I just learned, from Kat, that all books come in multiples of 16 pages, and each is called a signature.
Month: October 2010
YES I want cash back!
After a zillion years of using my Digital Credit Union (DCU) card, and thinking that they reimburse me for surcharges from other banks’ Automatic Teller Machines (or ATMs) because I have direct deposit, I learned that they only reimburse up to $5 a month for this!
The answer: If you are not at a DCU ATM (who is? I never am!) then get your cash at the register when you make a purchase.
Actually, now that I am typing this, I seem to remember Sally buying gum and getting cash. Did she already know this???
UsTube
I learned how to post on YouTube and I posted a video from a Taiko workshop with many of the WomenSpiritSong drummers. It was easy – I just followed the instructions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZRN3fSQu8
The first half is people trying to decide where to stand, so if you want to see the drumming, forward through.
Later I will learn how to edit videos!
Selection Criteria
Before you choose where to sit on the bus, stop and notice if some nearby passengers have REALLY strong cologne or aftershave or other scent. If so, keep looking,
Think Again, Missy!
From Lava:
Today I learned that if your son has the day off of school and you think you can still get some work done while he is sitting next to you on the couch practicing his trumpet (3 blind mice), you are sooo wrong.
Yelp to Go
I just learned that the Yelp app on my blackberry is amazing. I don’t even remember how I got it. I think Kat downloaded it in NYC when the browser version was so lame it was unusable.
It finds restaurants near my current location (using cell tower triangulation I’m sure) which would be handy if I could get this bus to pull over for a hot bagel.
I looked up burgers in my town and the first review I hit was by Sally who I think has some kind of yelp jedi level status or something
Wicked cool tool!
Warning Sign
I should have learned by now that if people are talking to each other across the bus aisle when I get on then they are probably going to do it the whole long ride. Lesson is sit elsewhere.
Wedding Lessons
From Kate:
I’ve learned if you don’t want people to take your favorite books, don’t use them as centerpieces at your wedding! Or at least mark them as not for taking 🙂
Also, I’ve learned that if you throw a good party, people will show up and have a great time. 😀
[ and she’s not kidding! what a great party! jane]
Shred Lightly
I learned, the hard way, never to overwhelm a flimsy home paper shredder with a serial shredding job.
First, the thing overheats and shuts down.
Then, it stops autofeeding unless you hit reverse before evert new page.
Then, it ends up being a one-page, reverse-first shredder forever more. Even though it was designed for 5 pages at a time, and the sad label still says so, even two pages at a time are WAY too much now.
Instead, take large jobs to some place like this – cheap and easy! http://www.absolutedatadestruction.com/
Or have a bonfire, like Caren did!
Time Flies
From Liz:
Never wish life would slow down because it will only get faster. (Why is this semester at school already halfway over next week?)
Jane's Lessons Learned 