Let's try sharing from Google+ a different way. The method this time was to open the linked article in Chrome and use the browser's sharing function. This again only shares a link but at least it's not a dead link walking. The other disadvantage is losing the commentary from the Plusser from whom I found the article, in this case Mitch Wagner, one of a few individuals I'll want to keep following after Google+ shuts down. There's really no good migration path here and it's a major failing on Google's part.
https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190201
Kendrick the Red
Gaming and Scouting and other stuff I do.
Monday, February 18, 2019
Sharing is caring
About Me
Google+ is shutting down and the Help community on Google+ is just endless September about it. Owing to that shutdown I've decided to migrate back here to Blogger. This requires a bit of cleaning up as Plus features are deprecated and removed. It might not be going smoothly on Google's part. As you can see in the right column there lives an "About Me" as a profile gadget. The links there, however, are pointing to Google+ and not staying on Blogger or my comprehensive Google account profile page.
Trying Something New
I'm trying something new regarding the impending Google+ shutdown and that is to share to Blogger and use Blogger's labels to reproduce my Plus collections. I can already see where this is going to fail because the share is a link back to Plus, which means is will disappear in April. Oh well.
https://plus.google.com/+AndresSoolo/posts/PRR2UF39HvA?_utm_source=1-2-2
Friday, April 14, 2017
Don't Talk about the BOM
[Director] and [Division Chief] were walking through [major city] Airport discussing the bill of material for [facility] the directorate was engineering. A bill of material is a detailed sheet of all the parts needed for a project. It includes unit prices, quantities, part numbers from both manufacturer and vendor, etc. Since this was a big facility, this was a very large spreadsheet. Too big to actually print out; you had to have a laptop just to keep track of the whole sheet. Near the security checkpoint, the director says to division chief (or vice versa, reports vary), "Leave your laptop out and we'll work on the BOM on the plane."
They did not make their flight. When they were next allowed to communicate, every employee in the organization received a directive email, effective immediately and punitive, to scrub all references to "bill of material" and its acronym from all publications and replace with "List of Material (LOM)."
Now this story has to be true because it's been a decade since I've seen anyone use "bill of material." It's always "list of material" now.
Friday, February 17, 2017
Boom Goes the Cement Anchor
In an office where I used to work, installers were working downstairs on the floor below our offices installing hangers into the cement ceiling above their heads which was also the floor beneath our feet. Which was thinner than they anticipated.
That's an office chair just off camera |
It's interesting from an archaeology standpoint. I'm always fascinated by the history of old buildings so seeing all the layers of flooring was like a look back through strata. That debris is the result of a drill bit coming up almost underneath a coworker. The incident caused a lot of very important people to make very concerned faces while inspecting the area for damage. Like I said, this isn't the part of the day you want to be exciting.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Thumb's Up
The culprit |
Normally I'm much safer with blades, having been using them for so long. Guess I need to rip a corner off my Totin' Chip card.
Sharp dressed man |
The result |