November 2008
Installling Debian Etch on my laptop. Trying to forget what happened to me last week…
Nov 28th
What’s a great way to finish a conference on a high? How about a rousing singalong of Cat Steven’s Morning Has Broken?
Nov 27th
Through a potent mix of ingenuity & desperation, I managed to narrowly avert a disaster; as I feared, the call for a group hug did go up…
Nov 27th
Uh oh: major problem out of left field: formal dinner later has an open bar. Personal growth + free alcohol + Enya = some new form of horror
Nov 27th
On a cringe down to the end of the course. There is a lot of emotion in the room and I fear that it will be channeled into Oprah moments…
Nov 27th
VirtualBox - Community Ubuntu Documentation →
Install and run instructions
Nov 27th
is a Stockholm Syndrome skeptic…
Nov 27th
To be clear; I used to hate Enya. Now, I am like Alex with Ludwig Van. If I hear ‘Sail Away’ again I will slip into a drooling catatonia…
Nov 26th
Retreated to the safety of my room. My fear is that tomorrow brings the ineluctable conclusion of this hellish week: yes, the group hug…
Nov 26th
Sitting in a big circle in a dark room. Listening to Enya. HOLDING FSCKING HANDS! I’m in a cliche coma…
Nov 26th
Thanks for your concern. It is all true. I am in the Commodore Airport Hotel in Christchurch. Get me the FSCK out of here…
Nov 26th
Nadir: now they are trying to play psych games with us. It’s like a very lame day on the set of The Prisoner…
Nov 26th
Plotting my Emotional Resilience Quotient. Also choking back bile…
Nov 26th
Psychotherapist is lurking in the lobby; I have a very bad feeling about tonight’s group session…
Nov 25th
And lo, on the third morning, Meyer Briggs was given unto them. Apparently, I am a CNGF…
Nov 25th
Dinner & a beer with @danrandow Think I managed to avoid psychobabblling at him…
Nov 24th
Them: Mr Ryan, our tests show that you are a borderline sociopath. Me: Another couple of days like this and I will be eligible for residency
Nov 24th
Not only is real life taking an extended detour in the Twilight Zone, now Tony Robbins film director is following me. Is there no respite?
Nov 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
Alice Coltrane  Miles Davis  Albert Ayler  Sonny Sharrock  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 23rd
Reuters quits Second Life; reporter describes it as much fun “as watching paint dry” http://tr.im/reuters I know how he feels…
Nov 23rd
Just been told the Chair should always sit at the head of the group. Who’s running this course, Gordon Gecko?
Nov 22nd
I’m trapped in the 1980’s wing of the Museum of Exceptionally Bad PowerPoint. It’s all clipart, ‘fun’ fonts & ‘cool’ transitions…
Nov 22nd
Now they are making us sing. That’s right: sing. Fsck me…
Nov 22nd
“Only you can make you be the best you can be.” Seriously, I couldn’t make this shit up. I’m stuck in an Anthony Robbins infomercial…
Nov 21st
This ‘management course’ seems to be more like some sort of self-actualization sweat lodge. Please, dear God, make it stop…
Nov 21st
Self proclaimed ‘Futurist’ lecturing on Ayn Rand and (misunderstood) quantum physics. Call Phil Nitschke. Stat.
Nov 21st
Have arrived in Christchurch and, looking at the coursework, this is going to be a long week…
Nov 21st
Having a crack at using jigdo to download Etch…
Nov 20th
Internet to blame (again): Google makes us stupid, Facebook makes us fat http://tr.im/obese
Nov 20th
For my sins, I am off to spend a week in Christchurch…
Nov 20th
The problem I have with 2.0 tools in the workplace is, can I afford to have my attention any more attenuated? At least I can ignore email…
Nov 20th
jigdo →
Download manager for CD/DVD images
Nov 19th
TweetDeck’s filtering option is fiendishly clever…
Nov 19th
GMail themes? Who visits the website?
Nov 19th
iPod running on Linux now. Thanks @terrencewood for reformatting it… works like a charm.
Nov 18th
There is a horrible, hollow moment at some point after every Linux install when you realize that you have the setup just right…
Nov 18th
Macaulay on Copyright || kuro5hin.org →
Thomas Babbington Macaulay to the House of Commons, Feb 5 1841
Nov 18th
Wynton Kelly’s playing on the tour in1960 with Miles and Trane always makes me a grin like an idiot… It is quite simply delightful.
Nov 17th
Just heard someone in a meeting, with a straight face, use the term ‘offboarding.’ Disembarking. Absquatulating. Read a frickin’ book…
Nov 17th
Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe →
Boot form DVD/USB and securely wipe your drives…
Nov 17th
Ministerial list announced http://tr.im/ministers
Nov 16th
Twitter really comes into its own when it is all about revenge…
Nov 16th
Hearing John Coltrane palyed as mood music in a restaurant is just wrong. Miles I can understand, but Trane? That’s almost blasphemous…
Nov 16th
Is "2666" a Masterpiece? | More Intelligent Life →
Review of Roberto Bolaño’s posthumous novel…
Nov 16th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
Miles Davis  Sly & The Family Stone  Weather Report  Charles Lloyd  John Coltrane  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 16th
Obama Victory Speech - VIDEO, TEXT →
As James Wood described it, a very good night for the English language…
Nov 15th
A very good night for the English language; the inimitable James Wood on Obama’s victory speech http://tr.im/wood
Nov 15th
Just saw ‘In Bruges’ Terrific little film. Jacobean is the adjective that springs to mind…
Nov 14th
Installed Ubuntu 8.10 on new box. All worked perfectly: cards detected, RAID1 setup. Like magic…
Nov 14th
Google should really acquire Dropbox: storage + functionality = FTW!
Nov 14th