Kent Fackenthall

  • Tips for idiot drivers.

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    #437 in a seemingly never-ending series Here’s one. If I’m waiting in a line of stop-and-go traffic and you’re waiting to merge in, and instead of waiting your turn, you barge in and almost cause an accident, don’t wave to me with the ‘Thanks for letting me in’ wave – cause I didn’t. You just…

  • Breathe in, breathe out.

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    Just got into work and still reeling from the Social Media throwdown last night. Wow. So much to process. Things I realized/learned. 1. I must download Flock today. 2. Plurk is far better than Twitter. 3. LinkedIn is the new – well – the new something, but if you’re not on it you should be.…

  • Social media makes me want to go outside.

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    I’ve been playing a lot with the social media these days. I’m sure some of you have noticed…I’ve been sending emails and friend requests and all. Twittering. Working the Facebooks and the flickrs. I’ve been trying to employ it mostly to get some networking going on and hopefully drum up some freelance work among other…

  • Mr. Right.

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    Got on the bike to work today – even though it was raining. Nothing is so immediately affirming as that. It’s great to know right away that you’re doing something right and good. Seems these days so much isn’t – or rather provides little or no feed back at all. Lyn asked me to buy…

  • King procrastinator.

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    Had a ton of important things I should have done tonight. Instead I finished my LinkedIn profile, somehow thinking that this would make work magically appear at my doorstep. I even sent out some recommendations to buds to try and spread some love – and work on my karma?. Can you still accrue karma if…

  • Jonesing for the fix.

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    I’ve got no money for ’em, no place to put ’em and no time to play ’em, but damn have I got the jones to play the drums lately. I trolled on kijiji and found a guy here in Fredericton with a nice Pearl Export kit for sale. It was even green. I’ve always wanted…