Slap shot

All bad. You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know. In a movie full of great dialog, this may be the most overlooked quote of all.

Tarred

Is this the part of the day where I remark on how tired I am, that I’m not particularly keen on the idea of going into work today, that one of the drawbacks to dogs is their unwillingness to be litter trained, and that Oxford commas are the bomb? If so, you can pretty much…

A sad thing

Former Lincoln Stars head coach Chad Johnson was found dead [1] in Fargo. While authorities don’t suspect foul play the framing looks an awful lot like something that would be hard to describe as accidental. Makes his stated reason for resigning days before the season started sound a lot more ominous. A sad day in…

Still a thing

Mousepads are still a thing? Who knew? I just got a new one to commemorate some corporate thing. I should break out my Le Clic to get some photographs for you. I’ll send them to you via fax.

Remembrance

In Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now…

Why thin clients will always lose in the end

Test run of my repos modification script: < 10 seconds “Live” run of my repos modification script: > 10 minutes The difference? Tests are done on a local clone and the live run is done against a server sitting out on the WAN. You should have seen how long it took when I was doing…

Cascading super funtimes

Dicking around with CSS is kind of fun when there isn’t any deadline and you’re doing it for yourself. A rather pleasant way to spend a rainy fall evening. And the site may even look a little snazzier to boot.

Zesty

How much Buddha’s hand can one zest before one tired of zesting?  About this much: On the other hand (heh) my hands (hehe) smell delicious.