Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - Posts

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

a day in a life 2009.04.08

via @fractalnavel: in the last twenty-four hours:
  • 2009.04.08 19:32: @jdhunt
    Nothing like a meeting to disrupt momentum
    nothing like momentum to disrupt a meeting
  • 2009.04.08 19:34: reminder to self: make copies of images, etc. for blog posts, don't just link to them. they can disappear, eh ?
  • 2009.04.08 19:39: @klaatu
    RT @brucephenry: This is awesome! - How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card http://bit.ly/bwSB
    "... and judging from the number of pizza boxes lying around, it must be spring already ..." - hey! i resemble that remark...
  • 2009.04.08 19:44: @jdhunt RT @klaatu http://bit.ly/bwSB How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card ...
  • 2009.04.08 19:45: @jdhunt "...The shock is greater for the coder, though. He suddenly finds alien creatures control his life. Meetings, Schedules, Reports..."
  • 2009.04.08 19:46: bummer, there's already a @self here - this self is pissed, blames it on me
  • 2009.04.08 20:12: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    @jdhunt RT @klaatu http://bit.ly/bwSB How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card ...
    Bottom of the article was dated 1995. But, it seems very relevant even today.
    the more things change, the more they stay the same
  • 2009.04.08 20:47: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    @klaatu
    RT @brucephenry: This is awesome! - How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card http://bit.ly/bwSB
    "... and judging from the number of pizza boxes lying around, it must be spring already ..." - hey! i resemble that remark...
    Ghods damnit! I hate having to get out the box cutter (with I am NOT a Terrorist sign) and shred all those pizza boxes too.
    flatten, don't shred - or is that for recycling ?
  • 2009.04.08 20:50: speaking of reclusive habits - neighbor came to the door a few nights ago - apparently i had left the garage door open for a week...
  • 2009.04.08 20:51: .. they were just checking to make sure i was all right. hell - i'm so housebound lately that i'm still working on the same tank of gas...
  • 2009.04.08 20:52: ... from christmas !
  • 2009.04.08 20:55: "... jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ..."
  • 2009.04.08 20:56: oh wait - "sing out loud day" is tomorrow
  • 2009.04.08 22:17: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    @klaatu
    RT @brucephenry: This is awesome! - How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card http://bit.ly/bwSB
    "... and judging from the number of pizza boxes lying around, it must be spring already ..." - hey! i resemble that remark...
    Ghods damnit! I hate having to get out the box cutter (with I am NOT a Terrorist sign) and shred all those pizza boxes too.
    flatten, don't shred - or is that for recycling ?
    its for getting all the cardboard 2 fit into a bag to take out to the trash. Flattening still w'd need to cut 'em in half.
    large flex bags work well, as do square cans. ordering smaller pizzas helps. if the pizza guy would just take them on his way out...
  • 2009.04.08 22:23: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    .. they were just checking to make sure i was all right. hell - i'm so housebound lately that i'm still working on the same tank of gas...
    U should put some stabilizer in the gas tank. Likely to turn to varnish before you burn thru a tank load.
    good thought, esp. since it's been near empty all this time (a gal or two). re battery: no electronics run- 15 year old wrangler ;-)
  • 2009.04.08 22:25: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    .. they were just checking to make sure i was all right. hell - i'm so housebound lately that i'm still working on the same tank of gas...
    I disconnect the car battery so alarm & clocks won't run it down if I don't drive for 1-2 weeks. Learned it the hard way.
    i learned how to deal with this a long time ago: order a pizza, and meet the delivery guy in the drive with jumper cables ;-)
  • 2009.04.08 23:02: i think this xo is picking up on all the laptops with wifi in the neighborhood. surely they aren't turning access points off & on...
  • 2009.04.08 23:03: they all show as secured; eh, will leave the hacking to others. but one looks like it uses its mac id as its ssid. shame shame
  • 2009.04.08 23:06: ah - here's one with ssid = mac id and unsecured
  • 2009.04.08 23:10: tempting... now, my own access point's ssid = 'anonymous', seemed to be sufficiently generic
  • 2009.04.08 23:12: but this xo, though - i do't know. it's wonder what it looks like to others. odd, i haven't fired up wifi on other machines to check
  • 2009.04.08 23:17: huh - router shows a blank hostname for this connection
  • 2009.04.09 03:29: %&%($!! lost the api's "since" param - morons. "since-id" does not replace it ! http://is.gd/rwRn now i gotta fix my shit or turn it off
  • 2009.04.09 04:02: ok, done. why should i have to store an id when i know the date ?! so i just added a date filter in my xsl. :-ppppp
  • 2009.04.09 04:05: really ugly. $250M, and it's too much trouble for them on the server side ?
  • 2009.04.09 04:21: "Deprecation of the since parameter and If-Modified-Since header Options" - hardly - it's obsolesence ! nice transition, guys
  • 2009.04.09 04:22: shoot, i'm jumping the gun on "sarcasm friday" again ;-)
  • 2009.04.09 04:23: on charlie rose right now: AP to lockdown its content. hey, go for it. let me know how that works for ya. morons.
  • 2009.04.09 04:23: man, that AP guy comes off - well, he's the wrong choice to project image, that's for sure.
  • 2009.04.09 04:26: content walls: "if you build it, they will - flip you off and go elsewhere"
  • 2009.04.09 04:29: ap: they feel they aren't being paid for their work. hey, welcome to the recession.
(pulled direct from twitter via custom job)
Posted by fractalnavel at 11:30 PM | with no comments

woof

since when has it become acceptable to set billing due dates two days after the bill is sent ?

what's wrong with this picture:

Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 15:11
Subject: You have a new bill from Rumpke Consolidated Services.
You have a new e-Bill from Rumpke Consolidated Services

e-Bill Information
Due Date: 04/09/2009  

two days ?!  really ?  hey scout, fetch this !  (insert favorite obscene gesture here)

seriously, i need a new category for this kind of shit.

Posted by fractalnavel at 3:03 PM | with no comments
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