Today was rough, no doubt about it. Everything I touched broke. Literally. A motherboard, a compiler, a server and a website. Fried, borked, glitchy and hacked. Add to that a louder than normal 240 HMMB and throw in impending deadlines, and you have general agita with no immediate relief.
Sally’s day [...]
My readings today, both relevant and procrastinative, have made me loathe academics and academia. And then I remembered I’m an academic.
Oh yeah.
It’s time to write more and pretend I know what I’m talking about, and more over, give the illusion that what I do is actually important. And helpful. To [...]
I (used to) think I am (or that I was) a decent cook. My roast chicken is consistently praised, and I can make a budget flank steak surprisingly tender and juicy.
Well I can’t cook. Justin and Corienne can cook. Oh my. Let’s break it down:
Hors d oeuvres
Gazpacho With Goat Cheese Rice crackers [...]
You Passed 8th Grade Math
Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!
Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?
Frickin Dennis Tagged me, by name even. So here we go.
Four Jobs I’ve had
Graduate Student Researcher Paralegal/Gopher/Guy who fixed a laser printer daily with a letter opener Computer Lab Manager/Printer Paper Changer Ninja Like Hedge Funder
Four Movies I can Watch Over and Over
Amelie Pulp Fiction Kill Bill One Crazy Summer
Four Places I’ve Lived
Berkeley, CA Providence, RI Great Neck, NY Irvington, NY
Four TV Shows [...]
My pal Adriaan is checking into the hospital today to have a nasty little lump removed. I first knew him through ecto (the very tool I use to write this tripe), but he showed me a great time during my stay in Tsukuba, taking me out for the best gyoza I’ve ever had, hands [...]
I heard “pretty noose” for the first time in years the other day, and I remembered grunge. Somehow it was clear that Down on the Upside was to be the end of grunge. Dare I say that Ultramega OK was the beginning of grunge. Soundgarden always the consummate barometer. Grunge [...]
You need something for which to care, SBC, indeed.
I normally try to limit my derision to the TellMe system that directs me to the poor sap who has to enforce the Company Line, and I did ok as I tried to explain that her company was screwing me over a paltry some of money.
I did [...]
“You’re Daisy, so if he’s Duke then the other one must be Hazzard.”
Or, I guess I’m a developer.
We went to TTX to get a free lunch and try to get a head start on Tiny OS 2.0, and we left big winners.
Tiny OS Logo Contest Third Place
Best Societal Application Smart Thermostats
Most Compelling Application Jonny Galvo(!)
A very good day. I’m very happy. Jonny Galvo was my introduction to a [...]