In Brief: Atlanta & WOWerPoint and Programming
Brief Updates:
- Went to Atlanta last week for watch the DCI semi-finals. Ate some nice Cuban sandwiches from a little grocery store near Ga. Tech (Kool Korner). Visited some great little places and got to hang out with my best friend for the first time in years. I’ve known this guy for over half of my life….
- I also got to hang out with my other best friend, you know her/you love her, EvD..of the dearly departed site, Oblogation. She had one of the best ideas for a Powerpoint, basically cutting up musical bits to relate to the slides. “American Woman” as the music for the sexual harassment slide, Skynard’s “What’s Your Name” for new employee orientation…although my suggestion of Devo’s “Whip It” for the corporal punishment was quickly vetoed. We would download songs and just crack up about how this would work. It was honestly one of the best times I’ve had in a long time.
- I’m working more with AJAX technology….it’s really not bad. I have a few enhancements here, that when time finally allows, will be interesting to say the least. We’re using it heavily with both our new consumer site and our new portal….using it with Java and .NET and plain old HTML. I should point out that I am not a “real” programmer, I’ve picked up pieces along the way. I’m a little scared, but my boss has signed me up for a Java struts class, so maybe I’ll have more programming education coming my way.
August 5th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Mr. Ramirez makes the best damn Cuban sandwich I’ve ever had. I think I had my first one 15 years ago, and it’s been too long. Hungry now…
August 5th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Yes he does! He was in the back of the place when some fellow Cubans came in to say hi.
My friend who took me there, said that this was the first time he’s been there when there wasn’t a line out the door. It was a Saturday and we could get our sandwich, some plantain chips and a diet coke quickly and still have a place to sit outside.
August 6th, 2006 at 10:26 am
A Cuban photographer I assisted for when I got out of school turned me on to Kool Korner. He said they weren’t “just like mama used to make” … they were better.
It used to be that the only decoration on the wall was a painting of the Statue of Liberty. I was in the one of the first couple of days of July one year, and a Ga. Tech student asked Mr. Ramirez if he’d be selling sandwichs on the 4th of July. He got very serious, and said “Oh, no. That is a very special day, and we will not be open.” Having escaped Cuba, he appreciated this country in ways we probably can’t imagine.
The man used to fret over raising the price of his sandwich from $3.50 to $3.75. I told him he could charge $5 and still have a line out the door … “Oh, no, the students could not afford so much.”
I have tremendous admiration for that man. He’s as genuine as they come.