I'm baaaaack

and you didn't even know I was gone. Just spent a hugely fun few days in Bath (the town in the UK, not the tub in the smallest room) "helping" Dr. Brian P. Casey and his fairer half get married. As a result, I can wholeheartedly recommend several pubs in Bath and their local brews.

more political whining

Pop Quiz: Which of the following stories/pictures violates the Geneva Convention?

• Exhibit A
• Exhibit B

why I read William Gibson's blog

This is just a lovely piece of writing. Bill gets a wee bit upset with a typo.

why office chat is a good thing

Dramatis Personae
kor: an admin on a remote site
waider: your humble scribe
kathryn: our software development manager



Action!

 <kor> help
 <kor> oops
 <waider> help: command not found.
 <kor> /msg waider /help
 <kor> waider is a bot, right?
 <kathryn> Yeah, we're trying to program him to pass the turing test,
it's just not working though
 <waider> not compute your sentence please phrasing it differently occur
 <waider> *sparks*
 <waider> *grinding gear noises*
 <kathryn> Shit, waider needs oiling again...
 <waider> ooh!
 * waider blinks
 

The funniest part of this was watching kathryn hunch over in a fit of giggles (she sits at the next desk from me).