http://scottmcdaniel.org/a/8 I'm not fat...I'm unfit. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://scottmcdaniel.org/a/8#comment-701 TechPedia » Blog Archive » This date in history… Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:36:44 +0000 http://scottmcdaniel.org/w/?p=8#comment-701 [...] A year ago today, my office at work caught fire, destroying over $80,000 worth of laptops, servers and accessories. The fire was caused by a faulty UPS, and despite the fact that we were down for less than 18 hours, the resultant resbuilding and relocation slowed us down for many months. The funny thing is that today, the only eople who remembered or mentioned it were myself and my partner. Not a single other employee mentioned it. In a way, that makes me glad…we have come a long way, and the overwhelming sense of doom and gloom in the days following the fire were soon pushed aside by business as usual. We went from a $8 million company in 2005 to over $40 million this year, all while struggling to catch up and accommodate 60 new employees. It was a tough year, but in retrospect it bumped us into a different tier. One where doing what it takes to get the job done and making smart, fast decisions based on guts and instinct beats out endless meetings and hesitation. It was a good year. :) [...] [...] A year ago today, my office at work caught fire, destroying over $80,000 worth of laptops, servers and accessories. The fire was caused by a faulty UPS, and despite the fact that we were down for less than 18 hours, the resultant resbuilding and relocation slowed us down for many months. The funny thing is that today, the only eople who remembered or mentioned it were myself and my partner. Not a single other employee mentioned it. In a way, that makes me glad…we have come a long way, and the overwhelming sense of doom and gloom in the days following the fire were soon pushed aside by business as usual. We went from a $8 million company in 2005 to over $40 million this year, all while struggling to catch up and accommodate 60 new employees. It was a tough year, but in retrospect it bumped us into a different tier. One where doing what it takes to get the job done and making smart, fast decisions based on guts and instinct beats out endless meetings and hesitation. It was a good year. :) [...]

]]> http://scottmcdaniel.org/a/8#comment-563 sm dot org » Goodbye, old friend… Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:08:46 +0000 http://scottmcdaniel.org/w/?p=8#comment-563 [...] He had his bouts with several problems. There were some problems with his memory, but we took care of those together, as a team. Sometimes he would pass out, lying helpless until I arrived in the middle of the night to revive him. We were close, USMail and I. And then, around December of last year, he had sudden hot flashes. The prognosis was not good. After an emergency operation, his brains were removed and transplanted into another body. Even this body was not perfect though. It was melted on top, and the front of this body was so warped that he couldn’t open his DVD drive. I mean, his mouth. [...] [...] He had his bouts with several problems. There were some problems with his memory, but we took care of those together, as a team. Sometimes he would pass out, lying helpless until I arrived in the middle of the night to revive him. We were close, USMail and I. And then, around December of last year, he had sudden hot flashes. The prognosis was not good. After an emergency operation, his brains were removed and transplanted into another body. Even this body was not perfect though. It was melted on top, and the front of this body was so warped that he couldn’t open his DVD drive. I mean, his mouth. [...]

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