UK Fnordcooler 23: Immanentizing The Eschaton - When The Pyramid Meets The Eye!

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― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

My mum lives in rural Vermont, not LA.

Granted, but LA isn't Canada either. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:09 (nineteen years ago)

Canada is a lot closer to Vermont than LA! My mum actually goes to Canada occasionally - especially if she's working in Burlington.

I have me some coffee. Plus, I ran into my boss in the loo, and we had a right snarkfest about the idiots who commissioned the report I've just done.

I'm slightly worried because we've just had to kind of punch a hole in the security of one of the dbs we use in order to get everyone access to this report - but my boss and the head of IT are convinced that everyone in this company are such flaming idiots that they wouldn't actually know how to use it, even if they were aware of its existence. Though that said, I'm worried about their breaking things through SHEER IDIOCY.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:16 (nineteen years ago)

Sometimes, in your professional capacity you come over as Alice in Dilbert, mind you everyone in any kind of tech job has dilbert moments.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

Which one is Alice in Dilbert? I don't know it well enough to know the characters' names.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

I 'wrote' a Dilbert column, you know. There! There's a "only ILXor to have" surely?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

The only woman with an name, and therefore a techy.

See today's
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2008145870321.gif

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

All techies are frustrated by their users. It is the way of thing - I mean, look at the ILX technical threads - the coders make this beautiful fast efficient machine of a new database, and everyone goes WAH, WHY DOESN'T IT HAVE DOUBLE DASHES BEFORE THE NAMES, WAAAAHHHH!! which is how I often feel in my job.

I'd love to have a no email Friday, because it would mean no one bugging me and I could spend ALL my day on ILX.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

I am liking Grails.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:27 (nineteen years ago)

I am liking coffee. How does it make everything better so quickly?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

I submit yesterday's band #2 pedal board for your persual, Kate.

(Tele and Jazzy) + Boss compressor/sustainer + Behringer Ultra Phase + Danelectro TunaMelt + Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive + Boss Blues Driver. Delay on a separate footswitch to the amp.

Nothing particularly fancy there, but all sounded surprisingly good. The Ultra-Phase belongs to my son - it's surprisingly good for a cheapie! The Bad Monkey is astounding - it's one of those pedals that you try at 'playing-at-home' volumes and it apparently doesn't do much at all. Use it at high vol and it's amazing. Fantastic for light crunch for the Tele (Keef Richards style) and the Jazzy, and great at pushing the Blues Driver for fuzzy solos. I left off my OS-2, which I normally use for feedback and tinny 'bee-in-a-jar' distortion, because I don't use it much and I can get feedback using the compressor and the two overdrive pedals.

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:43 (nineteen years ago)

OMG MY FUTURE IS BEING DECIDED AS I TYPE

― emsk, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Are you talking about the Budget or something at the Lovely Job?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

Fingers crossed.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

They sell Roibos in our canteen! I drink it most days.

― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

YYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! MY FUTURE IS GO!

― emsk, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Hurrah! Excellent! Congrats to Emsk!

(What is your future?)

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

(My mum is trying to argue maths with me, telling me that she took 3 boxes of 60 bags each, and drinks one tea a day, and this should last her 3 months. UM, no! You ain't gonna get that past a mathematician.)

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

hurrah, hurrah hurrah, want a celebratory drink this eve?

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

yay! my job is one for 6mths + handover period, april-oct + possibly more...

― emsk, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

You have 6 months to make yourself indispensable.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:50 (nineteen years ago)

i have been working on that for 4 months already!

― emsk, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

That is awesome, Emsk! Calls for celebratory drinks, definitely. You are obviously already indispensible.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Kate,

This would be way cheaper than sending from the UK.

http://www.amazon.com/Freshpak-Rooibos-Tea-80-bags/dp/B0001590IC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2485501-8195261?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet-food&qid=1174485720&sr=8-1

0_0

― 0_0, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

OOH
i would love a celebratory drink but i have to speed home to pick up veg before pickup time is over then i have to go running (2nd run2min/walk1min sesh, yowsa) then my personal trainer and i have an appointment with some chili and a bottle of wine. tomorrow, or friday? i have stuff on both nights but may be able to squeeze in between tomorrow, def can fri.

― emsk, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

Friday good, I'm going to Roll Deep but not till later.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Friday, yes, that is better.

Thank you, 0_0 person - I have forwarded that link to my mum.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:31 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha, my mum has tried to defend her maths saying that sometimes she shares her tea with visitors. I asked if she had started serving tea to the Corgi, to get through tea that fast. SHE DRINKS IT!!! SHE IS A GREEDY TEA DRINKING FREAK!!! And then lies about her tea habit because she feels so smug about re-using teabags while I use a fresh one every time becuase I am decadent.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

the harpsichord definitely *is* available!

― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Yes! Shimura Curves want it. Not sure which one of us gets to have it in their house, but that depends on going to fetch it, I suppose?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

can we get dimensions?

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

I have been unable to do any work today due to our RDC being offline because the Datacentre's router failover procedure did not work.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

Hello all. Today I have been really into Fela Kuti again.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't listened to any in ages, maybe I will when I get home.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

I've been listening to Grails.

And I feel terribly like I've let the cat out of the bag by telling people that most of the money in outrageous London house prices DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST, it is imaginary play money in the hands of accountants.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

The fact that money is a fiction is not really one big secret.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

The new Grails album is great. Did I send cookies of that? or is there a cookie monster in the cooler?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

SOmeone did, It is pretty great, I will have to buy a copy.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

It was your cookie, Kerr! You can't even keep track of your own cookies!

I'm feeling quite excitable and need to calm down. It must have been the coffee.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't make it you see. I just saw the cookie on another board.

I'm surprised you're not all over that prog thread on ILM, Kate!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, arguing with Geir and Louis is my idea of a fun afternoon... NOT!!!

Besides, I've been using BULLET POINTS to explain equity. One of the few times my job comes in useful.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

I think you should do a powerpoint for the lex at the next FAP.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just realising, that as much as I complain about how my parents (especially my mum) f*cked me up on an emotional level (especially with regard to relationships) they (specifically my mum) gave me an INCREDIBLY grounded sense on financial matters.

And funnily enough, this didn't even come from the maths side of the family (my dad has to this day no sense of money because he grew up such a Trusta) but from my mum trying to run around cleaning up my dad's financial messes. And mostly, knock on wood, I have not made my parents' mistakes with money. The middle classes begat middle classes in more ways than just fronting deposits on houses.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

I'm feeling really freaking smug today. Someone shoot me.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

I finished varnishing the top half of the synthesiser cabinet:
pics here
it looks great!

― Pashmina, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, arguing with Geir and Louis is my idea of a fun afternoon... NOT!!!

geirbot excelling himself yet again with

But symphonic rock should have male singers. Yes did, Genesis did, ELP did, King Crimson did. No point trying to sound different from those in any way.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

You know, that's exactly the kind of thing that I'm trying to AVOID by not reading the thread.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

God I'm in love with your synth-cab, Pash.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

It was surprisingly easy to build, though it took a while. I can sit in front of it and reach/see all the connections & controls really easily, which is exactly what I wanted.

Kate, I don't know how to reply to comments, but yes, that's the daisy retro-h 12-string, which I'll be bringing to the gig.

― Pashmina, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

You just leave another comment below it.

Aahhh, can't wait to hear the 12-string!

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

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