A large group of interns started working at my office this week. Internships are, for the most part, extended interviews.

Today my company announced it was cutting 500 jobs.

Talk about mixed signals…

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I was talking with my one of my colleagues the other day about my company’s relatively recent addition of a content filter to the corporate network. That particular coworker happens to be part of the IT group, and he was tapped to test the filter.

Yes, his job one day, for the entire day, was to try to look at porn. He attempted to really exercise the filter by searching for the most vile, twisted filth imaginable. Conclusions?

• The filter had lots of holes
• Rule 34 is true

He claims he’s been scarred for life.

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As I was playing with Street View, I wondered what sort of vehicle was used to schlep the camera. To satisfy my curiosity, I browsed around until I found a shiny building and looked at the vehicle’s reflection:

Based on those images, I believe that the vehicle is a Chevrolet Express van:

I have no idea about the camera specifications, but it appears to be housed in a large box on the roof of the van.

The next steps: identify the van on the street, do something crazy during a photograph, and have the photograph end up in the tool.

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I woke up this morning at 8:53 to the sound of my alarm clock. Normally, that wouldn’t be unusual, but my alarm isn’t set for 8:53; it’s set for 6:23. That means that I had been hitting snooze for two and a half hours without raising my actions to the level of conscious thought. Wow.

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Two hundred and fifty miles of driving each way. A day spent hiking in the mud, a night spent braving the cold. Yet the peaceful solitude, the rugged beauty of the landscape, and the sunny second-day weather made the negatives merely footnotes on the whole experience.

My backpacking trip, though short, was a complete success. A couple of photos:

• Me on the trail
• An attempt to show the beauty of Blesner Creek

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