tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660706916750956362.post6155313755568582727..comments2022-06-17T03:11:58.036-04:00Comments on Emblogification Capture Device: Decision By AttritionDavid Prettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11223458627724051713noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660706916750956362.post-78911851438811710902011-04-10T14:29:44.966-04:002011-04-10T14:29:44.966-04:00Forty years ago I was a local community college st...Forty years ago I was a local community college student in the lab technician course, but ended up spending most of my career impersonating an IT worker. Still, I'll probably never forget my assistant Effie singing <i>"Everything is Beautiful, in Its Own Way"</i> while wrapping up a 10-inch diameter ovarian cyst for transport to the histology department at St Martha's in Antigonish. (come to think of it, that was my old histology instructor that I gave the new OHF to yesterday -- he became a lay minister!) Sounds like your strategy might turn out to be more efficient.<br /><br />Incidentally, my poetry arose out of the brain damage caused by one of those early-'70s fellow lab tech students. One never knows what weirdness awaits within the walls of a CC ;-)<br /><br />I would strongly suggest considering concentrating in the documentation sub-specialty, as you can likely already write rings around most of your peers. Your drawing skills might help too; computer documentation can sometimes be in comic book format.<br /><br />I've been out of the loop for a long time, but surely there's some incompletely documented Open Source project out there you could help clean up before September. In any case, best of luck on this!<br /><br />Apropos "screen arts," remind me sometime to tell you about Xmas '06 when my eleven-year-old niece came to Halifax to do a video interview with Bryan Lee O'MalleyJohn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337271384448275952noreply@blogger.com