Helpdesk in the Scriptorium
(hat tip: Steve Rickaby, who posted it on framers this morning)
Note: Safe for work, but you might want to set aside all beverages before proceeding.
Food & fun
Our best shot at a Winter Wonderland
As of this afternoon, the snow is melted, but I justed wanted to prove that we do TOO get snow in North Carolina.
Oh, and that green stuff in the background? Those are daffodil shoots that started coming up last week during the heat wave.
Party Time!
Here at Scriptorium, the party is just getting started. 2007 is our tenth anniversary year, and since we’re always looking an excuse to celebrate, we plan to have an anniversary announcement every month. Or perhaps the first ten months.
Or when we get around to it.
Look for our January anniversary announcement later this week.
And if you have any suggestion on celebratory goodies for customers, please let us know in the comments.
Pre-New Year’s Resolution
Remember, Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7 is currently available as a secured PDF through the Adobe Document Center. Access will expire at year-end.
To access the book, click here. For access details, read Alan’s original post.
Holiday slowdown…if only!
Most years, we slide into the holidays gracefully. Around Thanksgiving, we are busy, but by mid-December, we’ve delivered our end-of-year projects and are beginning to kick back for the holidays.
Not this year.
I’m not sure exactly what happened, but we have several projects due in January, and there is no slowdown in sight.
(Over the years, I’ve come to count on a slow couple of weeks around the end of the year during which I can finish up some long-term planning. This year, I will apparently be going to Plan B…when I figure out what that is.)
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of maple syrup
Wednesday evening, I detoured from XML 2006 in Boston up to Nashua, New Hampshire, for a presentation at the STC Northern New England chapter.
(Thanks to Char James-Tanny for providing transportation!)
Traditionally, presenters are given a jug of maple syrup. Yum. I love maple syrup.
But sadly, the TSA does not permit maple syrup in quantities greater than three ounces in your carry-on luggage. And I don’t check luggage except under extreme circumstances. (And transporting maple syrup doesn’t — quite — qualify.)
My thoughtful hosts, however, decided to give me maple taffy and maple cream cookies instead. Much appreciated.
Note: Cattle prods and throwing stars are permitted in checked baggage only. Good to know before my next on-site class . (And no, I am not making this up. Look under “tools” and “martial arts & self-defense items”)
