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2008-01-04: Rain in Los Angeles?, originally uploaded by switchstance.

#004

So it's raining in L.A.

Since I moved here in May 2007, this marks the 4th time it has rained, but the 1st time it has rained for more than just a few hours.

It's supposed to rain all weekend. Strangely, I'm ok with it because I can still count the number of days it has rained on a single hand.

Let's talk tomorrow.

2008-01-03: Road Warrior, originally uploaded by switchstance.

#003

Following Adegen's cue, I am participating in Project 365 starting today.

This is an example of my life as a teleworker. We are interviewing an engineer today for one of our open positions so I came into the office. However, since I'm the only person from my entire organization on the west coast, I am a bit on my own here.

There aren't any conference rooms to speak of, so I took over one of the "huddle rooms" (or cuddle rooms as we like to call them).

You can see my entire setup: MacBook Pro, external mouse, backpack, and BlackBerry. I never leave home without them.

Off to the left is the overcast "gray" winter sky of Beverly Hills. It's a blustery 64 degrees today. So cold!!

I was "tagged" by Lauren. I have no idea what that means. By the context I gather that it's one of those Livejournal things much akin to a chain letter in which "you just had to be there" to enjoy.

So with that, I leave you with a midget emerging from a washing machine.



Thank you.

I was checking my email this afternoon had a spam message in my inbox. I usually just click "Report Spam" and am done with it, but for some reason I clicked on this one to see what was inside, and this is what I saw:



Yes, that's right, the words "NUDE COLLEGE" spelled out in actual alphanumeric chunks of text.

Spams sucks, yes... but you have to admit this is clever.

Feel my pain...

*dies*

Have a whore deliver your bacon!

I love America. I really really do.

I give you... a COLORING BOOK.

http://www.jimwirt.com/coloringweb/COLORINGBOOK.htm

Dear God, this is so awesome.

My favorite so far is:

As a user of an internal system where I work, I received this notice on Friday afternoon at 5.22pm, I suppose, to welcome in my weekend with waiting arms... I don't know:

NOTE: names have been changed for obvious reasons.

                                                                         1Q2005 Compliance
Good afternoon,

Many of you are aware of the recent remediation we completed to bring the Banana suite 
(PLOP/BOP/Project Cap) application into compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. A 
requirement that we prevent simultaneous logins by the same user account is still being 
addressed with the vendor. Until we have a working technical solution, we must rely on 
you to not violate this directive and to only log in to PLOP once at a time. 

We greatly appreciate your vigilance and compliance.
Thanks,
 
Steve Stevens

mood: distressed

For those of you who beckon "it could be worse" here is more proof of that certainty:

http://flashtracking.com/hilaryduff/default.asp?aid=45

HILARY DUFF: THE ALBUM ?!?!?!?!?!?

*dies on the inside*

mood: nerdy

I got this on my Sidekick inbox this Sunday:

mood: geeky

Monday night I started seeing some replies in my Inbox from friends of mine, commenting on the message body. Apparently an email had gone from my address to a number of friends and some other people with whom I am loosely affiliated.

The message looked like this:

http://bruteforceindustries.com/forums

http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1991to_now_alaqsa_dura.php
http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~ginsburg/aldura/
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200306/fallows

mood: nerdy

• bluetooth
• mp3 ringtones (!!)
• mp4 video (!!)
• digital camera
• anodized aluminum case
• speakerphone

mood: dorky

From gizmodo.com:

"Speaking of FCC leaks, looks like the Sidekick II -- note the T-Mobile 'Sidekick' branding, and not 'Hiptop' -- is approved for FCC use, which means among other things pictures and user manuals have been revealed. It looks similar to the unit we posted a few months ago, but it looks like the camera on the back might include a flash, to which we say with no shame at all, "Oh, snap!" (Okay, maybe a little shame). Go ahead and dig around on the FCC site and see what you can find and we'll do the same. Let's just hope and pray that camera is 1-megapixel plus."