Monthly Archives: April 2008

Hooray for on-line training!

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Wow, never thought I’d utter that sentence. Every two years, I have to re-take the Health Safety and Environment Orientation for contract employees. In the past, that’s always required me to show up at the HSE office at 7am, sit … Continue reading →

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Note to self

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Your cow orkers are evidently neither gamers nor Penny Arcade readers, so when somebody sends an email to the group saying that it’s so-and-so’s birthday, and to come to the breakroom for cake, it’s not a good idea to do … Continue reading →

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It’s like Half Life 2…

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

…only without medkits, saved games, and restores. Saw this on Old Grover’s LiveJournal: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

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Carp::croak()

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

I went kayaking after work today on Irondequoit Creek. The carp were mating, and there were lots of dead ones floating around, thus my little perl joke in the title. It was a great day to blow off work a … Continue reading →

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Torchwood, non-spoiler edition

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

I don’t think the cut tags work right in RSS, so I won’t be saying any spoilers here. But I just finished the last three Torchwoods, and all I can say is WHAT? WHY? Good shows though. I did not … Continue reading →

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