Gopod bless Mayor Mike Haeg for uploading this incredible video of a 1975 artists' soapbox derby in San Francisco.
Wackiness! In San Francisco!
I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2010 9:55:38 am PST #4923 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Daisy Jane - Jan 29, 2010 9:55:40 am PST #4924 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Sorry to hear that, ita, and I hope they let you.
I hate the special rules for contractors. Sometimes I feel like I'm doing my job with a handicap. We don't get onboarded, we don't have full access to systems, can't WFH, hell, I don't have some calendar privileges.
1) People who were to send me layered files so my team can create a graphic for them, sent everything in black and white. It is due Monday for placement next Tuesday.
2) The release hasn't been deployed in QA yet, so I'm back to having to write the 2 blog posts.
3) Please post more!
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2010 10:03:39 am PST #4925 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Boss has just said it's okay! Oh, god I'm outie, as my sister would say.
Yeah, people who are full time here get pretty liberal work from home policy. I think Boss is relaxing on what he'll let us consultants do--it's a matter of trust.
Biggest handicap we have is that as contractors we don't have admin access to our PCs, so we can't install random new apps. Not even quicktime, for crying out loud. Yet, Opera and Firefox. But it really got in the way of getting my laptop work-ready.
Daisy Jane - Jan 29, 2010 10:06:24 am PST #4926 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My boss is liberal about it, but company makes her fill out a billion forms to allow me to do anything. VPN requires a lot of paperwork, so I don't ask to work from home.
OH HOLY GOD, now they've sent a power point presentation for the designers to make graphics out of!
javachik - Jan 29, 2010 10:08:26 am PST #4927 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I want to go to there.
I love you, Jess.
Ginger - Jan 29, 2010 10:09:50 am PST #4928 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Did you know that some people are proposing that we send people to Mars... to stay? For the rest of their lives?
Where do I sign up?
Daisy Jane - Jan 29, 2010 10:10:43 am PST #4929 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ha! They made a point of saying they were sending over font files as well.
This font they apparently had to send us? Helvetica.
Jesse - Jan 29, 2010 10:11:51 am PST #4930 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Boss has just said it's okay! Oh, god I'm outie, as my sister would say.
That's excellent. Not the reason, of course.
erikaj - Jan 29, 2010 10:13:35 am PST #4931 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
10 out of 12 on the politics quiz...Thank you, Keith and Rachel. One day I'll get fired from someplace because either Yemen(Friends) or propane(KOTH) will make me laugh at something I shouldn't. The NFL is(are?) being greedy killjoys and quite possibly Worst. Persons. In the Worlld! And I don't follow football...just, like, suits suck.
Calli - Jan 29, 2010 10:23:09 am PST #4932 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
OH HOLY GOD, now they've sent a power point presentation for the designers to make graphics out of!
That's what, all of 150 ppi? What possible problem you could have getting that ready for a print publication of 300 ppi or better?
This font they apparently had to send us? Helvetica.
If they'd sent you this it might have been more forgivable: [link]
In short, I feel your pain.