Tin Foil Soldier

I am still at work, to say we experienced “technical difficulties” would be putting it lightly.
Hopefully business as usual tomorrow

Right before I left my office I noticed that the floor was covered in ants.  The carpet was alive with the tiny little fuckers, eating out of our trash can apparently.  Streams of them were going in and out, eating who knows what since its emptied daily.
I did what I did last time I saw [...]

Your Money - A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job - NYTimes.com
So below, I offer a proper primer on health insurance, taxes and retirement plans for employees starting their very first jobs. Please pass it out with my regards.
When I first started, it was all confusing. I needed someone to tell me [...]

I taught a session today on using Outlook rules to sort your e-mail. I use them extensively to put mail in folders in both my personal and work accounts.
Later people said they used Outlook Express, Apple Mail, OWA, Thunderbird, etc. I sometimes feel bad that I am a nerd that finds Microsoft products [...]

The datacenter at RIT went dark today. A complete power loss. We are still in the midsts of it, but even with the off site DNS servers, they can’t really handle the load of everyone switching to them at once.
People lost it when their internet stopped working because with the domain controllers down [...]

I am back in Rochester now, but I wish I was at home still, or could teleport there at will
I have a math final tonight @ 6, and I am having a hard time studying. I just don’t care, at all. I do how I do, and since I know enough [...]

The REPUBLIC of TEA - Exquisite Green Tea, Red Tea, White Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea and More.
This China green tea is luscious with the naturally sweet flavor of ripe pears and tropical tang of kiwi. A highly aromatic, healthy blend that’s refreshing on ice.

I drink a cup of coffee in the morning, and then [...]

YouTube - Hot Dog Assembly Machine
Awesome robot that gets a hotdog, buns it (its totally a verb), applies mustard and ketchup, and then serves with a juicebox.
Made by RIT’s Society of Manufacturing Engineers, via MAKE: Blog: Hot dog assembly machine

We had a power outage @ RIT yesterday.  RG&E somehow messed up and 22 buildings on campus went dark, then lit up, then went dark again.
Fortunately we have a 2 hour UPS for the servers, and the generator kicked in ASAP and kept the network gear alive so aside from being pitch black, we stayed [...]

I have a final at 8am for a class that I have yet to learn anything from.  I feel worse off after having taken the class.  I played some stupid bubble breaker game one class for 45 minutes and I honestly felt more productive than paying attention.
We are allowed to bring 2 sheets (4 sides) [...]

Great work perks - CNN.com
“Employers realize the best way to retain prized employees among the current talent crunch is to make them want to stay, often through first-rate perks,” Haefner says. “In addition to the standard comprehensive benefits package, some companies are taking things a step further, offering unique perks to keep current employees happy [...]

RIT - Institute Calendar
November 12–16 Final exams—day classes
Less fun than a barrel of dead monkeys
and dead monkeys aren’t really fun
at all

John R. Durant’s WebLog : NET helpmsg
“Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation before proceeding with this install.”Cool. The information is there, but not very easily found. What would be better is for Microsoft (us) to surface the information more readily in the UI! I can guarantee my father will never type these [...]

Miscellany: Get the Weather on your HP 4200
The program uses the perl Geo::METAR module to parse METAR weather information from NOAA. You’ll need to install the module if you don’t already have it (and you probably don’t). Install it using ActiveState’s PPM for Windows and the CPAN program (or OS package manager) for everything else. [...]

So I had my ironic class last night.  I say it’s ironic because it is a personal finance managment class all about saving money but the books for it cost $160.
Anyway, we were asked what our “latte factor” (his definition was “how much do you spend without thought / keeping track?” ) was and at [...]