Phasor Burn

Warning: Do not look into phasor with remaining eye.

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Yet another collection of random links and rantings of a greying unix geek with a photography bent. Pass the Guinness and Grecian Formula.

Archive for August, 2007

Just the right amount of stupid

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Wow, talk about a brain short circuit. Look closely and you can see the smoke seeping out her ears. After you pick your self up off the floor, have a look here for her story and the recovery.

Why am I not surprised?

Friday, August 24th, 2007
You are Oscar the Grouch. You can be gruff and often have a chip on your shoulder. Despite your intelligence, manners (and cleanliness) are of little importance to you. At the same time, you have a few very close friends who you allow to see a softer, kinder side of you.

Which Sesame Street Character Are You?

SUNW has just jumped the shark

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

SUN Microsystems is changing it’s stock ticker from SUNW to JAVA.

OK, I believe now SUN has officially jumped the shark. I hope they wave to Fonzie while they are in this transition phase, before the final death rattles envelope them.

I suspect the next step will to be a rebranding of Solaris 11 to Javaris 3, followed by a reverse takeover deal with Novell.

Edit: My earlier posting seems even more relevant now, doesn’t it?

“Too Long”

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Too Long

What do you mean, the lawn is too long and needs mowing??!? The grass is barely taller than the wheels, and hasn’t even started to go to seed yet. :-)

Discarded Rocket Engine

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Actually it is part of an old grain elevator. I think I will need to start hanging out at abandoned factories and other places where rusty old weird looking stuff may be found. This is just too cool . . .