Last week I took a week off and it rained the whole goddamned time. Pretty nearly all day, every day, for seven days straight. Boy howdy, that’s funny. First day back at work today, and it’s nice to be back. I really enjoy the team spirit where I work, and it was good to be a part of that again, even if only peripherally because I had to isolate myself so I could get caught up on emails and various things that I’ve necessarily fallen behind in.

Some of you may know that Tigger, our …

STOP EVERYTHING you’re doing and go download Indy NOW. This is a thoroughly awesome little toy for your computer that randomly downloads music from so-called “indy” artists. Indy plays this music and then you rate each song, on a scale of 1 to 5. Over time, Indy starts feeding you more and more music that matches what you like.

Great way to discover new music! So much fun! Wheee!

I think they have a version for every platform.

More Help Desk Glory:

Me: “Well, you could try using your webmail.”

Guy: “How do I do that?”

Me: “You can open a browser, like Internet Explorer, and go this web address: webmail dot em eye tee dot ee dee you.”

Guy: “Hold on! Let’s see…web…mail…then what, At?”

Me: “No At, just webmail dot mit dot edu.”

Guy: “Eh? What? Where’s the At go?”

Me: “There is no At, it’s a web address, you don’t need an At in a web address.”

Guy: “Yuh-huh. Does it go after webmail? Webmail@mit.edu?”

Me: “It’s a goddamn fucking web address! Do I have to come over there and fucking …

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Talk about your Fraudian slips.