Random notes

[drwex]

Am I the only one who twitches on hearing the phrase "Work will make you free"?

I can tell my boss is in a good mood - he's hacking my screen and giggling about it. I'm glad he's in a good mood, but it's a wee bit annoying. At least he only sent my browser to I Am A Geek.com. My cow orker's screen got diverted to parishilton.com.

Speaking of music, there is no cure for being Rickrolled like listening to VNV Nation's Judgement. I got Rickrolled by, of all things, NPR's "Morning Edition", which did a story on Running for Office, XKCD Style. And felt it necessary not only to explain Rickrolling but to provide audio samples. Why they couldn't have described other references in the comic, such as to the movie 300, that more people would have understood is beyond me.

Which reminds me I need to send them a nasty note in re their coverage last night of the MIT security researching students. The story on ATC was pretty bad.

Comments

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Er..."Arbeit macht frei," anyone? Yeah. *shudder*

[docorion.livejournal.com]

No, you are definitely not the only one. No one has used that phrase in my hearing, ever, except in specific reference to the places in question. Should anyone ever do so, boss or not, they're getting a talking to.

"Arbeit macht frei", indeed.

[drwex]

Sorry, I didn't mean to connect the two. My boss didn't use the phrase - it's the title of a song that appeared on Pandora (see the Listening To bit).

[docorion.livejournal.com]

Ah! Apologies to you and boss-I-don't-know for poor assumptions. (I never look at the 'listening to' section, I'm afraid). Thanks for clarifying.