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I seem to have fallen into one of those ruts of not posting because I've got too much to post.

Oh well, what better way out, than one step at a time?

A few weeks ago I ebayed a speakerphone for $100 US. It looked like a great deal; it's one of these. The thing showed up, and it turned out they sent the wrong power-supply. Oops. I was all ready to get annoyed at the seller, but he did all the right things; apologizing, giving me his FedEx account number to ship it back to his company, and promising the replacement part sent just as soon as tracking showed I'd sent the one. Honest mistake, and I checked that the phone powers up, even if I can't use it.

And today I still have the power-supply, because their first choice shipper (FedEx Ground) can't pickup unless all of the paperwork is already filled in; and the seller couldn't make FedEx's website give them a shipping bill for a Canadian address. Grr. I almost sent it to them FedEx air, but realized what forms the FedEx Kinkos folks had given me; that was going to cost them at least $90 CAD. So tomorrow I'm going to ship it Purolator, and they'll reimburse me. Hopefully that will be the end of the saga, and our Quaker Meeting will end up with a decent speakerphone finally.

This afternoon I got a cold-call from a recruiter from Google. But the guy didn't read my resume (on LinkedIn) very well, because he thought I might be able to move to NY or California. Urm, no. But thanks for calling, really.

This evening, a great dinner with

bats22, who is departing for Boston this week. We're gonna miss him for sure.

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You could work here!

Stupid Google.

They didn't hire me, they lose respect! :)

No! He's ours, even if he's not OURS ours, you can't have him!

Stupid HR.

But idawanna work there, you gotta wear Blackberries. :)

I don't respect myself enough to work for google, anyway.

I don't think I have to wear the blackberry. I won't get yelled at if I just left it here, at work.

I use it cause I want to. Cause it's totally crack. :)

Man, I could have just given you one of those for free.

Heh... Which, the power adapter, or the phone? I could see a company ending up with either or both, if they upgraded to the EX or the 2.

In either case, you can be the backup plan if the seller sends me the wrong part again. :)

The phone. :) Someone here bought one once without checking any of the requirements or compatability or anything. We have an all-digital phone system, so you can't use it. It's been collecting dust ever since.

Hah. That's funny; and in a "if only I'd known" sort of a way. ...I wonder what fraction of usable electronics is actually in use vs. sitting in storage closets.

I've occasionally thought there should be a freecycle for businesses. There would be a subscription fee to pay for warehouse space and a few employees to keep things organized.

That's not a half bad idea. I think you'd have some problems with companies offloading obsolete junk, though.