Something tells me his village had a heckuva a party after his stoning.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Your Cubicle Just Got Smaller
That's right, don't adjust your monitor, don't move your phone a few inches to the left, don't reshuffle those papers in attempt to clear up more space. None of it matters, your cube is shrinking and there is nothing you can do about it.
I've been trying to prove that my cube has been getting smaller over the past few months, but every time I bring it up people either think I'm crazy or "yeah" me to death, well now I have the proof, check out these excerpts from a recent CNN article:
If you feel like your cubicle walls are closing in around you, you may be right...Companies across the country are shrinking those boxed-in work areas or scrapping the notion of the once-ubiquitous cubicles altogether. At tech-giant Intel, employees who used to work in a 72-square-foot space now work in a cozier 48-square-foot station, company officials say...
And:
But not to worry, that corner office keeps growing. During this same time, space for executive management actually increased.
Well that's comforting, good to know the big boss has more space to go along with that hoard of cash that he's pilfering while the rest of us settle for ~2% annual raises. Pricks. Doesn't even make sense, executives spend more time in hotels and air planes, all those bastards should get is a spare table and a chair, no office, no window.
And:
Intel has created more conference and meeting rooms where employees can collaborate. Intel is also going wireless. About 30% of their employees in the renovated space don't have assigned cubicles, officials say.
Have you ever had to hop over to another person's cube for the day, or had to assist them by working them through something on their computer. Didn't the mere thought of using their phone or typing on their keyboard gross you out? I'm about as far from a germaphobe as you can get but even I'm completely grossed out by other people's cubes. Do you see the shit people eat in their cube? Not to mention sneezing, coughing, lounging with their shoes off under the desk. It's a frigen cesspool outside of your own cube. Imagine that every day. No thanks.
And
So how are employees adjusting to less work space?Many employees don't mind the smaller work spaces, Johnson says. She added that 30% to 50% of work space typically isn't used because of meetings or travel. "It's not about making it smaller," Johnson says. "It's about making it more flexible. People don't all want their own space."
Wrong Way Truck Crash (Vid Inside)
I just hope they caught this guy. No not the drunk driver, he's fucked. The guy filming this whole thing on his cell phone, while driving! As much talent as that takes (and he did a phenomenal job capturing the footage), law enforcement has a term for the reckless derelicts of the road such as yourself, Reckless Operaters. If justice truly exists, this guy just got served with a huge ticket.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Best of the Blogs
11 Year Old British Boy Blows 1,000 Pounds on XBOX - The curse of microsoft points strikes again. I don't blame the kid, no one knows how much money they're throwing around on the xbox because Microsoft took it upon themselves to invent a currency that has no bearing in the real world. 80 MSFT points = $1.00 how screwed up is that? It's like paying in Indian Ruples. This poor kid thinks he's playing with monopoly money, but really he just blew roughly $1,600 dollars on video games and accessories, which I would have thought was impossible up til today.
14 Fun Facts Every Super Mario Fan Should Know - Honestly, its just a fun link, check it out.
Court Bans Low IQ Man from Having Sex- Something tells me rulings like this in America would cure the issues of teen pregnancy and high school drop out rates amongst people of lower socio-economic status (read, poor) within a year. It's one thing to be dumb and poor but still be able to get laid, it's another thing altogether when your only joy (and means of income via welfare) are taken away too.
AOL Bought The Huffington Post?
(CNN) -- Internet provider AOL is to buy news and blog website The Huffington Post for $315 million, the latest in a long line of innovative start-ups snapped up by established big-name firms...For its $315 million investment, AOL is buying itself a fashionable and rapidly growing brand popular among center-left circles in the U.S. and overseas.
I had to read that headline about 3 or 4 times and I still don't quite believe they have it right, I honestly would have assumed at this point it would have been the Huffington Post buying AOL. Aside from AOL charging a few old ladies monthly fees all I've ever heard for the past 3 or 4 years is how they're broke and the deal with Time Warner was the worst in history. I just assumed we'd be reading about them closing their doors for good before hearing about them buying a major online news outlet. Shit if I knew they had $315 million to play with I'd have put the word out I'm looking for a buyer.
While pundits do their research and hem and haw over whether this was a good deal or not, I've already formed an opinion. No, it wasn't a good deal. Huffpo is really only relevant to me when I'm looking for a left leaning opinion on some political or financial story, they're really weak in covering anything outside of that arena. On the other hand I don't think AOL gets enough credit for having to put together a really decent news portal while being able to filter out all the noise from the dominant personalities typically stabled at all of the large news outlets. While I like the entertaining, polarizing, and though provoking arguments these personalities present, no matter what side of the issue they're on, it can be hard to pay attention to the actual story at hand sometimes and that's why its good to have a straight man to just deliver the stories as they are on occasion. If HuffPo comes in and clouds out the stories with its liberal slant, well then you'll lose a reader AOL, Goodbye.
I Would Dominate Japanese Hole Digging Competition, and I'm Willing to Prove It (video inside)
10 feet in 30 minutes? And you have teams? That's weak bro. No wonder the Jap's don't open this competition up to outsiders. Stupid protectionist rules, screw that. You know why those measures are in place, because CW ages 8-13 would have dominated these amateurs. I used to leave beaches looking like mine fields from World War II. More than one unsuspecting jogger fell victim to the CW special, a human sized hole covered with seaweed n' shit. CW aged 18-21 may have done some of the finest hole digging work known to mankind during his summer irrigation job (pennypacker gets an assist here too, but it was usually my goof-up that we were digging trenches to fix so I'll take the lion share of the credit).
So here's the plan, since the Jap's don't let American's in their little sandbox competition because of lingering grudges from World War II (to be honest I'm sure they'd let American's in, but I'm running with this since I'm sure as shit not paying for a flight to Japan to teach those guys how to dig a hole), I'm going to run my own if this site starts getting the attention it deserves. If The Alt-Tab is averaging 600 pageviews per day (why 600? because it's more than we're getting now, don't question me) over a two week span by April 1st, I'll organize our own Ditch Digging contest. I'll make the calls to a few campgrounds and send an international telegraph to the Japanese letting them know we're about to do work over here. Teams of 5 (some of those teams had entire clans, that's horseshit) 30 minutes, deepest hole win. None of this "most creative" bullshit. Go be an art major on your own time. Team CW/Pennypacker just moving earth by the yard and putting everyone else to shame.
I'd Kill to be one of China's Mouse Tribe
I think CNN needs a new translating correspondent. You see that guys smile, ear to ear. That's not the face of a guy troubled by his living situation, and really, why should it be? You show me a guy who didn't dream of living in an underground tunnel fort as a kid and I'll show you a bald-faced liar.
Ladies and Gentelmen, The Orlando Magic, A Bunch of Pussies
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| Yea, you're a real bully Dwight. Delusional. |
These are legit quotes from the Celtics demoralization of the Magic on Sunday (yes I wish I wasn't lazy and had posted this before the C's followed their victory up by losing to the Bobcats). All from ESPN:
Quentin Richardson on being bullied by KG and Pierce:
Quentin Richardson got a lot of feedback last spring, most of it positive, he said, when he called out Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce for being good "actresses" during the Boston Celtics' first-round series with the Miami Heat during last season's playoffs...."I'm not going there again," he said, when asked about the "actresses" comment. "But a lot of people called me and liked it. Everyone knows how they [the Celtics] play, some of the stuff they do. You've got eyes. You saw it. It's not always good."...
SVG on Turkoglu's disappearing act:
Said Van Gundy of Turkoglu, "I don't like the way he is playing at all. I don't like his decision-making. I don't like his energy. … I'm sort of saying: What the hell is he doing?"...
Gilbert Arenas, on why he sucked yesterday:
Arenas going scoreless in 15 minutes. Arenas couldn't remember the last time that had happened to him, adding, "I guess there's a first for everything." He also said he has trouble with afternoon games because they prevent him from having breakfast.
Dwight Howard, on his image:
"It shouldn't have even been a foul," Howard said. "It makes me look like a bully, which is not the case."
And finally:
The Magic were not happy with the refereeing trio of Dick Bavetta, Jason Phillips and Olandis Poole, whose calls gave the Celtics a 34-16 advantage in free throws. That was part of it as well.
How mind fucked are these softies?
Hey Dwight Howard, you're about the biggest guy in the league, maybe you want to look like a bully? Rajon Rondo strolled through your lane and basically stuffed it down your pooper all afternoon long. A light breeze could knock Rondo on his ass, trust me, I don't think anyone in the Celts locker room is looking at you like a bully right now.
And Gilbert, really? How many more excuses are you going to come up with before you just admit that you have the knees of an 80 year old and the jump shot of 2nd team rec-league all-star at this point. I noticed you don't go by Agent Zero anymore, probably a good choice. Nicknames aren't as funny when they're true. You could have eaten all the Wheaties you wanted, you would have still looked like you should have been competing in the half time, half court shoot out.
Stan Van Gundy, how about not selling out your own player in Turkoglu and, you know, attempting to coach? Your team's outside shooting was about as accurate as Michael J Fox vs Muhammed Ali in a game of HORSE yesterday. Maybe you want to run some screen and rolls? Tell your team to drive to the basket?
Don't bitch about foul shot discrepancies when your team is 3/24 from 3pt land and your wings were 13 for 50 over all. Did you not notice Dwight Howard basically outscoring the Celtics entire team in the 1st quarter? Would it have been too obvious to keep pounding it inside to him?
Don't bitch about foul shot discrepancies when your team is 3/24 from 3pt land and your wings were 13 for 50 over all. Did you not notice Dwight Howard basically outscoring the Celtics entire team in the 1st quarter? Would it have been too obvious to keep pounding it inside to him?
Arod Being Arod at the Super Bowl
Fox News - During the game on Sunday, FOX cameras caught Diaz hand-feeding her Yankee popcorn as they watched the Steelers and the Packers battle it out. “I’m sure Alex is thrilled we just put the camera on him at that moment,” the commentator said of the affectionate moment, now broadcast around the world.
Actually, I'm sure he is thrilled. Yea, the limp wrist kind of ruins the picture, but this is exactly the message super star athletes making a kajillion dollars a year should be sending. This guy is in charge, he knows it, she knows, it and now the whole world knows it. Frankly, I'm a little frightened as a sox fan.
The stars of the NFL could learn a thing or two from Arod. This isn't some ordinary hoochie he assaulted in a dive bar bathroom, or some slut sideline reporter who rejected him after he texted his dick pics to her. This is $20 million per movie Cameron Diaz, and he's got her hand feeding him during the Super Bowl so he doesn't have to look down and miss any of the action. Look at that perfect form. Eyes up at the jumbo tron, head tilted slightly back for ideal digestion posture, and arm guarding against any potential stains on his shirt. Guy is in midseason form and pitchers and catchers haven't even reported yet.
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