Duckstop http://www.duckstop.net/ Duckstop is an obscenely abbreviated and roughly edited version of strayduck's journal that you can view on your personal computer. File under: non-sequitor, mock intellectualism, pseudo philosophy Copyright 2009 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:35:29 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Click Undo. Now click it again. Scoldaphone: the phone found in the sysadmin's office.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/08/click_undo_now.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/08/click_undo_now.html non-sequitor Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:35:29 -0500 Bacon Pusher Life pretty much comes down to working or hustling, just comes down to who you work for.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/08/bacon_pusher.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/08/bacon_pusher.html philosophy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:39:44 -0500 Insincere Cigarettes Instead of letting people blow smoke up your a**, why not just smoke it?

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/06/insincere_cigar.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/06/insincere_cigar.html philosophy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:13:48 -0500 Follow Your Yellow Brick Road The universe has a way of making sure that our desired path is NOT the one of least resistance. This is it's way of testing that we are REALLY sure we want what we see at the end. It is generally long, winding, littered with your fears and insecurities, and devoid of all shortcuts. It is also completely passable.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/06/follow_the_yell.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/06/follow_the_yell.html philosophy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:08:15 -0500 Ketchup by any other name... Pickled ginger, soy and wasabi are merely training wheels for eating sushi; if it's good they are completely unnecessary.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/05/ketchup_by_any.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/05/ketchup_by_any.html from the desk of... Fri, 15 May 2009 09:44:35 -0500 Filling the Canon quota for the day Sometimes when that wick is burning low and you need to hit *something* you just need to adjust your aim from the stars to the trees.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/04/filling_the_can.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/04/filling_the_can.html philosophy Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:21:47 -0500 Black Hole Stomach We eat to absorb and convert energy. On the grand scheme of things we don't eat a whole lot. We can't eat metal. We can't eat rock.

Black holes, on the other hand, are having a feast

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/02/black_hole_stom.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/02/black_hole_stom.html philosophy Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:53:31 -0500 Only You Can Prevent Computer Fires Working in technology is kind of like being a forest ranger: you study species, give tours, and try to keep things from catching on fire.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/01/only_you_can_pr.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/01/only_you_can_pr.html from the desk of... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:01:49 -0500 Ask Doctor Computer What is the best tool you can have when you work and experiment with computers? A second computer.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/01/ask_doctor_comp.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2009/01/ask_doctor_comp.html from the desk of... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:59:43 -0500 Oboe vs. Flute Some of Dave Matthew's songs sound like organized street fights with classical instruments.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/12/oboe_vs_flute.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/12/oboe_vs_flute.html non-sequitor Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:43:15 -0500 "Tear Here" I think "easy open" is actually a means by which to:
(a) open everything around the thing you want to get at in the packaging and/or
(b) make the packaging a {product name} gun, firing the contents all across the room

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/09/tear_here.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/09/tear_here.html truth Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:42:52 -0500 People are outside, inside, inside-out, outside-in, out, in, *EVERYWHERE!* Let's face it, we all hear voices in our heads and a lot of the time we just don't agree with them. The main thing that separates us from crazy people is that we don't argue with our voices out loud.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/09/people_are_outs.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/09/people_are_outs.html musings Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:44:02 -0500 WWJD Roll with the (sucker) punches.

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/04/wwjd.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/04/wwjd.html philosophy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:50:28 -0500 Busted! Sometimes surveillance reveals different things than intended

Mr Angelica Peterson caught on the webcam


]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/03/busted.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/03/busted.html from the desk of... Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:20:18 -0500 Urban living is more and more disposable Crapmanship
Used to describe the overall poor quality of an item from design straight through to manufacturing and use.

Thanks to planned obsolescence and general crapmanship I have burned through two paper shredders in two years. That's bunk!

]]> http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/02/urban_living_is.html http://www.duckstop.net/archives/2008/02/urban_living_is.html from the desk of... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:58:54 -0500