OK, long, sad story coming up. Bail out now if you need to. Dad called saying his computer was doing strange things, not booting right (starting up a linux boot screen), messages about a drive failing, etc. Oh, and Dad, this is not a reflection of you asking me to help you with your computer, […]
A Week-Long Feeling Couple of Days of Personal Fail Read Post »
The US has their Car Insurance robocall scam, up here in BC we seem to have the “lower your credit card interest rate” robocall scam. The calls are robots, and generally go something like this, in a pleasant female voice: “There’s nothing wrong with your credit card, but you could reduce your interest rate, the
An Honest Telemarketer (Kinda) Read Post »
Long weekend is over…. sigh. It was good though. Caught up on a bunch of TV, there was a new Red Dwarf season out (well, three parts of an episode I guess) and a new Doctor Who (yay). Sunday was spent with family having a much belated Christmas dinner (delayed due to the two feet
Merry Easter To All Read Post »
I have to admit that I read Perez Hilton, but just for the juicy gossip I swear! This time I appeared on (another) Microsoft layoff story. I’m actually almost a little bit excited as my ass is now being seen by I’m sure billions of people today. Wonder if Perez would give me half-a-penny a
Another Appearance, On Perez! Read Post »
Coworker of mine pointed out that an article on 9to5 Mac regarding Microsoft layoffs uses a very familiar image with a very familiar ponytail! Again, my little contribution the the Internet. Now if only I could monetize that image….. I’d never work again!
Another Appearance of the Microsoft Peeing Pic – Microsoft Layoffs Read Post »
Another weekend almost over, another couple of days of vegging and relaxing done. Sadly not much was actually accomplished this weekend. I did get my new camera a few days ago (had to get it from B&H in New York as it’s impossible to get in the lower mainland. The plan with this camera is
Holy crap, will this white stuff ever end? I thought it was over and suddenly today it started coming down again, something like three weeks now, which is insane for the lower mainland… normally we get a day or two of snow, turns to rain the next day and is turned into a grey sludge
Snow, Snow, and More Snow Read Post »
Well, I have my car back, at only a bit more than I expected to pay. However I do have a car back, fixed with various new pumps, hoses, and belts. Many thanks to my folks for helping me on their end and the guys at Fraser Valley Sports Car for their quick work. Weee…
sigh So what else is going to go wrong. So far in the last little while: Got a note from the tax man saying there was missing paperwork from my taxes (due not to H&R block screwing up, but from the company I was working at that was acquired not giving me a T4, and
The Fails of the Season Read Post »
A tickle in the throat Thursday or Friday managed to make me miserable all weekend, and tonight has turned into full sneezing, sniffing unpleasantness. Bleah. Hopefully a sick day tomorrow followed by the Remembrance day off will let it work itself out. Right now I’m alternating between Buckley’s, NyQuil, Fisherman’s friend, vitamin C pills, and