“Do you ever get the feeling that you’re discovering, rather than creating, Echelon?”
— Robin Leung, on game design
Author: kjdavies
Cut that Out
“You have an annoying tendency to have implemented a fix by the time I realize there’s a problem. So cut that out.”
— Robin Leung, on game design
Choose two
“Efficient staff meetings. Choose two.”
— Chuck Charbeneau
What is in Beer?
“Do you know what is in beer? The strength to bear the things you cannot change, and wisdom to ignore them and fuck off for another beer.”
— Angstrom, discussing work
Rational Fears
“I think everyone in a 4e D&D world must have a huuuuuuge fear of heights.”
— Violist, #nethack-ot-dnd
Using Logic
<kjdavies> When I was 14, I proved to my classmates that I wasn’t a nerd. Using logic.
<cheapy> Which was…?
<kjdavies> An ironic failure.
— IRC
Working Too Much
You know you’re working too much when you receive spam with the subject line
“Erection Issues Resolved!”
and you go looking for the trouble ticket.
— Keith, true story
It’ll Come Back
(before deleting an unclear email message)
“Ah, t’hell with it. If this email message is important it’ll come back to screw me anyway.”
— Steve, Senior Systems Analyst
Moonshiner’s Daughter
“I married the moonshiner’s daughter.
“How could I go wrong?
“The moonshiner’s daughter
“Put some corn in the water
“And made me liquor all night long.”
— Hayseed Dixie, Moonshiner’s Daughter
Warning Labels
“Below you, right now: radioactive magma
“Above you, right now: hard vacuum
“Probably somewhere near you: a product with a label warning you it is unsafe if misused.”
I’ve also see this stated as
“We live on the interface between radioactive magma and hard vacuum, and there are warning labels on hair dryers.”
— Angstrom