Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Longform tweets, toots, and other stuff

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  • Never, ever trust technology. No matter how “easy” they claim it will be, there is always a “gotcha”. Just to be clear, a gotcha, is a user-defined misconfiguration. Frequently they are a default configuration the user is supposed to change, but not clearly noted in the documentation. So much in technology is an afterthought. The only reason…

  • PUZZLE One night, this blonde calls up her boyfriend. “Honey, I need your help. I am trying to do this puzzle, and I just can’t get any of the pieces to fit. Not even one.” So the boyfriend asks, “What’s the puzzle of, dear?” “Well the picture on the box is a tiger.” So now…

  • Puzzle

    One night, this blonde calls up her boyfriend. “Honey, I need your help. I am trying to do this puzzle, and I just can’t get any of the pieces to fit. Not even one.” So the boyfriend asks, “What’s the puzzle of, dear?” “Well the picture on the box is a tiger.” So now the…

  • Waiting for the network to go down, so I am surfing the Web… 🙂

  • Network To Drop

    Waiting for the network to go down, so I am surfing the Web… 🙂

  • Deadlines

    Yes, I realize that I have been lax lately about updating this. Probably it is all the hours I’ve spent trying to get the impending deadlines completed. Hell, I haven’t read a news article or played a video game since last week. Thankfully, this latest rush will be over next week.  

  • Yes, I realize that I have been lax lately about updating this. Probably it is all the hours I’ve spent trying to get the impending deadlines completed. Hell, I haven’t read a news article or played a video game since last week. Thankfully, this latest rush will be over next week.

  • All Nighter

    All nighter working on servers. Ugh. Time for sleep.

  • All nighter working on servers. Ugh. Time for sleep.