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OK, I'll do a longer vacation recap at some point, but I have to give a high five to Sirius. We spent at least 30 hours driving over the past week and Sirius was awesome. We mostly listened to Left of Center although we also listened to Howard Stern and a bunch of truckers call in with their sex problems on Playboy radio. It's only truckers who call in to Playboy radio, I don't think it would be entertaining if they had a more diverse set of callers. Left of Center plays some great indie music, and no commercials (I wonder how long that will last).I bought echolex a Sirius receiver and subscription for her birthday but I never really listened to it before; now I'm listening to the streaming audio and thinking about getting my own receiver. The receiver she wanted (and got) was the Starmate, which I was really impressed with. You can pause the radio (like when you're at the drive-through beer store), skip back to songs in the buffer, and skip songs and commercials if you're ...
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| 08:43:40 April 19, 2006, Wednesday (PDT) |
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Off to Charleston to visit echolex's grandparents. They have a dog named "Miss Kitty" which makes them alright in my book. See you next week, it'll be a hell of a drive (13 hours each way and yes leighton I realize professional truckers drive more but you went to school for that).vs.The weather disparity was better last week, but the 80's look promising.
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| 18:46:38 April 11, 2006, Tuesday (PDT) |
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Last night echolex practically dared me to make imitation Somoas, the Girl Scout cookies. I called her bluff, went to the store, burned my finger, swore to myself and eventually turned out some passable cookies. Next time they'll have more chocolate and I'll probably just melt some caramel instead of making it from scratch.
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| 12:59:54 March 23, 2006, Thursday (PST) |
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5 year anniversary dinner =) Originally uploaded by echolex. At Eve (thanks to the recommendations)
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| 07:37:47 March 9, 2006, Thursday (PST) |
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Damnit, if I had known it was going to be paczki day today I would have Polished it up and grabbed some ultra-lard donuts. Well, there's always lunch...I think eating paczkis is the second best religious recruitment technique. The first? Flirty fishing (NSFW)
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| 05:52:25 February 28, 2006, Tuesday (PST) |
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I think……And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead is Godspeed You Black Emperor…Bloc Party is The Streets…The Shins is The VinesI have music by most of those artists, but for some reason I can't keep them straight.
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| 08:17:42 February 13, 2006, Monday (PST) |
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Caught in the middle of a shake, Buddy looks deformed. Mid-shake Originally uploaded by georgehotelling.
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| 14:03:57 January 10, 2006, Tuesday (PST) |
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Caught in the middle of a shake, Buddy looks deformed. Mid-shake Originally uploaded by georgehotelling.
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| 14:03:57 January 10, 2006, Tuesday (PST) |
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echolex was able to get me the coat that I wanted, the first season of Arrested Development, a William Gibson novel and The Pragmatic Programmer! The coat blew me away, since I don't even remember telling her what kind I wanted. The girl knows me.All I got her was the wrong food processor, although it's now the right on and there was a gift certificate to a fancy spa hidden inside :)
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| 11:46:43 December 26, 2005, Monday (PST) |
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echolex was able to get me the coat that I wanted, the first season of Arrested Development, a William Gibson novel and The Pragmatic Programmer! The coat blew me away, since I don't even remember telling her what kind I wanted. The girl knows me.All I got her was the wrong food processor, although it's now the right on and there was a gift certificate to a fancy spa hidden inside :)
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| 11:46:43 December 26, 2005, Monday (PST) |
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I had to go to the mall last night to pick something up. I brought my iPod and was listening to O'Reilly's FooCast in the car, so I brought the iPod with me in to the store. I wasn't a jerk about it, I put away both earbuds when I was talking to the salesperson, but the rest of the time I had them in. echolex thought that was weird of me, but I don't understand how that's any different than people walking around talking on their cellphone.
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| 09:15:43 November 12, 2005, Saturday (PST) |
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I had to go to the mall last night to pick something up. I brought my iPod and was listening to O'Reilly's FooCast in the car, so I brought the iPod with me in to the store. I wasn't a jerk about it, I put away both earbuds when I was talking to the salesperson, but the rest of the time I had them in. echolex thought that was weird of me, but I don't understand how that's any different than people walking around talking on their cellphone.
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| 09:15:43 November 12, 2005, Saturday (PST) |
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Gone on vacation. Going to San Francisco through the 3rd, then San Jose through the 5th, on to Sacramento through the 7th, Yosemite through the 8th, then staying overnight in S.F. to catch an early flight out on the 9th.I probably won't be checking email, but I'm sure a smart person like you can figure out how to get ahold of me in a crisis.
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| 21:07:12 August 30, 2005, Tuesday (PDT) |
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Gone on vacation. Going to San Francisco through the 3rd, then San Jose through the 5th, on to Sacramento through the 7th, Yosemite through the 8th, then staying overnight in S.F. to catch an early flight out on the 9th.I probably won't be checking email, but I'm sure a smart person like you can figure out how to get ahold of me in a crisis.
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| 21:07:12 August 30, 2005, Tuesday (PDT) |
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You know what the best kind of blog post is? The I-run-90%-Crud-so-they-have-to-listen-to-me blog post. If Kottke doesn't get any respect I doubt they care about my blog.But seriously, avoid Buy.com. Not just because I'm an angry customer; if you look at people's complaints linked from my post you get the impression that you'll either have a very smooth experience or get royally fucked. I prefer to do business with companies where you either have a smooth experience or have a mediocre experience. At least those companies keep me from posting "my blog will make the difference!" posts.
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| 15:13:22 August 25, 2005, Thursday (PDT) |
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You know what the best kind of blog post is? The I-run-90%-Crud-so-they-have-to-listen-to-me blog post. If Kottke doesn't get any respect I doubt they care about my blog.But seriously, avoid Buy.com. Not just because I'm an angry customer; if you look at people's complaints linked from my post you get the impression that you'll either have a very smooth experience or get royally fucked. I prefer to do business with companies where you either have a smooth experience or have a mediocre experience. At least those companies keep me from posting "my blog will make the difference!" posts.
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| 15:13:22 August 25, 2005, Thursday (PDT) |
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I was excited for Six Feet Under to end yesterday. Not just because it was a good series and all that, but also because I had decided to kick Comcast to the curb for WOW (no, not that WoW). I had seen one of their vans in my apartment complex and figured that they were available. Sure enough, I typed my ZIP into the website and found out that I could get WOW. I checked them out today. First off, their website is teh suck. For example, Java applet at the bottom. Even worse, if you type your ZIP into the form at the top it opens a new window and just as you figure out what it says and start copying down the phone number to call, it closes itself! Their design is, how shall we say, sub-k10k. So why switch? I hate Comcast Their web site isn't going to win any awards, but their customer service does (link to the report). They offer M2 and movie channels on non-digital cable. Comcast doesn't seem keen on giving me a digital cable box with a serial port, and the TiVo's IR blaster ...
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| 15:00:38 August 22, 2005, Monday (PDT) |
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I was excited for Six Feet Under to end yesterday. Not just because it was a good series and all that, but also because I had decided to kick Comcast to the curb for WOW (no, not that WoW). I had seen one of their vans in my apartment complex and figured that they were available. Sure enough, I typed my ZIP into the website and found out that I could get WOW. I checked them out today. First off, their website is teh suck. For example, Java applet at the bottom. Even worse, if you type your ZIP into the form at the top it opens a new window and just as you figure out what it says and start copying down the phone number to call, it closes itself! Their design is, how shall we say, sub-k10k. So why switch? I hate Comcast Their web site isn't going to win any awards, but their customer service does (link to the report). They offer M2 and movie channels on non-digital cable. Comcast doesn't seem keen on giving me a digital cable box with a serial port, and the TiVo's IR blaster ...
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| 15:00:38 August 22, 2005, Monday (PDT) |
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I'm sick, but what's weird is that it came on really suddenly. I was playing Xbox and all of the sudden I realized my throat hurt, my muscles were sore, my nose was runny and I was warm. You know, sick. It hadn't been like that a half hour earlier. I was exposed to sick people on Thursday and Friday, so I imagine the bug has been in my body since then. I picture my body as a giant playing field for Conway's Game of Life, where the disease and my immune system reached a delicate stasis. Then, at the far edge of the map, the disease gained the upper hand and the change rippled throughout the playing field, quickly turning the game in the disease's favor. I guess in addition to the symptoms above I also have a sudden tendency to classify things in relation to mathematical games.
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| 15:29:36 August 7, 2005, Sunday (PDT) |
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I'm sick, but what's weird is that it came on really suddenly. I was playing Xbox and all of the sudden I realized my throat hurt, my muscles were sore, my nose was runny and I was warm. You know, sick. It hadn't been like that a half hour earlier. I was exposed to sick people on Thursday and Friday, so I imagine the bug has been in my body since then. I picture my body as a giant playing field for Conway's Game of Life, where the disease and my immune system reached a delicate stasis. Then, at the far edge of the map, the disease gained the upper hand and the change rippled throughout the playing field, quickly turning the game in the disease's favor. I guess in addition to the symptoms above I also have a sudden tendency to classify things in relation to mathematical games.
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| 15:29:36 August 7, 2005, Sunday (PDT) |
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him name is hopkin green frog Originally uploaded by revgeorge. ps. i'll find my frogHow did a frog get on our second story balcony? It fell out of my grill cover that I lazily left off for a few (rainy) days, I want to know how it got in there in the first place!Update Aug 2: I found a frog in the grill cover again yesterday! It was a lot lighter colored and smaller than this frog. This time I drove it to a nearby river to be released, where someone informed me that it looked like a tree-frog, which would explain the whole second-story-balcony thing. He also told me that frogs were a good indicator of pollution, but didn't explain whether frogs fleeing for high ground was a positive or negative sign. So pollution is definitely, uh, yeah.
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| 18:58:43 July 27, 2005, Wednesday (PDT) |
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him name is hopkin green frog Originally uploaded by revgeorge. ps. i'll find my frogHow did a frog get on our second story balcony? It fell out of my grill cover that I lazily left off for a few (rainy) days, I want to know how it got in there in the first place!Update Aug 2: I found a frog in the grill cover again yesterday! It was a lot lighter colored and smaller than this frog. This time I drove it to a nearby river to be released, where someone informed me that it looked like a tree-frog, which would explain the whole second-story-balcony thing. He also told me that frogs were a good indicator of pollution, but didn't explain whether frogs fleeing for high ground was a positive or negative sign. So pollution is definitely, uh, yeah.
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| 18:58:43 July 27, 2005, Wednesday (PDT) |
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It looks like echolex and I will be on vacation in California for the first week in September, what should we see/do? We're primarily going to be in N. CA around San Jose, San Francisco and San Cramento, but may head south to the greater LA metropolitan area.Help!
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| 18:27:38 July 26, 2005, Tuesday (PDT) |
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It looks like echolex and I will be on vacation in California for the first week in September, what should we see/do? We're primarily going to be in N. CA around San Jose, San Francisco and San Cramento, but may head south to the greater LA metropolitan area.Help!
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| 18:27:38 July 26, 2005, Tuesday (PDT) |
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Jenny playing Rez Originally uploaded by revgeorge. I generally have a horrible time in Chicago, but I still go there from time to time. Sort of like pounding your head with a hammer so that when you stop, no matter what else is wrong, at least you don't have that hammer banging against your head.echolex had the day off on Thursday, so on Wednesday I suggested we go see the Body Worlds Exhibit. It's basically a bunch of people with their skin off, something that she's seen more of than me. It was really interesting and made me long for the day when we replace disgusting flesh with sleek robot parts. Also, it reminded me a bit of Akira.What I didn't realize when I proposed the trip was that the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry was also hosting the Game On exhibit on the history and culture of video games. I don't think she believes that I didn't have ulterior motives for going to Body Worlds, but I honestly didn't know that was going on. Once she told me I was 100% sold on ...
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| 14:34:17 July 15, 2005, Friday (PDT) |
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Jenny playing Rez Originally uploaded by revgeorge. I generally have a horrible time in Chicago, but I still go there from time to time. Sort of like pounding your head with a hammer so that when you stop, no matter what else is wrong, at least you don't have that hammer banging against your head.echolex had the day off on Thursday, so on Wednesday I suggested we go see the Body Worlds Exhibit. It's basically a bunch of people with their skin off, something that she's seen more of than me. It was really interesting and made me long for the day when we replace disgusting flesh with sleek robot parts. Also, it reminded me a bit of Akira.What I didn't realize when I proposed the trip was that the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry was also hosting the Game On exhibit on the history and culture of video games. I don't think she believes that I didn't have ulterior motives for going to Body Worlds, but I honestly didn't know that was going on. Once she told me I was 100% sold on ...
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| 14:34:17 July 15, 2005, Friday (PDT) |
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Heh, last time I had reason to send out my resumé I had a Word document and that was pretty much that. This time I'm sending out a Markdown formatted text file and I've gotten compliments from people who appreciate the fact that it's just text. I probably shouldn't be saying anything, since it seems to be giving me an advantage. Plus if I need to make it pretty, I just need to convert it with Markdown and add a stylesheet. Hell, I should create a CSS Zen Garden for my resumé Example: Skills ====== * Highly skilled with Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, XHTML and JavaScript * Experience with C++, Java, ASP/VBScript and Cold Fusion * Extensive experience administrating Unix servers Employment ========== 2002-Present: Web Developer, Xxxxxxx LLC ---------------------------------------- * Customized content management systems for clients giving them WYSIWYG website editing and workflow capabilities becomes Skills Highly skilled with Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, XHTML and JavaScript Experience with ...
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| 18:38:48 June 20, 2005, Monday (PDT) |
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Heh, last time I had reason to send out my resumé I had a Word document and that was pretty much that. This time I'm sending out a Markdown formatted text file and I've gotten compliments from people who appreciate the fact that it's just text. I probably shouldn't be saying anything, since it seems to be giving me an advantage. Plus if I need to make it pretty, I just need to convert it with Markdown and add a stylesheet. Hell, I should create a CSS Zen Garden for my resumé Example: Skills ====== * Highly skilled with Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, XHTML and JavaScript * Experience with C++, Java, ASP/VBScript and Cold Fusion * Extensive experience administrating Unix servers Employment ========== 2002-Present: Web Developer, Xxxxxxx LLC ---------------------------------------- * Customized content management systems for clients giving them WYSIWYG website editing and workflow capabilities becomes Skills Highly skilled with Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, XHTML and JavaScript Experience with ...
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| 18:38:48 June 20, 2005, Monday (PDT) |
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One thing about contracting: you think you're living a double/triple/quadruple/... life. For example, I wore a shirt on Wednesday while working with one client. Not unusual for me to wear clothes when seeing clients (and I'm not using "client" as a euphemism for "prostitution solicitor," I'm using it in the sense that I am a contract employee for them). That night I went out and worked with the Spitting Cats in Ypsi, who are building a grassroots journalism site to help the community report on what they feel the mainstream media is missing.So today I thought I could be slick and wear the same shirt from Wednesday while I was working at my ex-employer's. Probably half an hour after I get there, Stephen IMs me and asks if I'm wearing the same shirt from Mark Maynard's post about the Spitting Cats. Yup. I don't even like that grey Dickies shirt that much, but as Stephen intuited I've been ultra-lax about laundry (and ultra-busy since I started contracting). Everything else is wrinkled ...
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| 14:27:36 June 10, 2005, Friday (PDT) |
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One thing about contracting: you think you're living a double/triple/quadruple/... life. For example, I wore a shirt on Wednesday while working with one client. Not unusual for me to wear clothes when seeing clients (and I'm not using "client" as a euphemism for "prostitution solicitor," I'm using it in the sense that I am a contract employee for them). That night I went out and worked with the Spitting Cats in Ypsi, who are building a grassroots journalism site to help the community report on what they feel the mainstream media is missing.So today I thought I could be slick and wear the same shirt from Wednesday while I was working at my ex-employer's. Probably half an hour after I get there, Stephen IMs me and asks if I'm wearing the same shirt from Mark Maynard's post about the Spitting Cats. Yup. I don't even like that grey Dickies shirt that much, but as Stephen intuited I've been ultra-lax about laundry (and ultra-busy since I started contracting). Everything else is wrinkled ...
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| 14:27:36 June 10, 2005, Friday (PDT) |
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