Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 251147 times)

jhocking · « **Reply #3300 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 12:22 »

Quote from: StaedlerMars on 12 Feb 2011, 13:37

Yeah, I need to go find some light sensors/LEDs and then I am going to be programming the shit out of my arduino.

Go to Radio Shack. And while you're there also pick up a couple spools of wire and a breadboard. If you don't already have one, get a wire cutter and learn how to strip wires with it.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3301 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 13:08 »

Yeah, I fucked up the brake assembly and had to buy a new one.

FFS

Lines · « **Reply #3302 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 13:17 »

Quote from: Tom on 13 Feb 2011, 11:46

Urrgh, I am not a fan of cats. Zac brought in a mouse in the early hours of the morning. Thankfully the thing had a heart attack and was not a bird, so apart from a number of feces the cleanup was minimal. Death by domestic cat is one of the worst ways for an animal in the suburbs to go.

At least it wasn't a cute, but very dead baby rabbit. And at least you didn't get to hear it scream first.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3303 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 13:22 »

At least those animals were dead. One of my old cats once dragged a live seagull through two cat flaps and then dumped it in the kitchen before going to sleep on the couch. I'm not sure if you've ever had an angry seagull on top of your fridge, or ever tried to get close to one but I can assure you that this is not an easy thing. In the end we called the RSPB and they sent in a big man with a sack and some very thick gloves.

Before he came the seagull shat down the back of the fridge, which was not a fun clean up operation.

Tom · « **Reply #3304 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 13:32 »

He's brought in live mice and rainbow lorikeets before that I've managed to liberate. I also believe my father's cat hunted all the Bluetounges in the immediate area to extinction.

nobo · « **Reply #3305 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 13:46 »

Quote from: jhocking on 13 Feb 2011, 11:22

I find it quaint that you consider your monthly anniversary to be a big deal.

Stace and I are celebrating 99 months together on the 24th of this month

Lines · « **Reply #3306 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 14:08 »

That's a lot of months!

Eris · « **Reply #3307 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 14:10 »

I am really glad that my cat was a terrible hunter and now is scared of walking on grass again. The most she has caught were cockroaches and a single mouse which we found dead, and i think it just had a heart attack because it wasn't even bleeding. She did like to catch and eat the little skinks that lived in the gardens, though, but she never gave me any sort of dead animal presents.

Also, I never really understood celebrating monthly anniversaries either. Even six-month anniversaries seem a bit silly. Sometimes I wonder how I would celebrate anniversaries if I get married after a long term relationship. Would we reset the anniversary counter and only count years married, or would we celebrate how many years we have been together in its entirety? Celebrate On the wedding anniversary and then when we first got together? I wonder about strange things sometimes.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3308 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 14:15 »

Save the problem by getting married on your relationship anniversary?

Today is Valentine's day.
I printed out this and left it for my boyfriend to find when he wakes up.

jhocking · « **Reply #3309 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 14:22 »

My relationship anniversary is easy, it's a couple weeks after her birthday.

The real trick is never ever forget her birthday.

nekowafer · « **Reply #3310 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 14:24 »

We sort of celebrated our 6 month, but after that it's just been yearly. I'd think that if you got married you'd maybe note the anniversary of your first date or whatever, but only really celebrate the anniversary of your marriage. At least that's how I'd do it.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #3311 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 15:44 »

After we got married we stopped celebrating our dating anniversary, but it was a weird shift because we've been together since 2002, and got married in 2008.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #3312 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 17:44 »

Kat and I got married close enough to our date anniversary that we just ended up combining them. Efficiency ho!

ummmkay · « **Reply #3313 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 17:48 »

i have the fluuuuu

whine whine complain!

Rizzo · « **Reply #3314 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 18:11 »

Arrrrrrggggghhhhhhh. Still going through this god-forsaken google application process. Now they want my academic transcript. Which is average at best. Like... almost all Cs with a few B+s and a couple of As toward the end. Hopefully it doesn't count too heavily against me.

They're supposedly pretty firm believers in academic performance and I just don't buy that. I'm dyslexic and chronically not good at exams. Therefore I only ever did well in the internal aspects of university assessment. Which shows in terms of my post-grad marks which are all B+s and an A.

I can't help but feel it's going to negatively affect my chances of getting this job. It certainly their loss if they don't hire me based on things that happened 3 years ago but by the same token plenty of studies have shown academic performance is the best indicator of workplace performance. Fuck those studies, those studies surely do not count people with learning disabilities (e.g. dyslexia) as part of their sample?
FUUUUCK.

Jace · « **Reply #3315 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 21:15 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 13 Feb 2011, 11:07

Did you explicitly ask for V's Day off ahead of time or were you just assuming they'd give it to you? Same for the other days? The reason you're probably working that Monday is because someone else asked for it off. Your bosses aren't psychic.

See, here is the big problem. There is the manager that does the schedule, and she knows everyone's availability and what she likes to have them work and it is usually really great. The problem comes in when the store manager decides to just change the schedule to whatever the fuck she wants.
For monday, they usually have 4 people+the closing manager. This coming monday, they have 5 people+closing manager for no reason. I'm going to call at around noon and ask if they can cut me from the schedule based on the fact that they do not normally have that extra person and that I would most likely get sent home early.
As for the friday, the actual scheduling manager never puts me on fridays, because what is the point to show up at like 6-630 and leave at like 10? I'm there after it is busy, so there's not a reason for me to even come in, especially when they have a lot of people who can work from 4-8 which is a much better shift.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #3316 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 22:15 »

okay. SO.

I went to Motorhead today. Clutch was an opening. FUCKING ACE. THEN, to top things off, a water main burst at work so I don't have to go in tomorrow, plus my boyfriend has planned something interesting and I am SO INTRIGUED. He won't tell me what he got me but he said "I won't say it's not expensive, but it's not like a diamond bracelet or anything."

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #3317 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 22:18 »

PS when I was going to the bathroom, I saw a girl on the ground, and there was BLOOD EVERYWHERE. I have no idea what happened. (I didn't help her but only because A. I am not a certified first responder anymore and B. Security was already on it)

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3318 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 22:34 »

c. METAL

negative creep · « **Reply #3319 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 23:05 »

Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 13 Feb 2011, 22:15

I went to Motorhead today. Clutch was an opening.

Fucking Hell, I'm jealous.

pwhodges · « **Reply #3320 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 04:01 »

Sometimes Microsoft sends me a bit crazy. I was trying to install a dll on my new server that some program needed, and couldn't make it work until I discovered the following:

Where do dlls go?

16-bit Windows:
Windows\System (16-bit dlls, of course)

32-bit Windows:
Windows\System (16-bit dlls)
Windows\System32 (32-bit dlls - that figures, right?)

64-bit Windows:
Windows\System (16-bit dlls)
Windows\System32 (64-bit dlls - eh?)
Windows\SysWoW64* (32-bit dlls - wtf?)

MS decided that to make it easier to port 32-bit programs to 64-bit Windows, they would use System32 for the dlls in both cases. When you run a 64-bit program (like Explorer) it sees the real System32 directory, but when you run a 32-bit program all references to System32 are diverted internally to SysWoW64. Like, obviously...

* WoW stands for Windows on Windows

Ã¶de · « **Reply #3321 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 04:12 »

Geez Paul, maybe you're just not very good at computers!

pwhodges · « **Reply #3322 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 04:27 »

That's probably what my wife was thinking yesterday when I turned off and unplugged the old server before remembering to go round all the machines in the house (9 including the iPhones) changing their DNS settings to point at the new one...

ummmkay · « **Reply #3323 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 05:45 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Feb 2011, 04:01

64-bit Windows:
Windows\System (16-bit dlls)
Windows\System32 (64-bit dlls - eh?)
Windows\SysWoW64* (32-bit dlls - wtf?)

i feel your pain, i was so confused when i finally found that out. makes no sense whatsoever.

nekowafer · « **Reply #3324 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 07:03 »

I have made the appointment to talk to my doctor about the possibility of taking anti-depressants. Also the possibility of taking sleep aids and getting my tonsils removed. But the first one is the most important here. Now let's see if I can actually bring myself to talk about it!

I'm not against taking the meds, I just hate admitting that I need them and I can't actually control everything about myself. I'm also totally terrified to get my tonsils removed but god damn they are enormous and they need to go so I can sleep without snoring like some sort of pink, hairless grizzly bear.

It also means a week off work 'cause I'm gonna be useless for a while. Turns out it's much worse to get them removed as an adult than it is for a kid.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3325 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 07:21 »

I doubt that. I bet you won't have mum and dad telling you what I've cream and jelly you're allowed to eat and an older brother espousing the curative powers of crusty baguettes.

nekowafer · « **Reply #3326 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 07:39 »

Apparently it's a lot more painful. But, yes, at least I won't have my brother and sister trying to shove hot, scratchy things down my throat. I'll just have a grumpy boyfriend who will be tired of the whining in a couple of minutes. But it'll be good for him, I mean, they're the reason my gag reflex is so bad...

But it's a week to sit around the house and sew and drink slurpees and eat popsicles so that's awesome. I'll also have a nicer voice, 'cause my tonsils are so big that they make me sound like I have something stuck in my throat.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #3327 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 09:10 »

Had to go to the dentist today, which cost me £16.50 for him to tell me that it would cost £198 to fix. Why the hell does it make more sense for me to lose my job so I can get this for free, than it does to have a job and not be able to go to the dentist?

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #3328 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 10:32 »

It's official, I don't like this new job. If I wanted to deal with ego and craziness and menial office tasks, I would stick with the office where I already know how to do their menial tasks. I want out. I emailed the HR Lady from the Real Company that wants me to apply for the Real Job.

McTaggart · « **Reply #3329 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 10:40 »

Spent the Valentines day evening watching gore/horror movies with a bunch of my single friends.

I forgot both how good Scream is and how very nineties it is. It's gonna suck for todays kids watching it without seeing all the movies it's built on first and without experiencing a world where it's totally plausible that only a couple of characters have mobile phones.

nekowafer · « **Reply #3330 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 10:52 »

Quote from: McTaggart on 14 Feb 2011, 10:40

a world where it's totally plausible that only a couple of characters have mobile phones.

I've been watching a lot of Buffy lately and thinking "why don't they just call her - oh."

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3331 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 13:10 »

Quote from: Ã¶de on 14 Feb 2011, 09:10

Had to go to the dentist today, which cost me £16.50 for him to tell me that it would cost £198 to fix. Why the hell does it make more sense for me to lose my job so I can get this for free, than it does to have a job and not be able to go to the dentist?

My girlfriend had to go to the dentist recently for a jaw support gum guard thing. £90 private, £140 NHS. Got referred to the local teaching college for an X-ray and they ended up doing it for free. Might be worth checking out.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3332 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 16:53 »

http://www.sabr.org/sabrwide.cfm?a=cms,c,3143,3,158

Holy fuck, THIS is a job!

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It's a fun job and we pay people to watch baseball

I got that, webpage! I read that! I'm awesome at watching baseball. Even better if you pay me to do it. Linds, can I apply and crash on your couch for like 6 months if I get it? Please?

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This is a perfect part-time job for a diligent, responsible employee who happens to be a big baseball fan.

Seriously. It's like they wrote this job description about me.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3333 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 17:47 »

That really is a rad job, I wonder if the NHL has anything similar

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #3334 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 01:50 »

I'm at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona! It's pretty rad. Everyone's gadgets are cooler than mine though. The guy from Blackberry is about to show off the playbook! I also think I'm going to start queueing for the blackberry bootcamp thing which is in an hour. I am that cool.

Patrick · « **Reply #3335 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 04:12 »

I spent this whole weekend in Berkeley getting fucked up, partying, and making music with a friend. Pictures from Saturday night are in the photothread.

EP with said Berkeley friend is expected to be out soon. All we have left to do is record and produce it.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #3336 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 11:00 »

Fuck. I emailed HR Lady at the Real Company on Friday night about applying for the Real Job. She just wrote back that they offered the position to someone on Friday morning. I am drowning in a sea of papers and menial tasks that I don't entirely understand. Fuck fuck fuck get me out of here.

october1983 · « **Reply #3337 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 15:22 »

Holy shit guys, I just found out that I've been offered a fellowship for graduate studies at Stanford. I'm still waiting to hear from some English universities, but fuck, this is a great opportunity and means that one way or another I will be starting towards a PhD in October! Also, they're offering prospective graduates up to $500 towards travel to an open day in a few weeks time. Impromptu subsidized trip to California? Fuck yeah.

Liz · « **Reply #3338 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 15:30 »

Yay Dicky! I am so happy for you!

valley_parade · « **Reply #3339 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 15:33 »

Stanford?

Dicky, you go to California. It's nice there.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #3340 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 16:05 »

Wow, congrats Dicky.

Johnny C · « **Reply #3341 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 16:55 »

i feel like this has been a lot of my posting today

I STILL LOVE YOU GUYS I DO I REALLY DO OK BYE

jodizzle · « **Reply #3342 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 01:18 »

SO I smashed the opposing jammer in my first scrimmage training back on Sunday! Unfortunately I smashed her shoulder with the broken part of my collarbone and there was a horrible crunch and oh boy did it hurt! It was all swollen and dumb but I had an xray and it's super fine! I'm off contact again (boo) until 1st week of March (because that is the last chance to get back into scrimmage so I can be elligible to bout in April) but I can still skate and whatever! And the swelling is going down and whatnot but boy did I have a couple of days of complete panic and devastation at the thought of missing 2 more bouts!

YAY! Time to work on my posiitonal and booty blocking I think! And also to run the outside line in the pack so I only hit with my good shoulder! And maybe try and run the outside line when jamming but that does really suck!

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3343 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 01:38 »

Spent the last couple of weeks punting my CV and making applications for jobs but no sniff of a response. I'm now down to six weeks until my contract ends and I'm getting that impending sense of doom that I'm going to have to go back to call centre work again, which is shit.

Still on the plus side, even though it was quite chilly and brisk, there was that tangible but unquantifiable spring feel to the air which is nice and refreshing.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3344 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 03:35 »

Yay dicky! That's awesome news, I'm so pleased for you!

So two pieces of blog news. One: my bike seat got stolen while I was in the gym on monday so fuck that.
Two: I'm running for a sabbatical officer position at my SU for next year, I'm going for a welfare and community position which means I'll be sitting in on disciplinary procedures and I'll be a student rep and I'll also get £18k for doing it for the year, which is going to be saved up as much as possible and used to pay for most, if not all of my masters. Success!

Patrick · « **Reply #3345 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 04:04 »

Work finally called me in for my first shift since the one I worked immediately after my DC trip. And now you know why I'm foke as bruck. Whatever. Got a great weekend planned. 'Cept that shift I gotta cover on Saturday, but hey, mo' money.

Dicky if you take up the fellowship at Stanford we should totes chill but I'm still rooting for Cal

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3346 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 04:07 »

G - Sucks about the saddle. Still, a good excuse to go and get yourself a Brooks.

They even come in herringbone.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3347 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 04:21 »

Oh god why is everything happening at once! Or not happening at once, depends on how you look at it, I guess.

I'm applying left right and centre for new jobs because I hate my current one (I'm sure you've all caught my previous whinges about it). I have an interview tomorrow for a call centre (about the only thing I'm really qualified for) so hopefully that will go ok but I'm really worried about it because frankly confidence and optimism are not my strong points and the lady I spoke to during the phone interview made it out to be really complicated and difficult and now I don't know if I can handle it. Also we're applying for a really nice apartment that will have enough room for my girlfriend and Rizzo and I to live comfortably (he's flying in tomorrow as well!) so I'm freaking out about that because it is so nice but we might not get it because it's much more expensive than what we're paying now and because Rizz isn't able to get the necessary ID stuff together (and because he doesn't have a job yet) we can't really put his name down at all so it's just down to Ingelise and I and I don't know how well we'll do.
To top it all off I'm still waiting to hear back about my grad school application. I applied around the 19th of January and they still haven't gotten back to me. I called the university today to basically ask if I'm getting in or not because I haven't heard dick from them and tutorial registration opened yesterday and semester starts on the 28th of February and I need to know whether or not I got in because if I did then I have to turn down any job offers I might get (I probably won't get any anyway) because they're all full-time jobs and I can't do them and go to uni at the same time and I'd have to quit my current job as well but if I get into uni I'll have no money which means it will make it doubly hard for us to move somewhere because I won't be able to kick in for anything.

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck. Worrriiiiiieeeeed and stressssssssssssed.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3348 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 04:23 »

Also I kind of just want to break down and cry from all this shit that is happening right now but for some reason I feel like people are relying on me to keep my shit together despite the fact that I'm pretty sure that no one ever, anywhere, is actually relying on me for anything.

Rizzo · « **Reply #3349 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 04:47 »

I am depending on you to hang out with me and play video games! The rest I can handle. Also, I can get email references from my current and previous flatmates to act as landlords if need be!

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