Archive for September, 2009
Palindromes Not Allowed
Posted on September 18, 2009
I informed a customer yesterday that it was not possible to name his new server “BOB_BOB” because, for technical reasons, Microsoft operating systems do not allow for the use of palindromic names with an odd number of characters.
”This is why,” I told him, “you have never seen a Microsoft Exchange server named ‘MADAMIMADAM’.”
”It would be better,” I continued, “to name the server ‘BOBBOB’, as this is an even number of characters and would not result in the irrevocable loss of all your business data.”
Pot Pie Consumption
Posted on September 3, 2009
 VMWorld, for me, is about to end.
Do I regret not going to the big party last night? No. Not because I don’t like Foreigner (although I really wouldn’t care if they all got respectable jobs in the wholesale sourcing market and developed terminal palsy) nor because I don’t drink (I don’t). No, it was because VMWare wanted to charge me $279.00 in order to allow Heather to come as my guest. I can buy a lot of top-shelf liquor and a few Foreigner box sets for that level of scratch. So we took half that amount, bought a set of tickets for Wicked at the SF Orpheum and had a night of it. First, it was necessary to fortify myself with a vegetable curry pot pie purchased from a pieman. (who let me sample his wares) |
Shameless Self-Promotion
Posted on September 2, 2009
Don’t get too excited. You’ve already seen essentially everything this cartoon has to offer. It was, however, suggested to me that I might as well try entering something into the Aniboom/Fox Holiday Animation Challenge, so I hastily edited together the first four Don Juan Frankenstein shorts into the form of this:
The grand prize winner not only receives a large quantity of cash but also the opportunity for a development deal with Fox. Not that I’m holding out an inordinate amount of hope for that, but hey, if a hack like Seth MacFarlane can have two fucking shitty shows on that network, why not a hack like me?
Which brings me to the point: Four of the five finalists will be selected by a mysterious Fox voting panel of mysterious voting. The fifth selection will be made by fans via a nearly equally mysterious voting process that I’m assuming is tied to the Aniboom rating system and/or the number of times a cartoon happens to be viewed. Honestly, I’m not exactly sure how it works, but if you’re so inclined, you’re more than free to drop by and rate me.
Besides, my birthday’s coming up–I’m turning the big three-oh, as the silly people like to call it–and you know what I’d like more than anything? A development deal with Fox so that I can sneak into Seth MacFarlane’s office and shit on his desk while he’s out enjoying the fruits of being the highest-paid TV writer in history, for God’s sake. Please! Help me shit on Seth MacFarlane’s desk!
