Two of my team mates are not here today. (One of them is not here all week, but that's not really relevant.) For various reasons, they have given me Administrator access to their machines. Clearly, pranks must be performed. The current plan is to install the BSOD screensaver on one of them, and to switch the X and Z keys (with a well-placed registry entry) on the other. Can you, oh Lazyweb, think of any other subtle, non-damaging pranks that can be easily performed without wasting the whole day on writing a remote control for the mouse cursor?

Also, I don't like Swing all that much, and the Look & Feel stuff is fairly cracktastic. However, the Napkin Look & Feel is awesome. It almost makes me wish all my software were written in Java! ;-)

[01/08/06 14:20:21:000 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O create
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O set name
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O set templateName
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O set target
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O anonymous1154438421000
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O :( NO EXECUTING FOR YOU
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O AdminTask.createApplicationServer('slinkyNode02', '[-name lookAtThisItWorks -templateName default ]')
[01/08/06 14:20:21:015 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O execute it
[01/08/06 14:20:24:281 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O result
[01/08/06 14:20:24:281 BST] 00000035 SystemOut O Websphere:_Websphere_Config_Data_Display_Name=lookAtThisItWorks,_Websphere_Config_Data_Type=Server,_Websphere_Config_Data_Id=cells/slinkyNode01Cell/nodes/slinkyNode02/servers/lookAtThisItWorks|server.xml#Server_1154438424156,_WEBSPHERE_CONFIG_SESSION=anonymous1154438421000

I still have no idea why a method named .canExecute() doesn't actually correspond to whether .execute() will work.

I have evaded the insane Winchester Uni firewall which blocked ssh, imap, imaps, pop, pops, smtp. This post is mostly for my future reference.

1. Run sshd on port 443.
2. ssh -D 1234 -p 443 ...
3. Tell applications to use localhost:1234 as their SOCKS proxy.
4. Experience Jabber joy once again.

Dear Lazyweb, how do I make mutt use a proxy? Or should I just portforward imaps?

Bedtime for resiaks.

IBM had a song book.

The name of T. J. Watson means a courage none can stem,
And we feel honored to be here to toast the I. B. M.

(via timgoh0)

Also, I'm going to IBM on the 8th May:

Please prepare a 10 minute presentation that addresses the following:-

'Information Technology: What it means to me' and 'Why I believe I have the aptitude for a career in IT'

... as a means of demonstrating your interest in, and awareness of, the IT industry.

[snip snip]

You will need to save the presentation onto a CD or memory stick. Please save your presentation in either Powerpoint or Freelance Graphics.

to which I think I should reply:

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:37:02PM +0100, graduate_assessment@uk.ibm.com wrote:
> You will need to save the presentation onto a CD or memory stick.

I'm sorely tempted to follow these instructions to the letter and save
it to my camera's memory stick.

> Please save your presentation in either Powerpoint or Freelance
> Graphics.

I don't own either software package. Could you provide me with a copy of
either one for my Debian system, to demonstrate your interest in, and
awareness of, the IT industry? (Couldn't resist.) I could save my
presentation as a PDF, which strikes me as an entirely reasonable
format.

I wonder if I would lose the internship.

Dear Will,

Thank you for recently attending a first round selection day for the IBM graduate scheme.

We are pleased to inform you that you successfully passed the first round stage of the process and you have now been passed through to the next stage of the process — an assessment centre.

We will contact you again shortly when we confirmed the dates for the assessment centres and we can invite you to attend.

In the meantime, if your circumstances change or you wish to withdraw your application, please send an email to snip@snip.snip.

Thank you for your interest in IBM.

Kind regards,

IBM Graduate Selection Team

Edit

This is in reference to this.