Archive for the ‘General’ Category
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The number of cars I saw off the road between ripon, ca and mountain view, ca due to over heating. I went up to ripon today to check out the Stanislaus river as a possible new fishing spot. According to my truck’s thermometer the high temp I saw today was 106F. There are a few [...]
Bait and switch
This post should be a (hopefully good) review of the chili served today. It’s not because there was no chili. Instead of $25,000 chili I was offered seafood chowder. My review of the chowder? The quality was good but it just didn’t appeal to me.
The wrong way to upgrade MySQL
Expect a longer post in the near future on upgrade procedures. For now enjoy this quote from a gentoo user illustrating the worst way to upgrade. linolium: is there a way to wipe every single table and start over from scratch? linolium: ( the upgrade from mysql 4 to 5 didn’t go as smoothly as [...]
Cock-A-Leekie Soup
Am I going to try it? Hell no. The full menu entry is “Cock-A-Leekie Soup – Chicken and Leek Soup” Somtimes we get strange items on the lunch menu here at Yahoo! but that one has to be the worst.
$2.98 Beer
Photo_060305_001 Originally uploaded by Eric Bergen. The Tied House in Mountain View has a very strange price structure. Apparently they want their bar tenders to get a lot of two cent tips because he charged me $2.98 for this beer. Very strange but still good beer.
Moving Rock
Being new to california I still don’t know about all of the local natural wonders that this area has to offer (except the wonder of high real estate ) Jeremy is planning a camping trip to death valley. He assures me that the tempuratures will be mild enough so we won’t die. One of the [...]
Flashing
Today’s out of context quote. I baited this one but it’s still funny: Eric Bergen: are you flashing people? Jeremy Cole: i flashed justin
Naked Celebrity Photoshoot.
All week there have been posters around the Yahoo campus about a naked celebrity photoshoot. Jeremy captured the action. [update: 10/7/2005 - photoshoot is one word. Jeremy sent me a link to the poster ]
I wonder….
I heard this over the wall of my cube today: Guy A: Computer or Paperweight? Guy B: Huh? Guy A: I’m going to the hardware giveaway. Am I going to get a computer or paperweight? Guy B: *Mumbles something* Guy A: It’s a heavy object used to keep papers from blowing away. After the initial [...]
No More Pens.
That’s it. I give up. I have tried every pen ever made and I can’t write with any of them. I’ve been fighting this battle for years. I finally got sick of not being able to read any of my notes about two weeks ago and went hunting, once again for a solution. I found [...]