here is a panda dog for chris.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lamdoo/pandadog.jpg
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)
Anyway:
http://www.midwinter.com/beyond/mirrors/edwnwa/bigstan.jpg
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― :|, Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)
:-) I hope to be seeing him Friday night with various good people, including Elvis T.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)
... and a big marine named camouflage!
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)
xxxx-post
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 01:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 3 June 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.naffcaff.co.uk/astley.jpg
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 3 June 2004 01:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 3 June 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 3 June 2004 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― Hunter (Hunter), Thursday, 3 June 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 June 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)
(btw telecom, wot woe has befallen you anyway?)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.gse.uci.edu
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)
http://stanridgway.com
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)
"HELIOS!"
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)
If so -- wanna invest some of yous surplus sums in 'stonian archaeology then, Elvis?Or do a charity concert at the opening of this year's Hanseatic Days in my hometown?The former 'd be better but the latter wouldn't be unwelcome either, sir.
Oh c'mon, Elvis! Cheer me up, dude! ;)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)
x-post
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)
The public is invited. Of course I'm going to check this out.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:25 (twenty-one years ago)
usually cheers me right up...
― Possibly Kate Again (kate), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 June 2004 07:31 (twenty-one years ago)
Today I quit my job.
Well, I gave notice... Two month notice to be precise, but I'm sorta in a critical position (netadmin/manager type) and I think my boss appreciated the two month heads up. More to the point I think she was jealous because I was getting rid of everything and just bailing on UCI, California, life in general. Anyway, pretty much the entire world knew that I was moving to NYC except for UCI and I've had a lot of angst trying to feign interest in department stuff, when I'm really thinking about packing the car and bailing east with JBR.
In celebration I drank an entire bottle of champagne and ate some cookie dough ice cream. Yay me!
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 6 August 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 6 August 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/FCD/New%20York%20World
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.dragonbbs.com/members/ww5389/ktbadge.jpg
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)
http://kukuxumusu.com/catalog/idb/catalog/ZBXY04_3.jpg
― OleM (OleM), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)
http://southsidecallbox.com/images/california/hillstreet.jpg
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)
*gets a funny feeling somewhere*
Anyway, well done sir. You had to do it, as mentioned, it was just a matter of saying. Now coast for the next two months!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)
Good luck, Chris, and have fun.
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)
[light.jpg]
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― kephm, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)
My dad died twenty years ago today. Figured I should post something somewhere. One of my fave memories is our occasional drives out to Las Vegas: his games of choice were black jack & keno, mine were Asteroids & Tempest. I suppose it was our version of father/son time - instead of sports, it was driving, diner food, and gambling with the ocassional stop at Edwards to see the space shuttle land or a quick stop at the dry lake bed N of Baker to practice driving a stick shift transmission.
Anyway I swear I didn't plan to be in Vegas today - it just kinda worked out that way. This morning I won $400 on roulette and slots, so thanks dad wherever you are! I still miss you a lot.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 September 2008 23:37 (seventeen years ago)
take care, elvis
― RIP (cozwn), Friday, 12 September 2008 23:38 (seventeen years ago)
^sorry I shouldve changed my username; didn't mean any offense
― cozen (cozwn), Friday, 12 September 2008 23:40 (seventeen years ago)
no worries!
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 September 2008 23:46 (seventeen years ago)
And just got laid off today... Guess I'm now officially an economic statistic.
Anyone need an Objective-C/SQL/FileMaker developer?
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 July 2012 20:30 (thirteen years ago)
tech is booming now so i hear...
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 July 2012 20:33 (thirteen years ago)
The way I found out was when I got to work and my computer login had been changed. After a half-hour of fumbling around, someone finally told me "oh, <supervisor name> wants to meet with you"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 July 2012 20:41 (thirteen years ago)
yeesh!
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 July 2012 20:48 (thirteen years ago)
Aw, man, that is teh suck. And the worst way of finding out, too, like, no warning? I hope you didn't lose too much in the ways of MP3s, assorted digital clutter etc.
But I will cross fingers and hold thumbs that you find something soon. x
― I want to smother him in electronic butter. (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 20 July 2012 20:49 (thirteen years ago)
sorry to hear it, mr. telecom.
― SHOCKING THE ACER ARENA (get bent), Friday, 20 July 2012 21:05 (thirteen years ago)
that seems like really bad form, or is that standard practice for terminating tech employees, now, for fear of computer retribution?
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 July 2012 21:07 (thirteen years ago)
hat seems like really bad form, or is that standard practice for terminating tech employees, now, for fear of computer retribution?
Pretty much standard practice. Just feel like a dumb ass for sitting there for so long before someone bothered to tell me.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 21 July 2012 00:58 (thirteen years ago)
i dunno if there's a right way to let someone know they're being let go, but this still seems wrong wrong wrong.
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 21 July 2012 01:03 (thirteen years ago)
Aw, man, that is teh suck. And the worst way of finding out, too, like, no warning? I hope you didn't lose too much in the ways of MP3s, assorted digital clutter etc.But I will cross fingers and hold thumbs that you find something soon. x
I keep all my digital clutter on my own railroads so to speak. The only thing I lost was, ironically, a copy of my resume that I had been updating. I've been strategically casting about for a new job for about a month now. I've been working there for just over six years and it was about time for me to move on... I just wanted to be able to do it on my own schedule. The other annoyance is that my 401K contribution from them had just hit 100%, which means that I was a relatively expensive employee doing work that could be outsourced and/or performed by much lower priced people.
and thanks for the wishes!
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 21 July 2012 01:05 (thirteen years ago)
Most difficult part... The CTO (who's only been there for six months) didn't really have a checklist, so I had to go around and turn in keys, garage remote, and ID badge myself. When I went to turn in my badge at HR (which is in another building) they were surprised to see me there so I got this weird look over. Felt like saying "no I'm not a goddamn disgruntled Batman shooter."
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 21 July 2012 01:13 (thirteen years ago)
Chris, really sorry to hear that. I hope (and expect) you'll be able to find something else quickly.
― Jeff Wright, Saturday, 21 July 2012 03:39 (thirteen years ago)
maybe some prog will cheer you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0w9NSmdeCY
― SHOCKING THE ACER ARENA (get bent), Saturday, 21 July 2012 03:52 (thirteen years ago)
One year later... Vaguely self-employed but not starving. One foot in front of the other ya know?
The CIO who canned me was also fired six months later. Job well done all around!
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 July 2013 23:29 (twelve years ago)
Saw my dead photo link from 2004 and wondered why I posted a pic of the Tee Pee Barbeque in Long Beach to cheer you up, so I googled it. Somebody wrote about it but I still don't know why I posted it (probably the road-side architecture, Long Beach factors).
http://likeatreeinthedesert.blogspot.com/2012/12/tee-pee-barbeque-long-beach.html
― nickn, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 00:08 (twelve years ago)
Cool link! I remember seeing the Tee Pee (in bad shape) in the 1970s.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 01:48 (twelve years ago)
Elvis, I don't know you, but I'm glad to hear you're doing well.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 04:52 (twelve years ago)
thanks!
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 06:12 (twelve years ago)