I just now got caught exploring the ‘interesting’ technical option before exhausting the straightforward ones.. I’m going to call that ‘doing a 530′.

I needed to print at a new location, so I downloaded the drivers, created the new printer (selecting a newly available driver), and printed. But it failed. So after verifying the printer was on and connected, and that the job made it to my print queue, I found that there was a driver file that was corrupt. But it was a postscript file, and postscript is a version of Forth, right? So that’s cool, I can probably edit it to make it work. But just before I started I thought I’d ask someone who printed recently, in case they already had the patched file…
Turns out theres more than one driver – creating the printer using the second driver makes everything ok.

http://xkcd.com/530/

I got up at 11am this morning, uncharacteristically refreshed and ready for the day. Of course, my day was supposed to start 3 hours earlier with a trip to Philadelphia, but hey, who cares about consistency and discipline, right? What difference does it make that I’m not doing what I said I’d do? The only people who are affected are vendors anyway – they need me, I don’t need them. Except for my Aunt who was expecting me at noon. And my  cousin..

Anyway, getting good work done this morning while waiting to connect with potential business parner / contractor for my web work. Also, gotta remember to shop for outsourcing partners and acquire an understanding of the communications requirements from them. It might be good to draw up an outsourcing plan/checklist before I start the real search. And talk to Reno.

I read the other day that procrastination is a response to anxiety.  Not a particularly productive response, but if true, the answer to procrastination is to reduce anxiety. Let’s ponder that for a bit today.