Here, have a rambling entry, just because. I’m feeling better today, even though I forgot to take the heavy-hitting cough syrup (mmm, codeine-licious!) this morning. I’ll stick with the OTC stuff to carry me through the day, I guess.
I’m vastly amused that an innovation from our old stomping grounds in North Carolina has been picked up on a lot of the tech blogs: Taco Bell/KFC Tries Out Touchscreens For Orders. It wouldn’t surprise me if that was one of Takaza‘s occasional lunch stops.
I’m still having fun at WikiFur. If you haven’t created an entry for yourself, well, why not? I’ll be happy to help with the editing and wikification, if needed.
We still need to try out some of the excellent restaurants in our area. Last weekend’s trip to Tre Kronor was a good start, but there’s so much more to try. Hey hartree – you need to come up and help us figure out the Korean BBQ place around the corner from us. It’s gotten rave reviews, but the prospect of navigating all the dishes and condiments is…daunting. I think I need to make a list to work from.
Speaking of restaurants, we’re looking at the possibility of hitting my favorite French restaurant in Highwood this weekend. Anyone care to join us? Plans aren’t set in stone, but if there’s enough interest, we’ll see what we can do. Fair warning: while it’s an excellent value for what you get, it is certainly not cheap! The Gourmet Menu ($32) and Chef’s Creation of the Day ($36) are a steal for a prix fixe meal.
Microsoft Word is the bane of my existence. I’ve successfully managed to crash it eight times in the last two days – either our templates are retarded (quite possibly) or my MS Office installation is borked (also quite possible). I’ll muddle through somehow, though.
Oh, and hi nymphara! Your comments about “the little Nazi” cracked me up, I must say 🙂 I hardly know the guy but my impressions of him have been, um, less than favorable.
OK, I’m off to immerse myself in my iPod and beat on Word some more.
I ran into one of those at the Burger King in the T terminal at Atlanta Hartsfield. One worked fine, one was totally broken and one took cards only. It was an experience…
Just updated my Wikifur entry 🙂
Hmm, that’s not going to work. WikiFur is a furry encyclopedia, and as such entries should be encyclopedic, or they should not be there. This includes facts, a neutral point of view, and ideally links to references (like, for instance, the IFPL, which I already has an entry there.).
Oh, it’s factual, if a little sparse on detail.
Posi, if you’re going to participate in a project, try to adhere to the guidelines of the project. Otherwise, you’re just being a fucking dick.
“You go to the machines and you’re presented by an animated Colonel and talking taco.”
Why does this bring back memories of the Ronald Reagan Video Waiter in Back to the Future, Part II… *grin*
The only time I want taco’s talking to me is AFTER I’ve eaten them…
do you have the latest microsoft patch for office? i was crashing word on a disgustingly regular basis (mostly while doing spellcheck), and installing their latest patch fixed it. now to wait and see what new bugs it introduces…
While I would hope that the IT department here would be so on-the-ball as to have all the latest updates in place, there’s no way of easily checking. Sadly, it wouldn’t matter if they weren’t – they have all of the client machines here locked down six ways to Sunday (I can’t even write to the Program Files directory, and as for the Registry? Hah!) It’s a good possibility, though.
Yay! For feeling better!!!
I wonder, if I made a Wikifur entry, what would it contain? Something to ponder for the next while…
you need to come up and help us figure out the Koren BBQ place around the corner from us
A worthy challenge!
I’ll do my best, though it could take repeated tries. 😉
McDonalds did well to add those touch screens but at the same time it is nice because if you wish they will still take an order in person. Arbys however pissed us off when they tried it, they pointed us to a screen then disappeared and refused to take our order face to face so we left disgusted.
Touch screens are nice but automation is not all it is cracked up to be. You should know considering the huge mess that was created because of United Airlines dependence on automation and how when the computer terminals went down they stranded hundreds at O-hare airport.