When ‘Finder’ gets lost…

That status bar has been spinin for over a week.
Apparently there’s some bug in OSX such that when you enter incorrect credentials for an smb share finder freaks the heck out. There are at least two ways to solve the problem, you can force quit and re-launch finder or kill the processes PID …. I [...]

The Castration of Uranus

Brown and sticky bubbles spoon the way I love you.
And this is the way it is you see forever and ever
we twist into a single sun rise;
to be near to you and hear the birds sing
I will never and never forever
with every intervention a love song
lets just fuck and see what gets born
so come on [...]

The War on Drugs is a sham

just a few milligrams fly right by
the speed signs stop; justice and brown powder
unite suburban rebellion with frying pan eggs
Its over easy man; the way power croups and capitalism eats its self.
So thank you Mr. Blue Grass towing service man for towing my car and not maintaining your signs.
Thank you Mr. Six Pack Plumber ass [...]

Did you know

Did you know ….
We get our game ‘monkey in the middle’ from the French game ‘furet’ which roughly means ‘ferret’ as in the fuzzy animal (see http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-french/furet.html).
The rules are sort of like monkey in the middle but while playing you sing a song intended to taunt the person in the middle. (see http://www.mamalisa.com/?p=118&t=es&c=22) and players [...]

WWII, Fire Alerms, and sexy numbers

Being a programmer is usually not a very exciting job to most outsiders. Sure there are the sexy number tricks and language quarks that make nerds laugh and groan; but these are like inside jokes, things the external world simply doesn’t notice or care about.
The past few months have proven to be quite different [...]

Doubling Universe

While walking back to the ol’ cubical from the drinking fountain a co-worker asked me, “Richie if everything in the universe doubled, would anyone notice?” It’s moments like these that make me glad to be a human being; forget the local sports team, or the latest season of ‘LOST’ lets talk about Cosmology! I told [...]

Microsoft without Bill :(

“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

So easy a woman could do it.

Arm Rasslers be ware … “Arm Spirit” the very manly arm wrestling arcade game, manufactured by Atlas Co, has been unleashing the furry of pent-up robot rage. While 147 of these machines have swallowed there pride and at least allowed for the possibility of being bested by a fleshy human, 3 have simply refused resulting [...]