Ok, here are some “tall tales” from the life of BSW – one didn’t really happen to me, but the other three did. Story #1: It’s my birthday when I was a youngster, and someone close to me gets me two shirts, one blue, one red. The next day, I put on the blue shirt […]
The Blog
Toast Masters First Speech (first rough draft)
So, I joined ToastMasters here at USPS a few weeks ago and I have to give a four to six minute “Ice Breaker” speech to my fellow Toast Masters in a few weeks time, telling them who I am, etc. Here is what I plan on saying, I’m sure I’ll be editing it a bit. [believe it […]
Daily blogging – life experiences – just start doing it!
Sometimes, I share the most boring stuff, which book I just finished reading, which movie we just saw, which TV series/season I just finished. Other times, I wear my heart on my sleeve, writing about feelings, friends, work, etc., and it seems i tend to knock it out of the park on those occasions (go […]
Friendship
Friendship. It comes in so many different ways. You may have worked with them, or known of them while working at the same office, but may not have had a whole lot of interaction with them at the time. Then, something happens, one or both of you lose your jobs (at different times), and […]
Software Engineering class
FSM (finite state machine), DFD (data flow diagram), PND (petri-net diagram), lions, tigers, bears, oh my. My head is swimming. Actually, I am getting most of this, and have been using some of these methods during my career (partially or otherwise), but, NOT consistently. Need to work on that! My class team of four met […]
Phase One of Scenic Ridge Development Effort
In the Fall of 2006, I purchased a “Woodland Scenics” model railroad kit called “Scenic Ridge”. This kit is N-Scale (they also have 2 HO-Scale kits). The kit has many, many components in it, but basically can be put into two categories: Various foam pieces and landscaping materials such as grasses, rocks, and bushes. The […]
Computer Programmer vs. Software Engineer
Last week, I posted a short entry on my blog about “computer programmers”, “software developers”, and “software engineers”. One of my friends (and, myself, many years ago), thought “aren’t they the same thing?” [If you don’t like to read long winded articles, please skip this one]. Here is a quick generalization, with which you should […]
Life at USPS
A colleague created an enhancement, and it was put in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) Environment yesterday, and he then left for vacation for a week – oh, and it’s scheduled to go into production this Sunday. He asked me to “test” it since the end users didn’t really know “how” to test it according to […]
