I really blame Gibzon for making me boot up IRC. Really I do!
[Feenix`] man 11:20pm already.... [dav_in] wth [dav_in] dude [dav_in] you need to stay up more [dav_in] MORE [dav_in] TO THE MAX! [dav_in] get a shot of tequila [dav_in] but dont drink it [dav_in] oh no [dav_in] dont drink it just yet [dav_in] thats too easy [dav_in] you ready for this? [dav_in] snort it [dav_in] thats right [dav_in] snort it [Feenix`] snort....tequila.... [Feenix`] omg it burns! [dav_in] yes, thats how you know you're doing it right!
I'm usually stuck on one stretch of road when I drive to work in the mornings. Its a gentle upwards slope that ends with a very wide curve downwards and at the end of this stretch, 2 other major roads join in.
As you'd foresee, its 3 roads, each with 2 lanes, merging into a 3 lane road. Traffic here is insane. Its insane, partly due to the volume of traffic, but I think its mostly due to the crazy drivers all around me that don't seem to understand how to merge into traffic correctly (and safely!).
It drives me MAD.
I sometimes wish every car was equipped with some form of M102 105mm Cannon from the AC-130H. Just the knowledge that the other guy processes such firepower will surely make people drive carefully and be courteous to other drivers on the road.
Hence the term, Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). Cooked up during the Cold War between the Americans and the Soviets (its always the Soviets!), it was an uneasy way of holding the peace.
Last Monday was a public holiday here, so I didn't go to work. Now, Tuesday, I walk into the office, and as soon as I sit down to work, I get flooded with work and crap. The kind of thing you get on a Monday. Only now, its worse, because its a Monday + Tuesday thing, and somehow, clients seem to know this and get extra bothersome.
My hypothesis is that because Monday felt cheated by not getting people all messed up with the Monday Blues, its enscrolled its good friend Tuesday into being sucky as well.
Gibzon told me to go back to IRC, and I did! I'm just killing some time there, doing nothing important when someone comes into the channel, and this sparks one of the second weirdest IRC chats I've ever had. (Don't ask me what the first weirdest chat I've had, thats for another day)
[@Tenchi] hmm [dav_in]dont you hmm me young man [dav_in] woman [dav_in] person [@Tenchi] excuse me [@Tenchi] i dont no u [dav_in] "i dont no u" ? * Tenchi is now known as DarkDragon [@DarkDragon] u were saying [dav_in] i was saying? [@DarkDragon] im waiting [dav_in] i'm lost [@DarkDragon] ya [@DarkDragon] ill bet [dav_in] i am [dav_in] should i maybe, get on my knees? [dav_in] grovel a little? [@DarkDragon] umm [@DarkDragon] u no [@DarkDragon] i dont like ppl that gravel [@DarkDragon] dislike it [dav_in] i dislike gravel too [dav_in] kinda rough on the knees [@DarkDragon] wee why say it [@DarkDragon] well [dav_in] well i didnt, you did [@DarkDragon] umm [dav_in] aye [@DarkDragon] [dav_in] i am [@DarkDragon] [dav_in] should i maybe, get on my knees? [@DarkDragon] [dav_in] grovel a little? [@DarkDragon] u did say it [dav_in] um, and if i could use my magical copy paste thinggy --] [dav_in] [@DarkDragon] i dont like ppl that gravel [@DarkDragon] umm ya can [@DarkDragon] so [@DarkDragon] i dont [@DarkDragon] but u said u do [dav_in] you dont.. ? what? [@DarkDragon] i dont like ppl that gravel it makes them pathetic [dav_in] you do realise that gravel is a type of rock yeah? [@DarkDragon] um [@DarkDragon] do u reliaze that gravel is when ppl beg on there knees [dav_in] um, no, actually i didnt [@DarkDragon] u do now [dav_in] i thought that was still under 'grovel' [@DarkDragon] dunno [dav_in] well, thank you for clearing that up! [@DarkDragon] ok [dav_in] so um, do any graveling lately? [@DarkDragon] nope [@DarkDragon] i bow to noone [dav_in] ok, fair enough * DarkDragon is now known as Tenchi [dav_in] lol is anyone logging this?
You can draw your own conclusions to IRC and its users!
I spent my weekend doing chores and work stuff, but I managed to spend some time in front of the TV. Of course, it being the weekend and all, there wasn't much on the TV except for game shows and the sort. I kept flipping channels and I came across a movie that was about to start, and the title just caught my attention. Completely!
First, lets start with how many stars I'll give to the movie, even before I discuss it, because I'm l337 like that.
*gasp* Thats right, its a Sci-Fi chan movie, and I'm giving it a 2 star rating. Honestly, unless you were as bored as I was, there would have been no real reason to watch this. When I saw the title I was all "OMGZ Basilisk! Pwn!" (well maybe not really like that!) but as the movie progressed the Kill-Me-Now's crept in. The movie had average effects, and some of it was not bad.
One part had the National Guards come in and, get this, shoot M1A1 rounds into an open sewer manhole. Then proceed to fire a shoulder bazooka into said manhole. Wow. Just, um wow.
All of the characters were 2 Dimensional, except for the goofy sidekick, who had great lines and an amazing screen presence. I mean, look at him! Being held at knife point by a model slash villainess slash anorexic (don't let it fool you boy's and girls, this is a bad thing!)
Of course, everyone knows the Basilisk from MtG, where it is an awesome and fierce creature no person would ever go up against!
Now, I can't fault the stunt men for crashing Bond's car's. Who knows what kinds of gizmo's and widget's he has in there, in fact, I pity the poor sods!
So there, Mr. Bond, drive your own cars for a change!
Well I've diddled around with the layout of the blog a little to include:
Slightly larger text fonts (maybe its just me or age creeping up, but I like to be able to read stuff easily).
Google Adsense advertisements! (gasp!) Yes, I've sold out, and I need the money for that mink coat and pink hat.
Labels. Most posts will carry a label (or two) so you can sort out what you want to read quickly.
A map! Hurrah! A map!
I'll keep on adding stuff like I once did to the old blog layout (the one I had to give up because I moved to the Beta {not anymore!} Blogger template).
Just in case some of you play scrabble or really would like to know where I got the diddle bit you can read more on 'diddling' here and here.
I've never really paid much attention to my daily work ritual but lately I've been having this one image in my mind of a huge spaceship. As I come into work (if I'm the first one that is) I unlock the main grill door, and raise the door shutters. This somehow makes me think of coming out of a deep / cryogenic sleep after a long flight. Once that's done, I move into the inner office and switch on a bank of switches for the lights and a/c units. Again, this feels so much like powering up a ship bridge, watching the lights come on and the soft hum of the water kettle and fridge.
Then of course, since I'm in the bridge, I power on my server, my desktop, and my laptop all one after another. As I settle down into my seat, I swivel my chair from my desktop; logging in, and then launching myself into the internet, warp 3 please.
I thought I'd take a quick look at some great sites for the month of April. Now, I know, these sites might be a tad 'different' but they all come together in the great spirit of April.
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announces its long-awaited return to console gaming with World of Warcraft: The Molten Core™, http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/ Now, I'm a fan of Blizzard, so I'll post 2 amazing April links from them. The first being the link above. Now, when the site loads, view the trailer as well as the screenshots below that highlight the new monster bosses.
These past few days have been a tad rough. I finally get off my lazy arse and get my desktop to the service center (the PSU was shorting / auto-reboot) and the guy tells me that the PSU warranty only has 5 days remaining on it, since its been almost 1 year from the date of purchase.
I lug the damn machine over to his store, he passes me the PSU to send to the service warranty area which is like in a different building and they tell me the PSU is FINE. Bleah. So they suggest I bring my whole desktop over for them to fiddle with. I do that (2 more trips!) and when I'm done they then tell me there's nothing at ALL wrong with the machine. Maybe some dust induced heat issues.
FTW!?WTF?
On top of that, my laptop sling shoulder strap broke while I was trying to lift it up in the office. Well, not broke. More like kersplody. The clips that attach the strap to the laptop bag just shattered. Go Fujitsu!
Recently I find myself a little number dyslexic when saying numbers out loud. I was watching tv and it had an ad on a movie / drama titled '1492' but when I said it out loud I said "1942".
Normally this wouldn't bother me, but I noticed I did the same thing at a client's office during an IT Audit. They had a report called "RET 1503" but I kept refering to it as RET 5103.
I don't know about you guys out there, but I'm very sure that in the course of a day's work, you'll come across an idiot or two. Now I don't work with customer service or a helpdesk, but at times, due to the nature of my work, I've had to provide tech based support to people that DON'T EVEN PAY ME!
Take for example, yesterday.
X: Hello, I need help! Me: Uh, hey there hows it going? Good to hear from you too! X: Yes yes hello. Look, I need help with something. I cant get my news! OMGZ! (Ok ok so he didn't say 'omgz' he's 45 or something for god's sake!) Me: News? Like BBC or CNN? On the TV? X: No no no who watches TV these days? Online! The interweb! (again, he said internet, I just changed it to interweb) Me: Oh yeah ok cool, so you cant get your news. Why? X: I don't know I keep clicking on it and it just shows the same page! Me: Err, and how am I supposed to help again? X: YOU'RE THE IT GUY! Me: And you're my uncle. X: IT GUY's ALWAYS HELP OUT! Me: Help out uncles? On the phone? At 5pm when I'm having my tea and watching teh tv NEWS? X: YES! Me: Wow, amazing. Anyway, whats the website that doesn't let you get the news from. X: Its Me: Oh ok I don't know about that site, but I'd guess its using RSS. X: Are sass? Me: R. S. S. Google it. X: So how do I fix it. Me: Use firefox
I've come across ceramic knives! I think ceramics are the next big thing to come along since Tupperware! And no, I've not been drinking.
I've long read about Empire shocktroopers and their ceramic body armour, but this is so far the first (at least to me) real-world consumer ceramic product I've seen so far. I like the wikipedia stub on ceramic knives. The first question I had in my head was "Wow , this looks like its going to pose a problem to security all over the world!" But guess they worked that out as well.
