Archive for the 'Humour' Category

Snood jerky on Windows 7

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

As every serious programmer knows, Snood is a must application for those moments when it is more important to think than to type. Why, Snood has been helping me program since 2003! So I was quite alarmed when I installed the latest version of Snood (4.x) on my newly built computer with Windows 7 and it was jerky. It is just not possible to play Snood when it’s jerky. You can’t aim straight and end up missing all kinds of clear shots.

I did some googling, as I do when ever I have an issue, and lo and behold, I found a solution! Revert back to Snood version 3.52. Perfect! I downloaded the older version directly from the Snood website (the one from CNet was actually the newer version, even though it is labeled as the older), and now I can play Snood productively!

friend my own daughters?

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Facebook has recommended that I add Kerri as a friend.

Friend Kerri?
Friend Kerri?

Of course, I would never friend my own daughter, so I moved on to ignore it.  Then what? Another suggestion, this time with both kids!

Friend?

I’m not sure why I find this so amusing, but I do! I wonder if the girls do?

Grumble grumble

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Unbelievable.  I am working on my computer and suddenly a little system bubble pops up telling me that my C drive is low on disk space.  I have two 145GB internal hard drives! How can this be? Well, darn it all, I really do have less than 1GB left on C.  No wonder it takes hours for my system to backup, which I do on a remote server.  And I have no idea what to get rid of; everything’s important.

I have been smelling poo all evening, but I can’t locate it.  I’ve been all around the downstairs sniffing, turned Dot’s cage inside-out, and looked under all kinds of stuff, but it still eludes me.  I know the dog needs a bath, but up close, she only smells like dog, not poo.

After grumbling the past few weeks about being invisible, what do I do? Neglect to tell Katie that her sister got her visa problem resolved and left for London yesterday.  She cried.  Boy do I feel like a shit.  Maybe that’s why I smell poo.

I got a huge pain inside when I heard cars and voices outside the side of the house and realized it won’t be Kerri and her friends.  This sucks.  And with Katie planning on moving from Beverly to somewhere near Andover, we’ll never see her anymore either (even if it’s just for laundry).  Must get another puppy to alleviate my empty-nest syndrome.  Oh wait, that would mean more poo.  Never mind.  I’ll get another hard drive instead.