Jul 18th, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Like 38% of software development organizations globally, we use characters from The Simpsons as host names for our servers and dev boxes. While perhaps not as cool as LOTR characters, The Simpsons are a good choice as their names usually short (less typing) and there are several hundred of them- a number suspiciously close to the number of addresses on a /24 network.
My RHEL 4 dev box is called Moe, my 2nd favourite character (CBG is #1). For some reason I told my girlfriend this and rather than run screaming in the other direction she bought me a very cool Bobble-head Moe by Funko. He’s now cheering me on as I battle deeply-nested control structures on a daily basis.
Thanks babe!
Jun 1st, 2007 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
I see that Smells like Teen Spirit is Wikipedia’s featured article today. Cool! I was a huge fan at the time, although these days the only Nirvana album I listen to much is Bleach.
Nirvana were such a phenomenon that when my year at high school were deciding what slogan to put on our Year 12 jerseys, the most popular choice was “Oh well, whatever, nevermind”. I can’t think of any slogan less appropriate for us- in general my year was smart, motivated and would do anything for a few more marks in an assessment task. But that’s what we went with.
The photo shows the lyrics embroidered on the right pocket of my jersey. Another piece of clothing that I never wear but can’t throw away.
