It sucks.

Both projects suck.
The team sucks.
The inability to add alternate paths to the diagram sucks.
This cramp sucks.
The lack of sleep sucks.

Question of the day.

What's wrong with the West Coast?

Question of the day.

Where's Z?

Answer of the day.

"Gift closet."

Question of the day.

Why does there need to be a law about that?

Question of the day.

Do you suppose J knows the scripts on her blog are broken for some users?

Question of the day.

At what point did they decide Valentine's Day should be more like Christmas and gifts, gifts, gifts all the time?

Question of the day.

Why don't they make learners and new drivers in the US display a red "L" on their bumpers like they do in the UK and HK and possibly other locations?

chassis #4, disk #2, battery #1

It took three sanitizing wipes to get chassis #4 up to speed. The wipes came up disturbingly yellow after sweeping between the keys. I think #3 only required two wipes, but #2 required many more. Many, many more. The previous owner of #4 was hairy and balding, but not as badly as #2. #4 is clearly Asian, probably male, and did not like pastry. Still undecided about whether #4 will require vacuuming.

Which leads me to the following questions.

1. What is the TCO of Apple notebooks? What would be the IT implications?
2. Most of my coworkers have lush heads of hair. So why do I keep getting the chassis that belonged to the balding ones?
3. How has my battery managed to stay intact while everything else has broken down at least once?

Aw hell. #4's display has the flickering lines problem. Not as bad as #2, but #3 managed not to have it. This is a bad omen.

Question of the day.

Dear IT,

How can you put "use your network cable" as an option for when you can't make the wireless work if you don't make sure the network drops actually work in the conference rooms?

rambling about winter

Winter quarter has always been my worst quarter. I feel a compelling need to nap all day long for no apparent reason. It's not like I'm getting less sleep (if anything, I sleep less in the summer), or I'm not sleeping as well (sleeping is more difficult in warm weather). It's not the weather, since I feel this urge to nap even in sunny weather. Even more disturbing is the lack of tolerance to cold. The weather is downright balmy compared to the winters I grew up with, and yet it's freezing. Or I think it's freezing. Other people are out in t-shirts and shorts. Not me. The only reason I'm not in the wooly sweaters is it would just look strange next to the t-shirts. I wonder if we'd be more productive if we could figure out a way to relocate everybody to Australia during the winter months.

The magic of books

I am eagerly awaiting delivery of a couple books. They are for a class. I would like to start procrastinating as soon as possible. Therefore I have been tracking the progress of the package online. They are shown below. Keep in mind, the top record is actually the most recent one. This means, amazingly enough, my books have the ability to go back in time, even before their publish date.

December 31, 1969
03:59:59 PM
US
Arrival Scan

January 31, 2007
05:39:00 PM
RICHMOND CA US
In transit

January 30, 2007
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US
Carrier notified to pick up package

Question of the day.

Why can't I set a breakpoint where I want to?