerce, trade and consumer protection subcommittee hearing has some important stuff to discuss. Is it how to protect the consumer from poorly designed electrical components that kills its' users, or setting up more equitable trade between us and other countries so that our dollars don’t mostly flow out of the US?

Nope. It is college football.

Yep, lawmakers are pressing college football officials to switch the Bowl Championship Series to a playoff series. Orrin Hatch of Utah, put the BCS on the agenda for the Judiciary's antitrust subcommittee this year. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas has introduced legislation that would prevent the NCAA from labeling a game a national championship unless it's the outcome of a playoff system

Any one that follows college football has an opinion on this. If you had a local team you felt should have made it into this series, you probably have a fanatic opinion on this.

But is it important?

Rep. Joe Barton noted that the BCS should drop the "C" from its name because it doesn't represent a true championship. “Call it the 'BS' system," he said.

Am I wrong in thinking that this brouhaha with Congress is the real ‘BS’?

Today's important stories revolve around:

• Congress approves $3.4 Trillion budget
• the Swine Flu (health care)
• a diet aid that kills it’s users (the FDA)
• A war in Iraq
• A war in Afghanistan
• A car maker declaring bankruptcy
• Mexican drug lords moving to New Mexico
• Immigrants push for reforms at May Day rallies.
• Home prices drop 18% in Feb
• Losses From ATM Skimming (capturing data off customers' bank cards at ATMs) Total $1 Billion a Year.

This does not include any of the bigger picture stories that simply did not make it into the news recently.

Maybe there are more important things that Congress could be doing instead of figuring out the BCS. But that’s just me. I obviously don’t know what is important anymore.

Diskeeper knows what is important।

See what Windows IT Pro has to say about why Diskeeper is important: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/49072/disk-fragmentation-more-than-just-a-performance-killer.html

Do You "Get IT"?

I must admit, I don't always get it.

For example, my Dodgers went 1 - 2 to the same Giants that they swept earlier this month. Last night's game was painful for me and my wife. When it came time to switch to the results show for American Idol, there was none of the hesitancy we often feel about switching the game for something else.

However, then we find out that Adam Lambert was on the chopping block with Matt Giraud. So my wife has to spend some suspense filled minutes wondering if Adam will go.

Now if I was going to invest in any of the contestants, my money would be on Mr. Lambert because from my point of view, he "gets it". He understands what show business/the music business is about.

Look at the great artists which are successful over the past 30 - 40 years. They were good or great musicians/singers. They were very good to great when it came to showmanship. It is said that MTV changed the music business because now we saw the artist and the show. You may have loved the album of some artist but you looked forward to the concert and the concerts you LOVED were the ones that displayed the best showmanship.

So Adam Lambert "gets it" and should be the next American Idol.

You know who else "gets it"? Diskeeper does. Diskeeper 2009 is saving time and money for Fortune 500 companies. This is very timely with most companies trying to save money and expenses right now.

Read all about it here: http://www.diskeeper.com/press/releases.aspx?F=2009021801.htm

The Big Story

The Swine Flu is the big news right now. Any other news is taking a back door to this. Of course this is important, but when all is said and done, as far as I can see it is still the flu. If you get it, you do the same things you would do if you had any other flu.

But according to the NEWS, I get the impression that this is not only important, it's IMPORTANT!!!!!
Meanwhile, as we figure out where to get very our own surgical mask, a few other not as important things are happening.

• The House approved a 3.4 Trillion Dollar budget.

• Federal Reserve (who ever he is) said that the U.S. economy is getting worse, but the pace of decline has slowed and the outlook has improved. (Uh??? It's getting worse but the outlook is improved???)

• Five members of Congress and three activists were arrested on civil disobedience charges in front of the Sudanese Embassy on Monday for protesting "crimes against humanity" in Darfur. (Yes our US congressmen.)

• Cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack just off Somalia. (Really pirates? In 2009?)

Some other day these stories might be important but not as important as the Swine Flu!!!!

Oh, and by the way, surgical mask were not created to protect the wearer from breathing in very small particles. But they make a great new fashion statement.

The good new? Diskeeper 2009 can breathe new life into old PCs.

See the Goverment Computer New article at http://www.gcn.com/Articles/2009/02/17/Web-Review-Diskeeper-2009.aspx

Please Maintain

When you get a first new home, you never really understand all that is going to go into maintaining that home. Like cutting the grass or changing light bulbs in cathedral ceilings or cleaning out the rain gutters periodically. None of these jobs are particularly difficult (unless you have a 5 acre lawn). Non-the-less, many of us have had the headache accompanied by not keeping up with these simple tasks. I for one have seen the effects of not cleaning out a rain gutter. Nasty.

Same goes for disk maintenance. Lot of guys say they'll use the built in disk defragmenter that comes with Windows. Yet they either never do or rarely do leaving fragmentation as a real issue. There is an easy answer. Read what Processor magazine said about it here.

http://downloads.diskeeper.com/pdf/Processor-Hands-Off-Defragmentation.pdf

Fishing is looking fairly decent out of 22nd Street Landing. Time for me to go.

First Timer

First time blogging here. I work for a great company that makes the best defragmenter around. I have the best wife and kids. What else could a guy want?

I plan on writing about my work and some of my interests. Like fishing, computers, graphics, basketball, Dodgers (Go Manny Ramirez!).