This might be satire.

fuckyeahlost: LOST valentines, part 7.

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:35:01 -0500

fuckyeahlost:

LOST valentines, part 7.

Made me LOL.

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:14:51 -0500

Made me LOL.

lifetimeachievement: bkherman replied to your photoset: I didn’t get to execute my...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:53 -0500

lifetimeachievement:

bkherman replied to your photoset: I didn’t get to execute my post-work schedule of…

You know Patty? HOLY FUCK MIND BLOWN.

Yesterday Brian and I figured out that we share a Real Life Friend, and our heads exploded. Ugh, I love the internet.

I just keep singing “It’s a small world after all.”

lifetimeachievement: I didn’t get to execute my...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:51:54 -0500

Casey, Patty and me

lifetimeachievement:

I didn’t get to execute my post-work schedule of microwaving soup/computer chores last night, thanks to good buddies, a well-timed errand and dumb luck.

Reblogging because Patty is so punk rock it hurts.

Not like you’d have a choice. Your parents would still be...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:44:00 -0500

Not like you’d have a choice. Your parents would still be dead.

fuckyeahlost: LOST valentines, part 2. I will always, always...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:43 -0500

fuckyeahlost:

LOST valentines, part 2.

I will always, always reblog the FUCK out of John Locke.

fuckyeahlost: It’s that time of year again! For the next 9...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:54:57 -0500

fuckyeahlost:

It’s that time of year again! For the next 9 days, I’ll be posting some of the best LOST valentines. Enjoy; share them with your significant others and constants!

This is what sexy looks like.

I Have This Sneaking Feeling...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:08:37 -0500

gailsimone:

…that that damn Avengers movie is going to do the impossible and make me like Hawkeye.

HOW CAN YOU DO THAT TO ME, AVENGERS MOVIE?

(It’s just trying to finish the job that Hawkeye and Mockingbird started, I bet!).

How can you not like Hawkeye? My world is topsy-turvy!

justinalcon: Apple Scotland - iPhone commercial for Siri via...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:44:24 -0500

justinalcon:

Apple Scotland - iPhone commercial for Siri via @angusm

I laughed so hard I think I peed a little.

Dammit I’m tired. But yes, I will read you “The...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:14:03 -0500

Dammit I’m tired.

But yes, I will read you “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” for the 100000th time.

I agree with Ricky.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:49:04 -0500

I agree with Ricky.

Grrr

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:06:00 -0500

So, in regards to this post, I did get a box full of hardware sent by the company.

Which turns out to be filled with the exact same things I have currently.

So now I have two bags of bolts with no ~~nuts~~ corresponding hardware.

"I wish Nathan Fillion was my uncle, and we could just hang out with him. Because he’s awesome,..."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:20:37 -0500

“I wish Nathan Fillion was my uncle, and we could just hang out with him. Because he’s awesome, and he could tell us stories about his time in space and working with the NYPD and stuff.”

- The wife

SO excited!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:03:05 -0500

Today my company is finally ditching our 7+ year old webservers and migrating all our sites to brand new boxes. I am a-tingle with anticipation!

Wow, reading that…I am a serious nerd.

GodDAMN it, Monday

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:31:30 -0500

So, I’ve got some new servers coming into work. I LOVE new servers. I love unwrapping them, setting them up, giving them hostnames, etc. However, I have no place to put them, so I order a 4 post rack. This isn’t my first foray into ordering and setting up racks. With all the IT infrastructure migration I have on my resume, this is actually a boring procedure. You order the rack, get absolutely screwed on shipping (cause racks are damn heavy), and then you get to decipher ancient hieroglyphics as to how to put the thing together just so you can pop a few servers in.

Today the rack arrived, and I started the task of sorting the parts into piles, occasionally referencing the aforementioned hieroglyphics. Turns out I am short some hardware. No big deal, right? You just call the company that makes the rack and tell em what you need. Couple of problems with this, as I found out today.

1. Their number is busy, or you reach them at “off” (read: extra special handjob happy time) hours.

2. When you do finally reach a real person, let’s call her…Peggy, you find out that her thick Slavic accent is so horrible you can’t tell if she’s jotting down what you are saying or telling you to go blow yourself.

3. Peggy also has a neat trick where she reads what should have been in your box to you, but IT COMPLETELY DIFFERS from the list you have on your hieroglyphic sheet. I don’t mean different things, they are just called by different names. For example:

Peggy: You should have 12 cross screws for arm supports, yes?

Me: (Reading list, finding an item that only says “Arm screws”) I think so.

Imagine going through a 15 point bulleted list, with the previously mentioned Slavic accent cursing and spitting at you the entire time. No shit, I thought she was going to say “No….I expect you to DIE!” and then hang up, cackling.

4. Once you finally get through all of this, you find out that this is a problem they are having with this specific model, and they can either offer a return (in which YOU will pay for shipping of course), or you can get on a waiting list for 3 weeks to get this hardware shipped to you.

5. After hanging up, you realize the last time you bought one of these racks you went through something similar, so you just went to a hardware store and bought some nuts and bolts.

Just….just fuck today. Right in the face. I’m gonna be at the Home Depot, and then I’m hitting the liquor store.

Photo

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:19:13 -0500

brain-food: it was so bad. so so so so bad.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:55:09 -0500

brain-food:

it was so bad. so so so so bad.

Happy Birthday, Betty.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:40:31 -0500

Happy Birthday, Betty.

Where the hits are streaming in 2011

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:19:53 -0500

Where the hits are streaming in 2011:

bg5000:

I’ve seen links to this article pop up a few different places recently. It’s purpose is to see how the four biggest streaming movie providers (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes and Vudu) stack up to each other at streaming the top 100 movies of last year. Long story short, Netflix does not do so hot, with only five of the hundred available. Amazon does the best with 45.

There are a few things that frustrate me about this piece, though. First, the comparison is a little disingenuous. If you pit an unlimited subscription service versus individual movie-on-demand services, the former is always going to come up short. That’s just the way the industry is. It also seems a little leading to say “Netflix only offers 5 of the top 100 movies” when 24 of those 100 aren’t available in any format at all, including DVD.

The main thing that frustrates me, though, is that this mediocre at best post has gained enough traction that it will probably add to the “Netflix in decline” narrative, which makes me sad. You may ask why i both to feel sympathy for a multi-million dollar company, well, i’ll tell you. Netflix was the best hope* we had for a singular service that would provide all, or at least most, of our streaming needs. But after a few poor business decisions and tons and tons of bad press, that hope is pretty much gone. Now we’re looking at a future with who knows how many different services (Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, etc.), which means multiple subscriptions, sorting out which services are on which devices, just more hassle in general.

All i’m saying is the more inconvenient it is to stream stuff, the more likely i am to end up watching Moonshiners cause it’s easy. And i’d much rather be watching more quality programming.

*To be sure, it wasn’t a huge hope. Once the studios realized how much money they were losing out on, they were definitely going to fight against it. But every subsequent ”Is Netflix Doomed” blog post certainly didn’t help their bargaining position.

Yep.

rej0ice: A young man is stopped by a police officer who...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:42:19 -0500

rej0ice:

A young man is stopped by a police officer who attempts to search the SUV. The man refuses to allow the search and the officer has an outrageous reaction to this.

The amazing part of this video is how the man completely understands his rights and stands up for them. The eruption of the office when his power is limited is embarrassing and ridiculous.

tl;dr: Man refuses to allow the police to search his car without a warrant and the office explodes.

The skeptic in me wants to say this is fake. However, I use this video as a point:

I fucking hate cops. Don’t trust em.