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Ok Rachel here is something you should try at work (assuming you have a coke machine). Let me know if it works b/c at my rate of a 2-liter a day this could save some money. Coke Machine Hack

Yearrrr meharties happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!

I went ahead and drew this.. an explanation will follow:

What follows are Matt's minutes from a 13 hour meeting (that's all of yesterday and the first half of today). The wizard is from Day 1: 03:43; the super hero (Zoltan which really is the name of one of the guys that works with us) is from Day 2: 10:01

Day 1
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09:31 Has anything happened yet?
-No; lets take a break.
09:38 Johnny Mnemonic Reference
09:42 New Jersey Weather Report
09:45 Jim Arbeiter impressions by Fred
09:49 Fred Poole sings "on hold" teleconference music
10:02 Nobody here knows what we do; "I thought you guys just sold radios."
10:04 For the record this is the 3rd time we've had this meeting with the same slides
10:06 Jim makes a joke: "It's just like MPEG3 -- it never existed."
10:22 Zoltan have you been listening? "More or less"
10:38 Matt has an idea for a Threadless shirt
11:00 Does NextGen have a schedule?
-Aren't we supposed to be using it like now?
11:05 Action! Lets license Tungsten [this is a software package that we're using] ! Harumph.
11:11 We should get someone from Hungary here [we have a software team in Hungary; we're using their stuff too]. Harumph.
11:30 Rick Hushla whispers very loudly
01:50 Lets brainstorm crazy features! [That the engineers have to code up]
02:26 John quits: all are amused
02:28 John spots MediaSpy Branding iolation
02:33 Hushla continues whispering. Loudly.
02:38 Tariq checks Newegg
03:21 The whispering continues; escalates
03:28 Fred call John Delay "JD"
03:36 Matt gives up hope sinks deeper into despair
03:43 Sinjin reminds Matt of Josef with his handwaving BS (see illustration -- i forgot to add motion lines around his arms but you get the idea)
04:01 Sinjin explodes storms out
04:22 Matt is unsure of what has happened for the last 3 hours
04:33 Everyone tells their pallet jack stories
04:34 Nelson tells a technology convergence joke: The guy on the Segway tripping over a Roomba
04:42 "JD" acknowledges the futility of this exercise [the meeting]

Day 2
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09:06 Everyone agrees we should add features to our time constrained project
- "Video mosaicing? DUH!"
09:20 In depth stock discussion. Everyone should have bought low & sold high.
09:30-37 John takes extra long bathroom break
09:38-49 Matt takes extra long bathroom break
09:46 Geeter and Fred explain why BCD is such a freakin mess
10:01 John decides to become Director of Synergy for BCD
Fred announces he is Zorkman archenemy of Zoltan (see illustration); plays Freecell
10:05 Meeting actually starts
10:08 Sinjin is fascinated with the collywobbles video; distracts Geeter & Fred
10:21 "Anything is possible but it's not done yet." - Zoltan
10:29 The whispering is almost deafening
10:40 Everyone agrees meeting weekly for a few hours is the best way to make progress
10:46 Robert remain silent for the second day in a row
11:00 Sinjin looks ahead to the next project
11:05 Matt realizes his eyes have been closed for about 2 minutes

booo so I just tried to upload my new avatar and i got pwnt:

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Upload "nsfl.JPG" failed.

Boo on you!

edit: Here's the img for posterity:

Go North Shore Football!