When the writers of Dilbert get it right you just can’t argue with them. This hillarious comic strip offers a daily reason to stop, think and enjoy a good piece of humour. Today’s entry defines the capitalist mind perfectly. Scott Adams & co., keep up the good work! source: Dilbert Comic Strip Archive – Dilbert.com… Read More »You Can’t Argue with Dilbert!
Ah, social networking, it’s great! I picked this link up from Mícheál Ó Foghlú who picked it up from Bernie Goldbach who read it on Tom Murphy’s Blog. 🙂 Tom has written a piece on the due care that is needed when blogging about things that might land you in a bit of a spot… Read More »Blog Carefully For You Blog on Your Employer
Now, I hate clampers as much as anyone else. They’re nasty, they potentially damage your vehicle while attaching and removing the clamp. Private clampers are even worse because they are rarely governed by the Road Traffic Act and therefore difficult to reason with. However, if there is any clamper sympathiser out there then this story… Read More »Clamp Down
Finally got around to upgrading my MT installation to MT 3.15 last evening. I must say, hats off yet again to the MT crew on the flawlessness of their software and ease of upgrade. It’s not the first time I have upgraded my installation and with quality like this, it won’t be the last either.… Read More »MovableType 3.15
Today I read a part of an e-mail from a famous IT director forwarded by Brian Dela. Not for the first time, I encountered new terms and phrases that are utterly meaningless other than to those who linger in the same mind frame as the author. Not surprisingly this original e-mail was intended for executives… Read More »‘Lingua Franca’ just isn’t talking frank
Finally, an insight into the obscure naming of asteroids. This latest find has been named after Douglas Adams, the author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Named 2001 DA42 the name incorporates his year of death, his initials and of course 42, the ultimate answer to the ultimate question. source: Slashdot
Looks like Ringo Star is set to become immortalised in a comic book as a super hero of sorts. Let’s just hope that it’s an improvement on Ringo’s last attempt of cartoon stardom in Thomas the Tank Engine thick_liverpool_accent: “Hey’up said Gordon, we’ve got a problem with the local super-villians again Thomas…” source: Boing Boing
There is something that opensource will probably never be able to do. Nice to know that even the hardest of the corporate achievers can have a conscience… I just have to wonder cynically though, whether or not each sterilised syringe will have a EULA sticker across the opening. o:-) source: Yahoo! News