Goodbye to old junk...
Jul. 25th, 2007 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThere's this honest-to-Cthulhu credenza in my old downstairs office in Pagosa that I used to store files that, for some reason or other, I thought I'd refer to from time to time. I even had them organized, to the extent that each file folder was numbered and there was a file - now long lost - on my computer that held the keys as to what was in each file.
Needless to say, with very rare exceptions, i.e., when I was looking for something that I knew was in the credenza (course notes to a public speaking course I took, taught by Jerry Weissman, come to mind), the files sort of sat there, and for a while, were inaccessible owing to there being a pile of boxes in front of the drawers.
Well, it would appear Galina brought most of the files to Houston, and I've spent the day putting off important things - like figuring out how behind this one client is in paying me - to go through a few boxes of memories.
What kind of junk have I been throwing out?
Introduction to Knowledge-Based System Technology, by a bunch of colleagues from a former employer of mine.
Writing International Applications for Windows 3.0
National Language Information and Design Guide: Designing Enabled Products, Rules, and Guidelines
Mars Mission Planning and Surface Systems
Borland product fact sheets, some number of which I wrote/revised
A number of drafts of reviewer's guides, white papers, FAQs, etc. for Borland language products (Turbo/Borland Pascal, Turbo/Borland C++, et al.) written by moi
Strange to say, I've also unearthed a number of files that I'm not too keen on parting with (including a 1-inch-thick file of manuscripts that predated my moderate success as a writer on computer topics). There are also a few references that might still be relevant.
Of curious interest are old items of correspondence, such as several letters written to Congresscritters, and a file of correspondence for the year I was a consultant for IBM.
Some items I am loathe to chuck, such as my course notes for a two-day session on C++, taught at UC Santa Cruz by Bjarne Stroustrup himself. (If I had asked him to autograph the notes, perhaps it would be worth something; as it is, all it contains are my scribbled notes, and the contents are likely all available online, so this item is likely a goner once I get my mean streak back.)
* * * I attended what was described as a "summer get-together" last night, sponsored by my best client at the Villa Capri over on the north shore of Clear Lake. Everything went very well, and it's times such as last night that I regret - just a little - that things turned out the way they did in terms of my employment there.
In other news, Natalie brought her friend, Kyle, home last night after a day of hanging out around her favorite Houston haunts. This morning, while I went off to get Yet Another Badge™, they left for Austin, on their way to Pagosa to visit Drew and his family.
My eye just flickered to the clock, and for some reason I am comforted by the fact that it's not as late as I feel it is. Too bad that. Combined with about $3, all the feeling is worth is a latte at Starbucks.
Ah, well. Back to work!
Cheers...
Needless to say, with very rare exceptions, i.e., when I was looking for something that I knew was in the credenza (course notes to a public speaking course I took, taught by Jerry Weissman, come to mind), the files sort of sat there, and for a while, were inaccessible owing to there being a pile of boxes in front of the drawers.
Well, it would appear Galina brought most of the files to Houston, and I've spent the day putting off important things - like figuring out how behind this one client is in paying me - to go through a few boxes of memories.
What kind of junk have I been throwing out?
Strange to say, I've also unearthed a number of files that I'm not too keen on parting with (including a 1-inch-thick file of manuscripts that predated my moderate success as a writer on computer topics). There are also a few references that might still be relevant.
Of curious interest are old items of correspondence, such as several letters written to Congresscritters, and a file of correspondence for the year I was a consultant for IBM.
Some items I am loathe to chuck, such as my course notes for a two-day session on C++, taught at UC Santa Cruz by Bjarne Stroustrup himself. (If I had asked him to autograph the notes, perhaps it would be worth something; as it is, all it contains are my scribbled notes, and the contents are likely all available online, so this item is likely a goner once I get my mean streak back.)
In other news, Natalie brought her friend, Kyle, home last night after a day of hanging out around her favorite Houston haunts. This morning, while I went off to get Yet Another Badge™, they left for Austin, on their way to Pagosa to visit Drew and his family.
My eye just flickered to the clock, and for some reason I am comforted by the fact that it's not as late as I feel it is. Too bad that. Combined with about $3, all the feeling is worth is a latte at Starbucks.
Ah, well. Back to work!
Cheers...
