Category: Rant

Paul’s rules of life, #1

Taking a page here from Tina Marie’s blog, I present #1 in my rules of life:

It doesn’t matter how many fun and interesting people you’ve worked with and for in the past, if you write a bunch of reminiscences about past job experiences, the only person who will find your blog and email you about it is the guy you called a dick.

Oh, and Mike? While your reasons for choosing Microsoft products were probably more valid than I gave you credit for in that blog entry, and I’m really really sorry you’ve got leukemia, I still think in many ways you were a dick. Maybe I should have mentioned some of your redeeming qualities, but hey, this was about me, not about you. I liked you as a person for the most part, but it was your management style and skills that made me think of you as a dick. As for your Quake skills – the consensus over in developer row was that we should change your model to a pup tent with a fire in front of it.

In the good news, my new Powerbook just got scanned at the FedEx facility in Harrisburg PA! This is going to be better than watching my last Powerbook go through FedEx faciliites in Asia.

It’s freaking cold

I don’t think my employer keeps the heat on during the weekend. And because of that, I’m sitting here at my desk with my winter coat on, but my fingers are stiff from cold. It’s not just annoying, it’s destroying my productivity.

I think I’m going to go home and work there and hope and pray that the office will be warmer tomorrow. But there’s no guarantee. The last time it was this cold in the office it didn’t get comfortable until it had warmed up considerably outside.

Can somebody please explain to me…

…the appeal of J-Pop bands like Shonen Knife? Looked at objectively, it appears they sing the most cloying and inane pop lyrics known to man, and combine it with that English as a second language vibe and accents. Oh, and they’ve not very good playing thier instruments either. So what’s the appeal?

And I should point out, I’m not asking why other people listen to it, I’m asking why I keep finding myself compelled to listen to it?

I think I need a 4 hour Pogues marathon to get my edge back.