Last Minute...

Quick!! Tomorrow is the 8th Annual Sysadmin Appreciation Day!

Why didn't someone think of this earlier?

In an effort to slim down one's wallet, one might wish that they didn't have so many membership cards in their wallet. You have a few choices:

1) Take them out and try to remember to bring the right one along when you shop at the store. (Good luck with that and let me know how it works out.)
2) Store the info electronically using a program like eWallet on your PDA. (You obviously have to have said PDA.)
3) http://www.justoneclubcard.com/

While I've gone to using option number 2 personally, I think the third option is a stroke of genius. Actually, I suppose it's probably common sense, but I'm glad someone stepped up and did it.

Justoneclubcard lets you submit your barcode numbers (up to 8 of them) via a web site and then generates a card you can print and put in your wallet. I would like to see them offer a premium service where you are sent the bar codes on a laminated card for a small fee, too.

Ikea Hacker

I stumbled across an interesting blog about hacking Ikea furniture.

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/

Trampolines

If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampoland, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seem to be getting out of control.– Jack Handey

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Most Honest Politician

When you feel like killing someone...

Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the person's house, and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern, with a knife stuck in the side of its head, with a note that says "you". After that, I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.– Jack Handey

Your Choice

I'm in IT and I can't tell you how many times someone calls me and trys to tell me that their whatchamacallit is broken or their thingamabob isn't working right. Then after figuring out what they are talking about, I try to explain what it's called. Instead of taking the opportunity to learn something I'm met with either severe apathy, or in some cases, an accusing tone when they tell me I'm being too picky about stuff.

My new policy will be to offer them a choice:
A) You can tell me what the problem is, using correct and specific terms.
or
B) We can spend the first three quarters of our converstation with me trying to figure out what you mean, then when I finally figure it out, I can help you.

Alternative Energy

If you're interested in alternative forms of energy, specifically renewable forms, check out Heliotropic.

The Transformers Movie

The Transformers movie was very entertaining. I really enjoyed the mix of ordinance and epic robot battles. The transforming action wasn't quite realistic, but enjoyable nonetheless. They did choose some pretty sweet vehicles to model the Autobots after. Megatron was pretty lame, he was some generic spaceship, and Spielberg must have known that Megatron was lame, because there weren't any cinematic shots of Megatron as a spaceship. There were no shortage of sweet shots of the Autobots as the cars, probably at least partially because GM paid through the nose to have their cars be the models for the Autobots, and it was just good paid product placement.

Fire

If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic.– Jack Handey

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Instead of trying to build newer and bigger weapons of mass destruction, we should be thinking about getting more use out of the ones we already have.– Jack Handey