Went to yama for sushi, Amy’s treat!
Girls shopped for shoes and makeup after, while I scoped out Barnes and noble / gamestop in Annapolis. Returned home, watched still more it crowd, then I won at settlers of catan by a hair.
We played about 15 hands of we didn’t playtest this at all and this either, and victories seemed fairly distributed, though I did get to poke Allison and calculate prime numbers while doing rock paper scissor.
Tiniest farmers market ever at Calvert memorial, but we got lovely baked goods and veggies from the Cox family ( white oak farms )
Amy trounced us at hanging gardens, Allison won both games of lifeboat.
More it crowd, season 2 after van went home
While I hung out in the parking lot gabbing with Van.
Then went to third eye, art store, and more it crowd during pizza dinner at home to play munchkin bites, Amy won!
1. Do you have a “day job”? Are you moonlighting?
Depending on your needs, you’ll either be comfortable with someone who is only available part time, or you’ll need someone who is committed to providing tech service full time.
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Determine what size business the consultant is most experienced in dealing with. Signing on with a consultant who works mostly with large companies might mean he has great experience working with many PCs and employees, but it also means he’s used to companies with bigger budgets than yours.
4. Does your company specialize in any particular products and services?
Find out what software and hardware the company specializes in fixing, installing, and maintaining as well as the service vendors it might work with. Also, discover what types of technology they shy away from.
5. Does your company resell products, such as hardware and software? Are there any other vendors, such as ISPs or telephone companies, that your firm acts as an agent for?
Signing up with a reseller could put you in a position of only using the products they’re selling. Working with a true consultant, however, you’ll be able to shop for your choice of products and services.
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Discover what kind of work is billable vs. non-billable. Also, ask how much the firm charges for travel time, phone support, e-mail/online support, and remote support, and whether there’s an increased charge for after-hours emergencies.
7. Can you provide references?
Ask the consultant to discuss long-term and more recent accounts with you to help get a better sense of his experience and abilities. Also, ask about those clients who didn’t work out and why they didn’t work out. This could reveal any potential pitfalls of a relationship with the consultant before you sign on with him.
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What is new today can be old tomorrow, so it’s important that the consultant you work with knows about the latest tools and trends. Find out how the consultant keeps up with technology. Does he attend regular programming classes or certification classes regularly?
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The more handholding a consultant the more money he makes. Ask the consultant whether or not he would be willing to train you or someone else internally to become more self-sufficient.
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Besides understanding the exact services you’ll be paying for, you’ll also want to know what type of overhead is built into the consultant’s rate structure. This way you’ll get a good feel for whether you’re paying for fancy cars and posh office space or working with someone you feel you’re getting the most bang for your buck from.
Sometimes I’m the hulk, sometimes I’m the bear.
Slept in
Anne Marie gardens fairy homes pictures
Ruddy duck tasty food mahi tacos fries, rud light, lmd server
Roland
King of Tokyo
Ice cream with in-laws
Woodpecker, fireflies!
Warm bodies movie, excellent.
It crowd introduced to Amy
Touring
Amy arrived!
BHK vacation!
Plaza Mexico with margaritas for the gals
Sushi roll, Allison wins 5 games soundly, though Amy is a snap-fiend
Smash up,Allison’s dinosaur wizards barely defeat my cyberpunk ninjas and Amy’s fairy bear cavalry. 15 to 14 to 11
Gifted hp lovecraft mansions of madness boardgame!
Pic via bhk
Verizon sucks. Need to replace my phone, Prince Frederick totally unhelpful upsellers.
5 guys dinner with van and bhk, good times, slippery floor
Wal-Mart tolerable, trick bhk and van into thinking couple next aisle over reviewing condoms, it’s curling irons.
The prehistory of spaceflight is filled with mad scientists. Some of their work led directly to the development of space exploration…others had a much weirder destiny. Such was the case with Robert Condit, who built a rocket in 1928 that he planned to fly from Baltimore to Venus.
By Ron Miller (io9, 5/2/2013)
Condit’s spaceship was a 24-foot-long bullet made of angle iron and sailcloth. It was constructed with the aid of brothers Harry B. and Sterling Uhler of Baltimore—-where the launch was to take place.
Apparently Condit, described as a “Miami chemist”, had built an earlier rocket in his home state. His goal had been Venus then, as well (the rocket was to have been guided to the planet by “polarized magnetic controls”).
The Baltimore rocket was fueled with 50 gallons of gasoline with eight steel pipes for engines. The several layers of sailcloth that covered the rocket were impregnated with varnish making an airtight shell “as brittle as glass.”
More here at io9 – http://io9.com/the-great-baltimore-space-program-of-1928-453865828
Tummy much better, head less throbby, but not 100% yet.
Blueberry smoothies help. I think. Some side effects, still – tmi below.
Internal gut pressure periodically pesky.
Other news, got our check cards back, can’t reactivate Allison’s without her appearing at the bank, but I did mine ok.
Stuck in my head, double earworm mashup – rednex vs psy.
pains in gut, headache, not eating anything. Cranky baby Scotto just gonna sleep.
