This evening I attempted to help my wife upload data from her $9000 insulin pump to the crappy Java driven web app on Carelink.medtronic.com that she has to use to extract her data from the pump. I was greeted with the error screen above..
Medtronic is blocking the …
So, about that theory that by mostly quitting Facebook I’d write more here… I have been sending an email newsletter every week though.
A lot has happened since my last post back in September. The big news is that we have bailed out of the Washington DC area rat race …
Over the past few months my morning routine when checking Facebook has been to scroll through the “On This Day” posts from previous years, and delete everything that is not a photo or remembrance of me doing something fun with friends or family. It turns out that I don’t even …
Cleaning out my home office this weekend uncovered the 1984-1985 telephone directory from Kwajalein Missile Range, which was home from 83-85 (junior/senior years of high school). My parents must have saved it and somehow it ended up in a box of stuff with me.
A few things I noticed …
I spent Labor Day laboring on the trail. I’m kidding of course. A bad day on the trail still beats a good day at work. Nothing at Hiking Upward was grabbing my fancy, so I created my own hike. I started at the Beahm’s Gap overlook just north of the …
A late August weekend that feels more like early October drew me to the mountains today. I did the Jones Run – Doyles River hike, which leads past two waterfalls.
The hike starts at the Browns Gap parking area in Shenandoah National Park. I started south on the Appalachian Trail, and …
There is type of post that seems to be particularly popular on LinkedIn. It’s generally written by a salesperson or recruiter (same thing really), and the post is a rant about how rude some prospect or candidate was in rejecting their offer. The comments quickly fill up with other sales …
As has become tradition, I posted an anniversary haiku.
Venus got her temple
Gorbachev got arrested
and I got you babe.
As of this posting, I’ve got over 60 likes on Facebook, and not one comment on the haiku. I worked in Roman mythology, cold war history, and, Sonny and …
With Google getting more and more picky about ignoring websites that don’t use SSL, I went ahead and added a SSL certificate to ODonnellWeb. I think the whole exercise is pretty damn silly. There is nothing non-public on the site, and no opportunity to login or otherwise share any sensitive …
This is a nice 7 mile out and back on the AT, with really nice views to the west at several points along the way, and the spectacular 270 degree view at Mary’s Rock as your reward at the turnaround point.
I did this this hike on Saturday July …
