“I feel like the creator was trying to pander to all the major furry fetishes and got them all wrong.”
— Richard Roberts, on the Cats movie
Alexa, stop funking with me
“Alexa, play that funky music, white boy”.
"Play that funky music right."
“Alexa, play the song ‘Play that funky music’.”
"Playing 'Play that funky music 122bpm' by Soulsearch."
“Alexa, stop. Play Wild Cherry’s ‘Play that funky music’.”
"Playing 'Play that funky music' by Wild Cherry."
…
“Alexa, play it again.”
Note: most lyrics sites have the first line of this song wrong, which is how this got started.
Update
Amazon Music got their lyrics from one of the worst sites:
Yeah, there was a funky singer
Playin’ in a rock and roll band
And never had no problems yeah
Burnin’ down one night stands
And everything around me
Got to stop to feelin’ so low
And I decided quickly, yes I did
To disco down and check out the show
…
It’s like someone trying to quote a movie from memory after seeing it three months ago.
Cheesecake Champloo 21: food and drink
Back to cleaning out the leftovers folder, this time with a vague theme of food and/or drink.
Please Don't Tell My Parents...
…that Penny’s story is over. Richard Roberts’ fifth tale of Penny Akk, Junior Supervillain, has finally been released, and it was worth putting up with his publisher’s three months of ominous silence.
In order:
- Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m A Supervillain
- Please Don’t Tell My Parents I Blew Up The Moon
- Summer Of Lob (short story)
- Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’ve Got Henchmen
- I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! (side story)
- Please Don’t Tell My Parents I Have A Nemesis
- Please Don’t Tell My Parents You Believe Her
Everything but the anthology containing Summer Of Lob is on Kindle Unlimited.
Tips for the day
When the HVAC people insist that the maintenance can be done with zero impact on the running server room, don’t believe them.
When they say no one will need to be onsite, don’t believe them.
When they say they’ll bring in adequate portable cooling to keep the temperature down, don’t believe them.
When they say that the additional portable cooler they’re rushing over should be enough, don’t believe them.
When they say that the even bigger unit that’s on the way should finally be enough, don’t believe them.
Surprisingly, the switches and NASes that passed out from heatstroke all recovered.
Too late, Dish!
Yesterday, I discovered that Dish Network stopped carrying TV Japan at the beginning of the month, replacing it with a really lame channel called Family Gekijyo. Today, my mail contained a letter from Dish:
Great news, on April 2, 2018, DISH is launching a new Japanese Pack! This will replace TV Japan. TV Japan has decided to remove their channel from your Dish TV programming line-up.
The new Japanese Pack will include the following channels:
- Family Gekijyo: the international version of this popular Japanese channel is being created to offer general entertainment programming including, live action series, anime, documentaries and game shows. Plus, news programming to come!
- MLB Network: this channel is the destination for baseball fans and offers live baseball, original programming, highlights, and insights and analysis.
- Bloomberg Television: this channel offers the latest global business and markets news.
…
Translated to English: “we didn’t offer TV Japan enough to renew their contract and had to scramble to find something, anything, to replace it with. We know it’s crap, but we hope to string you along with two unrelated channels and a $5/month discount for three months so we don’t lose that sweet, sweet $25 you’ve been paying.”
Too late. If I can get it through Comcast Business (unclear if their TV offerings are the same as the consumer Xfinity), I’ll dump you completely. I could replace you with DirectTV, too, but that would be more of a hassle.
Ubuntu-powered sex toys
In beta now, Bionic Beaver. Next up should be Steely Dan; it fits their marketing strategy.
