Over the past few years, Cisco has willingly and knowingly participated in the suppression of free speech in mainland China via the so-called Great Firewall of China. While they are by no means alone in their cravenly actions (they are…
Heh: I Don’t Wish to Be Argumentative, But I Disagree with the Islamic Belief that I Should Be Killed – An Editorial by Frank J.
Vin: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to brew up a batch of the world’s first Open Source beer. It’s got guarana!
Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day – have you huggedpaid your SysAdmin? I tell you, as a SysAdmin, it’s mighty tempting to go all BOFH on people every once in a while, so buy us some cake every once in…
I heard an NPR spot for FX’s new show “Over There” which supposedly depicts life on the ground during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initially, I wondered if it would be worth downloadingwatching. Thankfully, some real soldiers have done the watching and…
The answer to the headline? Mimi Maternity and A Pea in the Pod, both owned by Mothers Work, Inc.. I would suggest you do the same, as they apparently have developed a record of firing female employees who get pregnant.…
For those who may have noticed long load times for the front page: Sorry about that. I activated Owen’s old Adhesive plugin and it caused the front page to load every post I’ve ever authored, thus the huge front page.…
How else can you account for him recounting our idiotic oh-so-fair performance review process?
When preparing lunches for the day, it is inadvisable to attempt to catch any items that one happens to drop (perhaps a large bag of carrots, for instance) using only one hand and the remainder of one’s body to trap…
I’m not normally the cussing type, but today just about pushed my limits in terms of rational, reasoned responses using polite and gentrified language. Therefore, I would like to set forth a New Rule: Computer Operations Service Request Rule #4,862:…
