http://www.quixoticevil.com/ Comments feed for Quixotic Evil en-gb Nucleus CMS v3.22 ©2007 QE Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.quixoticevil.com//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://www.quixoticevil.com/ http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=466#491 QE wrote:

Thanks guys.

One of the interviews was really bad: I'm not convinced they learned much about me and I learned absolutely nothing about them. They should be fairly convinced I have some skills, but I still don't know what they're after.

The other was a good interview, and I got the impression the main thing stopping the guy offering me the job was that he wasn't convinced that I wanted it, and that my heart would be in it. Which is completely fair enough, considering I don't know either. It's not like it's a bad job, just not what I'd been planning: sudden unemployment has a way of messing up plans, but perhaps I shouldn't compromise too much in week 3...]]> Comment index.php?itemid=466#491 2008-06-21 14:32:36 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=466#490 Matt wrote:

Err... Good luck?]]> Comment index.php?itemid=466#490 2008-06-20 09:52:55 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=466#489 Lyle wrote:

Yeah, all the best with them (and the one from yesterday)

Bloody decision pathways and all that cack - be nice if they'd interview once they actually know they're taking someone on, wouldn't it?

I've had two in the last year where it's been a case of "You've got the job" only to be told 24 hours later "Sorry, the budget hasn't been authorised, so that job no longer exists." Fuckers]]> Comment index.php?itemid=466#489 2008-06-20 08:23:58 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=466#488 Tom wrote:

I think the phrase is "Good Luck". Okay - I lie. I know it is.

Sorry haven't been in touch for ages - hope it's going as well as it can be.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=466#488 2008-06-19 21:37:05 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=465#487 QE wrote:

lol, migrating people away from Exchange would be a great and noble calling, but I dare say most Exchange migrations are toward the evil behemoth.
Besides, on paper I'm sure I'm not experienced enough.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=465#487 2008-06-12 10:35:00 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=465#486 Tom wrote:

Sorry to hear that - hope something gets sorted out soon. I'd send some work your way but the only vacancies I seem to see at the moment are for Exchange migration engineers or something.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=465#486 2008-06-12 07:48:32 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=462#485 Lyle wrote:

Sounds familiar - I hate the bloody thing as well, and don't have to manage it for the most part.

My sympathies - although I do find it seems to work better when a large 4lb+ hammer is left next to the server, for some reason.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=462#485 2008-05-20 11:37:28 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=457#481 QE wrote:

Ah, brilliant, it's the Ctrl+Up/Down that I was looking for. I didn't know Ctrl+l went to the location control, but F6 normally goes there too (provided you have the focus in the browser pane).]]> Comment index.php?itemid=457#481 2008-03-09 23:40:08 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=456#480 QE wrote:

Well, the part-work comes to just over £300, so they're clearly getting theirs from somewhere for significantly less than that. (There is a potential question of build quality, of course).

But yes, this will probably remain on the list of things that would be great to have but wouldn't be worth getting.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=456#480 2008-03-09 23:35:46 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=457#479 Matt wrote:

Keyboard Shortcuts:

CTRL+K selects the search box. CTRL+up/down (while the search box is selected) changes the currently selected search engine.

Oh, and in case you didn't know, CTRL+L selects the location/address bar.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=457#479 2008-03-08 23:11:32 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=456#478 Paw Broon wrote:

It would cost hundreds of pounds to build. Not worth it.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=456#478 2008-03-08 16:47:16 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=457#477 QE wrote:

Not quite. The aggregated results at Rollyo give me links to pages at the sites I want, but I'd really like to get the entries themselves into the same window. Searching dictionaries for words gives me the luxury of knowing the most of the time I'll have exactly one search result per engine.

I might be able to get better results by tweaking the engine list I'm using. Rollyo does look quite nice.

Thanks for the link.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=457#477 2008-03-07 15:40:14 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=457#476 Pete wrote:

Would http://rollyo.com/ work?]]> Comment index.php?itemid=457#476 2008-03-07 15:17:25 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=456#475 QE wrote:

That's exactly what I'm saying. I'm sure lots of people I know can empathise (just as lots of other people I know will think 'What?! What do you want one of those for?').]]> Comment index.php?itemid=456#475 2008-03-07 01:01:39 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=456#474 Matt wrote:

So what you're basically saying is:

"I can haz Orrery?"

I want one too.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=456#474 2008-03-06 22:39:14 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=454#471 QE wrote:

I haven't, no. Are there likely to be? The source selector on the stereo only switches between the tape and the radio.
A dedicated line in would be quite nice.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=454#471 2008-03-03 13:00:33 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=454#470 Pete wrote:

Have you tried pulling your car stereo out to see if there are a pair of auxiliary audio inputs on the back?]]> Comment index.php?itemid=454#470 2008-03-03 10:59:50 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=452#469 Pete wrote:

I think that instead of offering free annual upgrades, mobile phone companies should offer free battery replacements whenever desired (subject to reasonable limits, of course), and a phone upgrade every two or three years.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=452#469 2008-01-28 11:16:08 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=446#468 OJS wrote:

Good job, and well written too. Very few people would be able to get 50,000 words out in 30 days. To do it and have them be coherent and compelling reading material is a real achievement.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=446#468 2007-12-04 11:23:06 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=436#467 Blue Witch wrote:

I loved the first two albums in the trilogy. Played them both a billion times.

I hate the track about butchers and pigs on this third so much that I haven't listened to any Meatloaf since I was disturbed by it when it first came out - was it last year or the year before?

It's just creepy, eerie and so distasteful that it even makes me cringe just thinking about it now.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=436#467 2007-11-30 17:20:59 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=446#466 Blue Witch wrote:

That's Wow, not WoW btw ;)]]> Comment index.php?itemid=446#466 2007-11-30 17:14:39 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=446#465 Blue Witch wrote:

Wow - well done :)]]> Comment index.php?itemid=446#465 2007-11-30 17:13:00 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=445#464 OJS wrote:

Well done. Just 5000 words left, and 3 days to do it in.

You can do it, Charlie Moon!]]> Comment index.php?itemid=445#464 2007-11-28 08:15:29 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=445#463 QE wrote:

I'm calling it retconning because I'm changing material already published. It's also to do with the mindset of having committed not to change things once they're posted.
I'm not too bothered: secondary objectives and all that...]]> Comment index.php?itemid=445#463 2007-11-27 15:19:00 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=445#462 Tom wrote:

I don't know if you can really call it retconning when it's not finished yet so I wouldn't worry about it.

If that's the case then I've retconned my entire story in one fell swoop as I've changed (or am about to change) nearly everything about the backstory.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=445#462 2007-11-27 15:15:38 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=444#461 QE wrote:

No worries: I've barely got a couple of chapters into Dan's myself. Been kind of busy, you know ;-)]]> Comment index.php?itemid=444#461 2007-11-27 15:06:19 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=444#460 Matt wrote:

Sorry I haven't even started on your NanoW yet, I'm only 2/3rds of the way through Dan's at the moment. But I'll definitely get round to it, just probably not before it's finished.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=444#460 2007-11-27 12:04:22 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=440#459 Jack wrote:

Ok Matthew - I've caught up now...get writing again, its definately getting easier to read!! Wheres the next chapter?]]> Comment index.php?itemid=440#459 2007-11-21 16:41:42 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=440#458 QE wrote:

A few chapters ago she changed her mind about stopping people doing so, and I was having trouble referencing two same-gender characters without repeating their names in every third paragraph.
Nothing heavier than that, I'm afraid.

Thanks for the encouraging words, folks.]]> Comment index.php?itemid=440#458 2007-11-20 14:18:20 http://www.quixoticevil.com/index.php?itemid=440#457 Pete wrote:

I notice in Chapter 21 that you refer to Gail as "The Captain" a number of times. Did I miss something?]]> Comment index.php?itemid=440#457 2007-11-20 09:27:04