Brian's Rant-o-Rama Brian's Rant-o-Rama Eclectic rants and ramblings from the mind of a disgruntled whole-brained cranky but honest man. Discussions range from interpersonal cowardice and weasel behaviour to music to writing to the software industry, and everything in between. Articles
Bob and Jay were good people
2008-04-24 19:37:00 I finally figured out what my trepidation at leaving my last job was really about ... I knew I was going to miss the good people there that I worked with. More About: People , Good
Wireless notworking
2008-04-23 20:25:00 Windows Vista lurches and falls flat on its face again. When is Win 7 due? More About: Wireless
Some Sun Run fun
2008-04-21 21:22:00 Third year in the marathon ... best year yet, despite tendonitis injury. I'm pretty buzzed about it, and will celebrate my personal best for a couple of days ... then forget it.
How to make a second-class citizen
2008-04-15 01:11:00 People are perfectly allowed--encouraged, in fact--to go around dehumanizing smokers into non-people, and then slapping higher and more punitive measures on them as though they were criminals. More About: Make , Class , Citizen
A bit of "Class"
2008-04-05 01:15:00 Four university guys and two teen girls drunk in a fast-moving car late on a Saturday night ... what could possible go wrong? More About: Class
You are among good company
2008-04-03 21:57:00 It's something of a curse to show Great Potential early in life ... but failure is a subjective term, and no matter what you feel about the unrealised potentials in your life, don't forget that you are among good company. More About: Company , Good
A case of sexual harassment
2008-03-26 23:32:00 After 20 years, I return to a story of sexual harassment, and this time I am ... erm ... not so sure. More About: Case , Sexual , Sexual Harassment , Harassment
Clearly, Multiculturalism needs some explaining
2008-03-25 00:48:00 Multiculturalism does not give you license to do and say anything you like. It still contains some built-in need for tolerance and compromise. More About: Multiculturalism
How the West was lost, Part 5: When elected political prostitutes consort
2008-03-19 20:15:00 So, I suppose the most depressing part of it all (for me) is that none of us is particularly surprised or upset; it's a feigned outrighteous indignation to hide our glee. More About: Lost , Political , West , Part
What is DIS? Who are these GYZ?
2008-03-12 20:39:00 The CD is released into the wilds!!! ... erm ... but it hasn't wandered very far, yet, and it keeps coming back home to mooch for food ...
Ridiculous piece of crap
2008-03-10 21:04:00 I'm tired of being nice about it ... Windows Vista is an un-QA-ed piece-of-crap disaster. It pisses me off that it can't properly perform such a basic function as copying files. More About: Crap , Ridiculous , Piece
How to make Canadian names
2008-03-06 00:58:00 Aha! I've done it! I've come up with a foolproof algorithm for making Canadian names (eh?) More About: Make , Names
The Freeze game
2008-02-18 19:21:00 When the 'game' gets too tough to compete, we must adopt a set of cooperation skills or not be able to play the game at all. Competition is a luxury borne of a life comfortable enough to allow it. When life becomes too difficult to live in competition, we must start working together ... or die. More About: Game , Freeze
Dorothea or the Wicked Witch?
2008-02-13 22:47:00 By understanding how people went from naturally and logically coping with their world to creating a nightmare of butchering and slaughtering others, we might possibly be able to hang on to the social convention we call civility. More About: Wicked , Witch
A strange university course
2008-02-07 19:45:00 Hockey in Canada ... the university course. I should've just waited for the movie. More About: University , Strange
No flying, only free-fall
2008-02-04 23:20:00 A rare rant about something current. Three starlets on the road to destruction, and I take my own (albeit tiny) kick at them. More About: Free , Flying , Fall , Free Fall
Shocked by BioShock
2008-01-30 00:46:00 Oblivion, I'll never forget you. But there's a new game DVD in my drive these days, and it's got me in its dark dystopian grasp right now. More About: BioShock
The coffee tastes just fine
2008-01-23 20:37:00 First impressions from my new job and new job description. More About: Coffee , Fine
I wonder what the coffee will be like
2008-01-18 20:04:00 I'm moving to a new job starting three days from now. It looks like that standard two-year time limit has imposed itself on me yet again ... More About: Coffee
How the West was lost, Part 3: Circling the drain
2008-01-11 00:16:00 It's easy to be an empire when you're the only show in town (and the new kid on the block). But just try to keep up the same old act for more than a few decades, and see how hard it is to stay ahead of the competition ... when you're the same old tune, people stop dancing to it and go listen to some other song and dance. Such is the fate of the stage act known as the West ern Empire. More About: Lost , Part , Part 3
Anatomy of a security breech
2008-01-08 00:15:00 Some devious little mind tried--unsuccessfully--to use my guestbook as a launch to a series of script-based security breech attacks on visitors to my guestbook. I reverse engineer how they tried to do it. I suppose I should warn people that this is a particularly boring blog entry today. More About: Security , Anatomy , Anatom
How the West was lost, Part 2: The wheels come off
2008-01-05 00:44:00 Moral rot or liberation from restricted paternal ways? Regardless of how you think of it, it is the litmus test of where our empire is headed. Good or bad, the wheels are rattling loose. More About: Lost , West , Part , Wheels
How the West was lost, Part 1: Coming apart at the seams
2007-12-27 20:22:00 Western fester. I don't really know how bad this is, in the grand scheme of things, but it's not exactly a secret that the Whole (White) Western World is shuddering and shaking under the weight of its own infrastructure. We built this monster to protect us and keep us warm at night, and now we are lacking the resources to keep feeding it as it grows bigger and more powerful. Just like Rome. Just like Byzantium. Just like Ancient Greece. Just like Babylon. More About: Lost , West , Part
So now I look back and try to figure out ... Why?
2007-12-07 19:51:00 Everyone acts weird, or as though I'm being a big bad wanker about it. And I gotta be honest here ... I'm not so sure about my motivations myself. More About: Back , Figure
Of Mensa tests and self-confidence: At least I'm smart enough to try
2007-11-23 02:15:00 Attention Dwayne Dicks: You were right, man ... you were right. More About: Smart , Mensa , Confidence , Tests , Mens
This is just plain nuts! Windows Vista Headaches 4
2007-11-16 23:50:00 Day 4 of my experiences with Windows Vista . It took them 6 years to make THIS? More About: Windows Vista , Plain , Nuts
Windows Vista Headaches 1
2007-11-14 02:00:00 Day 1 of my experiences with Windows Vista . Nothing I can't handle, I'm sure. More About: Windows Vista , Headache
Windows Vista Headaches 2
2007-11-14 02:00:00 Day 2 of my experiences with Windows Vista . I'm trying to stay open-minded and positive about it. More About: Windows Vista , Headache
Windows Vista Headaches 3
More articles from this author:2007-11-14 02:00:00 Day 3 of my experiences with Windows Vista . My mood finally darkens at the end. More About: Windows Vista , Headache 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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