Nero fiddled as Rome burned. Bush strummed as New Orleans sank. Nothing more to say, really. Except that someone in the Bush White House has lost all sense of historical perspective.
Monthly Archives: August 2005
On Work and Scheduling
Nothing makes the year seem shorter than it is than doing a work schedule. Specifically, four weeks’ worth of schedules, taking us from Labor Day until the first of October. It’s not even the end of August, and I can tell you who will be working when on October 1st. Working the schedule that farContinue reading “On Work and Scheduling”
On Hurricane Katrina
At the risk of being insensitive… Is it cynical of me to wonder whether the President will visit storm-ravaged New Orleans anytime soon? He’s on his vacation, after all. He famously said that he “need[ed] to get on with his life.” The deaths of hundreds, the devastation of a city, would these prompt him toContinue reading “On Hurricane Katrina”
On the Use of Hamsters
The things students will do. One built a hamster-powered cell phone charger. [Peter] Ash told Ananova: “I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected a system of gears and a turbine.” He then patched the output to his mobe’s charger and voila! – free hamster energy at around thirtyContinue reading “On the Use of Hamsters”
On the Things that Matter
I’ve been mulling this post since Friday. On Friday the company held a Town Hall meeting in Charlotte to provide the latest updates on the corporate merger. I won’t say much about the meeting–in terms of information provided we received little, yet the important aspect of the meeting, the boost in morale it provided, can’tContinue reading “On the Things that Matter”
On the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Sometimes I agree with my brother–the Internet is the greatest single contributing factor in the decline of humanity’s collective intelligence. Witness the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Satire. Parody. Mockery. Make of it what you wish. The Flying Spaghetti Monster may have created the universe. Or not. It puts me in mind of the cosmic sneeze thatContinue reading “On the Flying Spaghetti Monster”
On Doctor Who DVDs
Amazon has set up a page to gauge customer interest in a DVD release of the Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who series. Voting for its release may not bring the show to American shores any sooner, but it certainly can’t hurt.
On the PSP
Trying out a preplayed system at work.
On the Return of K9
I mentioned here a few weeks ago that Lis Sladen will be appearing as Sarah Jane Smith in the next season of Doctor Who. The BBC has now revealed that, in addition to Ms. Sladen, K9, the robotic dog from the Tom Baker era, will be appearing as well. Dog! Dog! Dog! 🙂
On Brock Peters
The other voice of Darth Vader, Brock Peters, has passed away. He was 78. Many will associate Peters with To Kill a Mockingbird or his two Star Trek roles–as Admiral Cartwright in films IV and VI and as Joseph Sisko in Deep Space Nine–but I will always associate Peters with the voice of Darth VaderContinue reading “On Brock Peters”