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Matt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:07:15 +0000

Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” is officially released. Click the above to get your groove on.

Fun at Work

Matt — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:17:22 +0000

I’m in the middle of rolling out a new desktop for an intern when a coworker walks by, and my genial nature being what it is, I make a little small talk as they’re passing. This apparently is overheard in one of the offices because a door pops open and a head pops out.

“Oh. Hi Matt.”

“Er, hi?”

“I thought you were Ray (Fernandez).”

“Oh, nope. Bigger. Whiter.”

Reaction: priceless.

Beauty and Majesty

Matt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:07:54 +0000

Quite the day. I was stopped no less than six times on my way to the cafeteria. A few nominally reasonable questions as we have some conferences coming up in the building, but a lot of pablum as well. After finally making my way to the microwave to heat up my food, I pop over to get some ice for my soda and turn around to someone blocking my way back to the microwave.

He proceeds to drone on about several questions I would consider to be pretty tedious. My patience at this point is waning to nearly nothing. Finally, I break in after doing mental calculations on whether or not it will be worth it, and realizing that he’s in no position in the company to cause me any grief:

“Todd, question for you.”
“Yeah?”
“Do you remember those nature specials, like Wild Kingdom?”
“Yeah?”
“And do you remember what generally happened if something got between an animal and his food?”
“Yea-oh.”
“Right. Email me on the rest. Food now. Eat.”
“Oh… OK.”

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