Jesus H. Christ on a Popsicle™ stick, but it’s hot in the office today. The A/C conked out earlier this morning when the power went offline briefly, and now the vents spew hot death, discomfort, and woe to all denizens of the cube farm.

Compounding my suffering, ironically, is the Übershanty that I have cunningly constructed from spare and pilfered cardboard over my desk to shield me from the cruel flourescent light that glares mercilessly down from the ceiling above the neighboring cubicle (the light above my own having been long since disabled by yours truly). The solid construction of said shelter from the Light That Burns Our Pallid Skin keeps the hated photons away, but also retains the prodigious heat pumped out by my old CRT monitor.

At first, I thought it was this heat buildup that was responsible for the rising temperature, and I began devising ways to construct a vent of some kind to release the heat. Though I have several spare 80mm square case fans to hand, I figure that a simple chimney made from a paper cone and a toilet paper roll would suffice. Not that it would matter, really; we’re all baking. Of course, now I’ve got my heart set on making the chimney, so I’ll have to brave the bathrooms and see if I can find (or, to the chagrin of my colleagues, make) an empty roll. I’ll have to take some pictures of the shanty when it’s finished. It’s actually looking pretty good. But now it needs a chimney.