A real “white hat SEO” wouldn’t spam their sales pitch to a tech support contact form.
Category: Annoyances
The Evil Carpet of Evil
The new carpet seems designed to keep hallways clear by maximizing eyestrain. I fear a photo won’t do it justice. HP Lovecraft might.

The photo doesn’t do it justice. It’s yellower, and the sea of pinstripes makes it shimmer to the eyes. Looking along an entire hallway, the pinstripes get narrow enough that I could swear it produces moire patterns on the retina.
Visual Migraines Suck
Visual migraines suck. But they’re better than getting the actual headaches. Nausea abating, so going for the leftover chicken tikka masala
ATM Design: Shelf?
It sure would be nice if this ATM had at least one horizontal surface so I could set down my drink and not have to mess with my wallet one-handed.
Boot Test
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Servers are like that when some daemon was running in tests but wasn’t set to start on boot.
On Benadryl
Real Life Comics on allergy medication. Oh, yes, I’ve been there.
Social Side of Swine Flu
Sad, but true: XKCD tackles the social component of swine flu.
Update: Things haven’t changed much in the Covid era, have they?