What with Mozilla 1.5 beta about to come out, I think it might be a good idea to have a channel on moznet specifically for "Think Tank" discussions. The concept is simple: a place where interested parties can discuss new ideas for Mozilla-based technologies.
To that end, I've committed to opening a #thinktank channel on Chatzilla when I use Chatzilla. Might be useful if for nothing else as a place to bounce around ideas which aren't ready for discussion on #mozilla (which should remain oriented towards bug fixing and hacking the Lizard directly and immediately). #thinktank would be oriented more towards the long-term than the short-term.
My boss is pretty cool, most of the time. It's when he's out of town that all hell breaks loose. It's bad enough for the grunts in the field... but guess which poor bastard he left in charge???
Said poor bastard didn't even know the 1.5 beta freeze was coming up, and thus has not been able to focus one damned iota of his efforts on hacking Mozilla or seeing some of his code get reviews.
Said poor bastard is also exhausted, and will spend a good part of tomorrow earning a paycheck for contract work...
Sorry for the rant, but 70+ hour work weeks dealing with attitude problems all day long will drain anyone.