Foreign Cuisine

Today was a much more civil affair all round to be honest with you, although i did only manage to get 6 hours kip after spotting a Who song that i thought, "i'll go and grab that" and then spent the next few hours trying different bits of software to rip it off me dads cd and get the desired result...

Eventual conclusion, cdex is a fast and dirty way of doing things, but if you want the absolute best result your system can offer, you want to have a look at Exact Audio Copy or EAC for short, its quite simply the best ripping bit of software around, and more or less guarantee's spot on results every time. Very good bit of kit, obviously the mp3 coding part of the process is the same in all progs, as LAME is the mutts nuts when it comes to that sort of thing. I'll let you google for a EAC link, but well worth a look if you fancy it.

On a slightly less geeky note, work passed without instance today, except for one small event that caused amusement to the rank and file of the office.

I wanders in a 2 and plonks me bag down on the chair as per the norm,
"Here's try this" says one of the bloke waving a plastic dish under me hooter
"errr, righto, what is it exactly"
"South American chocolate" he replies back
"Fair enough then"

He prises off the lid and i peer in to see, sure enough, chocolate in small balls, attached in two's
"Why's it like that?"
"Its some sort of nut" he says vaguely
"oh, well i don't usually go for nuts, but whatever"

Picks one up, and the fact that everybody turns to peer at me as i stuff it in me mouth should have warned me i was doing something other than eating a simple chocolate covered nut.

(Crunch) "crunch? This is a bit too crisp for a normal nut" i muffle inbetween crunches
"Is it?"
"You've not tried one of these have you?" The alarms are going off now
"No, you're the first" he replies grinning from ear to ear, "What's it like"
"Nutty" i replied swallowing it down, "Now what was it exactly?"
"It's a chocolate covered Giant Ant"
"Oh! well thanks for that, i hope the damn thing's are safe"
"oh yes they are" he waves the tin at me again, pointing at the word edible

Sufficed to say, i ended up eating another one just to prove to the women in the office that they really were safe and i hadn't pretended to eat one. Far as i know, i was the only one in the building to eat one, still the things we do for fun....

Tomorrow blog may contain a small review of civ 4 for those that haven't already played or heard about it, alternatively it may contain a huge rant, depending on how work goes, however its worth remembering

"Its a shame we have to die my dear, but no-ones getting out of here alive, this time"