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Something I'm getting to hate in KenKen
Three cells whose product is 60 -
Two Chicken Breasts Or Why I Am Cooking Till Midnight
I went to the store
for to buy two chicken breasts
And found the price
for two breasts
was the same as
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Of Interest
Grafting ape testicles onto old men was the rage in 1920. Some 300 patients of the Russian doctor Serge Voronoff underwent this costly surgery, looking for “rejuvenation.”
Another celebrity physician of the era, Eugen Steinach of Austria, promised to restore youthful vigor to geezers by performing vasectomies. Sigmund Freud was reputed to have been ( Read more... ) -
Fbook
I gave my fbook account the boot after one too many interface mods--I'm all for progress and that BUT I don't enjoy playing "Find the Feature Settings" every single damn time I log in ( Read more... ) -
I did not love it..
...but some did, so in the interest of niceness here is the link to the BBC Radio production of
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d28pd
Blake's 7 !
Be quick like a bunny if you want to listen as it is only available for 3 more days.
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On being asked by a complete twat if I was aware that due dates changed
Due dates changing? You astound me! I can scarcely credit it. Surely not here at Department of Mouse Flattening! Such a thing never occurred to me. In 25+ years of professional information development every single one of *my* projects come in on time, under budget and with amazing extra features such as a telepathic user interface, special ( Read more... ) -
Do not Benchmark to Best Practices
It is well said we should not let the perfect become the enemy of the good; we should also not let the perfect become the assassin of possible. -
On the art of saying little at great length
Greetings and Salutations,
It is with no small amount of pleasure that I find myself able to report on the timely and successful revision and publication of the Encyclopedic Service Manual concomitant with attendant uploads to our stellar printing establishment ; to that esteemed and highly valued company website; and, lastly but not leastly, to ( Read more... ) -
Distractions v.101
It occurs to me that one needs to make it as easy as possible to do disagreeable tasks. You notice that no one ever says "Remind me to turn in my multi-million dollar winning lottery ticket!" Nope, its always "Remind me to clean out the bath tub" or "Oops, I forgot to wax the cat AGAIN" or some other equally dreary task.