October 2009
7 posts
Just spent 5 hours with my landlord, replacing an ancient range hood. Earlier, replaced corroded pipe in bath sink. Yuck.
Can I rescind an invitation to an interview? Don’t use “thxs” and “ur” when writing to a prospective employer.
Wow. Very loud noises.
Also: Helvetica has a deeper vee on “M” (helps with Mattel).
I scored 20/20 on http://www.ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/ (Hint: Arial has diagonal ends on s, t, etc.; Helvetica has a prettier “R”.)
Older.
I feel like absolute hell. I may be running a fever.
September 2009
5 posts
Tuned in the Raiders game in the 4th quarter to the announcer saying, “What an ugly offensive game this has been.” Hilariously predictable.
Removing 10 lines of code cut search re-index query count from 132,359 to 41. Those were 10 really shitty lines of code.
This is looking like an all-nighter. Disabling all distractions.
Sweet. TextMate locks up opening the project I need to work on. Good timing for my first major issue with TM.
Firefox 3.5.3 and Flash 10.0.32.18 hang and crash a lot on Leopard. Improved security by becoming unusable for casual web surfing?
August 2009
7 posts
Off to Mendocino for the weekend. Unhappy about the furlough, but enjoying the extended weekend.
Witnessed guy at grocery store buying: two forties, four water bottles, orange juice, K-Y Natural Feeling Liquid lube. Quite a plan he has.
How is it only 3? Perhaps on account of running around all day, it feels incredibly late.
Waiting for the revelation that the last 20 years of Republicanism has been an elaborate art project.
Listening to Late of the Pier as I realize I’m probably not making it to Trader Joe’s.
BBC interview with Neda’s mother. http://bit.ly/46v50Y
Napped for 2.5 hours. Awoke to completely different weather. Ah, summer in San Francisco.
July 2009
12 posts
Essential reading for git users: http://progit.org/book/
This night is not going as desired. Should’ve taken the guy in a chicken suit at the store as an omen. OTOH: Beer and Botan rice candy.
Making kombu and shiitake dashi for udon. It is cold, foggy, and windy. Ah, summer in San Francisco.
JAWS 10 might be the worst software I’ve ever used. It’s soul-crushingly, torturously bad.
“[A] tracking device will be contained in the wrapper that follows usage of the [AP news article].” - @AP in http://is.gd/1L35H - What?!
Wow. Why hadn’t I ever given GStreamer a serious look before now? It’s amazing.
http://twitpic.com/a50a3 - Stubbed the living hell out of my finger.
There was a bidding war to do a film adaptation of “Asteroids”? Who’re they getting to play the triangle?
Amusing myself by imagining the worst opening act - headliner combos possible. Like: “The Backstreet Boys” opening for “Bob Dylan”.
Or: “Rage Against the Machine” opening for “Toby Keith”.
Or: “Prussian Blue” opening for “NWA”.
If the phrase “I’m beat” didn’t already exist, I would invent it to describe how I feel today. Exhaustion has become a muse.
June 2009
13 posts
Finished rearranging home office to accommodate its use as guest bedroom. Sweating like a pig, lack energy to clean.
Oh, good, IBM’s released a new version of APL2. (But isn’t it time someone invented a programming language using Emoji symbols?)
Microsoft’s response to http://fixoutlook.org is all about composing HTML messages. Miss the point much?
Watching JCVD. Why not?
I felt I had to watch the video of Neda’s death, to make it real. Horrifying beyond words and comprehension.
A well-written piece about #IranElection by Roger Cohen in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/opinion/21tehran.html
Search index rebuilding process down to 20 total queries for indexing 300K objects of 6 different types with complex relationships. Great!
Washing machine never ran, ate my money. More time, more money, more trudging of the back steps. That this ruins my night speaks volumes.
I suppose I should eventually eat dinner.
Annoyed. Seriously.
I wonder what caused Firefox to suddenly consume 300MB? Some extension, I’m sure…
A bird just flew into my office and crapped on my chair. What kind of omen is that?
I think I mistakenly dialed into the Internet with a 300 baud modem today. Let’s watch the page load for 5 minutes!
May 2009
12 posts
Dear payroll, Sending an e-mail that you fucked up and didn’t do my timesheet and now need me to do it an hour before it’s due: Lame.
Top Jean Claude van Damme movie titles that could be gay porn: “Hard Target”, “Double Impact”, “Maximum Risk”, and “Breakin’”.
As @moodswingmaster can attest, Catholic school girls spraying each other with whipped cream is less sexy, more annoying than you’d guess.
It’s probably a bad sign that I’m already wishing this week was over.
Listening to Apostle of Hustle “eazy speaks”; pondering the line, “I drink rain and piss out acid.”
Sewing buttons. My life is too exciting.