Wow. Thanks, Elena! It’s rather difficult to try to laugh one’s ass off silently, so as not to tip off one’s cow-orkers…
Ok, here’s a little tip for anyone who might have cause to use a digital camera owned by the company they work for…
Do not take pictures of yourself having sex with your [...]
Heather Hamilton got fired for content on her personal site.
I lost my job today. My direct boss and the human resources representative pulled me into one of three relatively tiny conference rooms and informed me that The Company no longer had any use for me. Essentially, they explained, they didn’t like what I had expressed [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, the crowd at the Microsoft launch event I attended today was something like 80% male. It’s good to be a female programmer right now — there was no line for the women’s restroom, but the line for the men’s stretched out the door.
So out of a room full of hundreds of programmers and assorted other geeks, who are at least 80 percent male, who wins the raffle for the XBOX?
That’s right. The one guy who doesn’t play video games, doesn’t have kids, and has to haul the damn thing home on his bicycle luggage rack on [...]
There’s a special kind of art and passion to the bad review, and in many cases, the worse the thing being reviewed is, the more enjoyable it is to read a well-written review of it.
As an example, I give you Greg Knauss on WAP:
The evolution of the wireless application protocol — or “WAP,” the method [...]
While cleaning the office/spare bedroom today, I found a flyer for a series of free courses entitled “Voluntary Simplicity.” It had been on the floor in a big pile of papers of stuff I’d been meaning to do something with, the start date was already a month past, and there were two copies.
I find myself quite amused by the phrase “Bush oil-igarchy.” Read on:
In a shameless handout to a poor-little-me corporate mendicant, the president wants to spend close to $100 million to help Occidental Petroleum protect an oil pipeline unwisely built in war-torn Colombia.
[...]
So here comes President Bush riding to Oxy’s rescue with Super Huey [...]
I’m cranky this afternoon. Why? I’m annoyed that my work computer, purchased last year, suffers from the same limitations as the computer I used in 1997. I’m annoyed because I know there’s a relatively painless way to upgrade it from Windows ME (ack, barf, gag) to Windows 2000 (just barely acceptable), but [...]
Okay, if George II gets the Nobel Peace Prize, I’m going to have to very seriously consider the merits of self-immolation as a form of political protest.
Is this the same man who invented an entirely new kind of mass-marketed war while continuing to wage “war” on drugs, abortion, and just about any other damn thing [...]
Woohoo! Lon Mabon, the head of the Oregon Citizens Alliance (a particularly evil homophobic group), is in jail! (Note to self: Links on this site tend to disappear quickly. Must remember to save text of story.)
I can’t tell you how pleased I am about this.
A few signs that my transformation into an Oregonian is nearly complete:
When my umbrella broke on a recent trip to LA, I said, “Well, that’s okay. I live in Portland; it’s not like I have that much use for an umbrella.” …and meant it.
My typical winter gear consists of a hat, a fleece [...]
Well, we’re back from the belly of the beast, aka Southern California.
A word of advice:
If you find yourself headed to the greater LA area, and
if you’re thinking of spending some vacationing dollars at a theme park, and
if you score some passes for free parking and free admission to Universal Studios…
…go to Disneyland.
Trust me. Just [...]
Hmm…
PALM BEACH — Today’s security measures don’t work very well, says Richard Sullivan, pointing to the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington.
He’s says he’s got a better idea: a microchip instead of a green card. Foreigners who pass through customs or immigration could be injected with the chip, allowing officials to [...]
The ergonomics consultant is here, and I’m hearing language from the other room that’s reminiscent of some fairly oppressive practices throughout history: think foot-binding and horse-breaking here. “He’s going to be a little bit sore for a while when you straighten him up. You have to expect that and be ready to [...]
As if America wasn’t fat enough, Heinz is introducing chocolate french fries:
The new products include French fries flavored with sour cream and chives, or cinnamon and sugar, and a new product called Crunchy Rings - basically Tater Tots with a hole in the middle.
Then there’s Kool Blue - a sky blue seasoned French fry, and [...]
Gorgeous tattoo. (This image is PG, but it’s on a smut site. Don’t go poking around at work.)
This comic made me laugh so loud this morning that my sweetie heard me from the bathroom.
And in other news,
“Kind sir, I’m positively elated you exhibited the decency to survey the roadscape prior to opening the door.”
(check out the poster)
Remember those ads linking drug use to terrorism? The responses, including this cartoon, didn’t take long…
I experienced just about every form of non-critical annoyance on my bike commute this morning: weird traffic light cycles that made me wonder if I was losing my mind, seat problems (the quick-release got stuck in such a way that it wouldn’t release, quickly or otherwise), a couple of construction obstacles, and a bungee [...]