Entries from July 2004 ↓

Slashdot has an interesting article on Automated Software QA/Testing.

“The only people I have seen treated worse are the help desk crowd. The workload was terrible and when layoff time came, who do you think got the axe first?”

I’ve been really lacking in blogworthy things to say lately, however I do want to catch up on some things…

Dan, yes, let’s get together soon. Now that I have wheels this has become much easier. We can talk geek until Janice’s eyes have rolled back in her head…

Tong, I’ve left IT and it would seem to be permanent as I’ve had enough. I’m not sure what is next on the agenda but I’m thinking about it.

Shnewt. You’re an idiot. As such, you would fit in well. Let me know if you want a job.

As per Biff’s request…

I did indeed start work. It’s the same as before; the people are nice but mentally challenged, the work is mind-numbingly boring and predictable. The commute is pretty good given how early I start and getting off at 4PM kicks ass.

The machinery is in an amazing state of disrepair. Yesterday an air line blew off and hit me in the knee and then a ram fell off. Today a bigger lump fell off and landed on my foot, followed by the other ram falling clean off… Job security is a good thing.

I am content for the time being and yet bordering on embarrassed for returning. As such, I most likely won’t post much about it except to poke fun at the misfortune of my hapless co-workers. I think I have excreted more sweat in the past two days than in the past six months. You didn’t need to know that but Shnewt asked and you really should have known…

I got my Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell today! Three DVD’s of SUSE products including 9.1 Professional! Not bad given that it was there for the asking and I didn’t even need to pay for shipping. Of course now I need a DVD for my Linux box but I’ve been thinking about a DVD burner for backups so I can just move the old DVD along to my Linux machine.

Alrighty then, time to defrag the pr0n server, eat a muffin and write some poetry. Hey, it’s working for Saddam…