Archive for December, 2009
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31 Dec 2009
Tomorrow, it will be 2010.
Ten years ago Now I was a sophomore at RPI, considering a double-major in Computer Science and Management. I am a developer/manager for a small company. I lived in a tiny dorm room in the crummiest suburb (Troy) of one of the crummiest capital cities in the country (Albany). I live in South Boston in a condo I own. I have a patio and a garden. I was dating my High School sweetheart, who went to college almost five hours away. I saw her about once a month. I’m married to my High School sweetheart. I sleep in a bed with her every night. I stayed in my old bedroom at my parents’ house every month or so. Someone else owns that house, and my parents live in an RV. They’re currently in the Florida Keys. I hung out with college friends, and once a month saw friends from High School. I hang out with college and Boston-area friends. I don’t see my Philly-based and California-based High School friends often enough. I’d had a handful of beers (sorry mom, it’s true) but was not legally able to purchase alcohol. I spent a Benjamin on a bunch of champagne for tonight’s New Year’s Eve party. I was programming mostly in C++ (both for school work and working on Science and Industry) with a little bit of Perl. I’m programming mostly in Java (work and Android app development) with a little bit of Perl and Python. I ran a community website called WSVW1U.com. I run a personal website called Plutor.org. I was planning the third iteration of a holiday I invented, called National Vacuum Awareness Day. NVAD expired after 2001. I still have dozens of shirts in my basement. Buy one? I frequented Slashdot, Ars Technica, and suck.com. I’m active on MetaFilter, Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Discuss (2) -
30 Dec 2009
"New Year's Day swim in Boston's Old Harbor, 9am (swim at 10). Who's in? Info: http://bit.ly/4BwI38 Map: http://bit.ly/5bYC3l"
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29 Dec 2009
Wow, this looks like fun. Awesome cast. (A little NSFW: gruesome violence and some brief nudity.) -
29 Dec 2009
"Listed 3 things on eBay. One didn't sell, one the buyer backed out, one got lost in the mail. FML"
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29 Dec 2009
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28 Dec 2009
Wow. I might give this a try for plutor.org.
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28 Dec 2009
"Seriously considering going outside to stand in the rain just to test my new waterproof shell."
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28 Dec 2009
The more I use the Kindle, the more I like the reading experience and the less I like the format lock-in. For some reason, I didn't even consider piracy until yesterday. I still wish there were a way to get books from the library for the Kindle.
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27 Dec 2009In the crowd
Jaguars at Patriots, week 16.
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27 Dec 2009
"Last time I waited for the train from South Station to Gillette, I told myself I wasn't going to do it again. But, well, here I am."
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26 Dec 2009Christmas on Catan
That's a fun family game. Diane rocked us all.
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24 Dec 2009
"Bought a book for the Kindle to try it out. Then I discovered I have a $60 credit at Amazon. Thanks, past self!"
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23 Dec 2009
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23 Dec 2009
"The Internet misunderstands The Game. When I mention The Game, everyone who reads it doesn't lose. They're inoculated."
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22 Dec 2009
Live sync daemon watches a local directory for changes and syncs them in close to real time to a remote server. I so need this.
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21 Dec 2009
"My parents gave me a Kindle for my birthday. Unexpected."
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21 Dec 2009
"What a perfect day for my joints and muscles to feel all creakified. Curse you, ancient body!"
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20 Dec 2009
"If it's going to be a foot of snow, at least it's a light and fluffy. Shoveling went fast."
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19 Dec 2009
"@cmatta That's nuts. It's just about to start blizzarding here, too."
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19 Dec 2009
"Thanks to everybody who came out last night. It was thrilling!"
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18 Dec 2009
"London Porter on tap. Happy Birthday, me."
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17 Dec 2009Yankee swap
The highlight of the company holiday party.
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17 Dec 2009
"Company holiday party. No one's watching the shop."
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17 Dec 2009
"All during college, I answered the telephone "Ahoy hoy". http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ahoy-hoy"
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14 Dec 2009
"My coworkers have me convinced that signing Lackey is the first domino in Tito's uber-plan."