11/1/7: My Guest Chair Sucks •
The guest chair in my cube at work sucks. It's very lopsided.
When people sit on it, it's something of a conversation peice, but I tend to feel bad about it. I'm kinda holding out for a spot welder. I think my company really aught to have a spot welder, so I point that out everytime someone sits in my lopsided guest chair.
I bet they'd replace it if I asked ... Perhaps I should ask.
-Paul
2007 Halloween: DIE IMPORTNAT NEWS DIE •
Bojo, of mojobojo "fame", was kind enough to point out:
about:config -> browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone = "ignore"
disables the update page after an update.
That's been bugging me for months. Thanks mang.
-Paul
2007-10-10: ICE — In Case of Emergency •
I got a note from a customer concerning ICE. It sounded hoaxy, but it didn't sound like a bad idea either. This is only part of the form mail.
> The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to > the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, > but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it > would be a good idea if there was a n ationally recognized name for this > purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and > hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by > simply dialing the number you have stored as “ICE”. ... > For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.
Before posting anything about it, I decided to see if there were any snopes about it. There are, but they seem to suggest that it's a real thing.
Personally, I'll be adding a couple to my phone. Neat.
-Paul