Aye, it appears that today is Talk Like A Pirate Day … who am I t’ argue with a brand new tradition. Aye.
Seems that Microsoft is trying to recruit open source advocate Eric Raymond.
My favorite part of his reply to the MS recruiter is this:
I’d thank you for your offer of employment at Microsoft, except that it indicates that either you or your research team (or both) couldn’t get a clue if it were pounded into you with baseball bats. What were you going to do with the rest of your afternoon, offer jobs to Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds? Or were you going to stick to something easier, like talking Pope Benedict into presiding at a Satanist orgy?
Oh well … there are stupider people in the world.
I really enjoy the MythBusters show on the Discovery Channel … I was stumbling around today and found a fun interview with Adam Savage on The Sneeze … part one is here, and part two is here.
[tags]MythBusters[/tags]
We went to see “A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum” yesterday at Marriott Lincolnshire Theater.
It was very good. Lots of energy, good singing, and dancing.
The actor who played Pseudolus was hilarious. He played with the audience, mugged with the other players, and was generally fun to watch.
I highly recommend this play.
As a side note … I finally found out where the tune “A Comedy Tonight” came from. The only time I had previously heard it was when I was a kid on WGN Channel 9. They ran commercials for a block of sit-coms that included Hogans Hero’s and the Dick Van Dyke show. “A Comedy Tonight” ran on the commercial as the theme.
[tags]Theater, Comedy, Musicals[/tags]
As previously posted, I had jury duty today … luckily the court I had to go to was at the Daley Center in downtown Chicago. Easy to get to by train and less than a miles walk.
One of the best things about going downtown is people watching … and at the Daley Center, there is plenty of opportunity.
Here’s a quick synopsis of what I saw …
[tags]Chicago, People, Downtown[/tags]
We had our friend Jill’s dog, Katie, stay with us this weekend … Jill went out of town and we volunteered to take care of her.
Katie was, of course, quite well behaved and fun to have around. She even put up with Ginny and I taking a lot of photos of her.
This picture was taken of her on our dark brown leather couch … she really loved the red pillows. Using my external flash I was able to bounce the light nicely off the ceiling to get the rich, warm, tones I was looking for.
Have I mentioned that Ginny and I are contemplating finding a new four legged friend … perhaps of the canine variety? We need a fence around the back yard first, however.
[tags]Dogs, Animal, Photography[/tags]
System Administrator Appreciation Day – A special day, once a year, to acknowledge the worthiness and appreciation of the person occupying the role, especially as it is often this person who really keeps the wheels of your company turning.
Hey, it’s System Administrator Appreciation Day today!
Here’s my plan to make a million bucks …
Good plan, eh?