MY DAY: 1 Jan (Thursday, New Year’s day) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 22F, cloudy, snow on the ground in most areas but the roads are clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Morocco trackway. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 45. APOD: Vela supernova. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Ann Coulter: liberal legal hoaxes. Web crawl completed at 1:53. Lunch: brisket @LCB (A). Read FYEO for 26-27-28-29-30-31 Dec. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: pirates. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 34 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: Spammers. BBS. Marketing. Customer Service. For the Glory. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. Other: Sent Simone the stuff for Hailing Frequencies.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 04:50 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 Jan (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 28F, cloudy, what’s left of the snow is packed snow and patchy ice. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: New Jersey. BBS: 24. Forum: 0. Out box: 49. APOD: heart of Orion. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 2:29. Lunch: BBQ @ BF. Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: pirates. Email: Overnight spam 132 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 800. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: Spammers. BBS. Marketing. Customer Service. For the Glory. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. Wrote the Big News for Hailing Freqencies.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 04:50 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 Jan (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 11:10. Weather: 27F, overcast, we had 2-4 inches of snow over night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 19. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: old Apollo photo. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: pork steak at Texas Roadhouse (A+). Exercise: walked Wolf in the snow. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Chupacabracon. Email: Overnight spam 623 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 804. Events: Alicia, the cleaning lady, braved the storm to come clean up the office. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: Spammers. BBS. Marketing. Customer Service. For the Glory. SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system. Did the Space Spider scenario for FC and gave it to Steve Petrick to do the SFB version.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 05, 2015 - 06:53 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 Jan (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4:45. Weather: 25F, clear skies, snow is melting even with temperatures below freezing. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtle. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: Saturn-ring-moon. Lunch: Leanna cooked stew. Email: Overnight spam 59 plus 38 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 805. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clean up my desk.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 05, 2015 - 06:54 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 Jan (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 28F, clear skies, all of that packed snow has largely turned to ice. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Top ten. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: nebulae. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: pasta @ Cheddars (C). = Exercise: walked Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: pirates. Starlist: requests done 15846. Email: Overnight spam 50 plus 73 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 811. Events: Staff meeting to synchronized appointment calendars. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: Glory, customer service, spam defense. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction, CL51 fiction. Other: Cleared Tony T to send Orions for ACTASF-2.1 to playtesters.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 02:47 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 Jan (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 28F, clear skies, sun is melting the ice on all but northern shadow sides of buildings. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: KT impact in June? BBS: 14. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: stars of M31. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 2:45. Lunch: roast beef @YB (B). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: FedEx. Starlist: requests done 21237; updates received 55403. Email: Overnight spam 70 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 815. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: Glory, customer service, Checking FC ship cards, proofreading Communique, spam defense, discussing ways to proceed with CL50 fiction to avoid burying the reader in dry political science background. SVC work: Primary: CL50 Day of the Dragon, scenario for Communique #109. Other: Got nine FC cards ready for reprint, more fixes to ACTASF. 2500: waiting on SD7 mold. SmapRo: did the contract for the ACTASF ship roster cards.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 02:48 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 Jan (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 19F, cloudy, snowdust flying around but no accumulation. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Siberian mammals. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: pillars of creation. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 3:07. Lunch: Linn’s Chinese buffet (A). Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter for EU. Starlist: requests done 60941. Email: Overnight spam 57 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 821. Event: Leanna called a meeting to discuss budgets and the need to get a backup system and new computers. SPP work: CL50, Klingon Master Starship Book. JES work: checking ship cards, Glory book, customer service, marketing. SVC work: Primary: Communuique, FC ship card reprint. Other: ACTASF ship roster card contract, Haircut. 2400: got notified of a snow delay in the inbound shipment. SmapRo: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 12:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 Jan (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 26F, sunny, there is packed ice on the north side of every building but bare sidewalk and streets otherwise. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: could T-rex jump? BBS: 21. Forum: 6. Out box: 52. APOD: pretty dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:40. Ann Coulter: DeBlassio. Web crawl completed at 2:30. Lunch: steak & eggs @PCS (A). Exercise: took Wolf to Elwood Dog Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 82 plus 70 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 821. SPP work: CL50, Klingon Master Starship Book. JES work: Proofreading Glory, CL50, marketing, customer service. SVC work: Primary: CL50 Victory article. Other: budget numbers for the year.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 12:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 Jan (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 28F, cloudy but clearing, still serious patches of ice (packed snow) on north sides. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mexico. BBS: 18. Forum: 3. Out box: 59. APOD: galaxy NGC1097. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 3:00. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A++). Exercise: walked wolf around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: IndieGoGo. Email: Overnight spam 133 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 815. Events: Staff meeting to finalize the 2015 budget memo. Plans Update: Jean checked and reported that the Omega PDF playtest pack had sold 130 copies and that FC Omega Attack should become a valid candidate for the fourth single-sided countersheet in Fall 2015. SVC continues to have doubts as the minimum run is 1,000 counters and 300 cards. Cards can work with those sales numbers but counters are problematic. We could sell 300 copies and still lose money due to the unused counters, but it is interesting to look at. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50, budget meeting. JES work: Budget meeting, uploading PDFs, final parts of Hailing Frequencies (tomorrow), customer service. SVC work: Primary: budget numbers. Other: ACTASF planning memo for book two, three, and four. Quick survey for the potential for a FedComm Early Years playtest pack.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:39 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 Jan (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 32F, sunny, still some idea in the northside shadows. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 20. Forum: 4. Out box: 50. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 1:32. Lunch: pork @ TRH(A). Exercise: took Wolf to the dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: web design. Email: Overnight spam 30 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 824. Events: Paul Franz reports that 17% of SFBOL has been converted to 3rd Generation. Simone posted Communique 109 and Haling Frequencies. SPP work: Klingon MSSB, CL50. JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading. SVC work: Primary: Finished communique 109 and sent that to Simone to post. Reviewed reports on Klingon ship roster cards for ACTASF. Other: Did the THIS WEEK blog for Jean. SmapRo: Posted My Day files. Reset the Office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:39 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 Jan (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 5:45. Weather: 54F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: eggs. BBS: 17. Forum: 3. Out box: 60. APOD: cataclysmic art. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 7pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork chops Exercise: took Ramses hunting and walked into three Walmarts looking for stuff they were too incompetent to stock. Email: Overnight spam 65. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clear email.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:39 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 Jan (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 23F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Osteichthyan. BBS: 17. Forum: 4. Out box: 60. APOD: planet crash game. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: pasta with shrimp @ Appleby’s (B). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Email: Overnight spam 117 plus 52 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 830. SPP work: spent the entire day doing QC of a huge shipment of 2400s. JES work: Helped QC the huge shipment of 2400s. Did publicity for HF and Comm. Blogs. SVC work: I spent the entire day doing QC of a huge shipment of 2400s.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 Jan (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 23F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dinosaur size. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 60. APOD: soap bubble nebula. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: turkey @ Furr’s (A). Exercise: walked Wolf around the block. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 126 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting on mold for SD7. SPP work: QC on 2400s. Klingon MSSB. JES work: QC on 2400s. Wrote a blog and uploaded the rest of the blogs. Proofreading CL50 and Glory. SVC work: Primary: Several more hours checking 2400s; I think the total was 3,700. Other: Tried to answer days of email I never had a chance to answer. I answered an old PD question about rank insignia and reviewed a PD adventure. 2500: There is a shipment of these on the table to be done tomorrow.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 Jan (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 33F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Erpetonyx,. BBS: 16. Forum: 3. Out box: 61. APOD: random starscape. Web crawl completed at 5:30. Lunch: seafood fettuchini Alfredo @OG(A). Exercise: walking from the parking lot to the doctor’s office. Email: Overnight spam 121 plus 57 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 832. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Proofread Glory. SVC work: First annual checkup with a new doctor, an all-day event. I think she’s writing a medical journal article about me, but it does appear I may live another decade, at least.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 Jan (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 38F, sunny blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 62. APOD: worthless skyline. Ann Coulter: free college. Web crawl completed at 2:21. Lunch: steak @ Logan’s (C-). Read FYEO for 1-2-3 Jan. Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 10/10 left handed. Starlist: updates received 95503. Email: Overnight spam 77 plus 116 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 825. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: QC 2500s. Proofread Glory. Prepped CL38 for upload. SVC work: CL50, Updated chain of command chart, QC a big shipment of 2500s, X2 stuff.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:40 pm: Edit MY DAY: 16 Jan (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 43F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaurs. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 61. APOD: old news, Titan landing. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Exercise: quarter mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 97 (not one legit email, wow) plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 818. SVC work: CL50 fiction, cap guide update, generic sheet for PDF packs.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 Jan (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 49F, blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Xinjiangchelys. BBS: 21. Forum: 5. Out box: 69. APOD: comet. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: taco salad @LF (B+). Exercise: walked Wolf 1/4 mile @ dog park. Email: Overnight spam 48 plus 58 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 816. SPP work: CL50, Klingon Master Starship Book. JES work: spammers, glory, capguide, customer service. SVC work: CL50 fiction, SFU History book.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 Jan (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 5pm. Weather: 54F, clear skies. Daily Routine: APOD: Galactic core in infrared. Dinos: Orientognathus. Email: Overnight spam 89. Events: Jean and Leanna cooked a Thanksgiving turkey feast as part of a new schedule of monthly social events. Ramses and Wolf had their second meeting and it was all the humans could do to stop war to the death from beginning. Ramses was so upset by the dog that he broke out of an escape- proof yard to hunt down Wolf on a walk. JES work: Got some sad news about an old friend. SVC work: I just came in for a couple of hours to clear my desk. I dabbled a little in the new Star Fleet Universe History book, doing 1% of the work to create it.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 01:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 Jan (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 48F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Houornis. BBS: 18. Forum: 5. Out box: 70. APOD: Orion in infrared. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: pizza @575(D-). Exercise: took Wolf to dog park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Games in NYC. Email: Overnight spam 45 plus 120 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 839. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB. JES work: Customer service, marketing, prepping files for PDF uploads. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. Other: Reset the office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Dab of work on the SFU History Book.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 Jan (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 45F, blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Aetosaurs. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 61. APOD: astroid Ceres. Jigsawdoku 2:06. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: sandwich @McA(A). Exercise: walked Wolf half a mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 55 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 842. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, Hydran MSSB update. JES work: Uploaded JagdPanther 12 and publicized it, worked on ship roster packs but these were blocked when we discovered missing ships, organized PDF upload schedule. SVC work: Primary: Tried to work on CL50 fiction but Jean interrupted me to get ACTASF-1.2D ready for upload. 2500: discussed production issues. SmapRo: caught up posting MY DAY. SFUH cleaned up the timeline to Y40.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 Jan (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:44. Weather: 38F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Cartorhynchus. BBS: 13. Forum: 5. Out box: 70. APOD: ion trail of comet Lovejoy. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 4:04pm. Lunch: salmon and rice @LCB(A). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 64 plus 109 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 830. Events: Expecting bad weather, we can to town with plans to leave early if we had to. The watermain was blocked two blocks up the street so we had no water all afternoon, but we have seen this before and have water stored for flushing. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, Hydran MSSB update. JES work: Customer service, marketing, proofreading. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. Other: Absent any further reports I sent ACTASF-1.2D to Jean to upload. SFUH: timeline through Y120. SmapRo: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 Jan (Thursday) 2015 We woke up to an official 11" snowfall and declared a snow day for the safety of our employees. Dinosaur list: Hyperodapedon. APOD: rocket launch. Lunch: Leanna (having bought supplies in anticipation) cooked her famous chili.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 Jan (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 36F, sunny, the roads were clear and the snow was quickly melting.. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Stephen Andrew Czerkas. BBS: 12. Forum: 3. Out box: 69. APOD: astronaut stuff. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 5:30. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B). Exercise: walked Wolf. Industry mailing lists: Recommended printers. Email: Two days of spam 297 plus 104 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 830. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: PDF uploads, customer service, spambots. SVC work: Primary: extracting zip files to complete the ACTASF ship card packs. SFUH: completed formatting of the timeline elements, started on aBHotGW.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:28 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 Jan (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 38F, clear blue skies, the snow is melting. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gorgetosuchus. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 74. APOD: Cygnus A. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: pizza (C+). Read FYEO for 4 Jan. Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 61 plus 47 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 822. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: Uploaded PDF of Klingon ship roster cards and publicized it, customer service, battle groups. Simone work: Covers for pdf uploads (Ship Rosters, Captain's Log #38, and D3); BBS Backup; a small shopping cart fix (corrected two images that were in the wrong place); sunk a couple of dozen pirates. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. SFUH: worked on adding HofGW. Other: Assembled the Klingon Ship Roster Pack so Jean could upload it, then did all of the others.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:29 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 Jan (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3:40. Weather: 48F, sunny, melting. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Cardiocorax. BBS: 17. Forum: 5. Out box: 77. APOD: solar eruption. Lunch: Leanna cooked burgers (A+). Exercise: briefly walked Ramses through what non-snow areas we could find. Email: Overnight spam 43. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 827. JES work: Posted a missing blog. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. SFUH: Added more GWH stuff. Other: I did the THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:29 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 Jan (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 52F, sunny, still patches of snow many places. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Uberabatitan. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 831. APOD: stupid skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 5:05. Lunch: sandwich at McA(A). Exercise: walking Wolf at Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 166 plus 47 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 831. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: Marketing, facebook, customer service, proofreading, preparing PDFs. SVC work: Primary: nothing, constant interruptions. SFUH: finished importing and editing A Brief History of the General War.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 08:30 pm: Edit MY DAY: 27 Jan (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 60F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Qijianglong. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 75. APOD: magnetic field of galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Exercise: took Wolf to triangle park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Germany, UK, Canada. Email: Overnight spam 100 plus 99 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: Uploaded Romulan roster to DriveThru and publicized it, dealt with spammers and fake people, uploaded Captain’s Log #38 to Warehouse 23, started prepping SFB Module D3 for upload. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. SFUH: Added Andromedan War history through Y200.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 05:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 Jan (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 57F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Elmisaurus. BBS: 27. Forum: 2. Out box: 76. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 4:44. Lunch: brisket, corn, green beans @LCB(A). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: shipping to Europe. Email: Overnight spam 147 plus 149 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 839. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: Started trying to fix the online text catalog; continued trying to fix the cap guide; proofread the new Fiction Writer’s Guide. Fixes to ACTASF ship rosters, uploading CL38 and publicizing it. SVC work: Teeth cleaning appointment. Primary: fixed to ACTASF-1.2D. SFUH: all data from CL48. Other: After some interesting technical issues the final ship roster pack (civies) was completed. SmapRo: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 05:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 Jan (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 48F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks in Italy. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 76. APOD: asteroid near miss. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Ann Coulter: student loans. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: sandwich and baked potato McA(A). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: layoffs at WOTC. Email: Overnight spam 207 plus 102 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 840. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: Fixed ACTASF roster cards (F-K-R-Z) and reuploaded them. Uploaded CL38 color SSD pack. SVC work: Fixing ACTASF roster cards (D5W, Burke, BCNJ, London, Deathdealer; Fed-Klingon-Romulan-Kzinti mobile bases). SFUH: CL#47.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 05:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 Jan (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 38F, gray cloudy skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: birds first? BBS: 25. Forum: 2. Out box: 72. APOD: useless skyline. Jigsawdoku 3:05. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A-). Exercise: took Wolf to Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: printers. Email: Overnight spam 138 plus 155 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 842. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, revision of Hydran MSSB. JES work: Uploaded CL38. Re-uploaded ACTASF ship rosters with the fixed ships. Fixing more ships. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF fixes, CL50 fiction. SFUH: CL46.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 05:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 31 Jan (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 42F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: eggs. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 72. APOD: W33 star forming region. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: sweet & sour chicken @LCB(B). Read FYEO for 5 Jan. Exercise: Walked Wolf a little in the rain. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: technical writer. Starlist: requests done Italy; updates received 80110. Email: Overnight spam 51 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 835. SPP work: Took a well-earned day off. JES work: Got SFB module D3 uploaded. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. SFUH: Captain’s Log #45. Other: Reset the office management system, posted MY DAY files, and wrote the THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 07:02 pm: Edit MY DAY: 1 Feb (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4:20. Weather: 42F, nice breeze. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: extinction. BBS: 18. Forum: 4. Out box: 79. APOD: colliding galaxies. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: steak, potatoes, peas @L(A). Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: clipart. Read FYEO 6 Jan. Email: Overnight spam 86 plus 38 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. Events: Somebody reported a problem in the Gorn ship cards that nobody had noticed in a year of testing, editing, proofreading, developing, and actual playing. Is there no end? JES work: Fixed and reuploaded Fed Roster. Uploaded Gorn Roster. SVC work: HoSFU: formatting Kzinti history. Other: cleaned up my desk for Monday.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 07:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 Feb (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 39F, mostly clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Koshisaurus. BBS: 27. Forum: 3. Out box: 76. APOD: seas of Titan. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 2:17. Lunch: club sandwich @McA(B). Read FYEO for 7-8-9-10 Jan. Exercise: 1/2 mile walk with Wolf at Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: clipart. Email: Overnight spam 106 plus 86 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. SPP work: CL50, Fed MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Fixed the bad Gorn DN roster card and uploaded a revised Gorn roster pack. Blogs for the week. Found lots of mistakes (some of them significant, others only Jean cares) in the Orions, Tholians, and civilian ships (both book and cards). Then Jean found "Only Jean cares about mistakes" on almost every card (point-blank, multi-hit; every armed cutter is wrong). SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: integrated Kzinti history. Other: Inserted corrected Gorn DN into the Gorn roster pack.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 07:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 Feb (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 40F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: osteoderms. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 73. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: riblets @APBs(a). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: charity. Email: Overnight spam 88 plus 116 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 843. Events: Day of the Missing Comma Prank. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL50, Fed MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: fixed Orion roster cards; uploaded Orion roster pack, publicized it. Started work to get the Tholians ready to upload. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: entered Bisalia survey. Other: Replaced the Orion ships in the roster pack.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 07:05 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 Feb (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 54F, mostly clear. By noon it had dropped to 31F and was cloudy and windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 26. Forum: 3. Out box: 73. APOD: stupid skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: salmon and rice @LCB(A). Exercise: walked Wolf around block. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: charity. Email: Overnight spam 77 plus 137 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 849. SPP work: CL50, Fed MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Got Tholian rosters ready for upload. Checked other rosters for mistakes to fix next week. Customer service. Blocking those kitchen spammers from the forum (again). SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: CL#44. SmapRo: customer requests. Got a haircut.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 08, 2015 - 06:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 Feb (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 23F, cloudy, cold. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: body mass of early birds. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. Out box: 73. APOD: M104 Sombrero galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Ann Coulter: idiot candidates, immigration. Web crawl completed at 10:37. Lunch: baked fish @F(B). Exercise: too cold. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 20004, 44060, Toronto. Email: Overnight spam 132 plus 164 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 852. SPP work: CL50, Fed MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Fixing ACTASF roster cards, uploaded Tholian roster cards and publicize them, sank a pirate. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: Integrated Gorn history. Other: SFBOL cards. Fixes for ACTASF roster cards.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 08, 2015 - 06:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 Feb (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 51F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Elmisaurine. BBS: 26. Forum: 3. Out box: 79. APOD: moons of Jupiter. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 4:32. Lunch: BBQ@BF(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 165 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. SPP work: CL50, Fed MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Uploaded CL10 to DT/WV. SVC work: Primary: C50 fiction. HoSFU: CL#42. Other: images for SFBOL.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 08, 2015 - 06:49 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 Feb (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 52F, mostly sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dino Hunt Canada. BBS: 19. Forum: 5. Out box: 80. APOD: rubbish. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: pulled pork @TR(B). Exercise: 1/2 mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: reviewers. Email: Overnight spam 74 plus 71 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 852. Events: Party for the anniversary of Wolf’s adoption. SPP work: CL50, Fed MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, proofread Communique, spambot attacks, fixed the CL36 card pack. SVC work: Primary: Communique 110. HoSFU: CL41. Other: images for SFBOL.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 Feb (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2:45pm. Weather: 72F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 82. APOD: pillar of Carina. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 5:54pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked pork chops. Read FYEO for 11 Jan. Exercise: 30 minute walk with Ramses. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 34 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 836. JES work: Spambots, customer service. SVC work: Primary: Did the THIS WEEK blog; reset the office management system. HoSFU: CL#40. Other: Sent Matthew five SFBOL3G images.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 07:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 Feb (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 60 blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 17. Forum: 3. Out box: 80. APOD: layered rock on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: French dip sandwich. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: publishing LARPS. Email: Overnight spam 90 plus 130 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 842. Events: our page on FaceBook passed 2500 friends. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Ebay pirate. Blogs. ACTASF checklist. Fixed PDFs for every civilian roster card for acta. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: CL39. Other: sent Jean three blogs. 2500: we ordered more of two Gorn ships that have sold well.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 01:51 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 Feb (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 8:40. Weather: 54F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sonora. BBS: 12. Forum: 3. Out box: 82. APOD: solar filament. Jigsawdoku 2:53. Web crawl completed at 9:48. Lunch: turkey and vegetables @Furrs (A). Exercise: 1 mile walk (longest ever) with Wolf at a new place, medical park upper lake trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter fulfillment models. Email: Overnight spam 138 plus 240 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 831. Events: Simone uploaded Communique 110 and sent out the Hailing Frequencies newsletter. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Uploading Civilian ship roster pack for ACTA and publicized it. Updated CL36 color SSD pack. Final items for Hailing Frequencies. Started making fixes to the Romulan ship roster pack. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: CL38. Other: inserted revised cards into Civvies Roster Pack and sent it to Jean. Sent Jean the word docs for the 12 Romulan roster cards that need fixes. Did two graphics that Petrick needs to finish the revision to the Hydran MSSB. Chatted with Matthew at Mongoose about Traveller. Finished Communique and sent it to Simone, worked with Simone to make final changes & release it.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 07:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 Feb (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 40F, cloudy, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: apatadon. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 81. APOD: M100 spiral galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: seafood fettuchini Alfredo@OG(A). Exercise: about 100 feet in the cold wind until Wolf found an acceptable weed. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: free commercial use fonts. Email: Overnight spam 201 plus 173 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 827. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB, completed the Hydran MSSB Revision. JES work: Publicized newsletters, handled bounded emails. Worked on the Romulan roster cards. Found a mistake in the civvie pack BATS that seems to be a PDF artifact. Uploaded the revised Hydran MSSB. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction. HoSFU: CL37. Other: revised Comm-110 to fix the drone control error. Starline: Discussions with Bruce Graw about a new source for molds.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 07:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 Feb (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 40F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Allosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 83. APOD: colliding galaxies. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Ann Coulter: bad-mouthing somebody I never heard of. Web crawl completed at 10:49. Lunch: Grilled chicken @ Malcombs (A). Exercise: 1/4 mile walk, Wolf, duck park. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: updates received 48820. Email: Overnight spam 138 plus 275 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 838. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB. JES work: Revised Romulan rosters, fixed civilian BATS roster, resolved the plasma-D crisis on the roster cards, Wrote ad copy to upload R11. SVC work: Primary: CL50 fiction, got past the bombing of the planet scene. HoSFU: CL36. Other: Updated Jean’s Romulan roster pack so it can be updated tomorrow.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 07:19 pm: Edit MY DAY: 13 Feb (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 54F, blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 10. Forum: 4. Out box: 84. APOD: northern lights. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile with Wolf at Sam Houston park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Kickstarter. Starlist: requests done 58601. Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 170 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 834. SPP work: CL50, Klingon MSSB. JES work: Updated Tholian roster cards. Updated some of the Federation roster cards. Uploaded Module R11 SSD book. Deleted and blocked spammers. Uploaded Romulan roster pack revision. SVC work: Primary: CL50 story. HoSFU: CL35. Other: Assembled Jean’s revised Tholian roster cards and sent her the revised pack. Sent Jean the requested Fed roster files for updating.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 07:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 Feb (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 1:30 (stayed 30 minutes). Weather: 60F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sinosaurus. BBS: 12. Forum: 4. Out box: 84. APOD: portrait of solar system. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 1:57. Lunch: riblets @ Applebys. 30 minute walk with Ramses. Email: Overnight spam 91 plus. Events: Leanna and SVC took the day off to be together. Taking this as a sign, the entire company took the day off.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 07:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 Feb (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2pm. Weather: 56F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 11. Forum: 0. Out box: 83. APOD: Neptune. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 5:56. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast, potatoes, carrots (A). Exercise: 30 minute walk with Ramses. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: artist wanting work. Email: Overnight spam 106 plus 27 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 842. SVC work: Primary: THIS WEEK blog. HoSFU: CL34. Other: reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 08:38 pm: Edit MY DAY: 16 Feb (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 32F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sinosaurus. BBS: 14. Forum: 0. Out box: 84. APOD: M106 spiral galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 10:54. Lunch: CFS @ Calico(B-). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Board game starter. Starlist: requests done 63138; updates received Ontario. Email: Overnight spam 57 plus 217 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 840. SPP work: CL50 scenarios and monster, CL51, Federation Master Starship Book. JES work: Blogs, fixed 13 of the 15 Federation ship roster cards. SVC work: Primary: I made the Jean and Petrick fixes to Day of the Dragon. HoSFU: CL33.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 08:44 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 Feb (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:48. Weather: 32F, cloudy, snow flurries ended by mid- morning; roads clear; reached 48F in PM. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: reconstruction. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 83. APOD: surface of the sun. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 10:52. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Read FYEO for 12 Jan. Exercise: 1/10 mile with Wolf (cold!). Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 27613. Email: Overnight spam 134 plus 199 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 832. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: checked 2500s. Finished monster. Checked fiction story for changes made. JES work: Fixed the rest of the Fed rosters. Uploaded the revised Fed Roster. Worked on Day of the Dragon story. SVC work: Primary: did the first pass on four new FC ships. Made Ryan’s fixes to story. Got the CL50 grid posted. HoSFU: CL32. Other: rebuilt the Fed roster pack with 28 new cards Jean did to replace every single one of the old ones. Starline: Checked several hundred 2500s.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 08:45 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 Feb (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 34F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teetn. BBS: 21. Forum: 2. Out box: 86. APOD: Ceres. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: my first stirfry @LCB (A). Read FYEO for 13 Jan. Exercise: 1/2 mile Wolf Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: game guru. Starlist: request done 22314. Email: Overnight spam 122 plus 205 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. SPP work: Sent Tactical papers and battlegroups to SVC. Worked on workboats for CL50. JES work: Checked Klingon roster cards, proofread (story, spider article, two scenarios, and ISC story). Checked a sample page of SVC’s history book project. Edited first 3 Klingon rosters. SVC work: Cleaned up my desk (forced to do it to find the lost proofread CL50 pages Jean did a month ago). Primary (CL50): Formatted space spider article, SFB term papers, F&E Tac Notes, Fed Comm command notes, and the Scalewings story; and gave to Jean. SmapRo: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 02:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 Feb (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 35F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: flight. BBS: 18. Forum: 5. Out box: 85. APOD: star cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Ann Coulter: alien amnesty. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers (C). Read FYEO for 14-15 Jan. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: ToyBacker. Starlist: updates done 44060. Email: Overnight spam 101 plus 70 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 839. SPP work: CL50 SSDs and ship proposals. JES work: Customer service, Civilian rosters re-uploaded. Fixed four Klingon rosters. Proofread six pages of CL50. SVC work: CL#50: Got the story finished and into pagemaker. HoSFU: CL#31.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 02:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 Feb (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 55F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Canadian tracks. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 84. APOD: boring. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(B+). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 176 plus 181 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 857. SPP work: New SSDs for CL50. JES work: CL50 story third proofread. SSD selection meeting. SVC work: CL#50: conference on ship proposals selected five to replace less zingy ships in the issue.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 02:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 Feb (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 41F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: China. BBS: 13. Forum: 3. Out box: 84. APOD: waste of time. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: burger @ Malcombs(B-). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Bivings. Email: Overnight spam 89 plus 67 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 854. Events: SVC drove Jean and Leanna to Lubbock to see Texas Tenors (SVC skipped the show and had a King Crab bucket for supper). SPP work: CL50 stuff. JES work: Benefit sale for Jonathan T. Proof reading more of CL50. Got more ACTASF roster cards fixed. SVC work: CL#50: Finished formatting SFB Battlegroups and sent that to Jean (16). Did the rest of the snapshots and the 3rd fiction story.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 02:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 Feb (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2:38. Weather: 17F, trace of snow. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Stegosaurus. BBS: 14. Forum: 3. Out box: 84. APOD: Dark River of Antares. Lunch: Leanna cooked Stew (A++). Exercise: in 17F? Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 54 plus 19 during the day. SVC work: Email: Loren about economics. Norman about writing fiction. Jay W about Merchants. Dale McK about art for CL50 fiction.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 02:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 Feb (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 12F, howling snowstorm (that more or less ended 75 minutes later). Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Zoneait. BBS: 13. Forum: 4. Out box: 84. APOD: stupid skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 3:27. Lunch: Linn’s Chinese (A). Exercise: in the snow? Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Origins awards. Starlist: requests done 88310. Email: Overnight spam 167 plus 76 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 861. SPP work: CL50 SSD updates and ship descriptions. JES work: Blogs. Proofreading CL50. Checking changes. SVC work: CL50: Jean fixes to proposals, platinum victory, day of the dragon, command notes, tactical notes, spider, term papers (30 pages) then got the FC BGs done for her to read. Other: did a blog for Jean. SmapRo: Reset the office management system, did the THIS WEEK blog. Email: one of the guys about Traveller. A guy who wants a deal was asked to wait.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 02:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 Feb (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 27F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pterodactyl. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 88. APOD: 200km plume on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:59. Web crawl completed at 11:09. Lunch: turkey & veg @ Furrs (A). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 150 plus 142 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 850. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL50 shipyard stuff. JES work: CL50 proofreading. SVC work: CL50: Made fixes to history (6), finished ten questions (1), why/song (1), background (1).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 05:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 Feb (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 47F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtles. BBS: 12. Forum: 2. Out box: 89. APOD: Rosette Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 3PM. Lunch: riblettes @ Applebys (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Sam H, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Origins awards. Starlist: requests done 93442. Email: Overnight spam 218 plus 56 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 852. SPP work: CL50 Shipyard, Frax, other. JES work: CL50 proofreading. SVC work: CL50: did shipyard (4), ACTA (1). SmapRo: customer requests. Other: dealing with car mechanic. Email: art for CL50, pirate, GC content for CL50.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 05:14 pm: Edit MY DAY: 26 Feb (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:15. Weather: 20F, cloudy, snow dust. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: claws. BBS: 21. Forum: 5. Out box: 91. APOD: wasted of space. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Ann Coulter: immigration is the crisis not ISIS. Web crawl completed at 4:53. Lunch: ham and eggs @ PCS (F). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: website advice. Starlist: requests done 35769. Email: Overnight spam 106 plus 168 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 863. SPP work: Stuff for CL50. JES work: CL50 proofreading. SVC work: Primary: CL50. Other: doctor’s appointment (she is happy I’m walking 3 miles a week but wants me to phase Doctor Pepper out of my life - - ha ha! She’s so funny!)
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 05:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 Feb (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 20F, 4" of snow. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turtles. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 92. APOD: comet Lovejoy. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 2:47. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B+). Exercise: too cold. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 139 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 875. Events: Jean and Leanna saw the Gordon Lightfoot concert. SPP work: CL50 stuff, mostly Zosmans and checking FC ship cards for Peladine. JES work: proofreading CL50. SVC work: CL50: new pages (GC-1, Fcships-2.5, Frax update-3, FedC scenarios-2), fixes (shipyard-4, commo-2, FCBG-4), minor fixes (fiction-3, SSDs-12, shipyard-2). 72.4% Other: part of a future blog, chat with lawyer about a pirate.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 05:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 Feb (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 15F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 93. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: pork @TRH (a). Exercise: too cold. Email: Overnight spam 72 plus 67 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 878. SPP work: CL50 stuff, mostly Zosmans JES work: proofreading CL50 SVC work: CL50: new (FCSC-2.5, F&Eex-3, AA/CtF-1), major fixes (5), minor fixes (7). Now 77.69%
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 March (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 44F, cloudsy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Thrinaxodon. BBS: 20. Forum: 1. Out box: 94. APOD: Coma cluster of Galaxies. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 5:18. Lunch: Leanna fixed turkey. Exercise: I took Ramses hunting. Email: Overnight spam 91 plus 21 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 880. Events: We got word that Simone is officially engaged. SPP work: Zosmans for CL50. SVC work: CL50: F&E scenario, Anarchist. Other: Reset the office management system, did the THIS WEEK blog. Email: Chuck Strong about file format.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 March (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 30F and warming, snow turning to rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 94. APOD: clouds? Jigsawdoku 2:05. Web crawl completed at 11:01. Lunch: roast beef @BF (C-). Read FYEO for 16-20 Jan. Exercise: around block with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: writers. Starlist: requests done 60148; updates received 22911. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 159 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 875. SPP work: CL50 Zosman stuff. JES work: CL50 proofreading, blogs. SVC work: CL50: finished Anarchist and sent to Jean; Starmada rules page, traveller page, lots of minor fixes. Email: Chuck Strong about making his scenario fit. Ken R about Klingon B refits. Somebody asking about PD20 books.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 March (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 44F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Henry the Triceratops. BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 92. APOD: dust devil on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 2:18. Lunch: burger at Plaza (C-). Exercise: around the block with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: writers. Email: Overnight spam 110 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 665. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7. SPP work: CL50 stuff. JES work: CL50 proofreading. SVC work: CL50: sent Jean battleforce, Zosmans, Marines; did a bunch of fixes (F&E). Email: Col Strong about his scenario.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 March (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45am. Weather: 20F, cloudy, snowing. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 92. APOD: Pelican nebula. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: veggie plate @ Cheddars (B). Industry mailing lists: contact info. Email: Overnight spam 140 plus 64 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 884. SPP work: CL50 Zosman stuff. JES work: CL50 proofreading. Rangers. Overdue Starlist emails. SVC work: CL50: new pages (Stamada ships-2, Starmada rules-1, SFB scenarios-10); fixes (Zosmans), minor fixes (Command the future). Other: a customer request. Email: Col Strong about SITs.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 March (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 25F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Titanosaur. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 92. APOD: impact basin on Mercury. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 7:15. Lunch: sandwich @McA(B). Exercise: around block with Wolf. Email: Overnight spam 94 plus 160 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 887. Events: SVC, Leanna, and Jean went to see a play. (It was called Deathtrap but the girls told SVC that it was Springtime for Hitler and he was surprised when it wasn’t that.) SPP work: CL50 stuff. JES work: CL50 proofreading. Spammers. SVC work: Primary: CL50. Email: Daniel K about Starmada. Gary C about Zosmans. Chuck S about escort costs. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 March (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 37F, bright blue sky. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: neosuchian. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 90. APOD: globule. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 10:47. Lunch: BBQ @BF (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: GM screens. Email: Overnight spam 149 plus 136 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 882. SPP work: Proofreading CL50. JES work: Proofreading CL50. SVC work: CL50: did F&E Q&A and lots of fixes. Starline: answered a question from somebody who missed all the updates. Email: Chuck S about Romulan shipyards. Dale McK about art. Shapeways about pirate.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 March (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:55. Weather: 45F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 94. APOD: flying lizard nebula. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: CFS @ Plaza (C). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 68 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 888. Events: Family get together for the birthdays of two cousins. SPP work: Proofreading CL50. JES work: Proofreading CL50. SVC work: Primary: CL50 stuff.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 March (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 5:30. Weather: 61F, Cloudy. Daily Routine: BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 95. APOD: galactic center. Lunch: Leanna’s pork chops (A). Exercise: took Ramses hunting. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 70 plus 22 during the day. Events: Annual daylight savings time change. Always hits Amarillo hard because we’re on the far western end of Central Time and it means going to work in the dark and going to bed in daylight. We’ll all be sluggish for weeks. SVC work: Came in for an hour to clear my desk. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 March (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 49F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pinacosaurus. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 94. APOD: supernova. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 1:43. Lunch: burger @ Outback (F-). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 126 plus 108 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 904. SPP work: Caught up on projects and email. JES work: CL50 battlegroups, pirates. d SVC work: Primary: Communique. Other: dealing with a particularly difficult pirate, This Week blog. Reset office management system. Email: nice chat with another game company about pirates.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:05 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 March (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 50F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: scales. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 97. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: turkey and vegetables. Exercise: 1/4 mile with Wolf around the double block. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 43606, 37683, 68128, 08093, 44060. Email: Overnight spam 126 plus 174 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before the end of March. SPP work: Proofreading communique & HF. JES work: Finished battlegroup and Ranger article. Posted blogs. Proofreading communique & HF. Back cover for CL50. Proofread the battlegroup page of CL50. Publicized Comm/HF. Dealt with bounced emails from Hailing Frequencies. SVC work: Primary: finished Communique 111. Did one of the last two pages of CL50 (after Jean finished her battlegroup reports). Made fixes to half a dozen CL50 pages and got all of the art put into the story. Did the back cover for CL50. HoSFU: wrote something about it in CL50. Other: sent several ISC and Carnivon ships to SBOL3G. Email: Bruce Graw about his visit.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 06:58 pm: Edit MY DAY: 11 March (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 52F, clear (72F at 2pm). Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Acanthostega skull. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 98. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 3PM. Lunch: Salmon & rice @LCB (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 47933. Email: Overnight spam 149 plus 133 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. Events: Jean and Leanna went to see Camelot. SPP work: CL50 proofreading, Zosman fixes. JES work: CL50 proofreading. 2500 ribbon list for 2014. Piates. BBS spammers. SVC work: Primary (CL50): Moray eel page, F&Estaff fixes, Fog8 fix, . Other: customer requests, pirates. Email: pirates.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 06:58 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 March (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:22. Weather: 43F, mostly clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: single DNA source. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 99. APOD: Cygnus wall. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Ann Coulter: Obama’s leadership. Web crawl completed at 11a,. Lunch: pasta & chicken @ Cheddars (A-). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Bivens Park. Email: Overnight spam 138 plus 132 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 841. SPP work: CL50 fixes and proofreading. JES work: CL50 fixes and proofreading. SVC work: Primary (CL50): Fixes to many pages. I was feeling tired before my medical appointment so after it I just went home and laid down to rest. Petrick made the marked fixes to CL50 while I was gone.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 06:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 March (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:22. Weather: 53F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: single-origin theory. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 98. APOD: Not astronomy. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Freight forwarding. Email: Overnight spam 250 plus 117 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 845. Events: Bruce Graw visited. SPP work: CL50 fixes and proofreading. Awards. JES work: CL50 fixes and proofreading. Awards. SVC work: Primary (CL50): making fixes. Awards.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 06:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 March (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 44F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: footprints. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 98. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 2:55. Lunch: pulled pork @TRH (A). Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, trackway. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 58 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. Events: Bruce Graw visited. SPP work: CL50 final fixes; Klingon master starship book. JES work: CL50 final fixes. SVC work: Primary(CL50): trying to finish the art, awards, fixes. Audited Chuck Strong’s base costs and grunted which he can take to mean "approved." HoSFU: CL#30. Other: Reset the office management system, This week. Starline: discussion with Bruce Graw about master molds might open new opportunities.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 11:31 am: Edit
MY DAY: 15 March (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3:20. Weather: 61F, mostly clear, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mongolia. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 103. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 5:00. Lunch: Leanna cooked burgers (A+). Read Exercise: 1/4 mile, Ramses. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 93465, updates done 29204. Events: Vlad finally went home after a week in my guest room. He was supposed to be here to playtest Tribbles vs Klingons but after he discovered Netflix he never wanted to work. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 20 during the day. Email left in the in-box at end of the day: 834. SVC work: Primary: SFBOL3G awards. Email: pirates.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 11:47 am: Edit
MY DAY: 16 March (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 50F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Plesiosaur. BBS: 13. Forum: 0. Out box: 103. APOD: clouds of Orion. Jigsawdoku 2;14. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: corned beef @ CB(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5 Email: Overnight spam 115 plus 62 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 831. Check in with Artists: Adam dropped us an email. SPP work: CL51 Omega section plans. JES work: spambots, proofreading CL50 a fourth time, blogs, writing her article for the Supplemental File. SVC work: Did the Supplemental File for CL50.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 11:48 am: Edit
MY DAY: 17 March (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 41F, cloudy, windy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: footprints. BBS: 17. Forum: 0. Out box: 102. APOD: Big Dipper. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: turkey @Furrs (A). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 150 plus 120 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 845. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected until April. SPP work: Campaign BPV data reconstitution. JES work: Proofreading CL50 and CL50SF. SVC work: Primary: Romulan civil war countersheet. Email: Adam said the cover wasn’t ready.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:22 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 March (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 50F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: placodont. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 102. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: brisket @LCB(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Duck park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 40503; updates received 38683. Email: Overnight spam 106 plus 139 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 849. 1PM Staff Meeting: Plans to complete CL50 and move on to other projects, to resume regular meetings, to get a few minor computer issues corrected. SPP work: campaign updates. Scenarios. KMSSB. JES work: Proofreading, pirates, preparing PDFs. SVC work: Primary: Made final CL50 fixes. Other: customer requests. Email: F&E Staff reports on a final ruling and the RCW paper playtest counters. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:22 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 March (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 45F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Carnufex. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 105. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Ann Coulter: Ferguson. Web crawl completed at 2:55. Lunch: McD breakfast (C+). Read FYEO for 21-31 Jan. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, neighborhood. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: updates done 79602. Email: Overnight spam 96 plus 85 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 833. SPP work: Reconstitution. Klingon MSSB. Scenarios. JES work: Reconstitution. PDF uploads and preparations. SVC work: Reconstitution. A few odds and ends on CL50. Still no cover art from Adam.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 08:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 March (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:41. Weather: 48F, cloudy, dampish. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: flight. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 94. APOD: moon. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Web crawl completed at 6:52. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A+). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 37209. Email: Overnight spam 150 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 831. Events: The CL 50 cover art arrived. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. Scenarios. JES work: Meeting to plan CL50 release blitz. Uploaded FCB2-D to WV/DT; Publicized it. Went back to work on Kindle Book. SVC work: Primary: graphics, alert, and other things to support CL50 release blitz. Email: another pirate report. Chuck Strong about fixing the base costs again.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 08:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 March (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 53F, scattered clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: hadrosaur. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 95. APOD: Eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:14. Web crawl completed at 12:06. Lunch: salad with chicken (A). Exercise: one mile walk with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 56 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 823. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. Scenarios. JES work: CL50 final fixes, customer service. SVC work: Primary: dealing with a singularly obnoxious pirate with no clue how IP law works. HoSFU: CL29. Other: THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 23, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 March (Sunday) 2015 I stayed home all day. Weather: reached a high of 74F. Daily Routine: APOD: eclipse. Lunch: Jean and Leanna cooked a holiday turkey feast without the need for a holiday. SVC work: I took Wolf on two walks (total 1/2 mile) and spent two hours doing heavy manual labor in the back yard.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 23, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 March (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 60F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pachyrhinosaurus. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 98. APOD: NASA rocket. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 3:23. Lunch: chef’s salad @M (A). Exercise: 3/8 mile, Wolf, Ellwood, 84F. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Monte Cook Games. Starlist: requests done UK-TN38-9EN and 73010; updates received 93012, 17111. Email: Two days of spam 137 plus 130 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 824. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Blogs, Marketing, final CL50 items. SVC work: Primary: sent CL50 cover to press. HoSFU: ran a Jean search for de facto. Other: emptied the trash on my Mac 4995 items, mostly spam email attachments for the month. Email: David about a pirate torrent, Howard about awards.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:28 am: Edit
MY DAY: 24 March (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 61F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hupehsuchians. BBS: 25. Forum: 3. Out box: 103. APOD: scale video. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 12:58. Lunch: Napoli’s Italian (Fail). Read FYEO for 1-5 Feb. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, from office to the far end of the park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Shapeways. Starlist updates done: Italy. Email: Overnight spam 123 plus 151 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 822. Events: approved the cover proof for CL50. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before April. Simone work: DMCAs. Covers for PDF uploads. SPP work: Files for history book, shuttle proposal that was not workable on its face, and reconstitution. JES work: Spammers, Kindle book, pirates. SVC work: Primary: Got the Star Fleet Alert for CL50 sent out, got the MSC and SIT inserted into their CL50 pages. HoSFU: CL#27. Other: dealing with torrents. Email: pirates.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:28 am: Edit
MY DAY: 25 March (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 65F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: flight. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 95. APOD: nova in Sagittarius. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 12:58. Lunch: spare ribs @LCB(B+). Read FYEO for Feb 6. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Triangle Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Pirates. Email: Overnight spam 116 plus 64 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 828. 1PM Staff Meeting: Reviewed status of projects. Steve Cole needs to finish the CL50 flap list and move into ACTASF. Steve Petrick will finish the KMSSB this week and submit art requirements. Leanna is reviewing the need to upgrade business software. Mike Sparks is picking up the parts needed to put us back into the video business. Simone is doing the cover for Klingon MSSB. Jean Sexton has finished the Kindle version of For the Glory of the Empire and is working on ACTA ship card updates. 7PM Designer Meeting: Reviewed contents of CL51. JES work: Customer service, Klingon ship roster cards. SPP work: Reviewed 12 color SSDs for upload. Fixed the last SSD for CL50SF. Reviewed and fixed MSC and SIT for CL50. SVC work: Primary: got CL50 onto the cart. Other: customer requests. Starline: did 20 pound-o-ships bags.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:29 am: Edit
MY DAY: 26 March (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:38. Weather: 44F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: archosaurs. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 94. APOD: useless skylline. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Ann Coulter: lack of truth in media. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: We ate in the office; I had leftover turkey and microwaved a potato. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gamemaster Loot. Email: Overnight spam 151 plus 105 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 831. Events: The CL50 covers arrived. Printing began. SPP work: Scenarios, CL51 stuff. JES work: checking final copy of CL50. Checking changes to CL50SF. Getting stuff assembled for shopping cart. Publicity for pound-o-ships. Working on Klingon ACTASF roster cards. SVC work: Primary: did the PDF for CL50 printing. Did the RCW counters to be bound into the book. Other: make corrections to CL50SF until I saw what Jean had done to the F&E pages at which point my brain melted. Starline: Jean said we had sold 10 of the 20 bags. Email: Gary C about CL51. Paul Scott about CL51 victory article (by him or Peter). Glenn H about Scon.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:29 am: Edit
MY DAY: 27 March (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 54F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Spain. BBS: 13. Forum: 5. Out box: 96. APOD: spiral galaxy NGC2403. Jigsawdoku 2:11. Web crawl completed at 2:36. Lunch: BBQ @ BF (A). Read FYEO for Feb 6-10. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, SHpark. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 156 plus 116 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 844. Events: Jean’s empire seized two provinces from Stevania. SPP work: Memo on monsters. JES work: Reorganized the flap list and took three SVC items into her burgeoning empire. Finished and sent to SVC the Klingon roster cards for ACTASF. SVC work: Primary: Made all of Jean’s fixes to the CL50SF. I updated ACTASF Klingon roster card pack. HoSFU: CL50. Other: Meeting with Jean to update FLAP list. Sent Jean the King Eagle roster card (the only Rom RC with issues). SmapRo: Handed over responsibility for the UPDATE LIST and TEXT CATALOG to Jean. Email: Josh (ISC) Spencer catching up.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 30, 2015 - 01:30 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 March (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 55F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Chirotherium. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 90. APOD: rings and beads. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Web crawl completed at 10:44. Lunch: microwave beefaroni. Read FYEO for 11-15 Feb. Exercise: one mile with Wolf, rail trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: fonts. Starlist: requests done 30101; updates received Italy. Email: Overnight spam 70 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 836. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. JES work: Fixed and uploaded the Civilian and Romulan roster cards for ACTASF. Worked on fixing the Gorn rosters. SVC work: Primary: made another round of fixes to CL50SF. HoSFU: added headers to three chapters. Other: Fixed FC Cobra card (rear PA order), fixed ACTASF Civilian and Romulan rosters. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system. Email: ND about award, Paul F about 3G.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 30, 2015 - 01:30 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 March (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3:25. Weather: 74F, windy, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 10. Forum: 1. Out box: 90. APOD: Mars rover. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Web crawl completed at 4:19. Lunch: Leanna’s Stew (A). Exercise: working on gate damaged by lawn people. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Starlist: requests done 37075, 83201. Email: Overnight spam 73 plus 15 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 832. SVC work: Primary: cleaned up my desk. HoSFU: added green timeline bars to chapter 2. Email: pastor.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 02, 2015 - 02:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 March (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 58F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Iberian geology. BBS: 10. Forum: 1. Out box: 90. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 12:35. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers with my pastor. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 58 plus 115 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 833. Marketing Monday: Just Released ALERT done. SPP work: JES work: Blogs, spammers, customer service. SVC work: Primary: CL50 FLAP list. HoSFU: green timeline bars added through Y100; red article bars through Y180. Other: Fed SIT update. Email: Ryan about index. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 02, 2015 - 02:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 31 March (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 55F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 27. Forum: 0. Out box: 91. APOD: Eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Web crawl completed at 9:47. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, SamH. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 90 plus 97 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 839. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before mid-to-late April. SPP work: JES work: PDF uploads (R12). Large Print Edition. Final proofread of CL50SF. SVC work: Primary: I finished the CL50SF and gave it to Jean for one final check. I "did" the CL50LPE but Jean is checking page numbers and art credits and we’ll have to fix a few things. Other: Did a little work toward an updated Romulan SIT.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 02, 2015 - 02:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 April (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 73F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Chicxulub. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. Out box: 94. APOD: cows on the moon. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: s&s shrimp @LCB(A-). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 106 plus 153 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 845. SPP work: JES work: Proofreading CL50LPE. SVC work: Primary: CL50LPE. Other: customer requests, sent Jean a blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 - 03:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 April (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 54F, partly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: flight. BBS: 16. Forum: 0. Out box: 90. APOD: M97 Owl Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:07. Ann Coulter: Indiana. Web crawl completed at 3:15pm. Lunch: leftover stew. Exercise: 7/8 mile, Wolf, Duck park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 123 plus 91 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 848. 1PM Staff Meeting: Decided that the Free ACTASF books end on 30 April. Decided not to upload PDF of the F&E Romulan counters after F&E players said this would hurt sales of counters. Set goal to finish FLAP by Saturday, ACTASF-1.2E by the next Saturday, and the two new F&E rulebooks by the Saturday after that. SPP work: Proofreading CL50LPE. Proofread Hailing Frequencies for April 10. Worked on a campaign update for CL51. JES work: Checking CL50LPE. Sent out notice to ACTASF players about cut- off date for free books. Uploaded CL50SF. Got SFB Module R12 uploaded. Worked on updating the woefully wrong Text Catalog. SVC work: Primary: CL50LPE (I fixed the four pages I found problems with, then Jean read it and I had to replace six more pages.) CL50FLAP (added CL50+49+48+47+45+44+43 SIT data to Master SITs, did all of the Silver Stars.) HoSFU: Added green timeline bars 101-140.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 - 03:32 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 April (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 44F, cloudy, coldish. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Transylvania. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 91. APOD: solar/lunar halo. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Exercise: a new record, 1.25 miles with Wolf on the Bike Trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 100 plus 97 during the day. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: Did promo text for CL39. Uploaded CL50SF to PDF sites. Worked on fixing that horrid text catalog. SVC work: Primary: FLAP List (CapLog Index). HoSFU: Green timeline bars through Y160.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 - 03:32 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 April (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 46F, cloudy, coldish. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Drilling Chicxulub. BBS: 30. Forum: 3. Out box: 92. APOD: Voorwerpjies. Jigsawdoku 2:40. Web crawl completed at 12:37. Lunch: leftover stew. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, nearby areas. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 46 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 853. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: uploaded CL39 to PDF sites. Worked on Text Catalogue. SVC work: Primary: FLAP (updated FC scenario database and FC reference ship chart); the flap list is done so far as I’m concerned, but Jean (update list, text catalog, and Gazetter) still has some stuff to do. HoSFU: xxx. Other: Sent Leanna some revised rulebook pages she needed. Updated Romulan SIT for F&E. Nice phone chat with Ken Burnside. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 - 03:33 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 April (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 60F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Teeth. BBS: 27. Forum: 1. Out box: 94. APOD: saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Web crawl completed at 4:30. Lunch: turkey. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 23 during the day. SVC work: Primary: Kzinti SIT updated.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 - 03:33 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 April (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 77F, blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 26. Forum: 1. Out box: 94. APOD: star cluster. Web crawl completed at 5m. Lunch: FD sandwich @ McA(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 82 plus 132 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 870. Events: Brief staff meeting. SPP work: CL51, Klingon Master Starship Book JES work: Blogs, spammers, Worked on text catalog; Finished updating the UPDATE list (both are FLAP items she took over from me recently). SVC work: Primary: Gorn SIT update. Other: F&E Bases SIT update.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 - 07:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 April (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:23. Weather: 67F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Galeamopus. BBS: 22. Forum: 3. Out box: 95. APOD: virgo cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:45. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: turkey @ Furrs (A). Read FYEO for 16 Feb. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, SH park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 98445. Email: Overnight spam 115 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 867. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: Customer Service, Marketing. Text catalog. SVC work: Primary: Communique #112. HoSFU: another 20 green timeline bars added. WoH update: eight bronze medals. Other: Updated the new BASE SIT and sent it to the F&E staff.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 - 07:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 April (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 77F, mostly cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Asprosaurus. BBS: 28. Forum: 1. Out box: 93. APOD: blood moon. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 3:38. Lunch: seafood pasta @OG (A). Exercise: 5/8 mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: deflating bubbles. Starlist: requests done 72023, 78641, 73160. Read FYEO for 17-18 Feb. Email: Overnight spam 179 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 874. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, stuff to upload JagdPanther 13, Proofread Communique, Worked on Text Catalog which had some serious errors that were eight years old but nobody ever reported them. SVC work: Primary: finished Comm112, got Jean and SPP reports, fixed, sent to staff. HoSFU: green timeline bars to Y200. WoH update: 5 bronze medals. Other: customer requests. Finished new F&E Base SIT and uploaded new Gorn SIT.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 02:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 April (Thursday) 2015 Leanna and I took an entire day off to binge-watch season four of Game of Thrones, relax, recreate, and de-stress. Daily Routine: APOD: blood moon eclipse. Ann Coulter: fantasy rape cases. Lunch: Leanna cooked burgers. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: JagdPanther 13, Rangers, Hailing Frequencies, ACTASF.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 02:03 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 April (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 52F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex. BBS: 31. Forum: 2. Out box: 87. APOD: spiral galaxy 2903. Jigsawdoku 2:41. Web crawl completed at 12:06. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A+). Exercise: Took Wolf on a one-mile walk at the Duck Park; he chased a duck. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: IGDA. Starlist: requests done 80504; updates received 84123. Email: Two days of spam 349 plus 112 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 865. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: ACTASF. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF Fixes. WoH update: four commendations.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 02:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 April (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 57F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: lots. BBS: 27. Forum: 0. Out box: 99. APOD: worthless skyline. crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Bacon biscuit. Exercise: walked 1.5 miles down the Rock Island trail with Wolf, our longest march so far. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: contacts. Starlist: requests done 28768, 01970, 22046; updates received 10598. Email: Overnight spam 53 plus 56 during the day. SPP work: Took his day off. JES work: Uploaded PDF of Briefing #2 pack E. Worked on ACTASF. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF. Other: finished comm 112.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 02:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 April (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2pm. Weather: 77F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Arctic ichthyosaurs. BBS: 23. Forum: 5. Out box: 98. APOD: nothing to do with astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:49. Web crawl completed at 4:39. Lunch: Leanna cooked burgers. Exercise: 1/4 mile hunt with Ramses, 1/4 mile walk with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 64064. Email: Overnight spam 65 plus 11 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 849. Events: Leanna and Jean went to see some play about people who are miserable (they won free tickets in a contest). SVC work: Primary: changed ACTASF-E footers and printed a copy for Jean to check. HoSFU: finished green timeline bars. SFBOL3G: asked them who is doing Lyrans. Other: Reset the office management system, did the THIS WEEK blog, started on ships for Klingon MSSB. Email: Chuck Strong about ME SITs. Processed 200 pirate urls.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 07:39 pm: Edit MY DAY: 13 April (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 54F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex. BBS: 21. Forum: 2. Out box: 102. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: pizza @ Napoli’s (B). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: Jean. Starlist: requests done 19608. Email: Overnight spam 111 plus 38 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 839. SPP work: CL51 stuff. Klingon master starship book. JES work: ACTASF. Uploaded JagdPanther 13. Blogs. SVC work: Primary: got the Tholian SIT updated and most of the Vudar counters done. HoSFU: red bars through 200. Art for KMSSB: conference with Petrick. WoH update: four individual pages. SFBOL3G: sent a pile of art to Frank and Matt. Other: did a blog, caught up My Day. Starline: discussed masters with Bruce. Email: Ken R about proofreading. Frank and Matt about SFBOL3G.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 07:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 April (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 8am. Weather: 51F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Lotheridium. BBS: 22. Forum: 3. Out box: 106. APOD: Lunar eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:37. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: chicken and pasta. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, JS park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: pirates. Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 842. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are expected soon. SPP work: KMSSB, Tactics articles for CL51. JES work: ACTASF finals, PDF uploads (JagdPanther #13), working on the product update list. SVC work: Primary: most of the F&EME countersheet front. WoH update: nine individual pages and sent them and the previous nine to Simone to upload.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 07:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 April (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 66F, almost clear sky. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: worms. BBS: 18. Forum: 5. Out box: 106. APOD: clouds of space dust. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Web crawl completed at 7pm. Lunch: brisket, corn, beans @LCB. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: printing in China. Email: Overnight spam 172 plus 37 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 843. Events: ACTASF-1.2E was posted; Jean found a typo that goes all the way back to Revision-A about an hour later. Sold the old Voyager which needed more repairs than it was worth. SPP work: CL51 tactics, Klingon MSSB reports. JES work: Uploaded ACTASF, checked ACTASF ship cards, experimented with cutePDF. SVC work: Primary: F&E Counters (I worked on the missing graphics for ME, moved NO to the new format and sent it to the staff, and send the existing FO15 sheet to the staff). WoH update: did three updates. Other: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 07:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 April (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Deinonychus. BBS: 20. Forum: 3. Out box: 107. APOD: One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Ann Coulter: fantasy rape cases default to "we’ll never know" when we know for a fact UVA was made up. Web crawl completed at 4:53. Lunch: sandwich. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Bivens. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 75 plus 118 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 847. SPP work: CL51 tactics, Klingon MSSB reports. JES work: Fixed ACTASF Kzinti Roster Pack. SVC work: Primary: Finished the fronts of the BAS/MES and FO15 countersheets, and the ME sheet and then NO16. HoSFU: finished red article bars. Art for KMSSB: set up format and did the first nine ships. WoH update: four individual pages. (Simone posted a bunch; if you got a medal you probably have a new page on the wall.) Other: fixed two ACTASF2E ship pages with trivial errors.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 07:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 April (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 59F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Carcharodontosaurus. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 104. APOD: M46 star cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:57. Web crawl completed at 4:48. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(B). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: boxed card game printing. Email: Overnight spam 97 plus 49 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 852. SPP work: CL51 tactics, Klingon MSSB reports. JES work: Customer service, battlegroups, updated Kzinti rosters on DTWV. SVC work: Primary: got the Minor Empires rules from CL45-46-47 put into a rulebook format. Did final fixes to NO16 counters. Other: talked to a retailer who wanted help.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:22 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 April (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 77F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ichthyosaurs. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 106. APOD: crater on Mercury. Jigsawdoku 2:57. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: pork at TRH (A). Exercise: 1.5 miles, Wolf, Rock Island Trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 36 plus 44 during the day. SPP work: Klingon MSSB. CL51. JES work: Fixed and reloaded the Orion Roster File. Dealt with a guy selling illegal software. SVC work: Primary: worked on the back of F&E sheet I+J. WoH update: did about a dozen people. Other: Reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:23 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 April (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 57F, windy, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dino size. BBS: 21. Forum: 1. Out box: 105. APOD: ring galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 7pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast. Exercise: Wolf, 1/4 mile. Email: Overnight spam 76 plus 9 during the day. SVC work: Primary: formatted and printed the FO15 rulebook.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:23 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 April (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 53F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: basal birds. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 105. Jigsawdoduk 2:18. APOD: eclipse. Lunch: sandwich at McA. Exercise: 1/4 mile Wolf Ellwood. Email: Overnight spam 37 plus 125 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 864. Events: Chuck Strong visit, day one. SPP work: CL51, Klingon MSSB, F&E stuff with Steve/CS. JES work: , F&E stuff with Chuck & Steve. SVC work: Primary: F&E stuff to get ready for and work with Chuck’s visit (FO15 rulebook, ME15 rulebook, back of I+J counters, Orion SIT, Lyran SIT). Starline: Reminded Bruce to get the new mold company to make the production molds.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:23 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 April (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 57F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: birds. BBS: 27. Forum: 0. Out box: 105. APOD: asteroid Vesta. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 10:50. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 124 plus 80 during the day. Events: Chuck Strong visit, day two. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before March. SPP work: CL51, Klingon MSSB, F&E stuff with Steve/CS. JES work: blogs, F&E stuff with Chuck & Steve. SVC work: Primary: Worked on ME rulebook with Chuck. Other: did the front page for F&E Compendium #3.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:23 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 April (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 60F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dinosuchus. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 108. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 4:02. Lunch: chicken, fettuchini, Alfredo @ Napolis (B). Exercise: 1/4 mile, dog, office. Email: Overnight spam 99 plus 60 during the day. Events: Chuck Strong visit day three. Bon voyage, Chuck. SPP work: CL51, Klingon MSSB, F&E stuff with Steve/CS. JES work: Blog, F&E compendium 3, fixed and reloaded the Klingon roster pack. Fixed Fed Roster Pack, F&E stuff with Chuck & Steve. Various marketing posts and emails. SVC work: Primary: Got the back of the ME counters done, worked up plans for future of F&E.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 April (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 61F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Stegosaurus. BBS: 25. Forum: 0. Out box: 108. APOD: Meteor. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Ann Coulter: Hillary. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: ribs at LCB(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 65203, 34436; updates received 61761, 84123, 01226. Email: Overnight spam 152 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 879. SPP work: CL51, Klingon MSSB, F&E stuff with Steve/CS. JES work: blogs, spammers, BBS user support, working on ACTASF roster packs. Dealing with an issue at the apartment. SVC work: Primary (Reconstitution): dinosaur stuff. Other: I had another visit with my new doctor who was overjoyed that I had lost ten pounds, stabilized my blood sugar and blood pressure, was walking four miles a week, and cut back on carbonated soda. She ordered that Wolf get a double ration of dog treats (today only) for his part of the success.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 April (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 56F, cloudy, cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Bonitasaura. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 106. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 5:02. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B). Exercise: one mile, Wolf, duck park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: printers. Email: Overnight spam 78 plus 100 during the day. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: PDF uploads, customer service. SVC work: Primary (F&E): reports on counters ME and FO; did backside of Base/ME; started back of NO15. SFBOL3G: Sent a few Gorns.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 April (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 55F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 106. APOD: starcluster. Lunch: wedding reception. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 10 during the day. Events: Mike Spark’s wedding in Palo Duro Canyon. (Mike runs our warehouse.) SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. SVC work: Primary (F&E): worked on N+O, did new Hydran SIT.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 03:24 pm: Edit MY DAY: 26 April (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2pm. Weather: 75, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Proterosuchus. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 107. APOD: Ant Nebula. Lunch: leftover steak. Exercise: worked on gate. Email: Overnight spam 34. SVC work: Primary: cleaning up my desk. Dabbled on N+O counters. Did the THIS WEEK blog and reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 11:16 am: Edit
MY DAY: 27 April (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 55F, cloudy, steady rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Chinlesaurus. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 106. APOD: space station. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 2:20. Lunch: fish @ CB (B). Exercise: Around block in rain with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: sculptors. Email: Overnight spam 74 plus 86 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 906. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: blogs, uploaded X1R to PDF stores. SVC work: Primary (F&E): finished the back of the N+O counters. Other: Interesting preliminary conversation with C which might create a deal. Wrote a blog for Jean.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 11:16 am: Edit
MY DAY: 28 April (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 49F, clear blue sky. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Comahuesaurus. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 106. APOD: spiral galaxy 2841. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: fish at Furr’s, possibly the last time we will ever go there as the new owners are idiots. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, duck park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 111 plus 111 during the day. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are not expected before May. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Blogs, uploaded X1R, publicity for X1R. SVC work: Updated the ISC SIT.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, May 02, 2015 - 11:21 am: Edit
MY DAY: 29 April (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 64F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Coloborhynchus. BBS: 24. Forum: 1. Out box: 123. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: salad at OG (B). Exercise: 3/4 mile with Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: new guy. Starlist: requests done 43026, 43843. Email: Overnight spam 83 plus 160 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 906. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: planning PDF uploads, updating text catalog. SVC work: Almost a wasted day between haircut, teeth cleaning, and walking Wolf. Did the reports on I+J and N+O counters.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, May 02, 2015 - 11:21 am: Edit xMY DAY: 30 April (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 65F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: winged therizinosaur. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 122. APOD: sun. Jigsawdoku 3:03. Ann Coulter: racist cops. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Baltimore. Email: Overnight spam 63 plus 78 during the day. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Test catalog, publicity, researched a high-pressure salesman. SVC work: Primary: F&E Minor empires Rulebook.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, May 02, 2015 - 11:21 am: Edit
MY DAY: 1 May (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 65F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Yi (shortest dino name ever). BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 122. APOD: probe crashes on Mercury. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @ BF (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Baltimore. Starlist: requests done 99022, Calgary, 28479, 76634, 88012. Email: Overnight spam 60 plus 44 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 879. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Uploaded CL12 to DT/WV. Publicized. SVC work: Primary: fixed mistakes in 100 and 300 section of ME. Other: Starlist, Wall of Honor (all honor bars and star awards).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 02:34 pm: Edit MY DAY: 2 May (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 65F. some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Chicxulub. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 122. APOD: M51 Whirlpool Galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Web crawl completed at 3:46. Lunch: pulled pork at TRH (A). Exercise: 1+3/4 Miles, rail trail and Line Ave, with Wolf and Petrick. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Baltimore. Email: Overnight spam 39 plus 35 during the day. Events: During the walk we found a license plate laying in the middle of the street. I brought it to the office and called the police who came to collect it. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Hailing Frequencies, BBS cleaning, customer service. SVC work: Primary: F&E counter reports, rulebooks. WoH update: did all of the cross ribbons, all of the diamonds, most of the blanks, sent 12 individual pages to Simone to post. Other: posted My Days, THIS WEEK blog. Wrote blogs for Jean.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 02:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 May (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 75F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: comet. BBS: 15. Forum: 0. Out box: 122. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 8:10. Lunch: Leanna cooked burgers. Exercise: 1/4 mile with Ramses; he attacked a rabbit and a cat from an adjacent kingdom. Events: Terrorist incident in Garland Texas. Email: Overnight spam 20 plus 13 during the day. SVC work: Primary: cleaning up my desk and unanswered email.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 02:35 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 May (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 70F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: T-rex lifting power. BBS: 13. Forum: 0. Out box: 122. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Web crawl completed at 10:43. Lunch: pasta @ Eddie’s (B). Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Canada V3W 5S6. Email: Overnight spam 41 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 894. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: blogs, PDF uploads, pirates. SVC work: WoH update: finished adding all the ribbons; after the Wolf Trip Jean and I will shuffle the individual pages and post them. After lunch I got very sick and went home.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 02:36 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 May (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 57F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ramphryncoid. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 125. APOD: gravity anomalies on Mercury. Jigsawdoku 2:49. Web crawl completed at 3PM. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Exercise: a full mile, between shopping for the Wolf Trip and walking Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: VAT Duties. Email: Overnight spam 237 plus 137 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 890. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which are expected soon. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Advertised RAT45. Got E2 PDF uploaded and advertised. SVC work: Communique #113. Simone and I left before we finished because the oncoming storm was looking really ugly.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 03:13 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 May (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 65F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 125. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 12:31. Lunch: brisket @LCB(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: journalistic ethics. Starlist: requests done 01854, 92703. Email: Overnight spam 133 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 75. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads. SVC work: Primary: Communique 113, trip preparation.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 03:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 May (Thursday) 2015 Wolf Trip: Day one; got everything and everybody loaded and we (Jean, Leanna, Wolf, myself) headed west, reaching Wild Spirit at 4pm and unloaded the meat. Then we checked into the Wolf Den Lodge and had a relaxing evening. APOD Alpha Centauri A+B. Dinosaur list: origin of feathers. Exercise: driving. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 03:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 May (Friday) 2015 Wolf Trip: Day two. Jean was very sick with a cold but bravely soldiered on, walking the El Morro Trail. We also toured Malpais but didn’t go to the Bandera Volcano because dogs were not allowed. By that evening, I was coming down with the same cold Jean had. APOD Vega as north star in 14000AD. Dinosaur list: sauropods of Chile. Exercise: one mile at Malpais and el Morro. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 03:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 May (Saturday) 2015 Wolf Trip: Day three. After a bad night, I staggered out of bed in time for lunch and cutting meat, then went back to bed. APOD three spiral galaxies in Leo. Dinosaur list teeth. Exercise: half a mile. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 03:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 May (Sunday) 2015 Wolf Trip: Day four. Still sick, we managed to make the eight mile drive to Pine Hill to get cold medicine, after which I felt good enough to give my Chef Steve presentation at noon. Then I went back to bed. APOD doomglare nebula. Dinosaur list teeth. Exercise: half a mile.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 03:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 May (Monday) 2015 Wolf Trip: Day fived. Still sick, we started home, but after two hours Jean (who was over the worst of the cold) kicked me out of the driver’s seat for being a risk to myself and others and drove the rest of the way home. APOD skyline. Dinosaur list crocodile. Exercise: driving.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 03:12 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 May (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:20. Weather: 74F, sunny, windy. I am still sick with Le’plague du Jeanette but at my desk soldiering on. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: allosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 3. Out box: 129. APOD: Martian sunset. Web crawl completed at 2:43. Lunch: fish @CB(A). Read FYEO for 1-2-3-4-5 May. Exercise: 1/4 mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: minis bases. Email: Six days of spam 955 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 917. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are now being delayed by the new mold company because their mold cutter quit and must be replaced. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Blogs. Spammers. Customer service. Catch up. SVC work: Catching up on things that happened during the wolf trip.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 02:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 May (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 52F, cloudy, rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 124. APOD: horsehead nebula. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: salad at OG(B). Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13 May. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf. Email: Overnight spam 122 plus 117 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 885. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Upload prep, customer service, spam blocks. SVC work: Still sick from my cold, I cleaned up my desk and then went home to rest.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 02:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 May (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 72F, light clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 22. Forum: 1. Out box: 124. APOD: Ceres. Web crawl completed at 1:27. Lunch: grilled chicken @ M (A). Read FYEO for 21-22-23-24-25 Feb & 14 March. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Sam Houston, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 156 plus 77 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 883. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES+SVC work: We didn’t feel up to being creative so we took the whole afternoon to update all 49 of the multiple people pages on the Wall of Honor and had Simone post them.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 02:20 pm: Edit MY DAY: 15 May (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 70F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 115. APOD: the Great Red Spot. Web crawl completed at 10:50. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B-). Read FYEO for 26-27-28 Feb & . Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Bivens-Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 70 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 888. Events: I have lost six more pounds (total 18). SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: uploaded Briefing #2 Pack F and publicized. SVC work: Primary: reconstitution. Other: I sent Simone the last eight individual WoH pages, four of them new elevations.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 02:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 May (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 68F, cloudy, occasional sprinkle. It rained all night and everything is green. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 115. APOD: Mars landing site. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: enchiladas @LF(A). Read FYEO for 1-2-3-4-5 March & 15-16 May. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, neighborhood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 87 plus 25 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 886. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: cleaned up hard disk and BBS. SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog. I reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 02:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 May (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 77F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 116. APOD: white dwarf. Lunch: Leanna’s famous porkchops. Exercise: 1/4 mile, cat, home. Email: Overnight spam 30 plus 12 during the day. SVC work: Came in for a couple of hours to clean my desk.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 04:46 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 May (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 63F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Trex autopsy. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 108. APOD: auroras. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: overcooked chicken @ Plaza (D). Read FYEO for 17-18 May and 6-10 March. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 41 plus 125 during the day. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Blogs, JagdPanther 14 upload/publicity, spammers. SVC work: sales copy for JagdPanther #14 and #15 (the last issues). Dealing with something that took too much time.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 04:46 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 May (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 61F, raining hard. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Trex. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 107. APOD: star cluster. Web crawl completed at 10:52. Lunch: BBQ @Dyers (A). Read FYEO for 11-15 March and 19 May. Exercise: 1/4 mile with Wolf in rain. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: FFG. Starlist: requests done 51106. Email: Overnight spam 84 plus 136 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 886. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are held up by the mold company. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Text catalog update, furniture delivery at home, getting JagdPanther #14 done. SVC work: Worked on fiction, CL51, and ACTASF. WoH update: fixed errors and updated pages.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 04:46 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 May (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 44F, cloudy, light rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: northwest theorpod. BBS: 14. Forum: 0. Out box: 97. APOD: comet closeup. Jigsawdoku 2:37. Web crawl completed at 10:51. Lunch: Chinese buffet (B+). Read FYEO for 16-20 March and . Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: domain resellers. Email: Overnight spam 74 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 884. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Customer service, Spammers, added JP14 to Drive Thru and Wargame Vault, publicized, finished text catalog. SVC work: CL51, fiction, ACTASF.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 25, 2015 - 03:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 May (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:15. Weather: 48F, cloudy, not raining. Events: THE COMPANY PICNIC (annual Amarillo Business Connection trade show). Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hesperornithiformes. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 94. APOD: colliding galaxies. Jigsawdoku 3:00. Ann Coulter: Jeb Bush. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: BBQ at picnic. Exercise: 1 mile at show. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GenCon schedules. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 153 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 876.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 25, 2015 - 03:28 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 May (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 55F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ruberodon. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 92. APOD: dusty sky. Jigsawdoku 3:18. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ@BF(A). Read FYEO for 21-24 March and 21-22 May. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Duck park, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: artists. Email: Overnight spam 96 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 880. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Product update list updated. Target research. SVC work: Primary: dreadnought art for Klingon MSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 25, 2015 - 03:28 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 May (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:30. Weather: 60F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: aetosaur. BBS: 17. Forum: 0. Out box: 88. APOD: star forming pillars. Jigsawdoku 2:49. Web crawl completed at 1:07. Lunch: cfs@C(B+). Exercise: 1/2 mile with Wolf during a break in the weather. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Freelancers and Bad Behavior. Email: Overnight spam 99 plus 11 during the day. Events: It rained all night flooding many areas outside of Amarillo that we had to drive through to get to work. Power failed sometime during the night and even the power packs didn’t keep going long enough. We all went home early due to bad weather.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 25, 2015 - 03:28 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 May (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 1:30. Weather: 70F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: swimming stegosaurs. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 93. APOD: space shuttle. Web crawl completed at 4:28. Lunch: Arby’s. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: cooperation. Email: Overnight spam 26 plus 000 during the day. Events: Jean and Leanna went to a musical. SVC work: Updated the office management system. Cleaned off my desk. Cleaned out email files. Did the THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 29, 2015 - 02:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 May (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 65F, cloudy. Events: Memorial day. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Microraptorians. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 88. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 2:58. Lunch: steak & eggs, PCS, (D). Read FYEO for 26-27-28-29-30-31 March & 1-2-3-4- 5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20 April & 23-24-25 May. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf-Jean-Leanna, Sam Houston. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: freelancers. Email: Overnight spam 32 plus 7 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 890. SPP work: took the day off. JES work: Blogs. Customer support. SVC work: It being a national holiday and all that I took the day to catch up on FYEO.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 29, 2015 - 02:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 May (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 67F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: extinction. BBS: 15. Forum: 0. Out box: 63. APOD: galaxy M94. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 11:13. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Read FYEO for today and for 21-30 April (caught up). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Avondale West. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: freelancers. Starlist: requests done UK Exeter and 01349; updates received 00926. Email: Overnight spam 61 plus 147 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 891. Miniatures Status Check Day: Waiting for molds for SD7 which (now) are now expected on Thursday of this week. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Marketing, customer support, PDF uploads. SVC work: Primary: Finished catching up on FYEO. Worked on some CL51 articles. Worked on some KMSSB art.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 29, 2015 - 02:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 May (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 70F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: crocodyles. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 12:19. Lunch: seafood pasta @OG(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 10/10. Starlist: requests done 43123. Email: Overnight spam 130 plus 30 during the day. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Proofreading KMSSB. SVC work: Art for KMSSB: Gave SPP 30 ships. Other: customer requests, got a haircut.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 29, 2015 - 03:00 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 May (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 8:40. Weather: 65F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: spiral galaxy 4945. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 12:26. Lunch: ham sandwich in office. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Triangle-Bivens. Target shooting: 10/10. Industry mailing lists: freelancers. Email: Overnight spam 86 plus 95 during the day. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Proofreading KMSSB. Marketing. Customer support. PDF upload projects. SVC work: Starmada PDF packs from Captain’s Log.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 02:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 May (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 65F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: ther\opods. BBS: 17. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 2:08. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: 1 mile, Wolf, South Duck Lake. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Freelancers. Email: Overnight spam 90 plus 94 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 892. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, spambots, marketing, PDF uploads, prepping the Starmada packs. Got Y2 uploaded and publicized. SVC work: Starline: got word that the molds finally arrived and samples will be en route today. Worked on art, CL51, Fiction.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 02:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 May (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 60F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dakotadon. BBS: 23. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: craters in 3d. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 4:38. Lunch: pork @TRH(A). Exercise: 1.75 miles, Wolf, Railtrail. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 31 plus 32 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 902. SPP work: CL51 and Klingon MSSB. JES work: Upload plans, bomb thrower on a website, customer service, marketing. SVC work: Starmada PDF packs and covers.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 02:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 31 May (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 5pm. Weather: 77F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: saurpods. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: supernova. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Email: Overnight spam 40 plus 6 during the day. SVC work: Cleaned up my desk and went home.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 01, 2015 - 06:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 June (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 74F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Juehuaornis. BBS: 13. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 3;53. Lunch: salad @OG(C). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf & Petrick, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 84 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 891. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads. SVC work: Primary: review KR report for ACTASF-1.2E and printed it out for Jean to vette. Art for KMSSB: C9s. Other: did the THIS WEEK blog; reset the office management system; sent Jean a PDF she wanted to upload. Put Starmada PDF covers on BBS; Jean put them on Facebang. Plans for tomorrow: SVC communique, SPP battlegroups, Jean upload Starmada and do KR report on ACTASF1.2E. ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 - 08:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 June (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 70F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: KT survival. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: stars and comet. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: grilled chicken. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf & SPP, Traingle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Freelancers. Email: Overnight spam 60 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 894. Events: Star Fleet Command went back on legal sale today at Good Old Games. Miniatures Status Check Day: We got the sample copies of the new ships (Klingon SD7, Orion DN, Kzinti NCA). SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing. Uploaded Starmada logs and publicized it. Compiled pirate links. Started to proofread FC Scenario Log. Worked on ACTASF list. SVC work: Primary: got the FC Scenario Log put together and gave it to Jean, who wept because the first ten pages were before she started proofreading CapLog. Did most of Communique 114. Art for KMSSB: fixed the file of ships already done and sent it to Petrick. Starline: reviewed new ships. Other: sent Simone the stuff for Hailing Frequencies.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 06, 2015 - 03:23 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 June (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 70F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dermal structures. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: Hyperion. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 12:43. Lunch: stir fry beef. Read FYEO for 27-28-29-30-31 May. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf+SPP, SamH. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Chaosium. Email: Overnight spam 65 plus 68 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 899. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Fed Pack #2) and publicized. Proofread Comm 114 and FC Scenario Log. SVC work: Primary: Communique #114 (did fixes, finished ship). Laid out Fed Ship Pack #3 and gave it to Jean to proofread. Other: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 06, 2015 - 03:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 June (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 77F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: spinosaurus. BBS: 13. Forum: 3. Out box: 48. APOD: cluster 2419. Jigsawdoku 2:49. Ann Coulter: Mexican billionaire profits from illegal aliens and controls the New York Times. (He actually does. It’s true.) Web crawl completed at 2:32. Lunch: burger at Coyote Bluff. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf+SPP, Local. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: freelancers. Starlist: requests done 40219 and 99205. Email: Overnight spam 80 plus 103 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 897. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (CL#13, wrote ad copy, publicized), made Fixes to FC Scenario Log 8C1-8C5; wrote ad copy for CL#13, proofread Comm-114, SVC work: Got tired after lunch and took a nap. When I got up, I did the scenario for Comm-114, added art to two pages with big blank areas in the FC Scenario Log, sent Simone the last parts of Hailing Frequencies, told Paul I need more progress on replacing 2G ships on SFBOL, I made the Jean/SPP fixes to Comm-114 and sent it to the staff (Tholian Black Widow!).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 06, 2015 - 03:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 June (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 77F, 40% clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: evolution. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 48. APOD: moonrise. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Web crawl completed at 12:32. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B+). Exercise: 3/4 mile Wolf+SPP Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Freelancer. Email: Overnight spam 114 plus 110 during the day. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, FC scenario log. SVC work: Updated the tactics section of ACTASF-Deluxe. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 08, 2015 - 08:39 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 June (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 75F, clear, baking sun. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mammals. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: nasa propaganda. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 12:38. Lunch: pulled pork dinner @TRH(A). Read FYEO for 1-2-3-4-5 June. Exercise: two miles (longest ever), Wolf, Railtrail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Freelancer database. Email: Overnight spam 83 plus 40 during the day. Events: D-Day reenactment in the office. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads. SVC work: Helped Simone with pictures. Rested from the marathon walk. Wrote some blogs. Reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 08, 2015 - 08:39 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 June (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2pm. Weather: 88F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hanksville-Burpee. BBS: 23. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: Nebula 3132. Jigsawdoku 2:41. Web crawl completed at 2:43. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 48 plus 8 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 893. Events: I brought Wolf with me to the office today because he whines at Jean’s house on days he doesn’t go to work. SVC work: I did this THIS WEEK blog and played a joke on Jean that left her screaming (with laugher?) "Bring me my dog!"
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 08, 2015 - 08:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 June (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 73F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Monoclonius. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 48. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:17. Web crawl completed at 5:41. Lunch: enchiladas @LFG(A). Read FYEO for 6 June. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf+SPP, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: relief fun. Email: Overnight spam 108 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 893. SPP work: CL51 BG, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: blogs, prepping JagdPanther #15(BF) for upload. SVC work: Primary: Communique updates, work on ACTA, work on CL51, blogs.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 09, 2015 - 07:17 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 June (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 77F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Laplatasaurus. BBS: 21. Forum: 0. Out box: 51. APOD: colliding galaxy 7714. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Web crawl completed at 12:51. Lunch: burger @Coyote (A–). Read FYEO for June 7-8. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf+SPP, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: layout. Starlist: requests done 94047, Ireland. Email: Overnight spam 71 plus 157 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 881. Miniatures Status Check Day: Ordered production runs of the three new 2500s. SPP work: CL51 battlegroups, Romulan MSSB (mostly), Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Jagdpanther 15, publicized), proofreading FC Scemarop :pg. Fixes to FC Scenario Log. SVC work: All known fixes to ACTASF-1.2E. Blogs.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 02:16 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 June (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 83F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Jurassic World. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: Ceres. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: fettuccini. Read FYEO for 9-10 June. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Sam Houston (being forced by the heat to do the walks in the morning requires shorter walks until I reschedule something else). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: layout. Email: Overnight spam 100 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 879. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB (mostly), Klingon MSSB. Tried to straighted out modular Romulan dreadnought mess. Did a battlegroup article. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Klingon card pack #2), proofreading. SVC work: Primary: ACTASF-Deluxe painting guide. Other: customer requests.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 02:17 pm: Edit MY DAY: 11 June (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:20. Weather: 73F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Jurassic World. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:55. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: riblets @AP(A). Exercise: one mile, Wolf, Duck park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: references. Email: Overnight spam 142 plus 125 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 865. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (most of the day), Klingon MSSB (line items), blogs. JES work: Customer service, marketing, proofreading ACTASF and FCS3, getting SVC to finish Fed Card Pack #3. Updated Frax pack #1 for minor typos. Previewed the Kindle Book Glory of the Empire. Proofread SVC’s WW2 blog. SVC work: I was supposed to work on F&E but Jean insisted that I spend the day with her finishing Federation Ship Card Pack #3 since we promised to upload it this month.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 02:17 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 June (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 70F, cloudy, it rained last night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Santana Formation. BBS: 15. Forum: 0. Out box: 47. APOD: Medusa Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:10. Web crawl completed at 10:57. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Read FYEO for 11-12 June. Exercise: one mile, Wolf+SPP, rail trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: books. Starlist: requests done Toronto. Email: Overnight spam 126 plus 121 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 870. SPP work: CL51 (waiting for battle groups), Romulan MSSB (module R9), Klingon MSSB (no reports today). JES work: Customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (SFB Commander Volume I), proofreading. SVC work: ACTASF, F&E Stuff.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 07:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 June (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 11:20. Weather: 63F, cloudy, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: crocodile biodiversity. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: site down. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: chicken salad sandwich. Read FYEO for today. Exercise: 1/4 mile (rain), Wolf+SPP. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 71 plus 16 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 865. Events: Staff meeting. We need to do them regularly. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB (through R12), Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, worked on fixes to Kindle Book format, proofread and made changes to FC Scenario Log. SVC work: Set up the empty file for Comm-115. I reset the office management system. I did the THIS WEEK blog. Posted MY DAY through yesterday. Did the art for FC Scenario Log. Worked on Klingon MSSB art.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 07:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 June (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 60F, cloudy, rain. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mosasaur. BBS: 15. APOD: M101 pinwheel galaxy. Lunch: Leanna cooked porkchops. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Email: Overnight spam 46. SVC work: Came in with Wolf for a couple of hours to clean up our desks.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 07:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 June (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 70F, overcast, it rained last night. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Giganotosaurus. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: Lunar corona. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 4:41. Lunch: CFS @ Calico(B). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: reviewers. Starlist: requests done 08053. Email: Overnight spam 61 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 879. SPP work: Checked shipment of 2500s and 2400s. CL51 (got another battlegroup and processed it), Romulan MSSB (more progress), Klingon MSSB (gave SVC more ships to do). JES work: customer service, marketing (catalog and update list, photographing minis), PDF uploads (hounded SVC for Fedcardpack3, proofreading Kindle book, blogs. SVC work: Checked shipment of 2500s and 2400s. Caught up on various projects. Helped a customer survey Delta pavonis.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:49 am: Edit
MY DAY: 16 June (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 70F, cloudy, cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pterosaur locomotion. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 52. APOD: 20th anniversary. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Web crawl completed at 4:50. Lunch: burger @Coyote (B+). Read FYEO for 14-15 June. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam H. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: contacting a defunct company. Starlist: requests done 74011; updates received 28052. Email: Overnight spam 60 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 875. Miniatures Status Check Day: We have the three new 2500s in house and will post them on the cart this week. SPP work: CL51 (another battlegroup), Romulan MSSB (almost all the CapLog Roms), Klingon MSSB (inserted C7A, created list of D6s needed). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepped FC Fed Ship card pdf pack #3), worked on Kindle book and got it ready to go live on 14 July. Worked on marketing for the Kindle Book (doing a PDF Leanna needed for it). SVC work: Finished FC Fed PDF Card Pack #3 and sent it to Jean to upload, then had to replace the scenario when she didn’t like my special rules. Finished the C7 art for KMSSB and did the last battleship (the B8).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:49 am: Edit
MY DAY: 17 June (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:35. Weather: 76F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: crocodile tracks. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 54. APOD: Pleiades. Jigsawdoku 2:21. Web crawl completed at 3:19. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers(A). Read FYEO for 16-17 June. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Lake Meredith. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Obsolete game system. Email: Overnight spam 76 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 874. Events: Jean and SVC drove to Lake Meredith for the wild flower tour. Wolf went along to water the flowers. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB (working on fighters), Klingon MSSB (reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (uploaded FC Fed Pack 3), proofreading. SVC work: Review print quotes. Catch up on email, discuss design questions with a customer.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:49 am: Edit
MY DAY: 18 June (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 83F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: frogs. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: M64 Black Eye Galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: grilled chicken @Malcomb’s (A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 6/6. Industry mailing lists: contacting people. Email: Overnight spam 115 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 884. SPP work: Romulan MSSB glitches, Klingon MSSB reports. JES work: customer service, marketing the new 2500s, PDF uploads (working on Y3 SSD). SVC work: Missing ribbon on Wall of Honor. Got ships put on shopping cart. Worked on ACTA, F&E, and art for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:50 am: Edit
MY DAY: 19 June (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 80F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sauropods. BBS: 20. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: lightsail A. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 4:22. Lunch: BBQ @BF(B+). Exercise: 1/4 mile, too hot. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Old stuff. Email: Overnight spam 107 plus 97 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 895. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (some), Klingon MSSB (fixed up a mess in the fighter section). JES work: customer service, marketing 2500s and Y3SSD PDF, proofreading (checked FC Scenario Log). SVC work: ships for Klingon MSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:50 am: Edit
MY DAY: 20 June (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 80F, sunny and clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Plesiosaur. BBS: 17. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: M5 star cluster. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 3:25. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers. Read FYEO for 18 June. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: diversity. Email: Overnight spam 31 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 878. Events: I went to the periodic dinner with my relatives. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (finished PFs and started on X-ships), Klingon MSSB (reports and glitches). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (fixed some issues with earlier uploads), proofreading (FC Scenario Log). Helped Simone redesign the front page of the website. SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog. Helped Simone redesign the front page of the website. Reset the office system. Worked on F&E stuff.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:51 am: Edit
MY DAY: 21 June (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 6pm. Weather: 93F, one or two clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 10. Forum: 1. Out box: 55. APOD: Saturn. Web crawl completed at 7pm. Lunch: turkey. Read FYEO for 19 June. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: diversity. Email: Overnight spam 30 plus 5 during the day. Events: Leanna cooked a turkey dinner for the four of us. SVC work: I just came for an hour to clear up my desk.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 02:58 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 June (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:24. Weather: 75F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: South America. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 53. APOD: New Horizons. Jigsawdoku 3:03. Web crawl completed at 3:52. Lunch: vegetable plate. Read FYEO for 20 June. Exercise: 1/2 mile, W+P, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 23 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 883. Events: Company party. SPP work: CL51 (last FC battle group), Romulan MSSB (working on early years), Klingon MSSB (edits). JES work: customer service, blogs, marketing, PDF uploads (prep for tomorrow), proofreading (FC scenario log). SVC work: F&E counters.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 02:58 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 June (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 75F, sunny. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sefapanosaurus. BBS: 17. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: star bubble Sharpless 308. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Web crawl completed at 4on. Lunch: burger @Coyote. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam H park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: diversity. Email: Overnight spam 64 plus 60 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 888. SPP work: CL51 (battle groups), Romulan MSSB (working on early years), Klingon MSSB (reports and glitches). JES work: customer service, ran off a scammer, marketing, PDF uploads (Uploaded SFB Module E3 in PDF form to all three stores), proofreading (Klingon MSSB). SVC work: Updated minor empires counters. Worked on art for KMSSB. Did preparations for trip.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 02:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 June (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 8:30. Weather: 73F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 20. Forum: 0. Out box: 53. APOD: conjunction. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 10:38. Lunch: Leanna’s undercooked steak and some of my pork steak. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: using games to treat depression. Starlist: updates received Australia, Milwaukee. Email: Overnight spam 93 plus 60 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 887. SPP work: CL51 (waiting for a battle group), Romulan MSSB (processing errata report), Klingon MSSB (decided to re-read it because he found mistakes nobody else found). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Klingon ship pack #3), proofreading a menu at Outback. SVC work: Getting ready for trip, trying to answer emails and do things Jean and Steve will need while I’m gone. Reviewed a memo for Alliance Distribution. I did this THIS WEEK blog for Monday and left it to Jean to finish.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 02:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 June (Thursday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Luijanpus. APOD: star trails. Lunch: Underwood’s BBQ, Brownfield. Exercise: driving. Events: At the hotel, I tripped over a curb and went face-first into concrete. Bad bruises on my knee and head. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. SVC work: Leanna and I drove to Austin to see her niece’s wedding.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 03:00 pm: Edit MY DAY: 26 June (Friday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Rhabdodon. APOD: planet Aurora. Lunch: brisket at Salt Lick. Exercise: Quarter mile walking around the wedding venue. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. SVC work: Wedding Rehearsal dinner. Since the happy couple are both in the Austin live music scene, they thought the rehearsal was for their band, not for the wedding.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 03:00 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 June (Saturday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Temnodontosaurus. APOD: stars. Lunch: sandwiches before wedding, brisket after. Exercise: over a mile at the wedding greeting guests and talking with everyone. Events/SVC work: My Niece Amy got married. Leanna and I danced at the wedding. (Well, ok, I can’t actually dance so we stood on the dance floor hugging and I shuffled my feet a little. The young people all cried and cheered because we had proven that a lifetime marriage is still possible even today.) Being the uncle of the bride I assigned myself the job of being the assistant to my brother-in-law. He had everything done and needed no help. As he is a very reserved person, I became the gregarious uncle who made it a point to have a conversation with every single one of the guests, caterers, and musicians. I helped one cousin assemble a children’s toy only to discover we were both engineers. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. Uploaded SFB Cadet training handbook.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 03:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 June (Sunday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: eggs. APOD: colors of the sun. Lunch: leftover BBQ. Exercise: 1/2 mile at mall. SVC work: Catching up with family. Taking Leanna to the outlet mall.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 03:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 June (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 85F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Belgian iguanodons. APOD: sunspots. Lunch: just freaking awful. Exercise: one mile walking around the zoo. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, blogs, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. SVC work: Leanna and I went to the zoo, then went to spend more time with her brother and sister-in-law.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 03:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 June (Tuesday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hadrosaurid diversity. APOD: mountain on Ceres. Lunch: very nice chicken at Golden Corral in Abeline. Exercise: driving nine hours. SPP work: CL51, Romulan MSSB, Klingon MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. SVC work: loaded car, long drive home, safe arrival at 6:30pm. Ramses was furious but calmed down after three bowls of shrimp.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 05:55 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 July (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Temperature 75F and rising. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Plateosaurus. BBS: 18. Forum: 8. Out box: 53. APOD: Jupiter-Venus conjunction. Web crawl completed at 1:35. Lunch: chicken bits. Copied eleven FYEOs to reading file. Exercise: 1/8 mile, knee hurts too much for more. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done Australia, 92694, 73120, 89509. Email: Seven days of spam 575 plus 51 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 901. SPP work: CL51 (platinum hat article), Romulan MSSB (general ships), Klingon MSSB (cleaned up some messes). JES work: customer service, marketing (publicity for Frax books), dealt with a flame war. SVC work: Caught up from trip, lots of email, My day, dinosaurs, APOD, Starlist, ACTASF, and F&E.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 03, 2015 - 05:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 July (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 73F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Huanansaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 64. APOD: Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Jigsawdoku 2:12. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Salmon and rice @LCB(B+). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: various questions. Starlist: requests done 92105; updates received 22403, 55421, Derby UK. Email: Overnight spam 52 plus 33 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 906. SPP work: CL51 (platinum hat), Romulan MSSB (fixing problems with early years), Klingon MSSB (nothing to do today). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading, tried to fix the damage Norton did to the PC. SVC work: Exhausted from the trip, I didn’t accomplish much. I did look at a proposal for a whole new game.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 06, 2015 - 04:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 July (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 80F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: sauropod tracks. BBS: 15. Forum: 1. Out box: 66. APOD: Jupiter-Venus conjunction. Jigsawdoku 2:17. Web crawl completed at 2:57. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Read FYEO for 21-22-23-24-25- 26-27-28 June. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: New guy. Starlist: requests done 66215, 02346. Email: Overnight spam 50 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 906. SPP work: CL51 (completed platinum hat article and gavew it to Jean), Romulan MSSB (fighters), Klingon MSSB (line item reports and updates). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. SVC work: Still exhausted from the trip (and my knee increasingly swollen from a fall a week ago) I took an easy day, answering some queries, dabbling in fiction, clearing some files. Got an interesting question on why ships do not have rear deflectors that will be in CL51.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 06, 2015 - 04:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 July (Saturday) 2015 SVC comment: I came in for an hour to clean up my desk. APOD: southern aurora. The gang met for a 4th of July hotdog dinner then the girls went to Palo Duro Canyon to see the musicial.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 06, 2015 - 04:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 July (Sunday) 2015 On the orders of Leanna I stayed home and rested. APOD: runaway star.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 08, 2015 - 05:24 pm: Edit MY DAY: 6 July (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:10. Weather: 77F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: cratoavis. BBS: 19. Forum: 0. Out box: 57. APOD: Rho opiuchi star clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 3:26. Lunch: roasted chicken @Golden Coral (B+). Read FYEO for 917. Exercise: 1/4 Mile, Wolf, Bivens, then another 1/4 with Wolf and Jean just before it rained. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Two days of spam 73 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 917. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (carrier tables), Klingon MSSB (line item reports). JES work: customer service (questions), marketing (rules), PDF uploads (Over 1000 copies of the cadet book have been downloaded in four days), proofreading (blogs). SVC work: I did the THIS WEEK blog. Dentist for deep cleaning my teeth. Blogs. ACTASF.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 08, 2015 - 05:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 July (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 62F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mandibles. BBS: 24. Forum: 2. Out box: 58. APOD: Milky Way. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 3:59. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Dyers. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Dianna Jones Awards. Email: Overnight spam 49 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 916. SPP work: CL51 (chased tactics article authors), Romulan MSSB (general section), Klingon MSSB (line item reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, creating data for Hailing Frequencies, proofreading (Communique and HF). SVC work: Communique #115 including the search for a new ship suitable for the issue.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 03:43 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 July (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:30. Weather: 64F, high thin clouds cover the entire sky. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Wendiceratops. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 57. APOD: Dione, moon of Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Web crawl completed at 2:09. Lunch: Salad and grilled chicken @OG(B+). Read FYEO for 1-2-3-4- 5 July. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Belleview park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Historical Writing Style Guide. Starlist: requests done Staffordshire UK, Toronto; updates received 74729. Email: Overnight spam 60 plus 28 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 941. Board Meeting: Established that I am to get the F&E counters to press ASAP. When they come back, we’ll ship the boxed game, AdvOps, and FtrOps14. Minor Empires might take another two or three weeks. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (generic ships). JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (platinum hat article). SVC work: Resolving the T6 point cost issue. Wrote a one-page article for CL51. Scheduled work for the rest of the month. Sent SFBOL more ship art.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 03:43 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 July (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 75F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Ann Coulter: criminal immigrants. Web crawl completed at 2:00. Lunch: burger @ Coyote (B-). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam H. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Card Sleeve Manufacturers. Starlist: requests done 37914. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 48 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 914. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (general ships through R12), Checked Hailing Frequencies. JES work: customer service (helped someone get onto the BBS and helped another find a replacement part), marketing, PDF uploads (prepping SFB- CV2), proofreading (platinum hat article). SVC work: Finished Communique. Reviewed HF. Talked with Paul F about 2G deletions deadline.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 03:43 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 July (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 79F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 20. Forum: 1. Out box: 66. APOD: star forming region M43. Jigsawdoku 2:51. Web crawl completed at 2:12. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(B+). Exercise: one mile, Wolf, duck park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 903. SPP work: CL51 (did the last battle group article), Romulan MSSB (started on Captain’s Log R1 ships). JES work: customer service, marketing (publicized HF and Comm), PDF uploads (SFB Volume 2 rulebook, publicity), support for fan groups. SVC work: F&E counters.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 13, 2015 - 07:35 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 July (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 69F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Deccan traps. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 56. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:54. Web crawl completed at 10am. Lunch: enchiladas @LF(A). Read FYEO for 6-7-8-9-10 July. Exercise: mile, Wolf, rail trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: database. Starlist: updates received 46774. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 26 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 912. Events: Simone went shopping for a wedding dress. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (early years). JES work: customer service (access help), spambots, marketing, PDF uploads (Frax Pack #2 uploaded and publicized), proofreading (Platinum hat article). SVC work: Reset the office management system. I did the THIS WEEK blog before Jean even asked for it. F&E minor empires counters.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 13, 2015 - 07:35 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 July (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2pm. Weather: 82F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Plesiosaur. BBS: 7. Forum: 2. Out box: 49. APOD: old NASA photo, not astroomy. Web crawl completed at 4;02. Lunch: Leanna’s famous pork chops. Exercise: 1/4 mile, cat, home. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 62 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 902. History: Battle of Prochorovka, 1943. Events: Jean and Leanna went to see some kids put on Mary Poppins at the concert hall. SVC work: Worked on F&E countersheet N+O-2015.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 06:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 July (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 11am. Weather: 95F at noon. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 47. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:13. Web crawl completed at 3:08. Lunch: salad @OG(B). Exercise: 1/4 mile, local, Wolf, in 95F. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 48103, 95758. Email: Overnight spam 56 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 907. SPP work: CL51 (making fixes to platinum hat article), Romulan MSSB (finished the draft), Klingon MSSB (line item reports), checking F&E counters and fixing crippled non-cripples which SVC did wrong. JES work: customer service (starlist welcome letters), marketing (blogs), PDF uploads (prepping files), proofreading (Klingon MSSB, F&Ecounters). SVC work: F&E counters go to press tomorrow! Worked on these all day.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 06:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 July (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:am. Weather: 82F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ankylosaur. BBS: 18. Forum: 3. Out box: 52. APOD: Pluto and Charon. Jigsawdoku 2:48. Web crawl completed at 2:15. Lunch: fish, carrots, cornbread. Exercise: 1/4 mile with Ramses, 1/2 mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: eBooks. Email: Overnight spam 67 plus 20 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 913. SPP work: CL51 (completed Jean’s fixes), Romulan MSSB (finished draft, but will not be sent to staff until Klingon book is finished)), Klingon MSSB (send SVC more art requests), final checks of F&E counters. JES work: Customer service (news feeds), marketing, PDF uploads (YG3, also publicized), proofreading (F&E Counters and MIT article). SVC work: F&E counters went to press after final fixes. (It’s tricky converting the graphic files the staff sees into the format the printer has to have, so it took all day, literally. That included the conversation with Leanna over how many to print.) While guarding Simone I did a bunch of graphics for KMSSB (E7, E7J, E7D, F5, F5S, F5M, F5V, F5C, F5L, F5D, F5E, AF5, F5G, F5R, F5P, F5I, F5T; F6, F6B, F6E, F6J, F6S, F6T; F5W, F5WC, F5WV, F5WE, F5WP).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 06:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 July (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 80F, Clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 13. Forum: 3. Out box: 52. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:18. Web crawl completed at 1:08. Lunch: salmon & rice at the Chinese place. Exercise: 1/4 mile, local, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: media contacts. Email: Overnight spam 56 plus 88 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 910. Events: Excellent photos of Planet Pluto from new Horizons. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (cleaned up fighter section), Klingon MSSB (inserted art, prepared for more art). JES work: marketing Frax Pack #3, PDF uploads (Frax Pack #3), proofreading (Klingon book). SVC work: Sick most of day but I did work on KMSSB art including the E3s, E4s, E5, E6, F5, F5W, F6
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 06:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 July (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:40. Weather: 81F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Zhenyuanlong. BBS: 10. Forum: 2. Out box: 51. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Ann Coulter: immigration myths. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: CFS @Calico (B). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Email: Overnight spam 44 plus 70 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 911. Events: Tragedy in Chattanooga. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (search and destroy errors), Klingon MSSB (inserted ships from SVC, prepped more instructions for doing ships, search and destroy errors). JES work: customer service, marketing (CL40 PDF), PDF uploads (Prepping CL40), proofreading (KMSSB, scenario blog). SVC work: Art for KMSSB, doing all of the pods.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 17, 2015 - 06:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 July (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:50. Weather: 78F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gomphodont. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: Charon, moon of Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Web crawl completed at 12:48. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf SamH. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 65 plus 43 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 918. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (Inserting ships and doing instructions for more ships). JES work: customer service (convention), marketing (CL40 PDFs), PDF uploads (Captain’s Log 40 main book, supplement, and color SSDs). SVC work: Did all of the D5 and D5W graphics (not the x-ships) for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 09:16 pm: Edit MY DAY: 18 July (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 84F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Steneosaurus. BBS: 20. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 3:30. Lunch: pulled pork @TRH (A). Read FYEO for 11-12-13-14-15 July. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf. Wellington. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 85388, 77578, 20171; updates received 48340, 16601. Email: Overnight spam 39 plus 54 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 913. Events: Jean brought in a pan of wonderful brownies. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (fixed some issues), Klingon MSSB (inserted art, working on list of generic ship art), checking F&E counters. JES work: customer service (BBS access), marketing (CL40 PDF, briefing ambassadors), PDF uploads (getting files from Leanna), proofreading (F&E counters, KMSSB). SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK file. Checked the F&E counters. Caught up on dinosaurs, FYEO, and Starlist. Reset the office management system. I wrote some blogs for the future.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2015 - 11:42 am: Edit
MY DAY: 19 July (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4:30. Weather: 93F, clear mostly. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 12. Forum: 1. APOD: old NASA launch photo. Lunch: Leanna cooked stew. Exercise: 1/2 mile with wolf, Wellington. Email: Overnight spam 44. SVC work: F&E counters implode as Chuck S finds a report that was never processed. Knowing that Jean and Steve P found lots of errors on Saturday that we have to pay to fix, this just made it worse, so I resent the counters to the staff (fourth time) with orders to report before noon on Monday.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2015 - 11:43 am: Edit
MY DAY: 20 July (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 88F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ichibengops. BBS: 10. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: Comet. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: chicken strips at Longhorn (C+). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, local. Email: Overnight spam 81 plus 145 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 937. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (general units art directions). JES work: customer service (helped find the right product), marketing (PDF of basic set), PDF uploads (SFB Basic Set rulebook), proofreading (blogs). SVC work: Medical appointment. Correcting F&E counters gets worse as more and more errors are found.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2015 - 11:43 am: Edit
MY DAY: 21 July (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 75F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: lizards. BBS: 12. Forum: 2. Out box: 48. APOD: comets. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 12:28. Lunch: leftover stew. Read FYEO for 16-20 July. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 67 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 927. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (graphic request files for generic units), checked SFB C5 color SSD book, checking F&E counters and still finding stuff that everybody missed. JES work: customer service (finding newsletters), marketing (CL39), PDF uploads (prepping files), proofreading (KMSSB), checking F&E counters and still finding stuff that everybody missed. SVC work: F&E counters done over again and again, checked again and again, Jean and Petrick found things staff and I missed on the fourth try. Finally sent the revised sheets to press at 8pm.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2015 - 11:43 am: Edit
MY DAY: 22 July (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 81F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Xenoposeidon. BBS: 10. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: gamma rays. Lunch: salmon & rice @ LCB(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, local. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 88 plus 76 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 929. SPP work: CL51 (battle groups), Klingon MSSB (reports and line items). JES work: customer service, marketing (V3), PDF uploads (SFB Commander’s Volume III). SVC work: To rest from very long and stressful days of doing F&E countersheets over, I took the afternoon off and went home to rest.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2015 - 11:43 am: Edit
MY DAY: 23 July (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 8:50. Weather: 74F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Tetrapodophis (snake). BBS: 11. Forum: 2. Out box: 47. APOD: comet. Jigsawdoku 2:20. Ann Coulter: immigration. Web crawl completed at 12:25. Lunch: leftover stew. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, local. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 56 plus 140 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 928. Events: Leanna and I had "date night." SPP work: Klingon MSSB (fixing Jean marks, send last check file), checked F&E counter proofs, checked orders. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping files), proofreading (KMSSB, F&E counter proof checking). SVC work: Checking proofs on F&E counters (no mistakes found, thank God), negotiating print schedule with die cutter. Wrote a bunch of blogs.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 24, 2015 - 06:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 July (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 82F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Jurassic world. BBS: 14. Forum: 1. Out box: 49. APOD: M31 in UV. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 12:31. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, in extreme heat, but I had to keep[ him away from the window washers who come by once a month. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 22041, 95482, 33558; updates received 46781. Email: Overnight spam 115 plus 164 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 934. Events: Jean and Leanna went to see a show by the Oak Tree Boys, or something like that, while I babysat the dog. Staff meeting: Assuming that the counters arrive on schedule (21 Aug) we will put the Boxed F&E with bases, the bases sheet, Advanced Operations, Sheet N+O-280, and Sheet I+J-280 on sale that day and ship the next week. It would be nice to ship FO-15 on that day but no promises, depends on how the rulebook goes. Minor Empires can’t possibly be done by that date, but we might sell ME counters just for grins and chuckles. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (items caused by KMSSB), Klingon MSSB (line items). F&E Battle Plan Meeting. JES work: customer service, marketing (F&E schedule), PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (KMSSB). F&E Battle Plan Meeting. SVC work: Contact with die cutter. Posted MY DAY backlog. Posted status report on F&E products and created battle plan. F&E Battle Plan Meeting. Caught up posting Dinosaur stuff. I went ahead and reset the office management system a day early since I had five minutes to spare. Caught up on Starlist. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 11:50 am: Edit
MY DAY: 25 July (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 81F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mixosaur. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 54. APOD: M20 Triffid Nebula in IR. Jigsawdoku 3:14. Web crawl completed at 4:00. Lunch: grilled chicken and salad. Exercise: 3/4 mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: somebody asked for the old list for their area, perhaps the first person to do so. Email: Overnight spam 37 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 919. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work (Friday Night): I cleaned off my desk, answered the only paper- with-a-stamp letter I received this year, sent a note to a designer about his game idea, and read some fiction. SVC work: Working on F&E rulebooks, Captain’s Log, fiction, business matters. I did this THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 11:50 am: Edit
MY DAY: 26 July (Sunday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 14. APOD: sombrero galaxy. Lunch: Leanna cooked roast and potatoes. Exercise: 1/4 mile w/ Ramses, 1/4 mile w/ Wolf. Shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 54. SVC work: I cleaned up my desk and took Wolf and Ramses for walks.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 11:51 am: Edit
MY DAY: 27 July (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 82F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 11. Forum: 0. Out box: 56. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: we went to pizza but the place was closed for remodeling so we went to Dyer’s BBQ. Read FYEO for 21-22 July. Exercise: 3/4 mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: movie titles in trivia games. Starlist: requests done 63052. Email: Overnight spam 155 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 933. Events: I got a note from my cousin Beth that the building our grandfather built decades ago (site of the family business) had been torn down to make a parking lot for a sports bar. Wolf and I walked over there and picked up a little stick to remember it by (due to the signature paint color). SPP work: CL51 (background for space monster), Romulan MSSB (minor typos), Klingon MSSB (Jean’s reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, blogs, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (Klingon MSSB, blogs). Jean was creeped out by an insect and earlier by a spider. SVC work: Dealing with F&E proofs and the die cutter. Dealing with a Vassal proposal.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 04:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 July (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 86F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: crocogators. BBS: 19. Forum: 2. Out box: 63. APOD: not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 1:16. Lunch: total crap @ Longhorn (F). Read FYEO for 23-24 July. Exercise: 1.25 miles, Wolf, Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 92 plus 70 during the day. Email left in the in-box at end of the day: 936. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (fixed nomenclature for KRs), Klingon MSSB (line item reports), helped Mike with orders. JES work: customer service, marketing (BGG help), PDF uploads (SFT 11- 15), proofreading (Klingon MSSB). SVC work: F&E stuff, CL51, business discussion.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 01:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 July (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 80F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: South America. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: M8 Lagoon Nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Web crawl completed at 3:21. Lunch: pizza @PP(B). Read Exercise: half mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 183 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 928. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (changes caused by Jean reading KMSSB), Klingon MSSB (Jean changes). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (KMSSB). Contacted Adam about the cover for Minor Empires. SVC work: Continuing to excavate my desk looking for Petrick’s lost art instructions for KMSSB. Did art for SFBOL3G. SFBOL3G memo. Paramount royalty documents. F&E FO15. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 01:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 July (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:15 after Leanna and I took the first "married morning" in months to do stuff around the house. Weather: 85F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Osteoderms. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: skyline, ho-hum. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Ann Coulter: American people do not want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: steak at GCW (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 186 plus 73 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 952. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (fixing line items. Aegis, pods). JES work: customer service, spambots marketing, PDF uploads (SFB Module E4), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Worked on F&E stuff and had the third of four dental treatments for diabetes issues ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 01:32 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 31 July (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 68F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Iguanadon. BBS: 13. Forum: 2. Out box: 54. APOD: blue moon. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Read FYEO for 26-27-28-29-30-31 July. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, SamH. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 160 plus 155 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 925. Staff Meeting: Discussed the delivery of F&E counters, art for Minor Empires, and work assignments for the next month. SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (art requests), checked orders and production. JES work: customer service, spambots, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: KMSSB Generic Units Art. Sent Jean two PDF to upload to WV/DT. Started a discussion on Jean’s free F&E PDF. Posted a photo of Wolf.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 - 04:28 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 August (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:20. Weather: 72F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: trackway. BBS: 12. Forum: 3. Out box: 49. APOD: galaxy leaving a dust trail. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 2:28. Lunch: pulled pork @TRH(A). Exercise: one mile at Ama-Con. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: gencon. Starlist: requests done 43011, Canada V4E 1M7, 75077; updates received 93465. Email: Overnight spam 21 plus 5 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 928. Events: Ama-Con, a convention with cosplay and anime and some gaming (Warhammer and CCG only) was today. Leanna and Jean went to see the costumes. I sent to see if it was a place we could sell or host games (no) or if there was anyone we wanted to do business with (no). SPP work: Klingon MSSB (inserting graphics, Jean line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (KMSSB), Ama-Con visit. SVC work: Ama-Con visit. Checking a cover Simone did. Fighter art for KMSSB. Reset the office managerment system, Did the THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 - 04:29 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 August (Sunday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 10. Forum: 0. APOD: old astronaut photo. Jigsawdoku 2:08. Lunch: Leanna cooked burgers. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, KG Park (a new place). Email: Overnight spam 21 plus 10 during the day. SVC work: I stopped by for an hour to clear my desk.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 - 04:29 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 August (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 74F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Arrhinoceratops. BBS: 11. Forum: 3. Out box: 51. APOD: sky. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 10:46. Lunch: Pizza. Exercise: 1/2 mile, John Stiff Park, Wolf & Jean. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon sales. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 150 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 930. SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (report line items, Jean line items, early years graphics list). JES work: customer service, marketing, blogs, proofreading (KMSSB), helped Leanna remove malware from PC. SVC work: Looked up an F&E rule so Petrick could fix something in KMSSB. Did all of the Klingon bombers and Fighters for MSSB. Did a new G1 picture since the one I did a million years ago is ugly and the one Nick did is too complicated for Word to comprehend. Mine matches Nick’s very closely. SPP came over and we did all 12 version of the G1 art.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 - 04:29 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 August (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 76F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Triassic. BBS: 16. Forum: 4. Out box: 55. APOD: the galaxies of Virgo. Jigsawdoku 2:22. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: roast beef @YB(B+). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, local-NE. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon best sellers. Email: Overnight spam 79 plus 110 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 934. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items, Jean’s reports, inserting graphics, doing lists of further graphics needed.). JES work: customer service, marketing. Jean had a painful fall on the sidewalk and went home to rest. SVC work: Doctor visit to monitor health and weight loss. Art for KMSSB (fighters done over for proper size, PFs done).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 11:17 am: Edit
MY DAY: 5 August (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 80F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Albertosuchus. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: Circinus X-1, a neutron star. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Web crawl completed at noon. Lunch: overcooked chicken at Golden Corral (B-). Exercise: Took wolf around the block then did a half-mile at Sam H. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 143 plus 84 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 932. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (created early years graphic instructions file, worked on a scenario idea). JES work: Took the day off to recover from injuries. SVC work: Created new interceptor graphics for KMSSB and rebuilt the G1N graphic that didn’t work right. I wasn’t feeling well and went home early.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 11:18 am: Edit
MY DAY: 6 August (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 84F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Anguanax. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: Pluto. Jigsawdoku 2:24. Ann Coulter: immigrant rape culture. Web crawl completed at 1:53. Lunch: salad and grilled chicken. Exercise: one mile, Wolf, Rail Trail Kan-West. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 107 plus 111 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 542. Events: Designer staff meeting decided SVC was out of time for KMSSB and need to do Communique and FO2015 before getting back to it. SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (inserted art, conferences on art direction). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (C5SSD book), ship graphic conferences to make sure the ships are marketable. SVC work: Did the W, Y, and X versions of the D7 so I can spin off all of the Klingon cruiser art for the KMSSB. It is very tedious and time consuming at this point because to do anything I have to do all of the X, Y, and W base hulls for that size.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 11:18 am: Edit
MY DAY: 7 August (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 86F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Eucnemesaurus. BBS: 12. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: Earth & moon. Jigsawdoku 2:23. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, local-SW (and a short walk later to his rest pole). Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 89 plus more during the day. Events: Wolf’s birthday party, with is first bone. He’s two. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (publicized C5 SSD), hailing frequencies. SVC work: Art for KMSSB and work on F&EFO15. Some kind of bad code embedded in an email caused problems with my computer and I lost a lot of time.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 11:18 am: Edit
MY DAY: 8 August (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 84F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Coelurosauravus. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 54. APOD: rover on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:03. Lunch: chicken fried steak @Calico. Exercise: 1.5 miles, Line West. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: unable to access. SPP work: Took the afternoon off for reconstituion. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading, finished hailing frequencies. SVC work: Computer issues, art for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 11:18 am: Edit
MY DAY: 9 August (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 4pm. Weather: 94F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Liopleurodon. BBS: 16. Forum: 2. Out box: 55. APOD: group of galaxies. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked beans & ham (A+). Exercise: 1/4 mile with Ramses, 1/2 mile with Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: unable to access. JES work: proofreading (communique & KMSSB). SVC work: Computer issues, art for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 11:19 am: Edit
MY DAY: 10 August (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 80F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dromomeron. BBS: 15. Forum: 7. Out box: 56. APOD: triple nebula in Sagittarius. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 3:03. Lunch: pizza @Planet. Read Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: RPGs. Email: Overnight spam 107 plus 80 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 952. SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (line items), checked products, proofread Communique. JES work: customer service, marketing, blogs PDF uploads (preps), proofreading (communique, Klingon MSSB). SVC work: After Leanna got what she needed to fully fix my computer I got busy and did the THIS WEEK blog, the rest of the work on Communique, work on F&EFO15, and art for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 06:20 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 August (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:45. Weather: 75F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: extinction. BBS: 18. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: pretty but not astronomy. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 10:11. Lunch: bacon and eggs. Email: Overnight spam 75 plus 75 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 929. Events: I told Petrick that Jean’s "G.I.R.L. brain" could not handle something, and Jean hit me with two Dr Pepper bottles (from opposite directions). SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (line items), checked orders. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping C5 rulebook), proofreading (Hailing Freqencies). SVC work: Spent the day on personal business that had been put off too long.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 14, 2015 - 02:22 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 August (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 78F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Triassic. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: meteor. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 2:58. Lunch: bacon egg & cheese biscuit. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Starlist: requests done Australia, 91932, 72019, 75034, 74120, 37221; updates received 78726, 76031, 10314. Email: Overnight spam 55 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 925. SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (C5 rulebook), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Fixes to Communique. Starlist. I lost most of the day to personal errands and business.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 14, 2015 - 02:22 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 August (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:25. Weather: 79F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Allodaposuchus. BBS: 12. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: meteors. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Ann Coulter: the legal immigrants we allow in are producing mostly nothing but welfare payments. Web crawl completed at 3:25. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyer’s with my pastor. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Local-NE. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Gencon. Starlist: requests done Essex, 08504. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 940. Events: Hailing Frequencies and Communique 116 posted. SPP work: CL51 (monster article), Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, spambots, PDF uploads (FC Orion card pack), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Dentist (last of a series of special diabetic treatments). Worked on F&E stuff and art.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:07 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 August (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:32. Weather: 84F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mesosaurus. BBS: 29. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: meteor. Jigsawdoku 2:16. Web crawl completed at 1:13. Lunch: BBQ @ BF(A). Exercise: one mile (95F), Wolf, Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: bumper sticker printing. Email: Overnight spam 39 plus 38 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 920. Events: Staff meeting about F&E-FO-2015. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), Romulan MSSB (on hold), Klingon MSSB (line items), reading Fighter Ops 2015. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (publicity), proofreading (KMSSB, FO15). SVC work: Fighter Operations 2015.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:07 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 August (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 80F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Hypselospinus. BBS: 13. Forum: 2. Out box: 52. APOD: comet. Lunch: pulled pork @ TRH(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 25. I left before processing more. SPP work: Carrier War 2015 (Proofread), Romulan MSSB (on hold for KMSSB), Klingon MSSB (Line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, cover design with Simone (About F&E), proofreading (About F&E, KMSSB). SVC work: I suffered a significant slip-and-fall accident on the walk, had to send for a car to pick me up, and went home.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:08 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 August (Sunday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Jurassic. APOD: Crab Nebula. Lunch: Leanna’s pork chops. SVC work: I stayed home in bed all day to nurse my swollen knee, which was in considerable pain. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:08 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 August (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at noon. Weather: 80F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 11. Forum: 3. Out box: 53. APOD: Andromeda. Jigsawdoku 2:56. Web crawl completed at 4:37. Lunch: pizza, salad. Exercise: injury did nto allow. Industry mailing lists: facebook, gender neutral pronouns. Email: Overnight spam 32 plus 19 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 934. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Reset the office management system. Finished Jean’s "About F&E" book. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Created an honor bar for Jean’s marketing team.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:08 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 August (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 78F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 9. Forum: 1. Out box: 53. APOD: comet Catalina. Jigsawdoku 2:38. Web crawl completed at 1:34. Lunch: enchiladas @LF(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Ellwood dog park, limited due to injury. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: pronouns. Email: Overnight spam 20 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 930. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), Klingon MSSB (going though after action topics). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (in process of CL14), shopping cart changeover. SVC work: Redid ABOUT F&E so it’s in native format with sequential page numbers not a random pile of PDFs. Did new graphics for F&E countersheets. Worked on fixes to FO15.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 21, 2015 - 06:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 August (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 61F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pulanesaura. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 64. APOD: Cygnus dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:15. Web crawl completed at 2:04. Lunch: pasta @OG(A). Read FYEO for 1-5 August. Exercise: 1/4 mile, KG park. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 42376, Scotland, 41255. Email: Overnight spam 18 plus 100 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 943. 1PM Staff Meeting: Dealt with a small bookbinding job. Reviewed progress on fixing shopping cart links. Events: At 2:07am, a storm hit at my house, knocking out power (broke a power pole), destroying a neighbor’s shed, tearing up some metal siding, and otherwise making a mess. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (reports on fighter section). JES work: customer service (shopping cart fixes), marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), blogs. SVC work: Got a haircut. Fighter Ops.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 21, 2015 - 06:35 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 August (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 9am. Weather: 57F, cloudy; it rained last night but not as much as the night before. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 14. Forum: 5. Out box: 54. APOD: M27 nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:07. Ann Coulter: the myth of anchor babies. Web crawl completed at 10:10. Lunch: veggie plate. Read FYEO for 6-10 Aug. Exercise: 1/4 MILE. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 72 plus 61 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 929. Events: Shopping cart was upgraded to Miva-9. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (Jean caused an earthquake of search-and- replace fixes), Klingon MSSB (line items), prooofreading Fighter Operations. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (marketing CL14), proofreading (KMSSB, Fighter Operations. About F&E, won the "battle of the fighter hyphens" with the Steves). SVC work: Fighter Operations (made all fixes, then Petrick and Jean made more trouble), About F&E book (made Jean’s fixes and resubmitted it to her).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 21, 2015 - 06:35 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 August (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 68F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Theropods. BBS: 17. Forum: 5. Out box: 53. APOD: sprites. Jigsawdoku 2:35. Web crawl completed at 3:13. Lunch: BBQ@BF(A). Exercise: around the block with Wolf, all my knees could handle. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 44 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 936. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (About F&E started the process but won’t be available until next week), proofreading (Fighter Ops 15). SVC work: Finally finished ABOUT F&E and gave it to Leanna to upload to W23 and Jean to upload to DT/WV. Started working on getting the FO15 rulebook to the staff, sending them 100, 300, 400, and 600.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 08:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 August (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:20am. Weather: 85F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: pterygornis. BBS: 17. Forum: 5. Out box: 53. APOD: silly. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 12:52. Lunch: grilled chicken. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 7 plus 2 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 942. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items from reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (SFB Commander’s Update #2), proofreading (FO15, KMSSB). SVC work: Finished the Fighter Ops 15 rulebook and sent the last chapter to the staff after Jean checked the fixes. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Did an updated graphic for the Klingon ZK heavy fighter.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 08:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 August (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 68F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: face biting. BBS: 13. Forum: 5. Out box: 47. APOD: cluster gravity bends light. Lunch: turkey dinner by Leanna and Jean. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Email: Overnight spam 8. SVC work: I came in for a bit to clean off my desk, give Jean a dog-free afternoon, and take a nap.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 08:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 August (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 77F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: cranial dome. BBS: 8. Forum: 3. Out box: 45. APOD: Dione-moon of Saturn. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 12:51. Lunch: pizza (C-). Read FYEO for 11 Aug. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, the heat and sore knee took too much out of me. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 40 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 936. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (About F&E), proofreading (LMSSB), spambot defense. SVC work: Minor Empires.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 08:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 August (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:35. Weather: 72F, clear blue skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Kerguelen plateau. BBS: 12. Forum: 9. Out box: 43. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: roast beef @YB(A). Read FYEO for 12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21- 22/23-24-25 August. Exercise: about 100 yards; knee hurts too much. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: two games with same name. Email: Overnight spam 50 plus 65 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 934. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Star Fleet Times prepared, Advanced Missions prepared). SVC work: cleaning up FYEO files, Fighter Operations, Jean’s product ladder.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 02:01 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 August (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 79F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: conference. BBS: 14. Forum: 3. Out box: 46. APOD: constellation. Jigsawdoku 2:32. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: salmon and rice @LCB(A). Exercise: knee hurts too much. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: copyrights. Starlist: new entries 17067, 60660, 54023, 21225, 33596. Email: Overnight spam 50 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 924. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping advanced missions). SVC work: Fighter Operations, Fed Commander Gunboats, catching up on stuff that can’t wait for Saturday.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 02:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 August (Thursday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Padillasaurus. APOD: Greater Magellanic Cloud. Lunch: Branding Iron in Wichita Falls. SPP work: Klingon MSSB line items and art review. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (AdvMis rulebook), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Leanna and I had breakfast, drove to Wichita Falls for a wonderful BBQ lunch, then down to Weatherford to meet Misca, who approved us as her new parents.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 02:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 August (Friday) 2015 Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Norellius. APOD: supernova remnant. Lunch: sandwich from quickie mart. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (art review). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (publicity), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Leanna and I had breakfast, loaded the stuff back into the car, and went to pick up Misca. I decided that since Ramses is our son that we would refer to Misca as our daughter-in-law. Leanna approved this until she figured out that made her a mother-in-law. Then we drove home. Two days of hard driving had left my knee very weak and sore and I was in considerable pain, but we needed to keep the time Misca was in the car to a minimum. She briefly met Ramses but it will take them a few days to become used to each other.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 02:02 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 August (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10. Weather: 74F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: turiasaurus. BBS: 13. Forum: 14. Out box: 46. APOD: Seagull nebula. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: grilled chicken. Exercise: knee hurts too much. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: help with cover design. Email: Three days of spam 242 plus 21 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 955. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (SFT 16-20), proofreading (KMSSB), updated the product update list and text catalog. SVC work: Mostly I just complained about the pain in my knee and caught up on email but I got some work done on Fighter Operations.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 31, 2015 - 02:03 pm: Edit MY DAY: 30 August (Sunday) 2015 I got to the office at 4pm, cleaned off my desk, and went home. Dinosaur list: Turiasaurus. APOD: M31 Andromeda.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 06:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 31 August (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 77F, on the way to 94F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Marine reptiles. BBS: 20. Forum: 6. Out box: 46. APOD: Pluto in color. Web crawl completed at 10:51. Lunch: ham and eggs @BF(A-). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: digital. Email: Two days of spam 98 plus 61 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 954. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (line items), checked orders. JES work: Blogs, spambots, customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping and monthly plan), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Reset the office management system. Did this THIS WEEK blog. Answered a question about new N+O counters from a customer (yes, if you buy an AO or REIN from us today it has the new counters because we’ve been out of the old ones for a long time.) Cleared dinosaur and FYEO backlog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 06:24 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 Sept (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 9:40am. Weather: 78F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: museums. BBS: 22. Forum: 2. Out box: 46. APOD: neutrinos. Jigsawdoku 2:28. Web crawl completed at 10:31. Lunch: roast beef @ YB (A-). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 75 plus 28 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 944. SPP work: checked orders, caught up on routine office items that had gone begging, Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Commander’s Supplement #1), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Dealt with the Fed workboat thing. Fighter Operations line items. Blog. ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 06:25 pm: Edit MY DAY: 2 Sept (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at noon after Leanna and I had "married morning" to run errands. Weather: 80F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Eunotosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 7. Out box: 47. APOD: iridium satellite flare. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 2:13. Lunch: pork porterhouse @OB(A). Exercise: walked about 200 feet on my sore knee. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: securing playtesters. Starlist: requests done 75225, 74128. Email: Overnight spam 17 plus 3 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 943. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), checked product assembly, wrote blogs, Romulan MSSB (no reports today), Klingon MSSB (no reports today). JES work: customer service, blog, marketing, PDF uploads (SFB Supplement #1), proofreading (KMSSB). Jean has degreed that Klingon ships must be neutered before leaving space dock so they do not spawn variants. SVC work: Fighter Operations (100, 300, 400, 500).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 06:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 Sept (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:40. Weather: 77F, high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Dakotadon. BBS: 16. Forum: 4. Out box: 47. APOD: spiral galaxy 4725. Jigsawdoku 3:19. Ann Coulter: op-ed writing. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: salmon & rice @LCB(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: playtesting. Starlist: update received 74114. Email: Overnight spam 20 plus 39 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 921. Events: Jean and Leanna went to a Fogelburg concert. SPP work: CL51 scenarios. JES work: customer service, marketing (PDF uploads). SVC work: Did the previously missing chapter 700 for Fighter Operations (good work, staff!) and all line item reports.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 06:25 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 Sept (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:20. Weather: 75F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: dromaeosaurids. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:31. Web crawl completed at 12:59. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A+). Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: playtesting. Email: Overnight spam 14 plus 8 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 922. SPP work: Q&A (PF dac), proofreading (FO15-600). JES work: customer service, appointments. SVC work: Final decision on the use of Lyran 4PW ships in General War scenarios cleared the way to move the FO15 draft to final status. I sent 100- 300-400-500-700 to the staff and await Petrick’s report on 600. Jean will start reading tomorrow but 60 pages are a lot for her to read and for me to fix.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 06:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 Sept (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 84F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: KT extinction. BBS: 19. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: rocket launch. Jigsawdoku 2:30. Web crawl completed at 1:08. Lunch: pulled pork @TRH(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 10 plus 5 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 928. Events: Wolf got the second bone of his young life (after begging Jean for a week to grant him a bone). SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), proofread Hailing Frequencies, proofreading Fighter Operations 607-608. JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (Fighter Operations). SVC work: Petrick’s changes to Fighter Operations 607 and 608, major reorganization of sector scenario formats. Reset the office management system. Did the THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 03:18 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 Sept (Sunday) 2015 I came in for two hours to work on FO15 Jean fixes. Dinosaur list: pterosaur wings. APOD: Earthrise.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 03:18 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 August (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 95F, a few clouds. Mostly I just came her to clean my desk and dabble in FO15 stuff. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Bayomesasuchus. BBS: 13. Forum: 1. Out box: 52. APOD: Shark nebula. Lunch: Leanna’s Burgers (A++). Exercise: 1/4 mile Ramses, 1/4 mile Wolf.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 03:18 pm: Edit MY DAY: 8 Sept (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 75F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: mammals. BBS: 11. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: useless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:46. Web crawl completed at 12:12. Lunch: pizza (C-). Exercise: 50 yards (leg hurts). Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 61571, 76752; updates received Ontario. Email: Overnight spam 16 plus 90 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 933. Events: Meeting (SVC, SPP, JES) to discuss Platinum Hat. (We should have done that two months ago but nobody actually sent an email asking about it and we’re very busy and didn’t remember.) SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), Klingon MSSB (line items), proofreading (Communique). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (files prepped), proofreading (Communique), worked on Hailing Frequencies. SVC work: Vudar DWV and a new scenario for Communique. Got Comm-117 proofread and to the staff.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:45 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 Sept (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 68F, foggy, cloudy, cold. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Elasmosaurs. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: colliding galaxies. Jigsawdoku 2:19. Web crawl completed at 4/26. Lunch: salmon and rice @LCB(A). Exercise: 100 yards. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Free RPG day. Starlist: requests done 92596, Germany. Email: Overnight spam 42 plus 37 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 943. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), Klingon MSSB (queried staff). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Hurricane), proofreading (Fighter Ops). SVC work: Doctor appointment. Worked on FO15. Corrections for Communique.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:45 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 10 Sept (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 84F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Supersaurus. BBS: 17. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: The "dark doodad" NGC4372. Jigsawdoku 2:45. Ann Coulter: immigration. Lunch: BBQ @ Lefty’s(A+). Exercise: 100 yards. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: contacts. Email: Overnight spam 45 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 932. Events: Stephen and Leanna Cole took a "married morning" to drive to a town near her original home and have BBQ in a famous restaurant. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), Klingon MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (FO15). SVC work: Spent the first part of the morning waiting three hours for a 15- minute routine medical test. Finished Communique 117 and sent it to Simone so she can upload HF today. Worked on Jean fixes to FO15.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:46 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 Sept (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:45. Weather: 64F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ceratopsids. BBS: 21. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: squid nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: BBQ @BF(A). Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 61 plus 86 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 936. SPP work: CL51 (scenario), Klingon MSSB (nits). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (xxx), proofreading (FO15). SVC work: I was scheduled to take a Jammie Day but could not stop myself from doing all reports on FOXV-500.0. ======MY DAY: 12 Sept (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:30. Weather: 70F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 14. Forum: 2. Out box: 50. APOD: space station transit. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 2:20. Lunch: Chicken Express (C+). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: contact info. Email: Overnight spam 69 plus 17 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 946. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios, Unity Update) JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (FO15). SVC work: Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system. Posed for a funny photo for a thing Jean wants for Facebook. Did all reports and Jean fixes to FOXV-607
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:46 pm: Edit MY DAY: 13 Sept (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 80F. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: teeth. BBS: 15. APOD: eclipse. SVC work: I came in, left my desk as messy as I found it, but did all reports and Jean fixes to FOXV-608.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:48 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 Sept (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 85F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Centrosaurus. BBS: 15. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: Pluto (Cthulu Regio plain). Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 4PM. Lunch: pasta & grilled chicken @Cheddars. Email: Overnight spam 25 plus 63 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 957. Events: I bought a new scan-proof wallet. SPP work: CL51 (campaign, scenarios), Romulan MSSB (ready for staff), Klingon MSSB (called for final reports). JES work: Blogs, spam defense, customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (FO15 preparation), proofreading (FO15). SVC work: Finished the FO15 preliminary rulebook and gave it to the ladies to upload tomorrow.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 03:35 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 Sept (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at noon (errand). Weather: 80F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: cretaceous. BBS: 10. Forum: 1. Out box: 51. APOD: aurora. Jigsawdoku 2:26. Web crawl completed at 12:58. Lunch: Enchilada @LF(A). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: game industry job site. Email: Overnight spam 89 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 970. SPP work: CL51 (scenarios), research Tholian fighter. JES work: customer service, marketing, Blogs, Beating SVC for a blog she hated, PDF uploads (FO15). SVC work: Reconstitution (catching up routine stuff). Dental cleaning and diabetic treatment.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 03:36 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 Sept (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 76F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: titanosaur. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 50. APOD: Ceres. Jigsawdoku 2:56. Web crawl completed at 10:29. Lunch: salmon and rice. Exercise: 1/4 mile, Wolf, local. Target shooting: 5/5. Starlist: requests done 76137; updates received 32311. Email: Overnight spam 66 plus 44 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 950. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (sent first part to staff, gave it to Jean), Klingon MSSB (waiting on JES), blog. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (FO15 publicity, Battle Tugs pack). SVC work: Customer requests. Took the afternoon off for errands and appointments (getting knee x-rayed).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 03:36 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 Sept (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10. Weather: 77F, a few high thin clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Pterosaurs. BBS: 7. Forum: 3. Out box: 50. APOD: Pickering’s triangle. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Ann Coulter: Reagan. Web crawl completed at 10:50. Lunch: Golden Corral (A). Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Meeples. Email: Overnight spam 120 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 950. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (first line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Administrative tasks. Scenario Log. It was our anniversary so Leanna and I took a few hours off to do something together.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 03:37 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 Sept (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 80F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Allodaposuchus. BBS: 10. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: Pluto landscape. Jigsawdoku 2:27. Web crawl completed at 3:34. Lunch: BBQ @ BF (D, too tough, cooks screwed up bigtime). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Meeples. Email: Overnight spam 65 plus 40 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 953. Events: I called a meeting of the design team to look at which rulebooks and SSD books could be updated most easily. SPP work: CL51 (omega unity update), Romulan MSSB (line items), Klingon MSSB (Jean gigs). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (file preps), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Administrative stuff, FO15, Scenario Log.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 03:37 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 Sept (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:30. Weather: 63F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 7. Forum: 0. Out box: 50. APOD: solar prominence. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 2:39. Lunch: ham and eggs @YB(B+). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: wholesaler contact. Starlist: requests done 22901. Email: Overnight spam 47 plus 5 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 954. Events: Designer dinner at Dyer’s BBQ. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (line items), Klingon MSSB (Jean gigs). JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Reset the office management system, Did the THIS WEEK blog. Admin. FO15, Scenario Log.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 03:37 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 Sept (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2:20. Weather: 89F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 4. Forum: 0. Out box: 65. APOD: Oceans on Enciladus? Jigsawdoku 2:46. Web crawl completed at 4:46. Lunch: Leanna cooked steak (A). Read Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 1/1. Email: Overnight spam 6. SVC work: I picked up Wolf and came down here to clear my desk and dabble a little in FCSL Jean fixes (finished!).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 07:38 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 Sept (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:30 after errands. Weather: 70F, cloudy, light rain, humid. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Ugrunaaluk. BBS: 9. Forum: 3. Out box: 64. APOD: skyline. Jigsawdoku 3:02. Web crawl completed at 2:34. Lunch: breakfast @ Braums (A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 46 plus 7 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 938. SPP work: Upgrading C1 Hydran SSDs for future upload. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (CL15), checking changes on KMSSB. SVC work: FC Scenario Log, Fighter Ops 15.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 Sept (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 68F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: arctic duckbills. BBS: 12. Forum: 2. Out box: 64. APOD: junk. Jigsawdoku 2:25. Web crawl completed at 4:09. Lunch: salad. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: demo team. Starlist: requests done 98087, Taiwan. Email: Overnight spam 19 plus 21 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 931. SPP work: Lyran SSDs for C1 updated. Blog. JES work: customer service, marketing (FCSL publicity), PDF uploads (FC Scenario Log), proofreading (KMSSB). Platinum hat article for CL51. SVC work: Customer requests. Art for SFBOL3G. Art for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 Sept (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 8am. Weather: 65F, cloudy. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 11. Forum: 1. Out box: 64. APOD: dark nebula. Jigsawdoku 2:45. Ann Coulter: top colleges for top candidates. Web crawl completed at 11am. Lunch: BBQ @ Virdinskis (C-). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Sam Houston park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 20 plus 17 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 933. Events: Yesterday afternoon the provider for cable, phone, and internet crashed and was still down 16 hours later, which is why I got up and came in early. It was fixed at noon. SPP work: Lyran SSDs for C1 update. Checked products being packed. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (publicity), proofreading (KMSSB). SVC work: Art for KMSSB: all of the early years and the blackbirds. Did some graphics for Jean and some for SFBOL3G.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 Sept (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 78F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Austrosaurus. BBS: 11. Forum: 4. Out box: 64. APOD: Pluto terrain. Jigsawdoku 3:04. Web crawl completed at 1pm. Lunch: awful (tough) BBQ at Blue Front (epid fail). If that had been the first time I ate there it would have been the last. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Triangle Park. Target shooting: 5/5 Email: Overnight spam 27 plus 36 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 936. SPP work: Lyran SSDs for C1 upgrade. Checked colorized C6 book to get ready for PDF upload. Klingon MSSB (inserting art). JES work: customer service (got the Gorn 2500 CM back on cart), marketing, PDF uploads (SFT 21-25). SVC work: Art for KMSSB: four blackbirds, 14 generics.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:42 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 Sept (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 10am. Weather: 65F, some clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Mexico. BBS: 8. Forum: 4. Out box: 64. APOD: M31 and M33. Jigsawdoku 2:44. Web crawl completed at 2pm. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyers. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 9 plus 2 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 937. Events: Cleaning lady did not show up. SPP work: Finished Lyran SSDs for C1 update. Checked graphics for KMSSB and sent six for revision. JES work: customer service, marketing, reconstitution. SVC work: Did the 17 X-ships for KMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:43 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 Sept (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 2:15. Weather: 75F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Transylvania. BBS: 15. Forum: 2. Out box: 64. APOD: blood moon. Jigsawdoku 2:46. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: Leanna cooked turkey (A++). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Events: Spectacular blood moon. Email: Overnight spam 7 plus 1 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 944. SVC work: Art for KMSSB: six replacement ships. Did the THIS WEEK blog. Reset the office management system.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:43 pm: Edit MY DAY: 28 Sept (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 73F, clear skies. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: tracks. BBS: 10. Forum: 2. Out box: 64. APOD: Eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 6pm. Lunch: BBQ @ Trailboss (A). Exercise: 1/2 mile w/Jean & Wolf, Ellwood. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 15 plus 55 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 955. Events: Visit by Steve C’s aunt Joyce and cousin Justin. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (inserting final art and making final Jean changes and reformatting). Did a few Romulan MSSB line items. Did one WYN SSD for C1. JES work: blogs, customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping C6), proofreading (KMSSB, make some changes herself because his B.O.Y. brain could not handle the G.I.R.L. logic in her reports). SVC work: Replaced almost all of the generic art for KMSSB so it would be facing the same way as the warships. Nice eChat with Jay W about Merchants of the Federation. Did eleven Selts for SFBOL3G including some new ones.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:44 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 Sept (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:10. Weather: 77F, clear. (88F @4pm) Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: plesiosaur. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 64. APOD: blood moon. Jigsawdoku 2:33. Web crawl completed at 10:57. Lunch: grilled chicken @Malcombs(A). Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 44 plus 108 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 965. SPP work: Klingon MSSB (final fixes). JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (final KMSSB Fixes). SVC work: Final work on KMSSB, checking, rechecking, replacing. Corrected the final piece of art (updating PFs).
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 03, 2015 - 06:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 Sept (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:15. Weather: 75F, clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Menadon. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 64. APOD: water on Mars. Jigsawdoku 2:34. Web crawl completed at 2:03. Lunch: roast, mashed potatoes, and green beans at Linn’s. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, SamH. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 90 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 951. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (step 2 of graphics), Klingon MSSB (delivered to Leanna), C1 Update (8 WYNs). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (C6). SVC work: Customer requests. Art for RMSSB: printed existing ships for Petrick to verify. Started converting each ship to the format for the MSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 03, 2015 - 06:14 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1Oct (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 70F, a few clouds. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Maiasaura. BBS: 9. Forum: 2. Out box: 64. APOD: eclipse. Jigsawdoku 2:17. Ann Coulter: immigration (without Ted Kennedy’s immigration law in 1965, no democrat would have won the White House since 1968. Web crawl completed at 11. Lunch: BBQ @ trailboss (B). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, rail trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Medieval France. Email: Overnight spam 64 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 959. SPP work: Blog, Romulan MSSB (inserting art), computer software fixes, updated the last of the WYN SSDs for C1 (ready to build book). JES work: customer service (fixing mistake on website), marketing (C6), PDF uploads (fixing mistake on PDF site), proofreading (website fix sent to Simone). SVC work: Art for RMSSB: 6 eagles, 7 kestrels, 6 fighters, 8 dreadnoughts, 12 miscellaneous.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 03, 2015 - 06:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 Oct (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:50. Weather: 59F, cloudy, cool. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Gobiconodon. BBS: 14. Forum: 3. Out box: 64. APOD: Charon. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 3:29. Lunch: BBQ @ Dyer’s. Exercise: 3/4 mile, north duck lack, Wolf. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GM Screen. Email: Overnight spam 54 plus 27 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 964. Events: Steve Petrick and I went to Bluefront as we have every Friday for five years but the new owner had deleted the BBQ special so we left and will never return. A chapter of my life ends with a whimper of sadness. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (inserting art, first print out, first fixes). JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (C1 SSD Book, looked over the RMSSB but did not formally read it). SVC work: Art for RMSSB: Created Centurion, created Decurion, added wings to StarHawk. Went through first RMSSB printout looking for ships I need to create, and created several.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 03, 2015 - 06:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 Oct (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 53F, cloudy, cold. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Sauropod. BBS: 14. Forum: 0. Out box: 25. APOD: red-blue moon. Jigsawdoku 2:37. Web crawl completed at 1:58. Lunch: BBQ @ Rib Crib (A, but too expensive). Exercise: 1/2 mile, dog, local, in the rain. Target shooting: 10/10. Email: Overnight spam 26 plus 10 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 973. SPP work: C1 SSD book (finished, approved by Jean, sent for colorizing), Romulan MSSB (inserting art, getting first section to Jean for click-boom proofing). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (xxx), proofreading (C1SSD book, Romulan MSSB), keeping Steve’s leftover BBQ away from Wolf. SVC work: Created ten more RMSSB ships and sent the latest batches to Petrick. Worked with him to get the first part of RMSSB to Jean so that if she finds something that requires changing every ship in the book we can do it now instead of later. We got all the art done for the first 12 ships. I reset the official management system for the next week. I did the THIS WEEK blog.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 09, 2015 - 08:33 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 Oct (Sunday) 2015 Got to the office at 3pm. Weather: 58F, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: behavior. BBS: 18. Forum: 0. Out box: 971. APOD: infrared sombrero. Jigsawdoku 2:42. Web crawl completed at 4:53. Lunch: Leanna cooked a big pot of stew. Exercise: 1/4 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 9. Events: Rained all day. SVC work: I just came in for two hours to clean up my desk.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 09, 2015 - 08:33 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 Oct (Monday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:55. Weather: 55F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: arctic. BBS: 12. Forum: 2. Out box: 65. APOD: worthless skyline. Jigsawdoku 2:39. Web crawl completed at 2:14. Lunch: worst burger ever (Cheddars). Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, SamH. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: Milwaukee. Starlist: new requests done 22407; updates received 35757. Email: Overnight spam 16 plus 17 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 968. SPP work: Updating C1 rulebook. JES work: customer service, marketing, Blogs, PDF uploads (KMSSB). SVC work: Sick most of the day, I got a little work done on Communique and on RMSSB.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 09, 2015 - 08:33 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 Oct (Tuesday) 2015 Got to the office at 1pm after taking the morning off. Weather: 72F and mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: skulls. BBS: 12. Forum: 0. Out box: 66. APOD: Pluto flyover. Jigsawdoku 3:05. Web crawl completed at 1:34. Lunch: leftover stew at home. Exercise: 1/2 mile. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 57 plus 14 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 975. SPP work: C1 rulebook update, Romulan MSSB (art prep). JES work: customer service, marketing (Klingon MSSB), PDF uploads (KMSSB). SVC work: Ship for Communique. Communique.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 09, 2015 - 08:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 Oct (Wednesday) 2015 Got to the office at noon after a morning of errands. Weather: 64F, cloudy, raining. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Jurassic mammals. BBS: 16. Forum: 1. Out box: 66. APOD: eclipse. Web crawl completed at 4pm. Lunch: microwave sandwich. Exercise: 3/4 mile, Wolf, Rail Trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: GPA defunct. Email: Overnight spam 35 plus 30 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 991. SPP work: Blogs, C1 Rulebook, Romulan MSSB (art req). JES work: customer service (why we don’t have empire SSD books), blogs, marketing (website update), proofreading (communique). SVC work: Primary: Communique sent to staff. Customer requested KMSSB binder spines (sent that to Simone). By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 09, 2015 - 08:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 Oct (Thursday) 2015 Got to the office at 12:30 after a bad night’s sleep and a late morning. Weather: 63F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Titanosaurs. BBS: 14. Forum: 1. Out box: 64. APOD: M83 Ruby Galaxy. Jigsawdoku 2:52. Ann Coulter: cause of mass shootings. Web crawl completed at 3pm. Lunch: salmon & rice @LCB. Exercise: 1/2 mile, Wolf, Triangle. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: pick of the day. Email: Overnight spam 35 plus 12 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 992. SPP work: C1 Rulebook (Lyrans), Romulan MSSB (sent SVC list of firehawks needed and changes to existing firehawk art). Proofreading Hailing Frequencies. JES work: customer service (SSD book question, ACTA questions, Master Rulebook question), trying to fix the new product list on the shopping cart. SVC work: Art for RMSSB. Customer wall of honor update request. Hailing Frequencies.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 09, 2015 - 08:34 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 Oct (Friday) 2015 Got to the office at 10:30. Weather: 63F, cloudy, wet. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: bones. BBS: 18. Forum: 1. Out box: 86. APOD: lunar eclipse again. Jigsawdoku 2:36. Web crawl completed at 10:49. Lunch: steak @GCW (D). Exercise: 1 mile, Wolf, Duck Park. Target shooting: 5/5. Email: Overnight spam 27 plus 50 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 967. SPP work: C1 RB (finished WYN R-section and started on scenarios; meeting to discuss R-section formats), Romulan MSSB (no reports). JES work: customer service (exchanging 2500s), marketing (social media), Ranger stuff, Starlist welcome letters. SVC work: Zombie movie trailers. ACTASF deluxe annex section taken as far as I can go and sent to Tony and Jean. Romulan MSSB Art. ======The Plan: Friday-ACTASF Chapter C to Tony (done). Saturday-ACTASF Chapter B to Jean. Monday-ACTASF Chapter A meeting, then get it done and to Jean. Tuesday-receive and process Tony reports on ACTASF-C and on the last revision. Wednesday-Produce Deluxe Edition (and decide what to do about the cover). At some point after that Fighter Ops final fixes.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 08:11 pm: Edit MY DAY: 10 Oct (Saturday) 2015 Got to the office at 1pm. Weather: 81F, mostly clear. Daily Routine: Dinosaur list: Database. BBS: 13. Forum: 0. Out box: 86. APOD: Perseus dust clouds. Jigsawdoku 2:29. Web crawl completed at 5pm. Lunch: burger @HP(C). Exercise: 1.5 miles, Wolf, Rail Trail. Target shooting: 5/5. Industry mailing lists: bags. Email: Overnight spam 10 plus 3 during the day. Email left in in-box at end of the day: 961. Events: Simone released Communique 118 and Hailing Frequencies. Simone work: KMSSB Spine Cards, Communique uploaded, Newsletter sent. SPP work: C1 Rulebook (scenarios, checked color SSDs), Romulan MSSB (art request document for Super-Nova-Killer-hawks). Hailing Frequencies checked and revised. JES work: customer service, marketing (publicity for HF/Comm), Trying to contact artist. Proofreading (ACTASF). Wrote scenario "drone of the tribbles". SVC work: Finished Communique 118 and gave it to Simone for upload. Reset the MY DAY file. Did the THIS WEEK file. Jean made me revamp the MY DAY report to move a lot of stuff to a non-published section and reorganize the information the customer needs. That means this will be the last MY DAY in the format I have been using for years.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 02:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 Oct (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: I just came in for an hour to clean my desk. Daily Routine: BBS: 14. Forum: 2. APOD: triffid nebula.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 02:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 Oct (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Worked on ACTA and found a problem with the painting guides that might delay the product. This effectively throws the plan out the window, but Tony can fix it with extra time. SPP work: Took the day off. JES work: Blogs, customer service, marketing, proofreading (ACTASF). Daily Routine: BBS: 9. Forum: 0. APOD: galaxy and dust clouds.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 02:32 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 Oct (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Tried to work on ACTA but the problem with photos and getting ships repainted and re-photographed made it more or less pointless to push hard, but I did some Jean-fixes. SPP work: C1 Update (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, wrote an SFB/FC scenario, proofreading (ACTA). Daily Routine: BBS: 13. Forum: 2. APOD: gorgeous dust cloud.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 02:33 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 Oct (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: ACTASF deluxe chapters. Sick most of the afternoon and well into the night with Alfredo’s revenge. SPP work: C1 Update (scenarios), Romulan MSSB (corrections, sent art requests). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Andro card pack, publicity), proofreading (ACTASF). Daily Routine: BBS: 9. Forum: 1. APOD: eclipse. Industry mailing lists: support. Starlist: requests done 16137; updates received 1, incomplete requests returned 1.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 02:40 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 Oct (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Primary: ACTA. (I was sick part of the day.) SPP work: Romulan MSSB (glitches, cross references, missing entries). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Supplement #3), proofreading (Romulan MSSB). Daily Routine: BBS: 7. Forum: 2. APOD: Eagle Nebula.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 02:41 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 Oct (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Wrote a blog. Sent a ship to SFBOL3G. ACTASF. Leanna, Jean, and I went to the finals of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting national championships. SPP work: C1 Update (campaign), Romulan MSSB (sent CL section to staff). JES work: customer service, marketing (publicity for Sup3), PDF uploads (Supplement #3). Daily Routine: BBS: 10. Forum: 1.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:54 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 Oct (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Reset the My Day file. Wrote the THIS WEEK blog. Worked on ACTASF. SPP work: CL51 (xxx), C1 Update (xxx), Romulan MSSB (xxx). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepping), proofreading (ACTASF). Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 0. APOD: M81 spiral galaxy. Starlist: requests done 98045; updates received Toronto, 48197, 84067.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:54 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 Oct (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: I came in for an hour to walk Wolf and clean up my desk, but Wolf was more fun so no cleaning was done. Daily Routine: BBS: 9. Forum: 0. APOD: clouds. Industry mailing lists: Buck Rogers.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:55 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 Oct (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Administrative tasks, ACTASF. SPP work: C1 Update (campaign), Romulan MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading. Daily Routine: BBS: 7. Forum: 0. Industry mailing lists: Spanish translation.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:55 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 Oct (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Administration, ACTASF. SPP work: C1 Update, Romulan MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDFs, proofreading. Daily Routine: BBS: 10. Forum: 0. APOD: black holes collide.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 Oct (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: ACTA, F&EFO, Administrative tasks. SPP work: C1 Update, Romulan MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading. Daily Routine: APOD: Enceladus north pole. Industry mailing lists: RPG Net. Events: Jean’s mother arrived, we all went to dinner.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:56 pm: Edit MY DAY: 22 Oct (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Wolf Trip. SPP work: Wolf Trip. JES work: Took the day off to be with her mother. Daily Routine: APOD: Star Factory M17.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:57 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 23 Oct (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Wolf Trip. SPP work: Wolf Trip. JES work: Took the day off to be with her mother (trip to New Mexico). Daily Routine: APOD: M94 Starburst Galaxy.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:57 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 Oct (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Wolf Trip. Walked over three miles. SPP work: Wolf Trip. JES work: Took the day off to be with her mother (museums). Daily Routine: APOD: Jupiter red spot gets smaller.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:58 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 Oct (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: Wolf Trip. SPP work: Wolf Trip. JES work: Took the day off to be with her mother (Lake Merideth). Daily Routine: APOD: skyline.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 30, 2015 - 01:11 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 Oct (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Took another vacation day to go to Palo Duro Canyon state park with Jean, her mother Carol, and Leanna. Did the THIS WEEK blog. SPP work: Romulan MSSB, caught up on email. Daily Routine: APOD: moons of Pluto.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 30, 2015 - 01:12 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 Oct (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: First day back at work; mostly caught up on email and routine stuff. Posted MY DAY to date. Filed unread FYEOs for future reading. Got caught up posting dinosaur list stuff. Did a unique Seltorian Hive graphic for SFBOL3G. Processed a question about Q-ships into CL-Why. SPP work: Romulan MSSB (line items), after-action reports for the Fed/Klingon/Hydran books. JES work: Took her mother to the airport for flight home. customer service, marketing, proofreading (blogs), spambots, deleted 16 fake Russians from the BBS. Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 5. APOD: Heart Nebula (spectacular). Industry mailing lists: Cthulhu rights. Starlist: new entries done 21230.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 30, 2015 - 01:12 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 Oct (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Constant interruptions including car repairs and vet visit for Ramses; did not get a lot done. SPP work: Administrative tasks (3rd quarter reports). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Star Fleet Times 26- 30), BBS maintenance and pruning. Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 2. APOD: black hole.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, October 30, 2015 - 01:13 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 Oct (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Trying to catch up on stuff while doing some work on FO15. Did a lot of FYEO stuff and kept up on dinosaurs. SPP work: C1 Update (working on cover), Romulan MSSB (waiting for reports), pulled together files for a Lyran MSSB but won’t actually start to work on this for a while. Leanna, Steve Petrick, and Jean worked on the Platinum Hat prize distributions for last year (2014). JES work: customer service, marketing. Daily Routine: BBS: 22. Forum: 2. APOD: Soul Nebula. Industry mailing lists: White Wolf.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 01:27 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 Oct (Friday) 2015 Events: It rained all morning. SVC work: Fighter Ops: Finished 100 for the third time, after finding reports in strange places, sent it to the staff, then found more reports in strange places meaning I have to do it all over again tomorrow. There is no 200. Finished 300 and send to staff. Finished 400 and sent to the staff. SPP work: C1 Update (errata files for ships), Romulan MSSB (report line items). JES work: customer service, Platinum Hat prize letters, marketing, PDF uploads (Campaign Designer’s Handbook). Daily Routine: BBS: 14. Forum: 0. APOD: Witch Head Nebula. Industry mailing lists: Cthulu. Starlist: requests done 53532.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 02, 2015 - 08:10 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 31 Oct (Saturday) 2015 Events: All Hallow’s Eve. SVC work: Did this THIS WEEK blog and reset the office management system. Worked on FO15 rules and did all of 500 but am waiting for staff to do some 500 stuff. Did scenario graphics for C1. SPP work: C1 Update (finished cover, scenario graphics, index), Romulan MSSB (line items). JES work: customer service, marketing, scheduling, prepping P6 for upload, got FCSL moving toward hard copy sales. Updated the update list and the text catalog. Daily Routine: BBS: 17. Forum: 1. APOD: skyline.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 02, 2015 - 08:10 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 1 Nov (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: I just came in for a couple of hours to walk the dog and clear my desk. Daily Routine: BBS: 15. Forum: 0. APOD: skyline.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 02, 2015 - 08:10 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 2 Nov (Monday) 2015 Events: Staff meeting to discuss plans to finish C1 Revision, Fighter Ops 2015, Romulan MSSB, and Communique-Nov. Jean asked for permission to upload one pdf SFB rulebook every two weeks and it was granted. SVC work: Did FO15-600 and sent to staff. Prodded them to respond to queries about rules in FO15-500. Did FO15-700 and sent to staff. Did FO15- 813 and FO-500 after resolving final fixes and sent it to the staff. Did ten blogs for Jean’s stockpile. SPP work: C1 rulebook (final cleanup, dealing with embedded postscript errors that must be removed), No reports on RomMSSB. JES work: Blogs, customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (checked accounting and sales), proofreading (started on Rom MSSB). Daily Routine: BBS: 17. Forum: 0. APOD: comet ISON. By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 06:04 pm: Edit accidental double post
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 06:04 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 3 Nov (Tuesday) 2015 Events: Meeting raised the price of C1 and C2 to $20.95. SVC work: Art for C1 rulebook that Jean wanted to add "sizzle". SPP work: Finished the C1 rulebook update. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (SFB Module P6), proofreading (C1). Daily Routine: BBS: 17. Forum: 0. APOD: skyline. = Starlist: requests done 33604. (Lots of Starlist people in Tampa including a regular playing group.)
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 04, 2015 - 06:08 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 Nov (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Worked on FO15, something for CapLog, started work on Communique 119, set up case file for FC: ESG vs Asteroids (and resolved). Caught up on dinosaur stuff. Still catching up on FYEO but did several today to clear my schedule for tomorrow. Told the F&E Staff to have reports to me tomorrow. SPP work: C2 SSD Update (did the first seven), Romulan MSSB (Jean fixes), Casefile FC: ESG vs Asteroid. JES work: customer service (helped a vision-impaired customer get a document he could read, marketing, PDF uploads (replaced P6 to add missing pages), proofreading (Rom MSSB). Discussed D7K-2425 with SVC. Daily Routine: BBS: 14. Forum: 2. APOD: Orion Nebula. Starlist: requests done 72023.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 07, 2015 - 06:38 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 Nov (Thursday) 2015 Events: A guy asked about posting "tutorial videos" for our games. We like it when people do that (and even give commendation medals) but you need to have us check the videos to make sure you aren’t violating something somehow. Doing such videos to make money is not cool. If you spot a video (good or bad) that somebody did, please Email us about it so we can post links to the good ones! SVC work: Final fixes to FO15. Sent Simone the stuff for HF. SPP work: C2 SSD update (ISC). JES work: customer service, marketing, stuff for Hailing Frequencies. Daily Routine: BBS: 15. Forum: 1. APOD: stellar nursery. Starlist: requests done 44614.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 07, 2015 - 06:38 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 6 Nov (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Administrative tasks, covers for new products, Communique #119. SPP work: C2 update (ISC done except for pods). JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (prepared), proofreading (FO15), edited the three new covers. Daily Routine: BBS: 19. Forum: 1. APOD: dancing galaxies. Industry mailing lists: RPGnet Membership Drive.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, November 07, 2015 - 06:38 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 7 Nov (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Scenario and two ships for Communique 119. Reset the My Day file.Did the THIS WEEK blog. SPP work: checked Communique, checked covers, finished ISC pods and started Tholians for C2 SSD Book revision. JES work: customer service, marketing, proofreading (Communique, checked ship cards), worked with Simone to finish covers for new products. Daily Routine: BBS: 10. Forum: 0. APOD: Earth from space.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 07:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 8 Nov (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: I came in for an hour to walk the dog, clear spam, answer some email, and clean up my desk. APOD: skyline.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 07:19 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 9 Nov (Monday) 2015 Events: I tried a BBQ place I last visited in 1986 and it was even better than I remembered. SVC work: Fighter Operations line items. SPP work: Romulan MSSB, C2 Neo-Tholian SSD update, communique. JES work: Took the day off to attend to a personal matter. Daily Routine: BBS: 10. Forum: 0. APOD: space station.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 07:19 pm: Edit MY DAY: 10 Nov (Tuesday) 2015 Events: Simone sent out Communique 119 and Hailing Frequencies Nov- 2015. SVC work: Finished Communique 119. Edited Hailing Frequencies and created the missing part. SPP work: C2 update (Andros), proofread Hailing Frequencies. JES work: customer service, marketing, blogs, hailing frequencies, communique. Daily Routine: BBS: 15. Forum: 0. APOD: flaming star nebula. Industry mailing lists: IP copyrights.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 06:55 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 11 Nov (Wednesday) 2015 Events: Matt Lawson sent a bunch of Omega Art. SVC work: Sent press quotes to printers. Rescheduled FO15 to after Thanksgiving because key staffer was out of the country and could not get back in time. SPP work: Corrected four C1 SSDs. Andromedan SSDs for C2. Administrative backlog. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (working on Y2). Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 1. APOD: rocket. Industry Mailing Lists: conventions.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 12 Nov (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Helping to rebuild ace list. Evaluated cover quotes and set production plan. SPP work: Rebuilding ace list. Module C2 SSD update. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads (Y2), proofreading (fighter ops). Helping to rebuild ace list. Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 1. APOD: skyline. Industry mailing lists: conventions.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 16, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 13 Nov (Friday) 2015 SVC work: line items for FO15, Minor Empires, CL51, various minor things. Lunch was awful because I forgot to wear red shirt on Friday for the first time in two years. SPP work: C2 Andro SSDs, checked production and shipping. JES work: customer service, marketing, trained to do orders when Leanna and I go see family next week. Daily Routine: BBS: 15. Forum: 2. APOD: Nebulae. Industry mailing lists: conventions.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 16, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 Nov (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: THIS WEEK blog. Reset the My Day file. Admin reports. Dealing with a vendor issue. SPP work: Finished Andro SSDs for C2 update. JES work: customer service, marketing, training on how to process orders. Daily Routine: BBS: 8. Forum: 1. APOD: mountain on Pluto. Industry mailing lists: naming a product. Starlist: updates received UK WR.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 16, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 Nov (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: Can in briefly to clean up my desk and get something to eat since lunch was ruined. Daily Routine: BBS: 16. Forum: 0. APOD: skyline. Industry mailing lists: product name ideas.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 16, 2015 - 06:56 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 16 Nov (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Errands, trip prep, routine stuff. Some work on FO15 but can’t do much without reports. SPP work: Platinum Hat tree. Glitches in C2 SSD book. JES work: customer service, marketing, blogs. Daily Routine: BBS: 10. Forum: 0. APOD: fireball meteor.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 17 Nov (Tuesday) 2015 Events: Due to freezing conditions we shut down early. SVC work: FO15, CL51, other things. SPP work: Ship for CL51. JES work: customer service, marketing, training. Daily Routine: BBS: 15. Forum: 0. APOD: Pelican nebula. Industry mailing lists: Tabletop gaming news.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:27 pm: Edit MY DAY: 18 Nov (Wednesday) 2015 Events: Jean and Leanna went to see Mama Mia, which they have both seen before. SVC work: Prepping for trip, admin stuff. SPP work: Romulan MSSB reports JES work: customer service, marketing, training. Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 0. APOD: comet jets.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 Nov (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Leanna and I drove to Dallas SPP work: CL51, C2 updated, Master Starship Books. JES work: customer service, marketing, shipped orders. Uploaded CL17. Daily Routine: APOD: Centaurus A Galaxy.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 20 Nov (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Surgery to remove left kidney. SPP work: CL51, C2 updated, Master Starship Books. JES work: customer service, marketing, shipped orders. Daily Routine: APOD: Leonids. ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:15 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 21 Nov (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Recovery in hospital. SPP work: CL51, C2 updated, Master Starship Books. JES work: customer service, marketing, shipped orders. Got C1 on shopping cart for shipment after Thanksgiving. Daily Routine: APOD: seashell galaxy.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:16 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 22 Nov (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: Released from hospital; spent night in Marriott. SPP work: Drove to Dallas. JES work: customer service, marketing. Daily Routine: APOD: Phobos is doomed.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:17 pm: Edit MY DAY: 23 Nov (Monday) 2015 SVC work: the journey home. SPP work: Drove Steve and Leanna home. JES work: customer service, marketing, orders. Enjoyed being in command for a whole day. Daily Routine: APOD: Orion.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:17 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 24 Nov (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Resting at home. SPP work: Took a day off. JES work: customer service, marketing, helping Leanna. Daily Routine: APOD: aurora.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 05:18 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 25 Nov (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Came to the office for a few hours, sent press released, went through email, napped on the sofa. SPP work: CL51, C2 updated, Master Starship Books. JES work: customer service, marketing. Daily Routine: BBS: 11. Forum: 2. APOD: Pits on Pluto.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, November 30, 2015 - 01:26 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 Nov (Thursday) 2015 Events: Office closed for the holiday. Daily Routine: APOD: skyline. ======MY DAY: 27 Nov (Friday) 2015 Events: Office closed for the ice storm. Daily Routine: APOD: gravity lens. ======MY DAY: 28 Nov (Saturday) 2015 Events: Office closed for the ice storm. Daily Routine: APOD: comet. ======MY DAY: 29 Nov (Sunday) 2015 Events: Office closed for the ice storm. Daily Routine: APOD: sand on Mars.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, December 04, 2015 - 03:45 pm: Edit MY DAY: 30 Nov (Monday) 2015 Events: Ice mostly cleared SVC work: Came to town only briefly to check email. SPP work: Line items for Romulan MSSB. Continued to dabble on the Lyran MSSB. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. Daily Routine: BBS: 12. Forum: 1. APOD: spiral galaxy 3521. Industry mailing lists: Steve Cole's surgery. ======MY DAY: 1 Dec (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home on surgical recovery leave. SPP work: Romulan MSSB line items. R1 section of Lyrans. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF upload. Daily Routine: APOD: Auriga nebula. ======MY DAY: 2 Dec (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home on surgical recovery leave. SPP work: Romulan MSSB line items. R1 section of Lyrans. Rejected proposed "shirk" maneuver. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF upload. Daily Routine: APOD: Sunset . ======MY DAY: 3 Dec (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home on surgical recovery leave. SPP work: Romulan MSSB line items. R1 section of Lyrans. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF upload. Daily Routine: APOD: Enceladus.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, December 04, 2015 - 03:45 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 4 Dec (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Made it to my desk for an hour and that was probably a huge mistake. SPP work: Romulan MSSB line items. R1 section of Lyrans. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF upload. Daily Routine: APOD: Cygnus bubble.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 14, 2015 - 03:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 5 Dec (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. Nausea attack. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. ======MY DAY: 6 Dec (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. ======MY DAY: 7 Nov (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. ======MY DAY: 8 Dec (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Got to office for an hour and decided to try to do one thing per day. Today I sent the F&E guys a file they needed. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: Getting ready for surgery ======MY DAY: 9 Dec (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Did some SFBOL3G art. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: Surgery. ======MY DAY: 10 Dec (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Made it to visit Jean then to office to send HF stuff to Simone. Total collapse at 1pm and taken home. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: Surgical recovery. ======MY DAY: 11 Dec (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: Surgical recovery. ======MY DAY: 12 Dec (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Made it to office. My one thing today was more graphics for SFBOL3G. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: Surgical recovery. ======MY DAY: 13 Dec (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. JES work: Surgical recovery. ======By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, December 14, 2015 - 03:31 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 14 Dec (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Made it to the office but not for very long. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: Surgical recovery.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, December 19, 2015 - 01:57 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 15 Dec (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Came in during the evening for interview with high school journalism students. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. ======MY DAY: 16 Dec (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. ======MY DAY: 17 Dec (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: Doctor appointments, exhaustion. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, December 19, 2015 - 01:57 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 18 Dec (Friday) 2015 SVC work: Stayed home to rest. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, December 26, 2015 - 12:38 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 19 Dec (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Made it to work and got an hour at my desk. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. Daily Routine: APOD: Whale Galaxy. ======MY DAY: 20 Dec (Sunday) 2015 SVC work: Made it to work and got four hours at my desk. Daily Routine: APOD: dark Earth. ======MY DAY: 21 Dec (Monday) 2015 Events: Small Christmas party. First post-surgical dog walk, limited to 100 yards for safety reasons. SVC work: Must have pushed too hard yesterday, very tired today. Doctor appointment. Tried to catch up on Email. answering email, posting dinosaur stuff, doing Starlist, long chat with Chaplain. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading Communique ship. Daily Routine: BBS: 8. Forum: 13. APOD: first predicted supernova. Starlist: updates received 17067. ======MY DAY: 22 Dec (Tuesday) 2015 SVC work: Tried to get work done but sore back and general exhaustion kept me on a sofa most of the day. SPP work: CL51, C1 Update, MSSBs. JES work: customer service, marketing, PDF uploads, proofreading. Went to the doctor and was pronounced cancer free and told to enjoy her life. Daily Routine: BBS: 14. Forum: 1. APOD: solstice. ======MY DAY: 23 Dec (Wednesday) 2015 Events: Hideous Coughing Plague shuts down the office. Daily Routine: APOD: Meteor shower. ======MY DAY: 24 Dec (Thursday) 2015 Events: Hideous Coughing Plague shuts down the office. Daily Routine: APOD: not astronomy. ======MY DAY: 25 Dec (Friday, Christmas) 2015 Events: Sick with the Hideous Coughing Plague, we all stayed home. Daily Routine: APOD: solar system. ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 02:59 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 26 Dec (Saturday) 2015 SVC work: Still infested with Hideous Coughing plague, but managed to get a little work done. SPP work: Getting over Hideous Coughing plague, and managed to get a little work done. JES work: Sick with Hideous Coughing Plague, stayed home. Daily Routine: BBS: 13. Forum: 1. APOD: Milky Way. Industry mailing lists: Christmas greetings. Starlist: requests done British Colombia, Western Australia.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 03:00 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 27 Dec (Sunday) 2015 Events: Blizzard (technically, only an inch or two of snow but lots of wind, visibility zero). We all stayed home. Daily Routine: APOD: Eta Carina, the doomed star. ======
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 03:08 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 28 Dec (Monday) 2015 SVC work: Sick most of the day, I got little done. SPP work: Various projects. JES work: In hospital due to breathing problems. Daily Routine: APOD: Falcon 9 landing.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 03:08 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 29 Dec (Tuesday) 2015 Events: Simone uploaded Communique 120 and Hailing Frequencies. SVC work: Not a good desk day, but I managed to finish Communique and Hailing Frequencies. SPP work: Various projects. JES work: Recovering in hospital. Daily Routine: BBS: 5. Forum: 2. APOD: Orion nebula. Industry mailing lists: New Years. Starlist: requests done 14886, 23602, 98144, 55764, 32204, 72703, 48430.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, December 31, 2015 - 04:07 pm: Edit
MY DAY: 30 Dec (Wednesday) 2015 SVC work: Still too sick/weak to do more than an hour now and then at my desk, I tried to answer emails and ended up just posting a ton of dinosaur stuff. SPP work: Various projects. JES work: moved to intensive care due to breathing issues. Daily Routine: BBS: 11. Forum: 1. APOD: Fox Fur Nebula. Industry mailing lists: Happy New Year.
By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, December 31, 2015 - 04:56 pm: Edit MY DAY: 31 Dec (Thursday) 2015 SVC work: To sick to work, I tried to clean out old email and posted a bunch of dinosaur stuff and started on Starlist requests. SPP work: Various projects. JES work: resting comfortably in intensive care. Doctors are trying to find the cause of the fluid build up. Daily Routine: BBS: 11. Forum: 5. APOD: solstice. Industry mailing lists: Happy New Year. Starlist: requests done 20002, 22003; updates received 15201, 28768.
HAPPY NEW YEAR