The Diatribe * net

So, I’ve been in my new role for a little over a week now, and I can say, in all honesty, that I’m glad I made the move. I definitely feel as though I can learn a lot from this company and my peers, but also, it’s so great to have a change of scenery. [...]

All apologies for the lack of booty lately.. I have no excuse other than, I’ve been lazy. As you can tell, I’ve not posted in quite a while, but thankfully my fellow comrads have been able to keep the spirit of the Diatribe alive with their wonderful posts. So, after a 3 week hiatus, here’s [...]

Some of you out there have asked me why my updates about Swedish Girl have disappeared.  Even Swedish Girl has asked me this.  For those of you afraid to ask  - no, she hasn’t gotten sick of me yet.  We are still, happily, a couple.  Perhaps, subconsciously, my moratorium was a way to try to coax [...]

I know I live in Massachusetts, arguably the home of the worst drivers this side of…anywhere, but am I asking too much for a little hand?  I’m not foolish enough to ask for courtesy on the road.  That would be nice, but I know better.  I’m not even asking for drivers to use their blinkers.  [...]

As part of my new job role, I’m evaluating current processes and I’ve been looking for steps/workflow graphing tools and I googled for “tool visualize people flow”. I got back some reasonable results, things like “A Prototype Notebook-Based Environment for Computational Tools,” “Graph Drawing Tools,” and “FORMAL MODELING FOR WORK SYSTEM DESIGN”. Down the list, this [...]

I am a displaced Sox Fan.  I have to admit, I’m still not comfortable uttering those words.  It defies logic.  Did I grow up in Boston?  Negative.  Did I endure 28 years (my lifespan) of agony rooting for a team that could never get the job done, no matter how close they came?  Negative.  In fact, [...]

I’m too tired to post — practically too tired to move. This week has been crazy. My brain is a gooie mush. I’m not used to getting up so early and being so perky in the morning. Generally the wheels start cranking in high gear after 2 p.m., so getting up at ~7 a.m. has [...]