The 8 stages of e-mail threads

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life, Computers, Rants

The 8 stages of an e-mail thread (from IRC): Semi-plausible claim Several pokes, one of which might be right Several more semi-plausible claims Someone who knows from whence they speak weighs in Several “That’s counter-intuitive” statements Pissing contest over what’s correct vs what’s intuitive Personal attacks Hitler Greg also mentioned this fine link, which describes mailing [...]

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Jul

Official Business

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life, Silly Stuff

Why is it the more official-looking the envelope: The more outrageous the junk mail? Seriously, if any of my official correspondence wanted to be any less conspicuous, it would come in a brown paper bag. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.

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Jul

A simple object lesson on what’s wrong with the music industry – dumping

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life, Music, Rants

Here is a simple object lesson of what is wrong with the music industry. Exhibit A: This was taken at a local Borders store. There are literally 3 full sleeves of Susan Boyle’s Christmas album. In the regular CD section, there’s a smattering of classic artists, such as David Bowie, Rush, and Pink Floyd; each [...]

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Jul