<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892</id><updated>2011-12-23T10:58:12.714+02:00</updated><category term='this is not a label'/><category term='baguette'/><category term='actually'/><category term='big corporations'/><category term='eggs and spam'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='support center'/><category term='introduction'/><category term='Santa scratching his Easter eggs'/><category term='corporate email'/><category term='shaved CFO'/><category term='sacrebrown'/><category term='personality'/><category term='common-sense'/><category term='bubble gum'/><category term='twitter'/><category term='spam'/><category term='hard reality'/><category term='evolution 101'/><category term='Labelless'/><category term='cartoons'/><category term='ROI and spam'/><category term='recipes'/><category term='fashion'/><title type='text'>actually, ummm, no</title><subtitle type='html'>If Schrödinger could think outside the box...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-328808487213432916</id><published>2010-08-11T11:56:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:34:08.159+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='support center'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='big corporations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipes'/><title type='text'>They always come at night. Or during the day.</title><summary type='text'>They come with critical issues, or at least that's how they see them. It's your fault. It's not them, it's you. You've got to fix it. Now! ASAP!You have to. Because they're always right.And by the time you alt-tabbed to something more interesting, they've already escalated.You may think it's all bad, but it's not. If you're the support monkey, you get a bit intimidated in the first days. Maybe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/328808487213432916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=328808487213432916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/328808487213432916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/328808487213432916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2010/08/they-always-come-at-night-or-during-day.html' title='They always come at night. Or during the day.'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-5622323008210153508</id><published>2010-03-29T12:27:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T10:04:27.874+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twitter'/><title type='text'>Twitter. I don't have one.</title><summary type='text'>Hello, I am pretty russian girl, bored tonight... What?... No, this is not why I wrote. Would you be interested in a Swiss watch? Can't afford it? It's cheap. Still can't afford it? Contact my uncle in Nigeria, he will help you. And maybe he'll have sex with you, too.When even nasty girls that send you spam don't want to have sex with you and you can't even afford a fake Breitling, maybe you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/5622323008210153508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=5622323008210153508' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5622323008210153508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5622323008210153508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2010/03/twitter-i-dont-have-one.html' title='Twitter. I don&apos;t have one.'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-8457687364673635888</id><published>2010-02-09T19:49:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T13:12:51.542+02:00</updated><title type='text'>OMG, it's the acronyms!</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes rappers use spelling to showcase their skills: criminal record (P.I.M.P), bad spelling (D.o.double-gee) or, for lack of imagination, their name (M.e.t.h.o.d.). Sometimes it's funny and sounds cool, but sometimes it's just retarded (yeah, pimp, I mean you).Sometimes IT people use spelling to showcase their skills as well. It's not as stupid (yeah, pimp, you again) or as funny as in rap </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/8457687364673635888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=8457687364673635888' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/8457687364673635888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/8457687364673635888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2010/02/broken-heart.html' title='OMG, it&apos;s the acronyms!'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-331298451191682849</id><published>2010-01-29T14:56:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T17:09:25.225+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tall blue guys and a not-so-tall green guy</title><summary type='text'>People are getting suicidal after watching Avatar. A good thing, you might say, it's called natural selection. (Or as the Germans put it, Die hippie!)If we sit down and think of it for a while is a big if, because thinking is so rare these days. But assuming we do, a few things come to mind.Life in Pandora would be nice for a while, as she was created by Zeus as a beautiful, attractive woman. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/331298451191682849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=331298451191682849' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/331298451191682849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/331298451191682849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2010/01/tall-blue-guys-and-not-so-tall-green.html' title='Tall blue guys and a not-so-tall green guy'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-4478109434031829017</id><published>2010-01-24T10:25:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T08:21:34.739+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution 101'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santa scratching his Easter eggs'/><title type='text'>Intelligent evolution</title><summary type='text'>In the beginning was the word. And God turned it into an amoeba. The amoeba agreed and said "Word". Then it grew up and turned directly into human, as frogs and monkeys have nothing to do with it. Dinosaurs are also ruled out, since they cannot fit the garden of Eden. Man -let's call him Adam- then had a woman and a bit later the snake had her too and gave her an apple -probably an iPod shuffle- </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/4478109434031829017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=4478109434031829017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/4478109434031829017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/4478109434031829017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2010/01/intelligent-evolution.html' title='Intelligent evolution'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-822323464101852027</id><published>2009-12-16T10:26:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T00:12:45.309+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs and spam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shaved CFO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ROI and spam'/><title type='text'>There's no such thing as a can closer</title><summary type='text'>There's no sure way of avoiding spam, but there are 3 easy tips to avoid 90% of it: have a big penis, a college degree and an expensive watch.Being gay or a woman also helps. Staying offline, being illiterate or a vegetarian helps, too. Come to think of it, it's pretty easy to avoid spam. We shouldn't complain.And yet, there is a kind of spam that irritates me more than the pretty Russian girl </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/822323464101852027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=822323464101852027' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/822323464101852027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/822323464101852027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/12/lovely-spam.html' title='There&apos;s no such thing as a can closer'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-6893203339865409624</id><published>2009-08-11T00:01:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T00:42:31.038+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Movies, part 2</title><summary type='text'>In teenage movies the outcast geek gets his ass kicked till the end and then a short line says He pursued his dream and made a multimillion dollar software company by the age of 30. In fact, chances are he's still living with his mom and downloading porn. I'm all in for downloading porn, but this is not the point.This summer I went with some friends to a festival in a small town.We got there to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/6893203339865409624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=6893203339865409624' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/6893203339865409624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/6893203339865409624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/08/movies-part-2.html' title='Movies, part 2'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-802055195760956900</id><published>2009-06-16T21:13:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T19:32:54.947+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Labelless'/><title type='text'>Irony</title><summary type='text'>All movies today are remakes or sequels. The movie industry has learned a lot from the porn movie industry, apparently. And while I doubt we'll see D.I.L.F. Vader gagged and Yoda explaining how his light saber turned midget-green in Episode 48: Soccer-Granny Leia, I don't have an interesting ending for this phrase, actually.One interesting thing about remakes is that characters keep up with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/802055195760956900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=802055195760956900' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/802055195760956900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/802055195760956900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/06/irony.html' title='Irony'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-5422914175840421996</id><published>2009-06-07T21:02:00.029+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T19:33:06.816+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baguette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sacrebrown'/><title type='text'>Internet cent-et-un</title><summary type='text'>During a presentation I've attended last Friday some guy said it's easier for you to write code if your native language is English. Folks from other... points on the map may argue, but their Engrish is intelligible, so who can understand them anyway? Wait! Before anyone gets offended (I'll get to that in a bit) I don't agree with that guy (and now we can move on to some proper offense), but the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/5422914175840421996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=5422914175840421996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5422914175840421996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5422914175840421996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/06/programming-cent-et-un.html' title='Internet cent-et-un'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-3186907087482582210</id><published>2009-05-04T19:44:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T20:55:47.849+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The management consultant hits the fan.</title><summary type='text'>I read the other day somewhere some lady's recipe for being successful and happy with your work or something in 6 easy steps. This lady is a management consultant, so anything she says must be insightful, intelligent and very useful in your career. The first insightful, intelligent and very useful idea is that it's all a matter of attitude, of the way you think about your day the first moment you</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/3186907087482582210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=3186907087482582210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/3186907087482582210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/3186907087482582210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/05/upper-management-hits-fan.html' title='The management consultant hits the fan.'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-8614742804646062685</id><published>2009-04-08T23:16:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T23:32:13.828+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Going mainstream</title><summary type='text'>I don't have any idea what I'm going to put in this, but I like the title; it draws attention and sounds interesting; I guess I am an awesome writer. Today's story is how to make everyone pay attention to your presentation during a meeting as quickly as possible.Hmm... There are several ways, but I think the easiest one is to take your penis out. Especially if you're a woman.Unless you're </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/8614742804646062685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=8614742804646062685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/8614742804646062685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/8614742804646062685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/04/going-mainstream.html' title='Going mainstream'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-4684241808534264504</id><published>2009-03-07T17:29:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T23:15:36.256+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A long long time ago lived a beautiful princess... and one day she got married</title><summary type='text'>Since it all happened a long long time ago, she should be dead by now. The average life expectancy for a princess is shorter than "long long". And is she were still alive, she'd be one old ugly princess.On a more cheerful note, there's this financial thing going on these days and it affected the company so badly that upper management barely managed to buy a new fleet of cars for the upper </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/4684241808534264504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=4684241808534264504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/4684241808534264504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/4684241808534264504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2009/03/long-long-time-ago-lived-beautiful.html' title='A long long time ago lived a beautiful princess... and one day she got married'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-7459399752948986535</id><published>2008-12-28T08:32:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T17:05:20.444+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas, Bluetooth Fairy</title><summary type='text'>Aaaah, the season of giving, the season of being generous... with myself.OK, enough about Christmas.I learned another great thing about me as a corporate... person: I can tell the future. I can predict (with a margin of error of less than 2 weeks) when my General Manager's BlackBerry breaks beyond repairing. Yes, it's when a new model comes out.The cause of accident (quote from the receipt from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/7459399752948986535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=7459399752948986535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/7459399752948986535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/7459399752948986535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas-bluetooth-fairy.html' title='Merry Christmas, Bluetooth Fairy'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-3840095239814659339</id><published>2008-11-30T13:34:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T08:43:50.624+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Midlife crisis?</title><summary type='text'>Turning 30 tomorrow. Hmmm... 15% of my life already gone.93% left to go (I saved when the progress bar was at 7% just in case, I can reload from there).If people ask me if I'd do things differently should I be given a chance, I answer them.[What, you thought I'd tell you?]Who knows, maybe I'd be a better father and husband. Maybe I'd have a better job. Maybe I'd have a nicer house. Maybe I would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/3840095239814659339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=3840095239814659339' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/3840095239814659339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/3840095239814659339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/11/midlife-crisis.html' title='Midlife crisis?'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-7887120597293607169</id><published>2008-09-30T22:17:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2009-04-04T23:14:18.593+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The end of the world...</title><summary type='text'>If Schrödinger could think outside the box he'd have probably end up making soup ads, and the paradox would have boiled to when hot water becomes soup. (It's probably when you throw in the carrots. Like in the original scenario, when, if you stuck a carrot in the the cat's ass, the it dies or enjoys it. If it's an emo cat, it enjoys it because it finally dies from it.)On a different note, I've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/7887120597293607169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=7887120597293607169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/7887120597293607169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/7887120597293607169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/09/end-of-world.html' title='The end of the world...'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-5393175517265863341</id><published>2008-07-28T11:29:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T22:16:35.853+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='common-sense'/><title type='text'>Army clothes may look cool, but not on your fat teenager ass</title><summary type='text'>Likewise, There are 10 kinds of people... t-shirts are funny, but not when worn by people that have no idea what it means (or googled for the explanation before buying) and RTFM doesn't make me laugh when I see it on a colleague who looked the acronym up from her 8-toolbars-browser.Why don't you stick to the things you're good at? You never hear sysadmins say VAT or balance to sound cool. And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/5393175517265863341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=5393175517265863341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5393175517265863341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5393175517265863341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/07/army-clothes-may-look-cool-but-not-on.html' title='Army clothes may look cool, but not on your fat teenager ass'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-8905852453832380289</id><published>2008-07-12T20:17:00.015+03:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T22:09:07.447+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cartoons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hard reality'/><title type='text'>Something else</title><summary type='text'>If I were to have an accident that would prevent me from reading for a year or more, I'd be completely left behind at work and most likely moved from the server room to the helldesk cage. There's so much new stuff that replaces the old and not-so-good-anymore stuff, that keeping up is a job itself.I can survive my job most of the time, but sometimes it feels it's just too much.Should I be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/8905852453832380289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=8905852453832380289' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/8905852453832380289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/8905852453832380289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/07/something-else-id-like-to-be.html' title='Something else'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-234852433262317048</id><published>2008-06-20T17:43:00.017+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T13:26:39.483+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corporate email'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='common-sense'/><title type='text'>Long e-mail signatures</title><summary type='text'>Does this look familiar?"Dear best regards,Regarding your last email, bla bla-bla bla-bla-bla blabla-bla blabla bla bla-blabla.Best/ warm/ thanks and/ regards, blablablah.(for originality, the regards are replaced with 'Have a fantastic weekend' on Fridays or 'Have a great week' on Mondays)Firstname Lastname$Department$Title (sometimes this title can get as long as 3 lines)$Corp (for the best </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/234852433262317048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=234852433262317048' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/234852433262317048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/234852433262317048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/06/long-signatures.html' title='Long e-mail signatures'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-474042998020256295</id><published>2008-06-18T21:40:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T22:17:27.797+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bubble gum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='big corporations'/><title type='text'>Come to think of IT</title><summary type='text'>I've been working in IT for almost years. More than a job, it's a passion. After such a long time dedicated to the same passion, you either get really bored or addicted. Until you get bored...  Every day you hear the Google founders are making n hundreds of thousands while they're scratching, that YourSpace or Arsebook is now buying $NewMarvelWebStartup for x million dollars, that Apple are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/474042998020256295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=474042998020256295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/474042998020256295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/474042998020256295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/06/come-to-think-of-it.html' title='Come to think of IT'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-5110944047538074916</id><published>2008-06-09T14:03:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T20:20:18.402+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='actually'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='this is not a label'/><title type='text'>episode 4m: hmmm...</title><summary type='text'>So you came back for more... You don't really care about those trees, do you?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/5110944047538074916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=5110944047538074916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5110944047538074916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5110944047538074916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/06/episode-12d-hmmm.html' title='episode 4m: hmmm...'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795524968162455892.post-5886854682146810559</id><published>2008-06-09T13:39:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T20:21:16.072+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introduction'/><title type='text'>beta</title><summary type='text'>I chose a dark theme because it will save 3 Watts (compared to a not-so-dark theme). Not reading this at all may add considerably more Watts saved, so think of the large number of trees saved should 100 million people not read this each month.One of those trees may be the one that doesn't make any sound when it falls.Real content coming soon...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/feeds/5886854682146810559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8795524968162455892&amp;postID=5886854682146810559' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5886854682146810559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8795524968162455892/posts/default/5886854682146810559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outsidetheboxcat.blogspot.com/2008/06/episode-12c.html' title='beta'/><author><name>-h</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15503399299948654878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
