Archive for August, 2006

Snakes on a Plane

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

When I first heard of this movie I thought it looked really really dumb. Wait, I still think it looks dumb ;) But I went to go see it anyway, knowing that the excellent marketing had totally brainwashed me and not caring.

It was actually an alright movie :P It’s not an excellent movie by any means, but surprisingly entertaining. Though I did wait the entire movie in anticipation for the famous line, “Mother****ing snakes on this mother****ing plane!” and when it finally came about I was not disappointed!

That is all. :D

Chroder Theme Song

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Danny, being the crazy guy he is, decided to create a Chroder theme song (someone has too much time on their hands… ;) :p). Well calling it a song isn’t quite right, but it’s still funny nevertheless :p

If you’re wondering HOW this ever came to be, well, it’s just an inside joke. Kinda. Or something ;) I think Pyro started it by mixing me saying “Ouch!” with Jack Bauer saying “Tell me or I’ll break the other wrist!”… I’m kinda scared to ever Skype with anyone ever again! [< Lie. I'm currently on a conference call with Floris and Kerry-Anne and Steve :p]

Anyway, this post is more archival then anything else but I still thought it was funny ;) Only a geek like me can find joy in something so simple :p

DeskPro3 Beta - Help Test

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

DeskPro is a comprehensive helpdesk system. Many large companies use this product to manage customer relations (support, files, knowledgebase, articles, troubleshooters etc). You even may have seen it yourself on sites like 2Checkout.

The first beta is finally available for testers. Just point your browser to beta.deskpro.com and download a copy for yourself (it’s free, you do not need to be a license owner). When you find bugs, submit them to bugs.deskpro.com. The people who help the most will win a free iPod Nano or Playstation Portable!

The rough draft of the install guide is available at manual.deskpro.com. That page will be updated soon with the full DP3 manual as time goes on.

Sister Moving

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

So the sister is moving out for college. She’s going up north (about 4 hours away from here) to live all by herself, a big step ;)

In about 2 hours time, we’ll be on our way. I’ve gotta help her move which is most unfortunate… Heavy things + 3 flights of stairs = not fun. The worst thing is this 10 year old 24″ TV that weighs like 1 billion pounds… Just getting it up from out basement to the moving truck made me sweat, so I’m definately not looking forward to heaving it up 3 flights!

And lately I’ve been keeping to my own schedule — I like to call it the “coder’s schedule” — where I sleep in the mornings and wake after noon (usually I go from about 05:00 to 13:00). But we planned on all getting up at 06:00 (it’s about 05:30 now), so it seems like I’m not sleeping tonight/this morning/sleeping cycle. I actually tried to catch a few winks, but to no avail… And I’m still not tired, but I know the sleepiness will come around soon. I think by the time the move is finished tomorrow (er… tonight), I’m going to be absolutely deeeaaadddd.

I should be back around Sunday (and perhaps Saturday if the ‘net is hooked up in my sister’s place) to finish off things. I didn’t have time to finish some of the DeskPro hours I have to put in, so I’ll be doing some catch up. DeskPro3 beta should be released soon, so keep your eyes on this blog because I’ll link to the download. Anyone will be able to grab it and install it to help track down bugs. Chris says he’ll give away free licenses to those who help most!

So that’s it for today. I’m going to go take a shower and get ready since sleep is evading me. I think I’ll go get a large vanilla cappuccino from Tim Hortons, too.