Its been a while since I have vented my spleen on here about the things that go on at the Asylum. So I thought I would take some time out and have a little “Vent“. I was originally hired at the Asylum as a Developer, and advanced my way up the...
Welcome to my Blog
This is actually Version 4 of my blog.
- Version 1: Was hand coded posts on my original Website back in the early 90’s before the term Blog was even invented.
- Version 2: Was on Livejournal
- Version 3: Was on the three-Ninjas site
- Version 4: (And hopefully final version) is here!
Enjoy!
There are some series of posts that go together. You can access them directly with the links below.
Busby and the Tape of RED
I know “Red Tape” is often required, and there are sometimes valid reasons for having it, but the people with the tape should have the sense to spot when they fall into a recursive loop and have the ability to produce “The Scissors of Doom” to sort...
What did we do before the Internet?
Today at the Asylum we lost the interwebz for a reasonable length of time. And everyone looked confused over what to do, while those with Smart-Phones tried to grab bits of the net to hug and pet, and remember the good times. This led to the...
From the Archive: Were Ninja
We at the Insane Asylum have been running some updates on our antiquated control systems, and during this update I had cause to check the Polychronicon that is the Asylums Wiki. While trying to find the list of perl modules we need to re-install...
Battle to be The King of Idiots
This week at the Asylum has been a bit weird (And I mean weirder than normal) We’ve had two customers fighting to be crowned “The King of Idiots.” Now you would not think that was a title anyone would actively seek out, but I swear the two...
BT has killed my will to live.
I am sat here, feet on desk, phone resting on my shoulder trying to work out if I can slash my wrists with a business card. Why you ask? Well to fully explain I need to go back over a hour, so sit comfortably and get ready for story time. The...
Just when I thought they couldn’t possibly be any dumber…
…..they go and do something like this… and totally redeem themselves!! I am a true believer of the phrase “Customers are Idiots“, but sometimes they seem to go out of their way to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that this phrase is true....
while (1) $head->brickwall(“BANG”);
This morning it was quiet at the Insane Asylum! We were informed that due to planned work being done on the trees growing through power lines, we would loose our power supply for a short while. To prevent damage to servers/systems/coffee pots we...
When Development Goes MAD
It started off as just another day in the Asylum. Well not just any old day, but a Friday. The countdown to the weekend had been started. The coffee brewed. and all was well! Then IT happened. And not a cool interesting intergalactic space spider...
I Love the smell of Estrogen In the Morning!
WOW. Its all I can say, WOW. I am experiencing a mixture of 60% Shock and 40% Anger, With a small sprinkling of Homicidal Tendencies on top. I’d not seen the Governor all day in the Asylum. I’d heard slight grumblings coming from down the corridor...