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Son of a motherless goat

Goddamn it!

I am getting horribly negligent to the blog, I haven't fed or watered her in days and she's starting to look like the dead wheeping birch in our front yard.

Anyways, I neglected to mention I'm on vacation until September 11th, well, not really on holidays, more like just not at work. Not like home isn't most times work, but anyways you get the point.

So, as if it makes any difference, and like this week is any different than others as of late, my posting will be sparce if not non-existant... wait it's f@#$ing Friday already? GODDAMN IT! I seem to be also negligent towards keeping track of time and of getting anything accomplished at any time.

On the lighter side, I usually don't talk about work here because I do like my job so much, but the wicked witch or also called foul hag of the north was canned on Tuesday. It makes me happy beyond what it should. I celebrated with a couple beer today again, for the third time.

Blokey or Girlie?

You know, it's no wonder that Steve doesn't have comments enabled on his blog, 'cause damn, 393 FREAKIN COMMENTS in what...3 days? I should BE so popular.

SO what do you think? Is the Mini a chick car?

For me, unfortunately, the mini is too mini, I have to go with the car in the Extended Entry

Pretty Pretty pretty

I came across this over at Rocket Jones, it's a cool graph generator, which ... graphs it? I don't exactly know how it works but... it's pretty anyways. It's interestion, what with all the seeding dandelions in my yard that part of it looks just like that.

Websites as graphs - an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet

Oh yeah... and the image is in the extended bit..

So this

One day
I'm walkin' along the street
and this cat comes up to me an' says
"Hey man! Where you at? You seen that dog cat?"
An' I says "Yeah man, I seen him, he's you!"
so this cat just laughs and laughs.
"Dang dog, you is one funny pig!"
I says "No man, the pig is the man, an' he is in that white house."
That cat says "No way, that man is a pig and he oughta be in the county jail!"
"Jail? Nahhh... you can't put a pig in jail! They just digs right outta there! Them noses is the snouts of justice!".
"Lame Duck man, Lame duck."

- random blatherings from my disjointed brain

ARrrr Ess Ess

Hey, so I finally fixed my feedburner feed, it was pointing to the .RDF file instead of .xml, so there was no formatting whatsoever. Bloody eyesore is what it was.

Now it has formatting, and links, and images (I think) Oh my! SO if you could, subscribe to it (link on the left), so I can see the funky goodness that is... syndication.

Oh, and I added a link to my Frappr! map on the left, put a pin up there, raise your hands in the air like you don't (blank).

5 digits baby

Oh hey, I'm only 86 away from reaching my 10,000th visitor!

If I had a prize I'd give it to whoever that vistor happens to be.

You can have some warm fuzzies... yeah... here... a handful of warm fuzzies.
Ok, that doesn't sound too pleasant, forget that

Speaking of stats

My visitor total will some day in the not so distant future hit the 5 digits! And only after what... {checking back in posts} a little over 3 and a half years!

The real question is who will be my 10,000th visitor? And will they pee their pants in glee the moment that realization hits them?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Damn you jaded negative attitude, get back! Back I say!

Nice Spread

I happened across my sitemeter stats for today, and grabbed a cool screenshot of the folks who visited this little place over the last while, specifically from North America.

Every once in awhile it hits me that anyone in the world can read this, places I've never been to, some never heard of. These are usually times I'm drunk, or my jaded IT snobbism isn't at full power.

For all those who read this:

Welcome!

Bye Bye Blogpatrol

Well after having the blogpatrol for a couple years I finally had enough and removed it. I'm sorry but if the service is unavailable 1/2 of the time, how can it keep track of hits, visits, etc.? I estimate 40% of the time an icon didn't even show on my homepage, and therefore gee... it's hundreds of hits behind.

So, in the immortal words of Mitsou "Bye Bye Blogpatrol". Ok she didn't say blogpatrol specifically but ... whatever you get the point. I figured I'd drop a little earworm on you, "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" is one of those songs that just loops infinitely in my head.

Frap happy

Hey so I created a Frappr map, go put a tag on it.

please

I'm ... Batman

You scored as Batman, the Dark Knight. As the Dark Knight of Gotham, Batman is a vigilante who deals out his own brand of justice to the criminals and corrupt of the city. He follows his own code and is often misunderstood. He has few friends or allies, but finds comfort in his cause. Batman, the Dark Knight 100% Neo, the "One" 88% Captain Jack Sparrow 83% Maximus 79% The Amazing Spider-Man 79% Lara Croft 75% James Bond, Agent 007 67% The Terminator 67% El Zorro 50% William Wallace 46% Indiana Jones 42% Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com

As seen on Rocket Jones

Feedwheel burning

Hey so I put feedburner on the left-hand side over there... yeah, riiiight .... THERE, no go back, yeah, there. Mostly because I love to bask in the glow of the 3 or 4 subscribers to my RSS feed :) If you wish you could use that feed then I can bask even further right on my homepage ... and be ultra excited when I get more readers.

Oh and anyone who can guess where the title for this post comes from you have my props. (yeah, ok I can't say that word) Ok, maybe respect? Better?

1d8

No use trying to fight it, you're an eight-sided die, a d8. A fine example of simple elegance, the d8 is one of the least appreciated types of dice, and is often neglected. You are known to be quiet and shy, outward traits that conceal viscous sarcasm and mean wit. You are very smart, yet wise enough to hide your intelligence the quicker they found out how smart you are, the sooner they'll put you to work, which is something you can do without. People call you dark and pessimistic, or moody and cynical. You find little point in arguing.

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

Oddly accurate

You Are 21 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

Of all the cities in all the world..

As seen on Jenlars.mu.nu

Humphrey Bogart You scored 28% Tough, 9% Roguish, 38% Friendly, and 19% Charming!

You're the original man of honor, rough and tough but willing to stick your neck out when you need to, despite what you might say to the contrary. You're a complex character full of spit and vinegar, but with a soft heart and a tender streak that you try to hide. There's usually a complicated dame in the picture, someone who sees the real you behind all the tough talk and can dish it out as well as you can. You're not easy to get next to, but when you find the right partner, you're caring and loyal to a fault. A big fault. But you take it on the chin and move on, nursing your pain inside and maintaining your armor...until the next dame walks in. Or possibly the same dame, and of all the gin joints in all the world, it had to be yours. Co-stars include Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall, hot chicks with problems. Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 44% on Tough You scored higher than 17% on Roguish You scored higher than 72% on Friendly You scored higher than 24% on Charming

Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid

This is MAH haws, MAH haws

This has got to be the strangest thing I've ever heard about... or close to.

Woman returns from vacation, find stranger living in, redecorating house

Monkeys? Lazy?

news@nature.com - Gene therapy cures monkeys of laziness

Ok, 2 things to ponder here... are the monkeys like humans, or are humans like monkeys? Are procrastinating humans somewhat throwbacks, or are workaholics mutants? I favor the mutant theory, being an obsessive procrastinator myself.

Request for suggestions

Ok, so I need some suggestions here from all you folks in the industry.

I have been recruited to be the "Client Requests Coordinator".. in other words I will be tracking all customer requests re: software etc. I also have to make sure any time problems/requests are fixed/fulfilled that the folks who suggested/reported it are notified. Also pass on timelines given by developers for resolution.

It's a good opportunity, but it may be a big freakin' pain if I don't get software that can keep track of it all for me. Project management software? not really, almost. Bug tracking software is almost more like it, but there are tonnes of these out there, not sure which direction to go. They are also talking about implementing aspects into the current customer software.

Any suggestions from you guys would be appreciated.

Congrats Karen and Michael

Congratulations to Karen and Michael on the birth of their baby girl Audrey!

It's wonderful news and I wish the best for them, Alexander and their very spoiled cat. Here's to a quick recovery for Karen, and some nights of sleep for them both :)

Woot! It's very good news.

W3Schools

Fun with Javascript.

Hey, I found this great online resource for programming tutorials... and free ones at that. Surprisingly well written and quick... I like 'em ...
You should check them out.. I'm serious.

http://www.w3schools.com/

Meme

taken from Darren's Blog:

Caterina started an interesting meme...

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions

The nearest book is Dilbert "Still Pumped from Using the Mouse".. and the fifth frame is Catbert saying to Dilbert " For a small fee I'll accompany you on dates and translate between Male and Female language".