Archive for January, 2008
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31 Jan 2008
"Stupid Lost is at the same stupid time as my class. Damnit."
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31 Jan 2008
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31 Jan 2008
"I'm trying to teach myself Java, JSP, JSTL, Tomcat, and Ant all at the same time. I think it's going to take more than one work day."
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31 Jan 2008
As I predicted, they're complaining that if it worked, the belt must have been going too slow.
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30 Jan 2008
"Snacks relief"! Finally, my concerns will be addressed.
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30 Jan 2008
Can you find three foods such that all three together is gross but every pair of them is fine?
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30 Jan 2008
Including the 23 ways to get a player to first base.
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29 Jan 2008Mass Ave
From the Yawkey building's 3rd floor.
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29 Jan 2008
Oh, slick, it uses strace.
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29 Jan 2008
Scott Kurtz changes one bad habit, told in the style of This American Life.
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29 Jan 2008
Recently listened to: DJ Shadow – In Tune and On Time, Arcade Fire – Neon Bible, Etta James – Blue Gardenia
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28 Jan 2008
A few years ago, my dad was laid off from IBM, where he’d been working for more than 25 years. Two weeks ago, he quit his job at a local small-business tech-support place. Last week, my mom told IBM she was retiring at the end of February. Their plan? Finish the (until last week, somewhat languishing) work to their bedroom, sell the house and most of their belongings, buy an RV, and spend a year travelling the country. When my dad says “Everyone thinks we’re nuts“, he doesn’t count me. I think it’s a great idea and they’ll have loads of fun, and they’ll come home to a much simpler, calmer life.
I didn’t move to Connecticut until I was 6, but I consider Danbury my home town. It’ll be sad to know that a different family is living in the house that was built just for us. It also means I’m suddenly on the hook to stop using my old room as miscellaneous storage space. But I always knew I couldn’t hold onto the past forever. I’m behind this idea 120%.
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27 Jan 2008
"Oh, Linksys BEFW11S4, why do you hate me so?"
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25 Jan 2008
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24 Jan 2008
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24 Jan 2008
Too damn good
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24 Jan 2008
B&W film development times for dozens of chemicals and film types. Indispensable.
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24 Jan 2008
"NewEgg sent me an email with a tracking number six hours after I received the package."
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23 Jan 2008New phone
This picture was taken with the Nokia N95 I got from Jeff. He got it for free from work, but then he upgraded to an iPhone. I couldn't say no. I'm weak.
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22 Jan 2008
More than ten years after HTML 4.0.
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22 Jan 2008
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns all lost huge amounts of money. Sachs made it by betting against sub-prime mortgages.
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22 Jan 2008
"Today keeps getting better and better. Now our power's out."
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22 Jan 2008
It’s one my few yearly traditions to check the list of movies nominated for Oscars and see how many of them I’ve seen through the year. I never do very well, not because I usually see crappy movies, but more because I usually don’t see very many movies. The 80th Annual Academy Awards nominees were announced today, and here’s how I did.
Category # seen Best Picture 1 Best Actor 0 Best Actress 1 Best Director 1 Best Screenplay 2 Best Adapted Screenplay 0 If these had been announced 2 weeks ago (before I saw Juno), the only point I’d have got would have been the Best Screenplay nomination for Ratatouille. There are at least 9 more points listed on my Netflix queue (No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, and The Butterfly And The Diving Bell), but I doubt any of those DVDs will come out before the awards
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22 Jan 2008
"Five hours of downtime is good for the soul."
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22 Jan 2008
"MySQL hates us this morning."