Something a Windows administrator never wants to hear:
User (in that sweet and inquisitive tone that children use when they know their question might annoy you): What is this [carefully spells out] R ... E ... G ... edit ... dot ... E ... X ... E?
I think I impressed on her that she should leave it alone.
User (in that sweet and inquisitive tone that children use when they know their question might annoy you): What is this [carefully spells out] R ... E ... G ... edit ... dot ... E ... X ... E?
I think I impressed on her that she should leave it alone.
I'm fiddling with the stylesheets to try and make use of the spare space on wide displays (that is, anything over 800px). During these testing times there will be brief periods of me switching from the current stylesheet to the new one, then probably switching back in horror. Apologies to anyone who gets subjected to the new one before it's ready.
Yes, I know, I should deploy a mock installation and test it there. I can't be bothered.
Yes, I know, I should deploy a mock installation and test it there. I can't be bothered.
Do the people in your organisation say 'goodbye' or similar to finish internal calls?
I started Final Fantasy X on the PS2 on Friday night. After swapping discs between that and less addictive pursuits a couple of times, I noticed on Sunday that the receipt was in the box for the game (because it's the one with the console itself on, I think). I took a quick look at it, and saw that I paid £45 for the game.
After she said such nice things about my non-technical posts, I'm mindful that I've been giving Annie and those like her (smart people with real-world jobs rather than techie ones) very little to read.
While I float around looking for interesting things (having finally accepted that they're unlikely to happen to me while I sit and wait for them [the jury's out on whether I actually want interesting things, but still]), have a read of 'The BigBook Technique' at O'Reilly, which I stumbled across courtesy of 43 Folders.
While I float around looking for interesting things (having finally accepted that they're unlikely to happen to me while I sit and wait for them [the jury's out on whether I actually want interesting things, but still]), have a read of 'The BigBook Technique' at O'Reilly, which I stumbled across courtesy of 43 Folders.
As a little experiment I've changed the site to a different version of HTML. If it causes anyone any trouble I'll undo it; comment here or e-mail me (qe@quixoticevil.com). The rest of the post is Geek-fu.
I know how tiresome most people find these 'posts about site', but I thought I'd point out that I've put in a beta version of the 'HTML in comments' plugin that Matt has been crying out for. I'll arrange for the comment form to tell you which are allowed.
After posting a comment with HTML in it, check that it looks OK. If it doesn't, you can use the contact form to point it out to me (in case I haven't already noticed).
Update: Yeah, it's rubbish really. It works provided you only include one tag of each kind...
After posting a comment with HTML in it, check that it looks OK. If it doesn't, you can use the contact form to point it out to me (in case I haven't already noticed).
Update: Yeah, it's rubbish really. It works provided you only include one tag of each kind...
Yesterday one of my colleagues likened me to a 'tiger playing with a mouse'. She's crazy. I had been on the telephone to some manner of annoying market researcher; the bit that she liked went a little like this:
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