t3knomanser's Fustian Depositst3knomanser's Fustian Deposits - LiveJournal.comThe Middleman- June 16, 2008 The new TV series, "The Middleman" is sixteen gallons of awesome in a six gallon jug. Let me put it this way: this show is so awesome it will be canceled in six episodes or less.It airs tonight, the pilot is available on iTunes and the XBox download service. While there are lots of comparisons one could make about the show, the closest thing in living memory is "Pete and Pete" mixed with "The X-Files". Nerd friendly humor ensues, including obscure comic book nerdery.I'll be honest, it has a...http://t3knomanser.livejournal.com/995105.html Guilty- June 15, 2008 Okay, now I feel guilty about that awful infomercial. Here, let me make it up to you:http://t3knomanser.livejournal.com/994890.html Take the work out...- June 15, 2008 This morning, I realized I hadn't posted any horrible videos that are short samples of pure torture in awhile. Time to rectify that: (in other news "idiots" has ascended of one of my top 5 tags used on posts)http://t3knomanser.livejournal.com/994579.html The Joys of Offshore- June 10, 2008 I designed an application recently. It's a really simple application, as such things go: Read a record from a database, send the record to the mainframe, and flip a flag on the record to mark it done. Tack on a little logging and error handling, and you've got a very basic project. So basic, in fact, that my boss decides that it's a waste of my time. I'll put the design together and we'll ship it to an offshore contractor.Now, I've seen the way offshore fucks up projects. So I sit down, and try.http://t3knomanser.livejournal.com/994457.html Dear Steven Moffat- June 7, 2008 Dear Steven Moffat,This season of Doctor Who has, thus far, ranged from mediocre to awful with a dash of occasional moments of enjoyment. As always, the two parter you wrote that concluded this week was incredible. You use the same tropes and routines every time, yet you manage to always put them together into an arrangement that is stunning.Keep up the good work.Seriously, this week's Doctor Who Awesome. Awesome.http://t3knomanser.livejournal.com/994205.html |