The Frying Pan

derobert

3:49 PM

So, in theory the robot is back.

Guess that means I should worry about the lack of blog posts in her absence starting about now.

Either that, or skip town.

rumtscho

4:17 PM

@derobert didn't you notice that I lurked both the site and the blog while I was away?

I was aware of the lack of blog posts all the time.

derobert

@rumtscho Yes, but being away you couldn't do anything about it.

rumtscho

Also, I am not sure which direction of skipping town will take you significally farther away from me than you already are. Probably Australia.

derobert

@rumtscho Moon base, obviously. All evil overlord-mushrooms have one.

rumtscho

@derobert So, what can I do now which I couldn't do then?

derobert

@rumtscho Have entire hours, undistracted (bloody spellcheck) by family members, to plot.

@rumtscho Anyway, to get the blog back on track, I think we have @Mien's post sitting in the inbox. That should probably go live this week...

rumtscho

4:24 PM

@derobert how do you know that my processing power is not high enough to plot while making small talk with relatives? It doesn't require much ressources, it boils down to "yes, I like my job. No, I can't explain it to you, at least until you become aware that there is a difference between hardware and software. Yes, I spend my whole workday in front of a computer. I know that this is not that healthy, but I can't do this job in any other way, so your advice doesn't matter."

@derobert Ah yes, good idea.

Is it long? Not sure if I can do it this evening, still trying to fight all the stuff piled on me while I was away.

derobert

I think it was fairly short. I don't have time today either (have 100+ pages of stuff to review for a HOA meeting tonight...)

But hopefully I'll have time tomorrow.

rumtscho

Yes, it is 350 words. But I don't remember where she sent the pictures to, you have told her that we have them, but they are attached to the message thread.

I'll take care of the post, it is my turn anyway.

wax eagle

y'all want a draft of mine by end of today right?

rumtscho

Also, I will be making a post soon, and I would prefer you to be the one to put it online, four-eyes-principle and so on.

derobert

@waxeagle it'd be nice, but we're running behind at the moment, so you have extra time

wax eagle

4:29 PM

@derobert spiffy

rumtscho

@waxeagle Hmm, not sure, the schedule slipped a bit. Of course, earlier is better, then we can have a post ready against further slippage.

wax eagle

@rumtscho sure. I'll try to get it finished and polished. I started writing it the night I was cooking but it was fairly conversational/stream of conciousness and probably has a ton of garbage.

rumtscho

@waxeagle I know how this feels, have written enough quick garbage myself. Luckily, it is easily repaired once you have the base text.

wax eagle

@rumtscho yeah that's sort of how I was taught to write. My college comp professor was a huge fan of SOC first passes. Basically just close your eyes and write.

rumtscho

@derobert I pasted the text into Wordpress, will do the images now too, and then we have it.

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