The systems we use at work are fairly antiquated, in computer terms. They are the same systems that were in use when the call centre was opened, and I don’t even know how long ago that was – someone said 1974 to me once. They are frustrating, telnet-based, glitchy, and require you to memorize codes [...]
prizes to anyone who can spot what is wrong with this photo. extra points to the most creative answer!
What does it mean to live in the present? What does it mean to be conscious of your own birth? What does it mean to be conscious of your own death? What does it mean to be conscious of the death of your inconceived child? What does it mean to dance with your arms and [...]
I switched ears today. I always wear my headset on my left ear, but it started hurting yesterday and so I figured it was time for a change. A filter was lifted, some static cleared out of the line. I could hear the echo of my own voice in the speaker of the customer’s phone, [...]
Some photos from a hillwalk we went on on saturday. It was unbelievably windy, but a nice walk nontheless.
So, we tried to watch Gangs of New York last night. When I say tried, what I mean is that we turned it on and watched the grotesque opening slasher flght scene, through several scenes of knifings, beatings, random violence, American Patriotism, swaggering arrogance, and love scenes in which the girl nearly opens our handsome [...]
We went to the beach in Ringaskiddy (where they churn out Viagra) on Boxing Day, and saw a worm poo heart in the sand. Also, I was enthralled by the elegant droplet forming on our candle tonight.
Last night tom & I sat around the glowing screen of our computer monitor and he taught me how to converse with robots to get files off the internet. It’s a very strange concept for me, chatting with robots, but in the “plane of existence” that is irc, they serve an important purpose and have [...]
Sorry the site went down for so long over christmas. The downside to hosting my site on free university webspace is that it is subject to the whims and vagaries of sysadmin who go on two week holidays.There were so many things I could have written about, and each time I checked to see if [...]
