I was looking for a specific air traffic control clip (more on that later), but I randomly found this clip of KJFK Ground Control. It’s kinda long (12 minutes), but it’s got tons of great lines; highly amusing. Upon hearing it, a friend said the New York accent makes it all the better. There are Read More
Over a month ago now, I blogged about the… “hilarity” that ensued when I moved into a (pretty nice) new apartment that… had no Internet (or cable, for that matter) connection to speak of. In the ensuing month+, I’ve learned the following things: My apartment turned out to be the only apartment in the entire Read More
Some months ago now, I was trolling through the [[Build:Farm]] for some free space to run some then-critical builds, and I happened upon a set of Tinderboxen named “Firefox-FS.” While looking at other machines, I found more of these “FS” builds. We ended up turning them off at the time, because it wasn’t entirely clear Read More
Someone once told me: “[Your] release procedures are the most primitive and barbaric I’ve ever encountered.” After thinking about it for awhile (and getting over the initial sting of the commentary), I came to a couple of conclusions: First, the person providing the critique had limited experience with… well… a complicated release process, one that Read More
A lot of interesting things happen to you as a pilot at the 90-day mark of being stuck on the ground, both from a government/regulatory standpoint and a club standpoint. The weather here has been pretty not-VFR for the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been getting antsy about the fact that I may be Read More