I know, I know

I know.

I'll be back at some point. My interest in writing hasn't diminished, just my interest in blogging. But it'll come back.

Here are a couple of really quick quickies from stuff read today:

Here's an op-ed on the school of thought that says Facebook should pay us to subscribe.

Speaking of Facebook, here's an article about courts allowing attorneys to serve defendants on Facebook.

And this cartoon kind of reminded me of myself.

I'm moving to a new apartment today, so I'm finding a bunch of random stuff in random places. Two things that jump out:

1) In a big box filled with stuff I rarely use, I found the box for my old smartphone with a few accessories still inside. I was about to toss the entire box, but decided to take a quick look. Inside the box was a small white envelope, and inside the envelope was a $100 bill.

2) I found the package that held all of the warranty information for my three year old MacBook. Unopened. I'll give Apple credit. Their stuff doesn't break. In three years I haven't had a single problem with my Mac. And in just under three years, I've had one small problem with my iPhone 3G. (less than 24 hours after I originally posted this, the right arrow key on my Mac stopped working)


On my last project I had to swipe my ID card five times before I could get into my office.
1 - in the lobby to get into the elevator area
2 - in the elevator to get to my floor
3 - in the elevator bank on my floor to get to the lobby area of the floor
4 - in the lobby area of my floor to get to the circle of offices along the perimeter of the floor
5 - to get into the room with my computer

And this one of the three ridiculous barriers blocking our way in and out of the lobby to the elevator shaft. You have to swipe a building ID card for these barriers to go down.



ARE THESE BARRIERS GOING TO STOP ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY WANTS TO GET INTO THE ELEVATOR TO DO SOMETHING BAD?

The only thing it does in inconvenience the honest people trying to get in and out of the elevator shaft.

If I've taken the trouble to make plans to blow up the building or steal something very valuable from the building, am I not going to be able to bypass that barrier?

There's nothing that barrier can stop.

There is not one thing on this earth that that barrier can stop.

If it can move, then that barrier can't stop it.