Archive for July, 2005


Hug your SysAdmin

Today’s the day to recognize your local geek-type. Give them a hug, but don’t get poked by the pocket-protector.
SysAdmin Day

Career Decision

Quick comparison for the tech-types among us.
  · Drugs vs. Computers
thanks Dustin

Public Service Announcement

This is a true story.
   · Hoax Slayer
   · Urban Legends
   · Break the Chain
Everyone should know about this:

First I’m going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide for its crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and […]

NHL’s back!

Word is out. The lockout (freakin’ 301 days, btw) is over, so it seems.
Various articles from excellent sources:

Husk (first gave me the word–thanks for the good news, amigo)
Eklund’s Hockey Rumors
ESPN
The Hockey News

Not too sure how I feel about 2/3 of the teams in the league making the playoffs–clearly a sales/marketing ploy–but I’ll take […]

Tradeshow

So, my company is shipping me off to a tradeshow this weekend. I’m headed to New Orleans, and leave friday.
For all my of my many, many, many readers, I won’t be posting til next week. Then again, that’s pretty much the norm for when I’m not out. Enough of that…
My real purpose […]

Some Tidbits

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that’s more like it!)
The human heart creates […]