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.”

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.

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.

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.”

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

I has serifs or bars too!

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!

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

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.