Tinypliny's Journal

02/17/2010 20:44 #51033

Mr. Deadlier to the rescue.
Category: office

I was having a particularly dead-wall time at work today with the Roswell network dragging its amoeboid appendages, my reference-manager hanging like a choking seaweed, frequent and unexpected power outages that managed to erase my drafts several times in the morning and none of my literature searches going too well.

The straw that broke the frustrated camel's back could well have been the Inter-Library loan request form that refused to submit.

BUT, like all crazily structured bewildering films with indescribably happy endings, an (e:strip) peep came to the rescue and ironed a long-standing 8-month annoyance out.

It is time for an especially loud round of applause for (e:mrdeadlier) :-)

mrdeadlier - 02/18/10 11:17
I told you, our team is in the "dreams come true" business here at the Roz. :)

Glad to make someone's life a little easier -- even if it was *my* app that was supplying the original lack of ease to begin with, lol.

tinypliny - 02/18/10 07:59
Ah! So it was you that sent this strange email.

"(Change Request) send cc argument to sb_email as an array, not a variable"

Not one but TWO (e:strip) peeps made life easier for me. :)
:::link:::

paul - 02/17/10 22:30
I pushed the change into production, do I get some applause ;)

02/17/2010 19:30 #51031

Thank you, Pricerite.
Category: grocery

I know some folks view Pricerite as an evil walmartish-variant grocery but I am writing this journal to thank the store for setting up shop in downtown Buffalo and being there for me heavy rain or yucky snow. The employees at the store beat even Wegmans at being super-nice and courteous.

My fridge was completely empty and depressed-looking half an hour back and now I have extremely fresh, large and juicy tomatoes.

For 89c a pound without the pain of waiting for a bus in the cold, without owning a car and without planning the trip for an hour. This is what a perfect daily grocery-shopping experience should feel like. Thank you!

PS: They have more Latin American produce and stuff than any other major grocery. I do wish they had more Chinese greens though. I guess they must have done some intense market research and decided that west and east Buffalo would be their most prominent clientele.

02/17/2010 16:59 #51028

Update on the Going Bald Experiment
Category: simple pliny

I checked and I am mildly shocked to see that I seem to have raised $475 for cancer research simply by promising to go bald in 2 weeks.

I am experiencing a warm fuzzy feeling despite the treachery of deviant Lake Erie which seems to have unfrozen again.

PS: Apparently, they won't shave my head to the bone and will leave a smattering of hair. I am going to request that they really shave it all off. I have got my department paying for my most expensive hair-cut ever so it better be technically perfect.

tinypliny - 02/17/10 18:51
(e:lib), no amount is small because I think every little things comes with an unspecified amount of love and spirit. :-)

AN ATV on Erie?! Those blokes must have been completely sloshed.

libertad - 02/17/10 18:29
Wait now it is unfrozen? I heard about those losers who took their ATVs out on the ice and fell through. I would seriously be afraid to walk on it let alone take a heavy machine out on it.

I can pledge a little bit of money, do you accept small amounts?

02/15/2010 19:02 #51021

Erie freezes over: No more snow?
Category: buffalo

Lake Erie has frozen over.

Hopefully, there will be a lot less (or no more) snow for the rest of the month. *Rubs hands* Hee Hee.

Source:

vincent - 02/16/10 09:36
Yes! This is great news.

The flip side is that we won't get real spring/summer weather until sometime in June...

james - 02/16/10 09:05
Lake effect snow requires warmer water: :::link:::

So I hope you are right Ms.Pliny

mrmike - 02/15/10 22:48
Lake Effect Blizzard -- Sounds like a treat at Dairy Queen

uncutsaniflush - 02/15/10 22:45
I think the idea that there can't be "Lake Effect" snow without open water. In other parts of the world, blizzards manage to happen without open water. But they aren't Lake Effect Blizzards.

02/12/2010 04:12 #51002

Search on. and yawn.
Category: the odes

The Original.

And the Super-Originals.

Hah, you believed that?

What *really* happened...

Or maybe starting an international mess was not really your cup of tea...

metalpeter - 02/12/10 17:54
It is funny for someone who Claims to not be Violent you had videos with Pepper spray and abuse that leads to murder, then causing a heart attack and a wood chipper good videos by the way.