December | 2008 | Nathan Nelson

From the monthly archives: December 2008

SAP is evil

On December 23 2008 · 3 Comments · In Diary

The German people are a good people. Reparations have been made for past mistakes, their biscuits and beer are excellent, I believe they have some beautiful landscapes though I have never seen them, and it is difficult to dispute the quality of their automotive engineering. I do however still blame the Germans for the most [...]

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Play pretend

On December 22 2008 · 3 Comments · In Diary

There is a thin veneer of niceness in the office, and it is all that stands between workplaces continuing to function and chaos breaking out. Just once in a while you get to see the cracks. The pretence that everyone gets along is fed by management speak of the ‘team’, back-slapping, exchanges of gifts (usually [...]

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Radio Phnom Penh

On December 20 2008 · 1 Comment · In Audio, Cambodia, Diary

Radio Phnom Penh is a compilation of Cambodian rock and pop, rescued from the airwaves and presented in the style of a radio programme from Phnom Penh. I only just found it a few days ago.

Radio Phnom Penh – Synthesizers East of Siam

While the new generation of karaoke artists [...]

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Office spam

On December 18 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

OK, so you who do not work in an office, you think you have it rough with spam? What, the occasional email get through about how to grow a big one that women will love through the miracle of cheap \ I A G R @!!!, how to buy a Russian bride, how to get [...]

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The office Christmas party

On December 17 2008 · 2 Comments · In Audio, Diary

I start feeling festive usually at around 8pm on Christmas Eve, and that’s only if my belly contains Jameson and my ears contain Fairytale of New York.

The Pogues – Fairytale of New York

I’m not going to the office Christmas party this year, and the reaction when you say you’re not, just [...]

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