Didn’t have time to pull the ripcord on the datamine I had been building for the team, Which will probably be a bit of a puzzler for some security folks at some point – leave them wondering why the safe they just spent a week trying to crack was empty (but angrily, huffily, locked.) I…
Category: Brainfarts
NaBloPoMovember: Day 3
Freaky gorgeous sunrise this morning. Listened to William Gibson’s Zero History on the way in. Â As always, some truly excellent writing. Â The moustache isn’t really worth posting pictures of yet, but it’s getting there. Â By the weekend, I’ll have something approaching photo-worthy. Didn’t go bicycle shopping today ’cause the place closes at six, and I…
NaBloPoMovember Day 2: Boudclusting.
November is a dark and dreary month here in Raincouver on Canada’s Wet Coast, and the first two days have certainly been, uh… wobbly. Â Yesterday was dim and dark, but today was only foggy (like, Londonesque) and then suddenly freakishly nice out. Â It’s waffling. Â Nice breezes. Â Good sweater weather. Â Not weather that’s good for sweaters,…
Chatting with a Virus Bot
Guy I used to work with suddenly started talking to me after about a year and a half of nothing. Looks like he got hit by what we at EA used to call an “MSN IQ Test.” Gotta give them credit for incorporating that INTO the bot itself. Remember kids, just ’cause someone you know…
Field Report
Pvts Burton are upstairs and lights out after a successful shoveling clean of the barracks, followed by R&R in the officer’s quarters. The Sword in the Stone was played for the amusement of the troops; popcorn, fruit, and cheese served for evening rations. Unfortunately, the late arrival of the setting of the sun encourages the…
Two(ish) things.
HelLO, and welcome to another episode of “I’ve Reflanged the Barkolounger” with your host, Rupture Q. Throngboggle PhD, PTSD, NPC. Tonight to change thing up not at all, I’m going to tell you about some surfing I did. One of those things I do all the time is try to figure out how to get…
Monday, where’d ya go?
Wake. Work. Food. Clean. CDW5. Kids to bed. TV. Tea. Here. Hi. Remember when Avril Lavigne was a singer? At least, that was her listed profession? When will she get back to that, instead of doing dippy digital camera ads. While we’re at it, can all the comedians who are still doing the “I hate…
Home, Home I’m Deranged.
Low-key day. Made breakfast for the kids, which included a smoothie. We opened up the fridge, crammed banana, blueberries, an orange, some baby carrots, two icecubes, and some milk* into the cup thing for our brand new immersion blender we picked up at the Supastow yesternight. Time to fire that baby up, and see what…
My Brain Hurts
I got nothing for ya today folks, so I’ll just say a couple really quick things: My half brother in law is back in hospital – think happy thoughts. My dad’s in Mexico so I ended up doing a long distance support call Last month, I did the same thing (remote connect) for my mom,…
I dunno, where do YOU find them?
This evening I was bombing around Hintertubes looking for clues about a new album by Burial, and was reminded of how I found this weird little bubble of sound in the first place. Rather, I was reminded how I did NOT find this artist. I didn’t find them on the radio, or a magazine, or…