Entries from February 2008

February 6, 2008

What are you doing for the next hour?

Every now and then I get weird impulses when making videos.  Get your minds out of the gutter.  I mean that sometimes an idea just pops into my head from nowhere, takes hold and I have to follow through with it.
The idea I had the other day was “How long could I make a video [...]

February 3, 2008

The pumpkins that ate Mr Angry

I am possibly the worst gardener in the world.  The most successful vegetable growing I have ever done was a few years ago when some potatoes and tomatoes started growing out of my compost pile.  Now it’s happened again.  We set up a little garden in the backyard and planted NO pumpkins.
The pumpkins apparently took [...]

February 1, 2008

Don’t waste time negotiating with psychos

A little addendum to my post yesterday about workplace psychos.  Don’t waste time thinking you can change their behaviour.  It’s that old story about the frog and the scorpion – it’s what they do.  Most workplaces have some sort of conflict resolution process in place and if you get dragged into one of these with [...]