Yesterday, Jeff Bezos lifted off in a Blue Origin capsule and nuked the Washington Post from orbit. It was, I suppose, the only way to be certain that the Washington Post would not even accidentally commit journalism and upset the regime. Living in Harrisonburg, Virginia when my dad worked at James Madison, I grew upContinue reading “Tales of Diamond: The Washington Post CMS”
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A Gallimaufry
As I write this, I am listening to WAMU’s Hot Jazz Saturday Night, and this first program of the year is a “gallimaufry” — a mixed bag, a potpourri, a hodgepodge. I happen to like the word “gallimaufry.” I used it once in an email at work. No one in that email knew what IContinue reading “A Gallimaufry”
And So It Ends
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.– T.S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men” Today, Diamond Comic Distributors shutters its doors. Lance Woods retires today, and today is President Chuck Parker’s last day as well. LanceContinue reading “And So It Ends”
The Dying Days of Windows 10
These are the dying days of Windows 10. It doesn’t really bother me; I made my transition to the land of Tux (the penguin) and Xenia (the transfem fox), in other words, Linux, several years ago, in fits and starts, then much more firmly after the ransonware attack on Diamond. Oh, my computer has WindowsContinue reading “The Dying Days of Windows 10”
Tales of Diamond: The Great Pwnage of 2012
Last Wednesday, my eighteen year career at Diamond Comic Distributors drew to a close, all part of the ongoing clusterfuckery that is the Diamond bankruptcy. But my Diamond career almost didn’t reach five years. The tale was semi-legendary within Diamond Towers. It would be spoken of in hushed whispers, that someone did this, and whoContinue reading “Tales of Diamond: The Great Pwnage of 2012”
Cleaning Out the Cubicle
At some point, I would have to go down to Hunt Valley to turn in my key card and parking pass, not to mention pick up the two boxes of personal effects I had in my cubicle. I’d moved from my office to a space in the old Diamond Select Toys offices in early JuneContinue reading “Cleaning Out the Cubicle”
The Last Day
Today was my last day with Diamond Comic Distributors. Eighteen years didn’t end the way I would have wanted, but when Chuck Parker started in on some prepared remarks I also wasn’t terribly surprised. The October PREVIEWS has 350 items in it, the products offered in New to Order are a trickle compared to whatContinue reading “The Last Day”
An Autumnal August
Work made me a little grumpy today. I began the day working on support articles for our autumn sale, then I had a tricky project land in my lap, and the next thing I know it’s Noon, I haven’t taken my morning meds, and I’m staring at several more hours with this tricky project. Meanwhile,Continue reading “An Autumnal August”
The 12K Sale
Today, Diamond launched a giant print sale — the 12K Print Sale, complete with a running theme. Shoutout to our designer Casey Dimoff for his graphic for the sale. That title was my pitch. The remit was to refresh the branding from our usual fall sale, the Blizzard, since it’s still August as I writeContinue reading “The 12K Sale”
A Little Ingenuity and a Bit of Code Make the World Go Round
Sometimes I surprise myself with my own cleverness and creativity. Case in point… At Diamond, we maintain two completely different SKU systems to refer to inventory. There’s a stock code system (prefixed STK or STL), and there’s an item code system (prefixed in a MMMYY system, such as SEP25). Occasionally over the years I’ve beenContinue reading “A Little Ingenuity and a Bit of Code Make the World Go Round”