Archive for the ‘Tidbits’ Category

Headlines I’d like to see

For lack of a better topic

DHL must have the “sorting facility” from hell because my new Vonage router has been “transiting” it for roughly 8 hours. I’m picturing my little package zooming down miles of Oompah Loompah-strewn conveyor belts which loop madly through a byzantine complex of weirdness. More likely is it’s sitting in a heap of other crap, of [...]

September 20, 2005 • Posted in: Tidbits • 2 Comments

The catchup post

I haven’t been in a writing mood for some reason, so I’ll catch up on some things that I should have waxed rhapsodical about previously. Remember when I said Julia is not the most affectionate baby in the world? Since she got sick recently she’s done an about face. She wants to be held. She [...]

April 13, 2005 • Posted in: My Life, Tidbits • 1 Comment

NEVER piss off Rumsfeld

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) – Colin Powell beats a hasty retreat from the White House following his resignation as Secretary of State. Donald Rumsfeld said to be “disappointed.” (Actually, ByTor sent me this picture. I have to get me some of those.)

November 17, 2004 • Posted in: Politics, Tidbits • No Comments

Savvy marketing

Question: “Hey boss, we’re getting a lot of breakage during shipping and handling, what do we do?” Answer: That is just pure marketing zen to me. It’s not a problem, it’s a marketing opportunity. I fully expect to see “Doritos – Tiny Shards and Crumbs” on the shelves any day.

November 1, 2004 • Posted in: My Take, Tidbits • No Comments

TGIFFFS

It’s Friday which means that tomorrow is Saturday. This bodes well for my sanity and recovery. I hope that you are sane and recover over the weekend as well. This will be a tidbits post purely for the purpose of being a tidbits post on Friay afternoon since I haven’t provided even shitty content for [...]

August 20, 2004 • Posted in: Tidbits • 1 Comment

And in this corner…

Wow, this is priceless. Discussion between Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, and Andy Tanenbaum, the professor at least partly responsible for MINIX, an OS primarily used for education back in the day that several of my occasional readers will probably recognize from our pasts. Circa 1992, this is the subject line Tanenbaum begins with: [...]

June 17, 2004 • Posted in: Tidbits • No Comments

Make it stop…

In the name of all that’s holy, make it stop.

May 27, 2004 • Posted in: Tidbits • No Comments