Categories: "Personal"

Return from UT Tyler

Much of my blogging ceased when I started back to school in 2008. There are some, but few, entries between 2008 and 2012. Now, I have a little more freedom to write, and with a much improved platform in b2evolution, writing will be easier to do.

To be continued..

Book break

August 22nd, 2012
Today I got another break from the books. Yesterday I mowed our grass and did a little yard work. Part of that work involved getting the chain saw out and trying to use it. The chain was dangling when I started so it wasn't surprising when it came off.… more »

Ducks in a Row

July 25th, 2012
For the past few weeks I have been working to get all of my on-line resources in order. I'm continuing to update my resumes posted across the Internet; I have moved my blog material here; and I have changed from saltatoria.com to tylerhosting.com as my… more »

On Music

July 12th, 2012
Not my music I've been questioned about my musical tastes on many occasions. Although I am well past 40, I enjoy much of the music of more recent generations.   One person earlier in the year was quite surprised that I liked listening to Saliva's "Cl… more »

Patriot Jobs follow-up

June 20th, 2010
Since the last post on this blog, and the last post on this subject, things have changed. The UT Tyler job site, PatriotJobs now uses software by NACE, which is much less bug-ridden. Still there is less freedom in navigation, and the superfluous natio… more »

Patriot Jobs

January 18th, 2009
In an age that is increasingly replacing in-person services with on-line services there are mixed responses. Some are welcome while others are not so much. One of the biggest problem is the adoption of digital services that do not work correctly. For… more »

What kind of person are you?!?!

January 15th, 2009
That is essentially the first thing my Organizational Behavior instructor wanted to know. Our first class assignment is to take the Myers Briggs Temperament test, and write up a summary of the results. The test is a collection of 72 Yes/No questions, no… more »

MySQL Selected for Database Design Class

January 12th, 2009
<posted on it-toolbox.com> I returned to school today for the first day of the new semester, and it seems reason has made a breakthrough. As many of you know, institutions tend to favor the more respectable software packages, and not necessari… more »