The Lone Sysadmin

Okay, so I work at a University, and occasionally I use a bathroom frequented by students who still believe in writing creative stuff on the walls. Today I see a quote:

“I have yet to meet the person who can outsmart a bullet.”

and figuring that it isn’t an original work I go looking for the source. It turns out to be the Heavy Weapons guy in Team Fortress 2, during their “Meet the Team” videos. Whoever had the idea for that is a genius. You don’t need much character development in a first person shooter, but these are just the right length, and funny as hell.

If you haven’t watched them and are looking for something to kill a few minutes they’re worth it. My favorite is the Engineer (video below), and just search YouTube for the rest:

“Tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind” definitely needs to be part of my lexicon. The Sniper has a good quote, too: “Professionals have standards: be polite, be efficient, have a plan to kill every single person you meet.”

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In this day and age the big bad wolf apparently just has to use Google:

If you search on  “Lewon, Madison, WI” in Google Maps you get to see Ben’s bookmarks. No idea who Ben is, but I know where his grandparents live.

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My friend Tom found this, I thought it was worth re-sharing:

I can think of several ways of making things like /dev/random stop changing, mainly based on what my customers have done to machines.

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Hello Kitty? I don’t think so! Thanks to my friend Bob my refrigerator door will never be the same:

A friend (who had several awesome cats) used to have a sign I really liked, too: “Cat, the other white meat.”

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I was using the Identifont web site and one of identification questions struck me as decidedly LOLcat:

I has serifs or bars too!

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I had to dig this up for a friend, I figured I’d post it. Last time I looked on teh intertubes I couldn’t find a copy.

All Your Base Are Belong To Us

It is the dance remix version. My coworkers promptly counterattacked with the Picard Song. FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

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Inspired by the bacon flowchart and the season. If it’s cut off click on it to see a full-sized version.

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I work in a very relaxed environment. I normally appear at work in jeans, a button-down shirt, and more often than not a Widespread Panic ballcap[0]. Go beyond that with a corduroy blazer, dress pants, and a tie[1], and you hear:

• “Job interview? With us?”
• “Hey, I didn’t know you aren’t bald.”
• “Can I ask if your court appearance was anything serious?”
• “Hey, unclip your tie for a second, we spilled something.”
• “Are you trying to be the PC guy from those Mac commercials?”
• “How long is your mom in town? Will she come over and dress me, too?”
• “I didn’t know they made Garanimals that big.”

And these are people I consider my friends.

[0] I love wearing a cap that just says “Panic” on it.

[1] I had to go to a funeral.

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