when you're bored and anxious...and many of them are actually useful
The new company is hitting some delays getting the purchase order through its system — so, until further notice, I am at leisure. Pfaugh. I want to earn money, dang it. I definitely want to be able to start with my new medical benefits in June, not July…so I’m really going to push to work at least one day in April.
That said, yesterday I puttered around on the web (only this time, from the comfort of my own home) and found some cool resources.
Open Source as Alternative lists open-source (often free) software programs that can be used for the same purposes as popular closed-source software. I looked up alternates to Visio (which is about $250 for a full personal edition), and found some other tools that I can try for creating flow diagrams and org charts.
I spent time looking through all the various blog carnivals, and found several active ones to try out: Carnival of Good Stuff, all the good stuff that makes our lives and the lives of everyone around us better; Observations on Life, he weirdness and funny bits of life; Carnival of the Odd, another collection of the obscure, amusing, and outre; Coffee and Tea Festival, showcasing industry news and shop talk; Doing It Differently, showcasing innovative, creative, twisted, or entertaining ways of getting things done; the Friday Ark, a longrunning carnival featuring peoples’ pets (or pets’ people); Let the Sunshine In, an interreligious listing the miracles we all experience every day; Mondayitis, with tips, posts, and humor to make Mondays less agonizing; Memory Lane Monday, a collection of memories of our lives; Positive Thinking, a carnival about thinking positively and / or beating depression; and the Top Ten Lists Carnival, which is pretty much what it sounds like.
Finally, while surfing through all the carnivals: I found the Carnival of Chocolate (for chocolate recipes of all kinds) and its wonderful home page, Chocolate Recipes that I Love. This can go along quite nicely with Chocolate Gourmand, a site run by a former co-worker of mine who distributed samples at Christmas. Mmmmmmmmm…good stuff! He posts all his recipes and many techniques.
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