Blog Entries Tagged Pioneer

Here's a list of all 32 blog entries tagged Pioneer here at derek.broox.com. I've also got 284 other things related to Pioneer.

  • Marv Hardisty posted - 5 comments

    At the end of my senior year of college, I drove out to this country road to make a phone call. There was a spot on the edge of this cornfield that I always went to for important calls (without being interrupted by one of my crazy dorm mates). I was making a call to Marv Hardisty because I'd interviewed for a position on his team a couple weeks prior and wanted to check in. It was for my first potential, big corporate job after college and Marv would've been my boss's boss if I landed the gig. Once Marv got on the phone, the first thing he wanted to talk about was the portfolio of work on my personal website... read more

  • Sorry to have to write this posted - 3 comments

    This is one of the best, most condescending emails that's ever been written about me. Back in my corporate days (circa 2007), a director sent this to all of information management. Subject: Sorry to have to write this... Importance: High Folks, I'm confident that it's no one in our group - given your maturity and professionalism, but you can help me by spreading the word that the reoccurring stupid and immature prank of taking, or tearing, a "bite" from Friday donuts (and other food) and putting the remainder back into the box is a thing of the past, starting now. If you see anyone doing this in the future, please politely ask them to take the whole thing and not replace the remnant.  Please also politely inform them that if I ever see someone biting, or tearing food to resemble a bite, and replacing the remainder, it will be a very bad day for that person... read more

  • Three Months Free posted - 9 comments

    Welp, I've now been free from the corporate world for a little over 3 months now. Ha. Man it rules. It was scary and a little stressful of a move, but I am so, so glad that I dove in. No more Microsoft Office, no software audits, no B.S... read more

  • Leaving Pioneer posted - 4 comments

    It seems like just a few months ago - my last block at Cornell College - when I'd drive out of town via 8th Avenue and park in a cornfield entrance at the top of the hill. This is where I always went to get away from the loud dorm I lived in to make important phone calls. This time I was making my call to Marv Hardisty - checking on the job I interviewed for a few weeks prior. It was an interesting call - first he asked me about brooksfsw.com, one of my huge Soap Shoe web sites that I let get away. He asked me if I ran it and if I was aware that it was now a pornography site... read more

  • T Minus Eight Days posted - 5 comments

    Until I am done working at Pioneer. That's right. On Monday this week I put in my 2 week notice at my cushy corporate job. Why? Back up to a month ago when my promotion (supported by 3 levels of management) was brought forward and then shot down by the director of Information Management... read more

  • 4 Years Old with a Bar and a Tattoo posted - 2 comments

    As of last Friday, I've been at Pioneer for 4 years... and I'm still an entry level programmer! Haha, weak. However, I somehow carried over 9 days of PTO this year... which Brings me up to 18+9... read more

  • Optiplex'd! posted - 3 comments

    Oh man, so I got a new computer at work. Dell Optiplex GX620 -P4 HT 3ghz -2gb RAM -150gb HD -DVD ROM/CD-RW -And a ball mouse, wtf? I need an optical mouse in this piece. Combined with my new dual LCD monitors, I'm loving life at work. I haven't even had it setup for a full day yet and I already want to get a new setup for home... read more

  • Me Have A.D.D. posted - 2 comments

    wtf, are you speaking greece? So this weekend was quick, fun, and productive. Thursday we had a little wine tasting party, which was half lame, half fun. But regardless, it was interesting and I learned a few things. Hopefully some of my friends did too... read more

  • Loud Noises Used to Make Me Dance posted

    Weekends at home rule, for real. I can't wait for another weekend like this. So Friday, I ended up going out with Nathan and Chuck. We started at Stix but quickly upgraded to DJ Skribble @ Crush... then we downgraded again to Drink, and then again to Vieux Carre... read more

  • That's why they call me... posted - 6 comments

    Slim Shady. I'm back. I'm back. Since my shed is done, I put my webcam back up. Looky! read more

  • Weekend at Home! posted

    So this was the first weekend that I've been home in weeks. It is literally the second time that I've been in Des Moines for a weekend since June, haha. I mean, I've gone to Cornerstone (Illinois), Heritage Days (Mt Vernon), L.A., Denver, Quad Cities twice, Minnesota, and Chicago Twice. The only other weekend I was here was during 515 Alive. wtf... read more

  • I hate Post-It Notes posted - 4 comments

    So when I was in LA, my neighbors filled my cubicle with boxes, which is sweet because I have to move soon and they'll help out. But the "queens" (as blair called them) covered my cube in Post-It notes while I was in Denver. I so don't have time for this... so behind on work. :( read more

  • 187 on a Homie posted - 18 comments

    I came back from Cornerstone to find this bloodbath on my desk at work. It is a sad day. read more

  • Cribs, Work, Cornerstone, etc posted - 10 comments

    This weekend my cousin anthony and I filmed a "CRIBS" episode of my apartment, haha. I hope it'll be good. I'd like to get it edited tonight, but I doubt that'll happen. I think Mtv puts a lot of planning into music/video choices in CRIBS, I need to find some good songs that'll match the video.Also this weekend, Pioneer had the company picnic at Adventureland. I always forget how lame adventureland is... read more

  • 1 Year Anniversary. posted - 11 comments

    Starting today Kari and I have been together 1 year!!! haha, actually today I have been at Pioneer for 1 year... wtf that went fast. I really have no idea how long Kari and I have been together... she has no idea either so we're straight... read more

  • Kraus is gone but the burger lives on posted - 9 comments

    Today was Chad Kraus' last day at Pioneer... weird. So here's a little story of him and his time here... He started the same day I did almost a year ago. The punk actually got the job I applied for, hehe whatever, I write web apps (roxor)... read more

  • Mini Segway posted - 8 comments

    Today, I built my own mini segway. It rules so much. Check out the pictures of the yellow guy riding it around my office. segway 1 - segway 2 - segway 3 - segway 4 read more

  • Pioneer Glacier posted - 10 comments

    Yo check out the glacier we have sliding off the roof of the Shull building, it's been sliding for about a week now. Outside - Inside read more

  • Techdeck desk park: out of control posted - 3 comments

    Jan 5, 2004 1:47 PM Seriously, this is getting out of hand. I had to move so many things around on my desk to get my tech deck stuff to fit in here... Check out my ramps and rails. I am so lame.I need to fill them with spray foam and attach them to my desk. Everything is hollow, so it's sooo loud... read more

  • Holy Tech Decks posted - 6 comments

    So, my cube is slowly turning into a tech deck skatepark. I've now got a quarter pipe, 2 grind rails, 7 regular tech decks, 2 mini tech decks, and a tech deck handboard. Luckily most of my neighbors are into tech decks as well... other wise they would hate me. Nick has 3 normal decks and a mini deck, cedric has 4 decks, chad has 2, minnis has 1 and jason has 1... read more

  • Today I mastered the Tech Deck posted - 4 comments

    A lot of friends at work and I have been getting pretty into Tech Decks lately. Ollie-ing around the desk is a lot of fun. I even made some grind rails this week. Anyway, today I was going for the highest ollie and landed one about a foot in the air. But then I wanted to go for a little higher... read more

  • Brown-outs rule posted - 5 comments

    So, today when we got to work we were in some sort of serious brown-out (we were getting a little power, but not quite enough). The flourescent lights flickered, the PCs would boot until the harddrives started spinning, then it would start over again.. Some rooms/cubes got a little more power than others. Doug, a guy I work with took his PC into a conference room and plugged in, so me and a couple guys went in with our RC cars and Tech Decks and watched Office Space. Now, it's 10:30 and the power is back on... read more

  • Cedric and the Des Moines Buccaneers are Ghetto posted - 4 comments

    On Friday, my friend Cedric had the day off, so we emptied his cube. We also moved boxes and a printer in and labeled everything with "Charles Brown" moving tags. On Saturday, Kari and I went to a Des Moines Buccaneers Hockey game. They are in the same league as the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders... (First of all, I'm not one of the super cool fans for teams full of 18-20 year olds, but they are definitely fun)... read more

  • Work is Fard... I mean Fun... and Hard... Hard and Fun posted - 6 comments

    My job includes a lot of challenging work, but it rules for several reasons. a) people are cool here b) my bosses are just as cool c) we have drag races, both big and small d) we have guns and shoot things e) people that have been here over 20 years make donkeys out of cheese, and people, and people that pet the donkeys read more

  • Bobble Justin and Travel Music posted - 1 comment

    Yesterday my coworkers and I went to the dollar store after lunch. We bought toys that shoot rubber suction darts. While we were there, Nick and I found the hottest deal... NSync Bobble heads for 50 cents! These are the same bobble heads that sold at Best Buy for like $15 a long time ago (the package even said best buy)... read more

  • Bathroom Printers posted - 1 comment

    So, I just printed something out and when I went to get it, I walked straight to the bathroom. When I got there, I was like, "wait a minute, I don't have to go to the bathroom." So then I walked back to the admin center, got the document I printed, and wrote this article. read more

  • Cubed posted - 1 comment

    So Friday was pretty exciting. We got to move cubes at work. Now I have a much cooler one, and I'm near my buddies. It's going to be a lot of fun. I took a Panoramic shot of my new cube, Click Here to see it... read more

  • Girls are gross posted - 2 comments

    There are a few things I hate. And one of them is discussion about female hygene. Especially commercials on TV and emails like this: There is an ongoing problem of tampon applicators being flushed down the toilets. When you flush them, they end up in a pit where there are pumps to send the waste up to the main drain line. The applicator will get trapped in the pumps and damage them, unless I remove them, which is an unpleasant task and takes me away from my other duties, which costs the company money... read more

  • Being young and making cash rules posted - 6 comments

    The guy that led my orientation at work just asked my buddy and I, "How much more time do you guys have?" We were like, "Um, what?" He said, "this summer." So we got really confused. and then he's like, "When does school start back up?" "Ummm, we're full time, sir" read more

  • Why my job rules posted - 6 comments

    My boss just wheeled this giant box on wheels over to my cube. It was about waist high, 5 feet long and 3 feet wide with no top on it. Anyway, he told me to get in. I was like, "umm, you just want me to get in the box?" He's like, "yeah, it's ok, get in." So I got in, and he put this purple fuzzy pimp hat on me and pushed me all around the floor really fast. read more

  • My cube posted - 8 comments

    A lot of people have wanted pictures of my cube at work. So here ya go... Also, don't forget to check out the webcam link above. I usually turn it on during the week. The Whole Cube - Right Side - Left Side - Toys read more

  • Des Moines posted - 5 comments

    I got a really good job right outside of Des Moines in the city of Johnston. I start June 1, so I'll be outta here at the end of May. I'm gonna miss my friends a lot, but it's a great opportunity for me, so I'm taking it.Update: I went to get an apartment yesterday. I found a pretty dope one in West Des Moines, right next to Clive. If anyone lives near there, I need someone to skate/soap with. read more