One of the recent LJ phenomena going around is a set of replies to be made to any commenter. I have commented on a few of these now and gotten some replies. One of the replies is a question, and in this case the question deserves a rather lengthy answer.

( Why an Ox? )

( Not that much. )

( Pastrami on rye )

A bit of IRC gets posted...

Y: OK, rant mode ON: Why the bloody CRAP do sites have to have flash with sound when you don't expect it ( Read more... )

A few new folks have shown up on IRC recently. It's been interesting, if disheartening, to find that some things seem not to change.

I'll quote one person, "I joined the #warnercafe on mirc and was at least welcomed with a "hello" right away. That's pretty rare from the few rooms that I've been to." Shouldn't being welcomed or at least ( Read more... )

In the past I have been asked why I use the name Vakkotaur and how I got that name. By now many know, or probably don't really care, but since I expect I'll be asked again, I may as well write it down and have a ready explanation that doesn't require my typing the whole story out again.

( Vakkotaur )

A lot more learning, a bit of testing and refinement, more testing and refinement (thanks yakko!) and here what might just be the (first) final version of FadeAway.

What it does: Gives mIRC the ability to indicate away and idleness of nicks.

What it looks like: I've defaulted things to look good on a black background (what I use) but have pointed out ( Read more... )

This entry had been friends only. Since nobody complained about the script screwing up, it is now open...

I've been running this the last few days, as has Timmo (well, a slightly earlier version, actually).

Here's the first, simple (ha) version of what I will eventually call FadeAway.

What it does: Scans the nicks of all the channels you are on ( Read more... )

Some fundraiser thing here resulted in delivery of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to many people this morning. The engineering secretary sent an email about food at her desk. This was interesting as she said "food" and not "treats" this time.

Yes, there are (or were last I looked) a couple boxes of doughnuts. But there was also a fruit platter and a ( Read more... )

1. Two programming issues got resolved. Both were the result of annoyingly easily overlooked and even more annoyingly "dumb" errors. The gadget at work now is working, at least it works for me so I've passed it to someone else for further testing. Let's see if he can break it. And the mIRC script, while still not doing much actually useful, is at ( Read more... )