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
Grotch the CBC Hockey anthem
2008-07-07 20:10:00 I've entered a song into the CBC Hockey Night in Canada anthem challenge.
Just hum, strum, then plant your bum
2008-07-04 22:09:00 Talent has always been optional in popular music, but new innovations in software renders it quaint and archaic in all forms of music. Making an effort is so ... yesterday, too. More About: Plant
An Apple at boot makes their reputation moot
2008-07-02 18:33:00 Apple is the worst offender for hijacking your computer. Their iTunes and QuickTime codependency means you get software you don't want. Said software takes over users' file associations by default. QuickTime's insistence on reinstating user-removed programs to the boot list demonstrates an Orwellian Big Brother attitude. Wow, and this from the company that made the famous '1984' commercial a few years back. Oh, how the hip and mighty have deteriorated ... More About: Apple , Boot , Reputation
A plethora of paper clips
2008-06-24 16:33:00 Well ... not all of my blog entries are going to be studied for their intellectual value and keen sociological insights by future generations. More About: Clips , Paper
I dream of headless whales
2008-06-23 16:44:00 Well, not really. It's just that I need to correct something I said about the survival rate of beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium. Also, headless people. More About: Dream , Whales
Pickup truck meets motorcycle
2008-06-18 12:34:00 Okay, what is it about pickup trucks and motorcycles? Easily, 9/10 times there is a problem while I am driving my motorcycle, it is because of some jerk in a pickup truck. What is it, some sort of Badass Identity Anxiety thing? Well, whatever the reason, my motorcycle got squished by a pickup truck yesterday. Luckily, I wasn't on it when it happened ... of course, if it had I wouldn't be sitting here typing this blog description, would I? More About: Motorcycle , Truck , Pickup
Save the whale!!
2008-06-13 18:15:00 The attitude around the Vancouver Aquarium must be, 'Hey, let's kill another whale ... we haven't done that in a few months.' More About: Whale , Save
la femme perilleux
2008-06-11 17:39:00 Here's a former biker chick and gangster's moll who has recently learned to spread her legs for politicians, too. More About: Femme , La Femme
Retro realtors and social atrophy
2008-06-06 01:18:00 I like my new realtor. He's better than other realtors I've worked with before because he is much more high tech. I worry that I will get stuck at my current level of high tech social acumen, because I am getting older--middle aged, now. I want to stay socially connected as I grow further into middle age, and keeping up with the latest high tech trends is my goal so that I can always keep my options open. Interesting word that ... 'options' ... I wonder why my left elbow is sore ... ? More About: Social , Realtors , Retro
Miriam Abacha is in a bloody hurry
2008-06-04 23:09:00 They're just not so cute when they start to grow up, are they? More About: Miriam , Bloody
White Man's Guilt and the New Church of Environmentalism
2008-05-31 00:46:00 If we want to do something about our changing environment, we need to dispassionately analyze what is needed to stop it ... and then just do it. It's amazing how difficult those simple paths are for us to follow, isn't it? More About: Church , White , Environmentalism , Guilt
Showing a little character
2008-05-28 20:49:00 I am starting to think that maybe the only time Microsoft Vista Tech Support would consider something to be a bug is if it directly and demonstrably resulted in death or dismemberment. Or maybe some kind of blight if it killed enough crops. More About: Character
Just go, damnit!
2008-05-22 01:09:00 A explanation of how being too polite in traffic can cause trouble.
Get your filthy metallic arms out of my frozen wasteland!
2008-05-15 01:29:00 Every microbe is a sacred microbe. Save the endangered Spotted Martian Microbe before it's too late! More About: Arms , Metallic , Wasteland , Frozen
I am trapped in Vista Hell
2008-05-12 20:17:00 Just the latest in a long line of problems with my computer running Microsoft Vista . This is the seventh blog entry complaining about Vista problems, and this one describes probably the most catastrophic failure yet. More About: Hell
Some snappy answers
2008-05-01 23:48:00 Rememer Mad Magazine's "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions"? I try my hand at some of those myself. It's not as though there's a shortage of flippancy in my personality ...
Wireless nowworking
2008-04-29 21:34:00 Holy crap! Is it ... could it ... am I just dreaming, or is my wireless networking really up and running on Vista now? How could that be? It's only been 6 months, one Service Pack, and 20+ Windows Updates! Something must be wrong somewhere ... except ... no, it really is true. My wireless networks run with efficiency and reliability! Someone alert the world's leaders! More About: Wireless
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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