:: Track Zero ::

:: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 ::

:: 9:25 PM :: 0 comments ::

don't eat the hotdog flavored chips

i couldn't take the pressure. the bag, just staring at me (see 4 posts down)...mocking me...taunting me.

so i opened them. smelled them. twitched a bit. tried one.

tried one more.

threw the rest of the bag away.

i recommend 'em. they're really good. you should try them, too, foolish reader.

-J

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:: 9:19 PM :: 0 comments ::

i gotta get a tazer...

At one hotel in Washington, D.C., there's a vending machine that dispenses 20 cents in nickels every time it's hit with a Taser, an electric stun-gun meant for personal defense that is one of the more useful things Adrian Lamo has ever owned. "You never know what something's going to do when you Tase it," Lamo enthuses. "It's like the Swiss Army Knife of electronic devices."

how is it possible that i've never tried such things?

-J



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:: 10:13 PM :: 0 comments ::

bovine vs penguin

in the epic battle of
vs    
i'm going to have to go with the penguins.

i've been eating them longer, you see.

i've intentionally stayed away from red bull until sunday morning, april 13, 2003. it makes my skin itch. i think because of the niacin, most likely. my old burns show up, too, perhaps from the same "vitamin," if you can call it that (which you can, since i think it is b2). penguins, tho, they don't screw around. just good ol' fashioned caffeine.

penguins were my original, pocket-sized savior. red bull is overpriced, and needs to be cold. if warm, it tastes like sugary greenish-red ass. if cold, sort of like eating nerds candy after brushing your teeth. weird thing is, if you peer into the top of the can, it looks red, but if you pour it into a flatish container, sort of green. this is abnormal.

yet i know i'll drink it again....i need the artificial stimulants to keep the voices out of my head.

-J

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:: 4:52 PM :: 0 comments ::

scott adams replied to my email.

sure, he may be using aol. and further, he's using an old version. but he replied to my geekmail, and that's pretty dang cool. only the email addresses were changed to protect the innocent from random page-greppin' spambots. and I added line breaks. also, he didn't really complement me on my book, as i don't think he probably read it. but it is really from scott adams, creator of Dilbert.

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Subject: Re: Any plans for DVDs of Dilbert

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Jeff,




We're looking into making the TV show into a DVD boxed set, but nothing will happen soon.

Thanks for asking.




Scott Adams




PS: Your Windows 2000 Deployment and Desktop Management book was awesome.

I recommend it to everyone I know.

PPS: Jeff added the PS and PPS lines.  Scott Adams never read Jeff's book.




In a message dated 3/27/2003 9:18:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, Jeff writes:




Subj:Any plans for DVDs of Dilbert 

Date:3/27/2003 9:18:47 PM Pacific Standard Time

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Are there any plans to make the Dilbert cartoon episodes available on DVD?




I occasionally catch them through the magic of Tivo, but I'd like to have 'em

all so I could force others to watch them whenever we have guests, like my

wife does with Sex & The City, except Dilbert is something I want to see.




I just saw "The Knack." Error 53 is network path not found...Also, I would

expect Dilbert to have a Philips Pronto with the rechargeable battery pack...

not a regular 'ol remote with regular 'ol batteries.




-Jeff

-J

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:: 5:01 PM :: 0 comments ::

they ain't fer eatin'. they just fer lookin' at...

so scavenging the vendos for lunch today, i stumbled across a horrible, horrible sight:

i couldn't bring myself to buy them for snackin'...but by the same token, I couldn't pass them up.

i mean, hot dog flavored potato chips...and, you'll note from the bottom left corner, there are no preservatives. then how do they get the hot dog flavoring, I wonder??

what has the world come to???

-J

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