Archive for January, 2005
Greg (For the H*ll of It) quotes a news story about remote order taking (which is quite a bit different from Burger King’s Subservient Chicken: Remote order-taking at drive-throughs, the latest trend in restaurant technology, is part of a broader effort by the industry to migrate some communication duties from in-store workers to off-site proxies. [...]
My computer at work is being rolled-over to a new model since the three year lease has expired. During this process, the admin tried to delete one of the printers that the old computer was attached to. The computer dutifully told us that the printer could not be found on the server and therefore could [...]
…in the Superbowl. No doubt this headline will be used in your favorite newspaper tomorrow morning. (Or on your favorite news site in just a few minutes.)
The inventor of the all Swiss Cheese diet, when asked to comment on ending his two month bout with constipation, had just two words to say: “Holey Shit!”
Without much fanfare, more of the license plates that I have seen out on the road around here: * GODSND * SYSADM * YELOBUS (On the back of a bright yellow Xterra)
According to a story on Yahoo! News, a Romanian couple has named their new son Yahoo. You can’t be serious.
ABC‘s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has had a good history of helping families that, though no fault of their own, have run upon very hard times. But not the Dore family. Their house burned down–while they were not at home–from a space heater that they left plugged in. Insurance could have helped build a new [...]
A hotel that was off the beaten track decided to offer guests a look at the lighter side and so installed a room that had laughing gas pumped into it. After this, however, their occupancy rate dropped to zero. Why? The answer (with a holiday theme) was that everyone was told there was “NO” room [...]
Due to the buyout of the naming rights by Bank of America, the Fleet Center (in Boston) is scheduled to get a new name. They say they are looking for a local company to step up and fill the bill. Perhaps we can end up with the Raytheon RayDome or even The Biogen BioDome. Who [...]