It looks like I am going to go into the local office tomorrow in order to install a bit of software that have neither a use for, nor even access to an environment where I could use it, even though I'm leaving shortly and my laptop will be reimaged, so that the department doesn't lose the license. Even though I can install most software over VPN, this particular piece cannot be. Well, except one of my co-workers had good luck at the Help Desk Roulette wheel, and got someone who could install it for him remotely. I, on the other hand, had a less productive time with support.
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01:51:52 PM,
Thursday 17 July 2008
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So, I was tired last night, and made an accidental substitution of ginger for mustard in the macaroni and cheese, on top of the intentional substitutions of buttermilk for milk, pepper-jack for cheddar, and the addition of smoked paprika.
It isn't any better cold. The ginger and the buttermilk tang both try to occupy the same real estate, flavorwise.
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10:50:09 AM,
Wednesday 16 July 2008
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Agh, forget this risk averse stuff. Even if the new old job falls through, which is deeply unlikely, I'm done here. Waiting for the offer letter is for sensible people. I'm not going to be able to relax until I jump. The cat won't starve either way.
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09:10:03 AM,
Wednesday 16 July 2008
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The little solar-powered box along Lake Street that says telescada on it is a cellular modem hooked up to a pressure gauge monitoring the gas pressure. Scada is Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition.
There's a lot of infrastructure in my world.
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06:42:39 PM,
Tuesday 15 July 2008
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So, I think I need to go to New York next May or June.
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12:36:46 PM,
Tuesday 15 July 2008
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"We're interested in many problems which directly impact the home: debt, gambling, job insecurity, trivialized education, spouse and child abuse, intrusive governmental regulations, drinking, and more. "
The Prohibition Party is interested in intrusive governmental regulations! Also, they had to change their mascot from a Dromadary to a Bactrian because of Joe Camel. I'm suprised that even the prohibitionists steer wide of explicit christianity. Why have Christian Democracy parties failed to appear in this country? Probably because Socialist parties also failed to happen, I suppose.
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12:30:05 PM, Thursday 10 July 2008
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So, we have this Backyard Birdsong Guide, with a built in speaker. Needless to say, it freaks out the cat. But the fascinating thing is that his directional hearing really isn't all that good, despite the swivelly ears. Most of the time,he goes straight for the birdfeeder, then realizes he's wrong, and starts poking around the room. At the moment he's fairly sure the starling is hiding in the water bottle.
Also, he likes birds he knows better than ones he doesn't.
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07:09:35 PM,
Wednesday 9 July 2008
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There is always an angle from which the tail appears to be between the legs.
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06:50:34 PM,
Wednesday 9 July 2008
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Can you, as a practical matter, write cursive without appearing functionally illiterate? Because I sure can't.
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10:08:23 PM,
Monday 7 July 2008
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Freedom's just another word for... no, wait, that isn't right.
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10:01:49 PM,
Monday 7 July 2008
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And we've confirmed that the problem is apricots. Also resumes. Neither resumes nor apricots are good for me.
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08:46:43 PM,
Sunday 6 July 2008
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I enjoyed Wall-E, the way I enjoy all Pixar movies, by walling some part of my taste away, and going with it. But I wish it hadn't been so jokey. I could have done with fewer references. It was eeriely Final Fantasy looking at points, but it just steadfastly refused to let anyone or anything involved have dignity. The tempo was off, and the sappiness was really off the charts, and it failed at the suspense thing. Much better than Cars, but too, well, too, well, princessy. But at the same time, the first pixar movie that's really felt like it's fully ingested anime. Oh, and I'm not one of the purists who gets upset that you can hear sound in space. And certain cartoon physics gags make me happy, like, I push the button harder it'll know I mean it! But the betrayal of gravity in the name of yet another film reference in the ultimate confrontation makes me itch. It's a very little movie, and it doesn't take itself seriously enough.
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08:00:40 PM,
Friday 4 July 2008
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