Robert's Blog

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Cameraphone Sunset Times Two

Horrible Replicator Accident?

Sunday, April 20, 2008

As seen on IRC

<someone> http://www.youtube.com/user/AlbertTheLab
<someone> Future-Mother-In-Laws-Neighbors-Dog
<else> "which makes us...absolutely nothing"


The names have been changed to protect the...

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Florists

Apparently the Sunday after Valentines day is not good for buying flowers. I tried to visit four florists -- all were closed at 1:30pm -- before giving up and heading to my favorite jeweler, Mandarin Gems.

As the helpful lady at the jeweler reminded me, I could have just gone to a grocery store. I never find those flowers to be quite as nice as what you can get at a proper florist.

-R

Friday, October 19, 2007

Not so Fast

Dear Fast,


From: DenyHosts
To: root@localhost
Subject: DenyHosts Report
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:07:02 -0700

Added the following hosts to /etc/hosts.deny:

66.151.181.4 (default-gw.bos3.fastsearch.net)


Please learn how to prevent evil ssh-scanning viruses from inhabiting your network.

Thanks!

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

The Cable Box That Ate Power

Before I return my never-used digital-cable box and save around $7 a month on my cable bill, I wanted to find out how much power it was using. I pulled out my trusty Kill-A-Watt and let it run. It draws around 13 watts. And appears to use about 10 KWH a month. At 13 cents a KWH that's $1.30.

My favorite part? It uses the same amount of electricity whether it is on or off.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Please learn how to use your tools

Dear Ingres,
Thanks for letting me know that you've turned me into a potential sales lead. If you read this please understand that the chance of me buying your product is, was, and remains zero.
Yours,
Robert

From: Sales Person
Subject: New lead assigned to you: Robert from COMPANY

*** NEW LEAD ASSIGNMENT NOTIFICATION ***

The following lead has been assigned to you.
Company: COMPANY
Lead Name: Robert
This lead has a rating of Warm
The lead source is/was Trade Show
Detail for the lead: Oscon 2007

Click on the link to access the lead directly: https://na2.salesforce.com/00Q4000000FCxxx

Please contact this lead within the next business days and be sure to log all activities. Change the lead status to IN PROGRESS, etc. once you have acted on the lead.

Thanks,
Ingres Marketing