Stirring the pot

Yep [1]. Exactly [2]. And it’s not just Budweiser that does this. It’s frickin’ everywhere. [1] http://gfor3.com/2014/02/04/the-great-budweiser-lie/ [2] http://carryingthegun.com/2014/02/02/last-nights-budweiser-ad-a-heros-welcome-was-exploitative-and-offensive/

Inturdnet Exploder

If it weren’t for corporate intranet sites, there would be no reason for IE’s continued existence. I’m not sure if this is an indictment against IE or an indictment against corporate intranet sites. Perhaps both?

The wrong lesson

As a kid I read the entire Chronicles of Narnia [1] several times. Probably at least once a summer vacation from the time I received them as a gift until the time I started working at a real (not paper route) jobby-job. So, conservatively, I’d put it at a dozen total readings. Even during the…

Rusty earworm

Every so often this runs on a loop in my head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzkOPA_AQg. For some reason this morning is one of those times.

bash on Windows

My rose for the day [so far]. On Windows you can use the command explorer SomeDirectory and Windows Explorer will open with the view set to SomeDirectory, assuming one exists as a child of the current working directory. The same holds if you want to jump around the tree a bit. explorer \foo opens foo…

Pet peeve

Folks who refer to tasks/items that fall outside the general case as “onesies and twosies”, especially in a business setting, drive me frickin’ bats. It is, as one might just as inappropriately say in this setting, “cutsie wootsie”. That is all.

Quandry

I really want to brew a kölsch but I already have a cream ale that is ready to keg, carbonate, and drink. I also have on hand the ingredients to brew another dubbel and I should get around to using those ingredients soon. But I have my brain set on drinking a kölsch right now.

Spring is coming

It’s that time of year where I find myself idly clicking over to the fantasy baseball team’s league site in the event there is news. Random moments of considering draft strategies fill my commutes. I’m even considering adding fantasy baseball podcasts back into the commuting rotation. Pitchers and catchers report soon, no?