parenting
Events on Mother's Day
We organised our bi-monthly day for parents for yesterday at the Buddhist Centre, without realising at the time that it was mother's day. Oh well, we'll get the kids to make something for their mums, I thought. Previously, when we have had maybe 15 parents with their children. This time, other than the five team members, there was one other parent. We all had a pleasant time, but it would have been nice to have had a few more folks there. I think the moral is not to run parents events on Mother's Day.
SSH Again
Following on from my previous SSH and Microsoft Terminal Services escapade, I had to do the same thing again. Only this time my client has locked out all incoming ssh access to their network. So, a simple IM to a collegue, getting him to ssh to a machine of mine, with a reverse tunnel off to the terminal server and hey presto, I was connected once again. Took under a minute to get going!
Amen
I've seen people increasingly using "amen" as a way to respond to a post on a mailing list, and I'm afraid it worries me. Do you see the problem in the following dialogue?
Person A. I think X is true.
Person B. No, you are wrong, Y is true
Person C. Amen.
Person C clearly agrees with B. There's no problem with that, but 'amen' just seems to be way too categorical as a way to say that.
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