Dawn got a 79 on this thing. Me? I didn’t score so highly
The idea was to score as high as possible, right?
Author: Karel Kerezman
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For the graphing-calculator set, mostly.
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Don’t, uh, WHAT?
Found at The Register, this little gem:
It’s a sad state of affairs when we need warnings like #2, there, isn’t it? -
Inverse Progress Achieved
When you start the day with functional but slow and incomplete network-share browsing, and end it with no network-share browsing whatsoever, you know you haven’t exactly had the most productive working day ever.
When you “accomplish” this by following to the letter the precise instructions found on a half-dozen websites on the subject, instructions meant to solve the original problem, you know that the whole damned thing’s a scam and a waste of time.
When you realize that you’re the only person who really needs (and I’m using “needs” in the loosest possible sense of the word) to browse Microsoft Networking shares in the first place, you know that it’s time to just take a deep breath, shrug the whole thing off and move on to your next impending disaster…
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Spam 1, Legitimate Mail 0
We’re having email issues here at the office. This isn’t really a change from any other day, on the face of it, but what’s special about today’s issues is the phrasing of the complaints.
“Why are the spam mails getting through when the emails from my clients aren’t?”
I wish I had a good answer to that. Bleah. It’s only getting worse, day by day, and I’m not the guy with the power to change how the system works, so all I can do is shrug and commiserate. This doesn’t really help the situation much, but at least most of them understand that I’m not the bad guy here. I keep telling myself that this will count for something, some day.
Yes, I’m a dab hand at the self-delusion schtick. Why do you ask?
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On the thin ice of a new day…
Well, instead of watching people skate on ice, we nearly skated ourselves… for about ten seconds before we decided that it would be sheerest folly to attempt an on-foot transit from the house to the MAX station.
Oh well. I hope the others had fun. We stayed home and played City of Heroes. (What else were we going to do, eh?)
This ice can be gone any time now, thankyouverymuch.
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Road Trip!
Mari will be picking me up shortly so we can head up to Seattle and abscond with Dawn for the weekend. Why, you ask? Because Mari picked up more tickets for the ice skating thing, and she knew Dawn really wanted to see the show. And, of course, because Mari Is The Coolest ™.
Wish us luck, safe driving, and clear weather. See you later!
