App: Oscar’s Renamer

This little application has come in handy countless times at my job.  With this app you can view a directory of files through a text editor, and from there you can quickly rename your files, because you don’t need to right click (or press F2) each file to edit the file name.  The program has a search and replace, but it’s very basic.  The majority of the time, I end up copying the file list in the text editor window over to ultraedit or excel, do my changes there, and then paste the modifications back to Oscar’s Renamer.

http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm

Today the work Cafeteria served noodle soup, y se me antojó.  Pero, I decided that I wanted to eat chicken noodle soup instead.  So after I got back from work, I went to Stater Bros., and purchased the ingredients required by a recipe I found on allrecipes.com.  As I write this, the soup is simmering, and will be done in about 10 minutes.  My poor tripitas estan gruñendo de hambre!

NEETS

In my downtime at work, in order to prevent from going insane from boredom, I’ve decided to learn more about electricity & electronics.  Currently, I’m about halfway through the first module (1 of 24) of the United States Navy Electricity & Electronics Training Series (NEETS).  From the website:

Written by, and with the advice of, senior technicians in these ratings, this series provides beginners with fundamental electrical and electronic concepts through self-study.

As mentioned in the website, this stuff is really easy to digest.  Almost all of the concepts I’ve learned so far have stuck pretty good to my head.  My favorite part, so far, has been learning about how electricity works, and the different ways there are to generate it.

I have two alarm clocks in the bedroom.  Am I just sad for spending an extra 3-4 minutes synchronizing the clocks with each other?

I want my MPG

I always laugh when I see automobile billboards that say something like, “From LA to SF on a single tank of gasoline.”  This bit of information is pretty much useless without letting us know how large is the gas tank.  What I’d like to know is though, how many suckers actually fall for this.

Difference in Coke Taste

I know there’s a difference in taste between Coke produced in the U.S., and Mexico.  The U.S. Coke bottlers use High Fructose Corn Syrup, and Mexican Coke bottles use Cane Sugar.  But I’ve noticed that there are differences in taste depending in what type of package you purchase it in.  As far as the U.S. bottled Cokes go, the best tasting Cokes come from aluminum cans, and McDonald’s soda fountains (McDonald’s being the best tasting out of the two).  The worst tasting, for me, is Coke from the individual-sized plastic bottles.  For some reason it just feels like it has a bit more syrup than the Coke found in other packages.  It just tastes too damny syrup-y for me.

Edit: I found this page right after posting: http://ask.metafilter.com/23785/good-question-for-the-great-taste-of-soda

Carpooling

Starting Monday there’ll be a total of 3 people in the carpool.  Now I’ll be saving around $100/month, since I’ll be using less gas.  Plus: less wear-and-tear on my car; less driving; and time saved.

Today there was a high of 100 degrees farenheit.  This crazy weather got me to google the following:  “fan versus air conditioner,” which led me to this neat article on wikipedia:  Windcatcher

I found somebody to carpool with, and I can’t believe she lives a couple of blocks away from me.  All this time I’ve been driving like a sucker, wasting money on gas.

It’s almost July, which means I’ll have been at my job for a year now, and that means it will be time for my yearly review.  I hope I get a raise.