Archimedes' posterous

Archimedes' posterous

Archimedes Trajano  //  

Sep 28 / 4:25pm

Idea: Drive-in grocery

I was driving down home and got this idea. Wouldn't it be nice to have a drive-in grocery?

It could be like Grocery Gateway when it comes to ordering which will end up with some code sent to your phone either as numeric or as a QR Code once it is ready for pick up.

I then drive to the pick up point, enter in my code or show the QR code on my phone or paper to a scanner much like the car wash. Then go to a window and they would have them packed in small bags that I can easily grab from them like McD and be on my way.

This should save us time especially dealing with parking.

Hopefully someone from Loblaws, Metro, Costco or T&T pick this thread up :)

Apr 8 / 8:35am

Providing Context Helps

Yesterday at work, I got the following comment (paraphrased)

Other: You are going to lead the project

Me: OK

Other: Here are the stuff you need deal with:
Task A
  ... description ...
Task B
  ... description ..
   you have indicated that the information provided was complete and you have accepted it.
  ... blah blah ...

Me: I am ok except for the following line:
   you have indicated that the information provided was complete and you have accepted it.

... confusion ensues ...

Me: Ok let me paraphrase what you said:
   Archie had indicated that the information provided was complete and Archie had accepted it.

Other: Ooops.  That part was something I copied and pasted from an e-mail that describes the new work that I got

... LOLs ensue ...

The lesson? Be careful when copying and pasting.  If it has pronouns, make sure you provide the context otherwise confusion and LOLs ensue.
Jan 2 / 11:08pm

Posterous currently not the right one for me

Just tried to see how far I can take Posterous as I had a late night coffee drink at Starbucks earlier. After much experimentation, I found that Posterous didn't really do what I really wanted it to do, though it did the reverse. I wanted Posterous to read my existing feeds and put the data into my Posterous blog. I have already sent an e-mail to the Posterous team to see if they make it possible, that's about the only feature that is missing for me at the moment. I'll just keep http://www.trajano.net/ to Posterous for the time being.