It works

My ghetto stir plate in action: Cannibalized computer case fan and some cheap parts from Radio Shack make the stir bar go around. LED light is totally gratuitous.

Shoot the receptionist first

Why I Drink reason #376: Security theater emails that make the most convenient doors off-limits because they’re “unsupervised”. They’re badge-access controlled and have video monitoring but apparently that is not enough. So now when a disgruntled employee wants to shoot up the place, they’re just going to have to shoot the receptionist first I guess.…

CA$1 Short

The Canucks fire Gillis. Oh happy god damn day. Finally. If only we could rewind the last year or so of decisions this jackwagon has made. Only had to piss away two All-Star caliber goalies, lock up some aging veterans to illogical contracts, replace a stuffed shirt coach with a goon, and turn the farm…

Automation

Trying to automate all the crap we have to do since corporate policy doesn’t allow static service account/password combos any longer. Hey, no problem, we could use RSA keys. Except, hey, Windows doesn’t do that. So now we’re spending $FOO on some stupid utility to manage, in bulk, Windows service account logons. And $FOO is…

Hit that O Face

Sometime reality television isn’t. Or, more probably, reality television is always a fictionalized take on reality that plays to everyone’s stereotypes and prejudices. For an example we could look at Council Bluffs’ recent brush with fame. Jon “Bar Fistula” Taffer spent some time with the folks down at the O Face bar and created a…

Wagon-free

A year and a few weeks since I last drank hard alcohol of any sort. I’m here to report things went much better this time. That and that a properly made old fashioned is a damn tasty beverage. If I’d known the bartender was doing buy-backs I probably would have downed several more.