Feeling stupid

Oct 23

ErinGarbage, Humor No Comments

A common computer prank is to take a screenshot of an unattended Windows desktop, configure the desktop to hide all shortcuts and the taskbar (for more kicks, move it in the left or right side) and then set the screenshot as the wallpaper. The pranksters then wait on the wing for the unsuspecting user to keep on clicking the applications in the screenshot and scratch their head why nothing is happening.

There is another behavior that makes this prank effective: tunnel vision. If using a big screen then people would have a tendency to zoom in on the middle portion and not pay much attention on the edges unless really needed. This and my work on “environment support” ensures that I make an ass of myself once a week. I normally take desktop screenshots when working with different applications. I usually position the different application windows in such a way that all the information are in a little portion of the screen. I then past the screenshot in mspaint, select the portion I need and send it to the other support team.

And then I move on to the next task and sometimes I forget closing the mspaint. Sometimes the mspaint window ends up getting the focus and then I start clicking on the the app window buttons or menus and wonder why nothing is happening. It is only after a few seconds that I notice the palette on the left side, or the title bar at the top. That is the time I press alt+f4 with a vengeance for using part of my 5-minutes of daily foolishness at that moment. 🙂

Just letting out some steam and sharing as this is the second time that it happened to me this week.

ciao!

Daredevil motorcycle drivers

Oct 16

ErinGarbage No Comments

I hate driving and find it as a chore that needs to be done. What makes me hate it even more is the amount of reckless and daredevil motorcycle drivers that are on the road today. These motorcycles give their riders enough mobility to wheeze in and out of traffic but it does not give them to right to start cutting off four-wheeled vehicles just because they think they can squeeze through. They are the ones who should be doing more of the defensive driving but they are the ones who are always on the offensive. I had my engine stalled twice because the traffic in C5 while going uphill on the bridge was already worse and a batch of these damn cycle drivers keep on squeezing through between my bumper and the edge of the bus on the lane on my left. To make matters worse, my right is also infested with motorcycles and bikers who think giving enough space across the vehicle is a sign of weakness. I have a word invented for these drivers: BORATE which is a hybrid from words meaning dick-heads and worms.

Taking lives is never a good thing but I wouldn’t really mind if some of these daredevils gets some jumpstart in getting to hell faster than the rest of us.

grrrrrr!

ciao!