OMGWTFBBQ!

BBQ with a bunch of computer geeks:

Imagine this set up. Table followed by bbq. At the end of the table there are plates followed by condiments and salads and finally bbq. On the shelf of the bbq there are hamburger and hot dog buns. The bbq is cooking up hamburgers (incl. veggie burgers), hot dogs and souvlaki.

Being Canadian, of course we line up. I find that I pick up the plate. Get to the bbq. Get a bun and burger, and then hafta loop back and butt in to the middle of the line to get my condiments.

Being computer geeks, though, we all see that proper queue theory has not been correctly implemented and the line-up for the bbq is in danger of introducing race conditions. And, of course, we all start talking about it.

Later, when I'm doing my best at mingling, I start conversations with, "notice the whole thing with the plates and the line up?"

Others: "Yeah, we were just talking about it. We were saying that it was driving us nuts that it was so badly laid out."

Ah, nerds. They're my peeps.

It never rains but it pours

It looks like Hurricane Gustav is doing a real number on Jakmèl. I think Jakmèl is one of the most beautiful places in Haiti.

TIFF

Tonight's the night I hafta select my films for the film festival. I'm only going to be able to attend the first half of the festival, so there are a few films I'm not going to have a chance to see. I was particularly interested in seeing A Time to Stir, but it only has one showing near the end of the festival.

The film list is a bit odd this year. There are no films from the Caribbean or Central America (although there's one or two Mexican films). South Africa is the only African country showing a film.

The middle east has odd representation (Iran and Afghanistan each have a film, while Israel has 5).

*shrug*