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May 30th, 2007
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May 25th, 2007

Work “dress code” announced

Wake Forest University’s new director of Human Resources, Mike Tesh, sent out the below e-mail today–to staff only, not faculty. To my knowledge the University has not previously had a dress code:

The following guidelines are applicable for the summer, Commencement through
August 20th. 

University casual dress is defined as business casual and would include:

Men: slacks and collared shirts

Women: pants, dress shorts, shirts/blouse, skirts and dresses

What university/business casual does not include:

- Denim shirts, sweatshirts, t-shirts, halter tops, low-cut tops
(revealing), midriff shirts, tank tops (unless under a jacket or blouse), or
tops with spaghetti straps.

- Blue jeans, sweatpants, warm-ups, mini-skirts, shorts, bottoms that are
frayed, fringed or tattered.

- Footwear: flip flops or tennis shoes

Attire at off-sites should reflect the guidelines identified above. In many
instances, off-sites include interaction where the participants represent
the university. As a result, be prepared to attend external events in
business attire as the function dictates.

A good rule of thumb is that if you would wear it to an outdoor activity,
such as a trip to the beach, or if you wonder if your attire is appropriate,
choose something else to wear to work.
May 25th, 2007
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May 15th, 2007

Limiting our Internet use

Lauren and I have started limiting our (home) internet use, to three
hours a day: from 4-7 PM. We’ve done this programmatically–by telling
our Linksys wireless router only to allow devices to talk from 4-7 PM.
I just hard-coded a static IP address on our Wii so it can continue to
talk 24 hours a day.
I’m sending this blog entry via e-mail to johnborwick.com, as I
experiment with ways to blog within our new restrictions.

May 15th, 2007
May 14th, 2007

Twitter continuing to go nuts

The Twitter feed is continuing to go nuts!  I already disabled the WordPress module; now I deleted the code from the filesystem.

May 13th, 2007