Welcome to Shrapnol, your condensed view of the bit’s and pieces of news worth reading.
Formerly planned as an RSS feed or Newsletter, I am proud to announce this marvelous web blog instead. Please explore the various tabs at the top of the page to access are various stories. To learn about Shrapnol, click the “About” tab.
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You go, Daya !
Hey I like the style and you could be onto something with your selection of content.
Maybe increase font-size a bit for older readers (like Uncle Chris!)
I think mandatory for any blog should be some humour too…
eg. Some common Oxymorons (and Bush not even on the list!) :
45. Act naturally
44. Found missing
43. Resident alien
42. Advanced BASIC
41. Genuine imitation
40. Airline Food
39. Good grief
38. Same difference
37. Almost exactly
36. Government organization
35. Sanitary landfill
34. Alone together
33. Legally drunk
32. Silent scream
31. Living dead
30. Small crowd
29. Business ethics
28. Soft rock
27. Butt Head
26. Military Intelligence
25. Software documentation
24. New classic
23. Sweet sorrow
22. Childproof
21. “Now, then …”
20. Synthetic natural gas
19. Passive aggression
18. Taped live
17. Clearly misunderstood
16. Peace force
15. Extinct Life
14. Temporary tax increase
13. Computer jock
12. Plastic glasses
11. Terribly pleased
10. Computer security
9. Political science
8. Tight slacks
7. Definite maybe
6. Pretty ugly
5. Twelve-ounce pound cake
4. Diet ice cream
3. Working vacation
2. Exact estimate
1. Microsoft Works
By: Peter Fenn on July 19, 2008
at 4:36 am
Here’s another one:
The three best things about being a teacher?
1. June !
2. July !
3. August !
By: Peter Fenn on July 19, 2008
at 4:43 am
Who is “General Failure” and why is he reading my hard disk?!
PS: Have you seen this?
Dilbert’s Law: Engineers vs Business
Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as business executives. Now we have a mathematical proof that explains why this is true:
* Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
* Postulate 2: Time is Money.
As every engineer knows,
Work
—— = Power
Time
Since
Knowledge = Power
and
Time = Money
we have:
Work
—— = Knowledge
Money
Solving for Money, we get:
Work
————- = Money
Knowledge
Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity! – regardless of the amount of Work done.
Conclusion: The Less you Know, the More you Make.
Note: It has been speculated that the reason why Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard’s math program was because he stumbled upon this proof as an undergraduate, and dedicated the rest of his career to the pursuit of ignorance.
By: Peter Fenn on July 20, 2008
at 4:11 am