[Thanks to UC#1 for today’s topic] During a recent WLBOTT Disaster Recovery Symposium (WLBOTT DReSs), UC#1 addressed the digital asset infrastructure: I started on this project on Aug 30. It took 15 days for the new drives to arrive and 5 days to rebuild the RAID. Now I have to convert the old 3TB drives […]
We have received many, many inquires concerning how our BLOTTs come into existence. It is a very non-linear process that involves: Random web image search result for “non-linear thought process” Some beautiful images related to the image search for “practical applications of chaos theory” Simplicable In a real-life example of chaos theory, we stumbled upon […]
Checking the news in Edmonton this morning, I ran across…. Mexican Independence Day (Diez y Seis) is a big holiday in Mexico, and is informally celebrated in Texas, and now Edmonton. A little background…. Back to Maria’s! The Mariachi Borealis (cool name) play at Maria’s. Maria’s has a great Facebook page and, it’s Taco Tuesday! […]
Footnotes [1] Dal Makhani [2] Blue cheese is triggering for UC#3, due to a traumatic adolescent employment situation. [3] Burdoch Root Let’s leave them for the Ghost Moth. [4] Blubber [5] Cheezies [6] Menudo “Stomach Sauce” [7] Vista (0:12 seconds) [8] Stairway to Heaven [9] Tiny Bubbles [10] Since WLBOTT is a standard bearer (and […]
It is no secret that WLBOTT is interested in jumping into the highly lucrative book review game – a direct challenge to the Reviewer Cartel (we’re looking at you, New York Times). Our complex book review criteria (the subject of a future BLOTT) led naturally to the discussion of continuous versus non-continuous functions. To get […]
Ladies and gentlemen, To better serve our community, we’ve created our first WLBOTT Visitor Survey. About half the questions are original, the other half curated from the interwebs. Rules: Replies must be PG13, PG, G only. Spousal units, friends, relatives encouraged to participate. All published results will be anonymized. You can submit your responses via […]
We have had many, many inquiries: just how do you make WLBOTT available to the entire Earth (and the ISS)? Here are the steps:
Today we visit with the Elders of WLBOTT. UC#1 UC#1 is considering a bicycle trip to Beaverlodge, AB. UC#1 is also inventorying very large farm and construction equipment. May require moving a few things around in the garage. But I digress. Back to the farm tractors. Many years ago I spent some of my summer […]
Robert William Service (16 January 1874 – 11 September 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called “the Bard of the Yukon”. – Wikipedia Robert William Service (16 January 1874 – 11 September 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called “the Bard of the Yukon”. His most famous work is probably the […]
[ed. note: “Vortex of Immorality” is a quote from Mark Dixon, referring to Unilever’s corporate behavior.] Today WLBOTT presents the first DPOMLATMIR[1] award. [1] DPOMLATMIR – Don’t Pee On My Leg And Tell Me Its Raining This is in response to an opinion piece by Catherine Bennett in yesterday’s Guardian. Ms. Bennett…. So…. Unilever, maker […]