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Aaron Gladders
West coast tech hippie with a sprinkle of business
Archives for the month of: January, 2009

I’ve been downsized!

January 30, 09 //
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Well, if I were still working at a warehouse like I did when I was…18? 19? Uh oh, not a good sign that I can’t remember.

I used to work in a warehouse as a “picker”. I’d drive around on a little electric vehicle picking up boxes from shelving units in long isles, assembling them into neat little cubes (yay for spatial training!) and delivering them to waiting semi’s. We used to compete on who could be the fastest, or just have yogurt fights. I was likely in the best shape of my life; who wants yogurt all over them? And I made some money to put me through university….and worked with some great people, some great memories.

And now, it appears we wouldn’t have as much fun:

Autonomous Robots Invade Retail Warehouses

but wow, how awesome is that? Another notch in Skynet’s belt.

Being a parent

January 7, 09 //
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An old friend from university sent ‘You Won’t Remember This Either’ which has a great quote in it:

What continues to amaze me about parenting is how it simultaneously expands and condenses time. The days can seem long, but the months fly by.

That really captures it for me. I feel like a goldfish sometimes. So I take video and photos in the hope that they will keep triggering the memories for me one day.

I went to the first video he did, ‘You Won’t Remember This’ and my wife spelled it out for me – that phase of our life is over.

There is something about the omnivorous now in parenting, and the constantly shifting challenges and demands of the moment, that creates a kind of rolling amnesia for everything yesterday.

I sure hope I got enough video of it cause I’m not much of an animator.

  • Tweets

    • My eldest just split my forehead open (by accident), biggest cut I've had in a long time. I know for sure that I am not cut out for the UFC 1 month ago
    • Just saw geese flying north - is winter over already? Feels like it. 1 month ago
    • Open Data Vancouver hackathon next week at the city archives, come one come all #opendata http://ow.ly/XVT7 1 month ago
    • #1 job choice for kindergarters: Spiderman. How awesome is that. http://ow.ly/SMOh 2 months ago
    • Good to be home, and it's not even that cold. Don't let anyone say you can't wear shorts and flip flops in December 2 months ago
    • 3 min of lovely "little red-riding hood" as infographic porn. Oldie but a goodie: http://ow.ly/NhPS 2 months ago
    • "What English sounds like to those who don't speak it:" http://ow.ly/Nh8s - the visuals are worth it alone 2 months ago
    • RT @bsletten @novaspivack Dark matter detection claim about to be announced. Big news for physics. http://bit.ly/8MF2U0 2 months ago
    • RT @haigarmen @Corvidael: US Drones hacked by insurgents with $26 software. http://bit.ly/6yr0sj #wargames 2 months ago
    • I'm convinced happiness is figuring out the right time zone for you to sleep in naturally, and I've finally found mine 2 months ago
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