My co-worker Adam has a cell phone with this ringtone:

http://tongodeon.com/lj/08.02.20-adam_ringtone.mp3

Some people in this office insist that the melody of his ringtone is "very similar" to Dreaming of You by Selena. Some people go even further, saying that the ( Read more... )

I work in a small office: it's about 40 feet from one end to the other with just enough room for six cubicles, a storage closet, a meeting room, and a small machine room. My officemate mbod sits directly behind me. He's really into playing the guitar - more than half the time while he's working he's got the web page of a guitar, amp, or effects pedal ( Read more... )

Across the entrance from my new workplace at Hamilton Landing is "Cafe Joël", and I've spent far too much time this morning trying to figure out what's going on with the umlaut in "Joël". They don't appear to be particularly metal, and would probably spell their name "Jöel" if that were the case. Maybe it's a reference to "Noël", but the cafe isn ( Read more... )