J'ai pris un comprimé somnifère qui m'a incité trop somnolent pour faire un poteau logique. Plutôt qu'essai pour écrire quelque chose de plein d'esprit, je serai juste honnête. Le clavier semble étrange pour quelque raison.

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It's been a while since I've developed a new pet peeve but here I am with a new entry. This new one has been in the works for months as I've been reading video gaming messages, sifting for posts about skate.

A huge majority of the gaming public refers to a software defect in a game as a "glitch". I guess since I'm getting older now, this irks me to no end. At least to me, the proper term for a software defect is a "bug". In the nearly two years I was a games tester, I never heard the term "glitch" used once on a project. Without fail, the term "bug" was used universally. We had bug reports, bug counts, the bug database, showstopper bugs, rendering bugs, audio bugs and I could go on.

Even now as a software engineer nothing has changed. Developers call defects bugs and this has been my experience at two different companies. As soon as someone says or writes the word "glitch" I instantly classify that person a civilian, some dude who doesn't work in the industry.

So please, do me a favour and don't call them glitches, they're bugs. Even if you have to change:

"Erwin, you worked on a glitchy piece of crap"

to

"Erwin, you worked on a buggy piece of crap"

That's ok with me. At least it's the proper terminology.

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Last week, I had a chance to purchase Rock Band at a discounted price and nearly a month before it arrives in Canada. The studio managed to get twenty sets of the special edition. Knowing that there would be a huge demand, the right to purchase one of the twenty was done by a draw. I was not chosen in the draw. Several people on my team did, however, get selected.

Today the Rock Band boxes were made available to the lucky twenty. The designer sitting next to me picked his up and brought it down to his desk. There were five people around him almost immediately. He was adamant about not opening the box until he got home. Despite the peer pressure, he stuck to his guns and people went away disappointed.

Later in the day, he said it would be interesting carrying the big box down Seymour to his apartment. I'm sure he was fine but there is a big demand for this title. In the meantime, I'll have to make do with Cowbell Hero until next month.

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I bought very first scarf today. Yeah, it took me a while but I finally committed to a purchase. I've never been a big scarf fan. I agree that yes, my neck area gets cold once in a while but a scarf seemed like too big of a hassle to wear.

I think I'm mature enough to wear one now. I hope I've gotten over the whole "hassle" thing. I was prepared to buy a 100% cashmere one because believe me, I'm not buying another scarf for a few years. I was in hurry though while on my lunch break, so I wound up buying a mostly wool one.

I'm hoping this means I can just wear a t-shirt underneath my jacket because the scarf will keep me warm where it counts.

I'd love to hear everyone's scarf stories.

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If you're going to use online services to book a flight to and a hotel in Las Vegas, don't do it about an hour after you've taken a sleeping pill.

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