Fri, 31 Oct 2008

Scary item for the holidays

I've added notes for counting matches in multiple columns in Excel to the wiki. There, that should scare the beans out of some of you (me, offering up a workable MS tip). Happy Halloween! joat: 07:13:40 31 Oct 2008

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Mon, 27 Oct 2008

Wut?!

On Friday, I realized that hearing "Sweet Patootie" sung in a thick Southern accent, by a Larry the Cable Guy clone, is actually quite scary. I'm not so sure that I'm going back to that store... joat: 06:15:17 27 Oct 2008

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Thu, 28 Aug 2008

Life expectancy?

Another thing that technology improves in our lives: the ability to pull new pranks. Tonight I ran across PhotoStamps from Stamps.com. Please note the statement that this is legitimate postage. My wife has various pictures of her and her sibling's childhoods. [insert evil laugh here] I imagine that my in-laws will be forming a lynch mob sometime around Christmas. joat: 21:19:51 28 Aug 2008

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Fri, 15 Aug 2008

Stop yer whinging!

Got to eat dinner with the team captain for Skewl of Root. When asked (at the conference) how they did it, he replied, "Cooperation, Dedication, and Overwhelming Technical Superiority!". Really want to know how they did it? Go back and take a look at their stats for the past 7 or 8 years. Notice how they almost always were in the top four finishers but most often had the suckiest "defense" stats? Care to guess what they fixed this year? As for the other teams, they didn't place first but they definitely didn't place last. Those that actually played had to beat out nearly 400 other entrant teams (we're talking thousands of people here!). They all busted their humps to get there. It is hilarious though, seeing team points graphed over time, with the Bossman narrating (similar to the effect of shifting into the next higher gear when the guy you're racing thinks you were at top end). Before you start buying torches and pitchforks, he was respectful of the other teams. Mebbe we can get him to digitize the commentary? (hint, hint!) joat: 06:07:36 15 Aug 2008

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Sat, 19 Jul 2008

Ow! My eyes!

Dude! It's cool that you (you know who you are!) have a generally popular tech show on uStream. But don't forget to turn your rig off when you're done. We really don't wanna know that you wear too-small black speedo-like underwear and like to wander the house with a cereal bowl in the middle of the night! joat: 08:00:57 19 Jul 2008

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008

Retreating

Amongst a certain crowd (*ahem*), it's a popular practice to go "on retreat" where the geek completely unplugs from all communications for the length of their vacation. This allows the geek to "retreat" from the stress of their connected work and social lives. The problem is that stress conforms to many "laws" that physical objects do. In other words, the stress doesn't disappear just because you're not in it at the moment. Rather, the majority of it gets transferred to your coworkers and friends. In fact, it actually creates more stress from the inconvenience it creates on those friends and coworkers. Translation: Sparks! Dammit! Answer your phone! You're not going to Denver on Monday! joat: 21:00:00 5 Jul 2008

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Sat, 19 Apr 2008

Quote

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one." - Bill Gates (heh) joat: 07:50:55 19 Apr 2008

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Thu, 17 Apr 2008

Here?

According to this and this, we have a Google data center right here in town. One more for my list of odd stuff about the area. joat: 06:48:21 17 Apr 2008

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