Category Archives: Empire

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Cooking Things: Scones (and Getting to Work from Home)

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Marchbanks

One thing I don’t get from working remotely is to go out and have breakfast or lunch that I didn’t have to make myself, and that gets boring. So I’m making different things—like scones. Continue reading →

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No, it isn’t

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Marchbanks

Life in Austin has not been pleasant of late. Continue reading →

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My writ doesn’t run

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Marchbanks

This afternoon someone from one of our client companies asked (well, demanded really) that I dispatch a replacement battery to one of their end users whose laptop battery wasn’t charging.  The difficulty in this arose because the user is in … Continue reading →

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Empirical changes

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Marchbanks

The effect of which is, I will stop doing what I have been doing for the last three years and do something else instead. Continue reading →

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Dammit, dammit, dammit

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Marchbanks

I overdrew my checking account by $300. Continue reading →

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Feast or famine

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Marchbanks

Fortunately I had other work not requiring the servers to be up. Continue reading →

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Now that I’m sure

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Marchbanks

Now that H-hour is fifteen hours away and I’m certain it’s going to happen, I can say this. Continue reading →

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Top performer

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Marchbanks

Actually, a lot of someones noticed. Continue reading →

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Re-defining the limits of the possible

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Marchbanks

And now I know how many exchanges it’s possible to dispatch in a week. Continue reading →

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It’s been a busy week in Empire Lake

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Marchbanks

Yet more re-defining of the possible in my job . . . . Continue reading →

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