A conversation with a coworker today prompted a memory that I realized I never actually wrote about ( Read more... )

Dear Pittsburgh water authority: could you arrange for me to have more than a trickle of water by tomorrow morning when I'm going to want to take a shower? Thanks. (A water main broke in Oakland this afternoon -- about ten hours ago, so I would have thought we'd have water pressure by now. I wonder if they're having trouble finding the shut-off ( Read more... )

Not long ago someone at my company listed his Meyers-Briggs type on his
wiki page. And then someone else did, and, well, once three people do
it it's a movement, so while I was on vacation someone created a page
listing people by type (when known).

Of 35 people currently listed, 8 are INTJs -- seven software ( Read more... )

It turns out that one of my coworkers has an MA in religious studies, used to be reasonably proficient in biblical Hebrew (with some clues about Aramaic too), and is interested in using that knowledge. Who knew ( Read more... )

My mother-in-law's seder has some singing, but mostly in Yiddish ( Read more... )

My employer restricts internet access, even on the alleged "guest ( Read more... )

This morning a coworker sent mail saying she brought in home-baked ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who responded to my laptop-versus-PDA query.
Thursday was our annual company retreat, held way the heck too far ( Read more... )

I never power down my machine at work; I log in on Monday morning and reboot on my way out on Friday. But I was going to be away for almost two weeks, and I know that sometimes IT departments get cranky about leaving machines on and unattended, so I did the responsible thing and shut down before leaving for Pennsic. I know, I know -- I'll never ( Read more... )

Today at work I found myself wondering: if I close a bug against a component that no longer exists, should I mark it "won't fix" or "works for me"? (I opted for the latter, so that the people who get email about a three-year-old bug might at least get a smile.)
I am not allowed to access my personal email at work. (Also lots of ( Read more... )