the better it gets, the better it gets
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2005
Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here’s a way to change all of that.
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5″ x 5″ is a good size. Divide the card into [...]
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2005
.. and then some
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Posted in General on Sep 19th, 2005
The mayor of New Orleans may be having second thoughts.
His spokeswoman says Ray Nagin is now re-thinking the timetable for bringing people back to the city. She says that’s because of “external factors,” such as a tropical storm that’s headed toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Earlier, Nagin bristled at what he suggested was federal interference. He [...]
Posted in General on Sep 18th, 2005
Edit: Oh the drama! After returning home from the movie, Jason (Senor Wikipedia) went to do some research on this movie and was able to pull up a page worth of info that he was commenting on. I hit the same Wikipedia link 5 minutes later a got a big fat “POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT [...]
Well, things with the ex that owes me money are still moving forward, although at this rate, we may all be retired and living in Phoenix before this thing settles in court.
How’s this for inspiration to write a program?
I used to play a lot of CDs at work. A clutter of newly-acquired discs, and older ones that had come back into heavy rotation, lay on my desk. When deciding what to listen to next, I’d run my eyes across them and something would catch my attention.
Now [...]
Posted in General on Sep 17th, 2005
In the midst of the horrible Gulf Coast tragedy, there is still a glimmer of hope for the human race.
The Wal-Mart store in uptown New Orleans, built within the last year, survived the storm but was destroyed by looters.
“They took everything _ all the electronics, the food, the bikes,” said John Stonaker, a Wal-Mart [...]
Edit: 1:15 am .. cool, the power company’s web page now shows 4 people without power in this area …
Edit: 1:10 am .. damn it! I turned off the UPS to my computer … and it shut down the server. Apparently I had the mac mini power bricks hooked up backwards. [...]
Posted in General on Sep 14th, 2005
Had an awesome weekend hanging out with Kevin, the cool guy who saved our ass the time we were up in DC. It involved two round-trips to DC (both involving stops at the Apple Store in Richmond to get/replace nanos), a lot of eating out, and a day at the beach that was so [...]
Posted in General on Sep 14th, 2005