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Author: Davin Granroth

  • Techie error text

    As I logged in to a local coffee shop wireless network, I got this message. I took a snapshot because I thought the error text was telling. Clearly, a programmer wrote it. Else you can always goto following url to logout… Here’s the thing: nobody actually says else and goto isn’t actually a word. And,…

  • Shooting update

    Adam, Andy, and I went out shooting again today. It was a beautiful day for it: just a little windy, blue sky, and up in the fifites, I think. I shot my Clark .45 for the first time in a very long time, and shot some okay groups. There were a few in the white,…

  • New address

    806 Cherry Lane, Apt. 202East Lansing, MI 48823Ph: (517) 355-7937

  • Divorce

    I spoke with Chey on the phone today. She demands a divorce. So, here life pivots. God is good.

  • Nice error text from Gmail

    I like the peronality coming through what would normally be very dull error text.

  • Change in web design is emerging, again

    There is a new kid on the block, and her name is “I’ve never designed with a table in my career.” To her, our old ways often seem strange and confining, and it is within this generation that we will most likely see more departures from what design conventions have emerged in the past decade.Thinking…

  • Transitioning into this job

    I thought I wanted a career, but it turns out I only wanted a paycheck. I read that quote, it was taped to a cash register at Espresso Royale, back in July, about a month into my job as a technology trainer at the university, after having spent seven years producing web sites full-time. Tomorrow…

  • If I owned a Mexican restaurant…

    I was eating at Panchero’s a few days ago and I heard someone ordering a burrito. When the employee asked the customer if he wanted hot sauce on it, the guy said, “Have any super-hot sauce? Something under the counter?” That would be awesome. If I ran a Mexican restaurant like that, I’d keep some…

  • Photo: MSU Writing Center crew from way back

    Chey showed me this picture a day or so ago. I think Jill Pennington (shown in the photo, middle row, second from the right) lent it to her. It was weird to see—it is from a completely different time of life. A good time, but very, very far removed from now. It even pre-dates Chey.…

  • Don’t be passing up good…

    Don’t be passing up good jobs just because you lack the appropriate education. — From a spam message about enrolling for some sort of education program. I guess they are trying to write to their audience’s level.