I'll try that tonight! (Walking home, I know how far it is, so can test.)

I read Burrell's post as, "My son is leaving to be an Inquisitional Director for LAUSD," and was both horrified and completely baffled.

Ah ha ha! He would totally be Inquisitional Director for LAUSD! He'd use a lot of threats to get people to talk, threats of no computers for a whole week! Or no more coffee! Or that YOU owe him $100 if he doesn't get what he wants!

You know how I would love to live close to some Buffistas. but mac and Isaac would be such a destructive team. If Owen was tasked with being their tech master, I do believe they would take over the world via tantrums.

btw, there are houses for sale nearby again, you know if anyone is getting restless where they are.

I'm holding out for that house-with-own-ballroom that a friend linked to on Facebook. My whole current house could fit into that one room, so I'd be set.

This would be a fun place to buy for a Buffista compound. [link]

This would be a fun place to buy for a Buffista compound. [link]

Compounds are for wacky religious cults, msbelle.

Compounds are for wacky religious cults

2 out of 3, I say we go for it.

Besides, it has a basketball court and a commercial kitchen!

Man, season finales this week are severely OTT. I'm getting scared about Friday.

I know IO9 gets some flack around her for various things, including editorial polish, but I may have the opportunity to write for them in the upcoming year, so I really hope the commenting software change doesn't bung stuff up. I think Gawker is rebounding--they actually made some of the tweaks the posters suggested.

I know I can get an inflated sense of "I know web communities" since it's not like I have any experience in maintaining a for-profit site. But I still think that some of the lessons we learnt here with a crowdfunded site apply even if you are trying to make a profit. Some of the things everyone in the development chain seemed to have overlooked were staggering.

I'm having extreme resource frustration. The primary developer on the systems I support is back in India, and will be leaving completely in a couple weeks. In the meanwhile, there's no one trained to do what he did, and he's being difficult to pin down remotely, manifesting a severe case of Short-timer's.

I have someone saying "Can I get back to you tomorrow with the instructions for the change that's scheduled for today?" or another developer sending emails to the *users* using citing her "super duper lack of knowledge :)". I am beginning to froth about the use of smiley faces in business emails, especially ones being sent outside the team.

Also: super fucking duper? Yeah, I make a point of not being shy to ask for information I don't have, and don't make a big front of knowing everything when I don't, but that has to be balanced with making sure people have a good impression of you, and feel that you can be relied upon. Tell *me* about your super duper stupidness, not them. They're already pulling me aside to ask if it's all going to be okay.

LeN, I am very glad that it's "morning glory muffins" that's, ah, tainted with the imagery it is, and not the actual morningstar ones I love so much. I'd hate to be reminded of cunnilingus every time I have a tasty breakfast.

Wow, housing prices in NYC are Too Damn High. The price of that compound would barely buy a 3-br apartment in most neighborhoods.