Bryan Routledge

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Ooops

Not the most convincing header for an email

Saturday, August 02, 2008

test

just a test

Monday, January 29, 2007

Microsoft Outlook -- all you need to know

Everything you need to know about Microsoft Outlook:

Mr. Ballmer tracks his calendar with a detailed Excel spreadsheet. “I have a religious budget on my time,” he says.

Steven A. Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft in an interview published in the
New York Times: "Preaching From the Ballmer Pulpit," January 28, 2007

Thursday, December 21, 2006

NHL Irony

Denver Avalanche game postponed due to snow. Good thing the game was not in Calgary

Tuesday, December 12, 2006


Some album reviews on itunes are oh so informative

(It was for a review to "Let's Get Out of This Country" by Camera Obscura. No intention of buying it at the moment)

Monday, December 04, 2006

Wiggles

You know, for no apparent reason, something in the newspaper does not strike you as ironic, annoying, sarchastic. It just gets through the thick layer of cynicism. Today's arrow:

We thought he was going to get back in the big red car, ‘Toot Toot, Chugga, Chugga,’ ” Mr. Field added, evoking the band’s signature anthem, which they often sing while riding onstage in, naturally, a customized red convertible. “It didn’t happen.”

From: Hush, Mama, Don’t You Cry, a New Yellow Wiggle Will Sing, NYT, 12.4.2006

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Irony and carelessness

Irony:
The seminar "Google: Chaos on the cutting edge" was cancelled since the speaker "entry carelessly in my calendar for the wrong time"

Careless:
(seminar announcement) "...The talk will first provide an overview of the commercial aviation market and recent events such as the impact of 9/11 and the explosive growth in demand..."