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Posted in nerdliness on Jan 31st, 2006
After three years of only using Windows machines at work, I once again have a Wintel box on my desk. I had grown frustrated with the issue my two towers were having with the development software I wanted to run. While still good computers they are now a little long in the tooth. The newer [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 30th, 2006
Posted in diversions on Jan 30th, 2006
For no particular reason yesterday, other than wanting something to fill the day, I watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Extended version of course. Weighing in at a svelte 682 minutes running time (that’s eleven hours and 22 minutes), the extended edition more than filled the day for me. I didn’t get started [...]
Posted in meme on Jan 29th, 2006
Posted in life on Jan 29th, 2006
Today has all the earmarkings of a lousy day. I was awake at 12:30, 2:30, 4:30 and finally 5:40 this morning. A series of two hour naps does not make for a good night’s sleep. Being awake at 5:30 on a Sunday morning really sucks. There’s nothing to do except sit around and wait for [...]
Posted in random on Jan 27th, 2006
For the past few months I have been using the keyboard that came with the iMac as my primary input device. Through some nifty software to allow one keyboard and mouse to control two computers with dedicated LCD screens. The arrangement has worked very well for me except for the keyboard itself.
I find the keys [...]
Posted in life on Jan 25th, 2006
My demons are getting the better of me this evening. I feel jittery and sluggish at the same time. My neck is a rigid bar of pain while my head feels as if it is stuffed with cotton. Emotionally I feel spent, however, there are spurts of white hot anger just to keep me (and [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 25th, 2006
Posted in life on Jan 24th, 2006
One of my buttons involves my perception of some one crossing my boundaries. We all have various “lines in the sand” that when crossed provoke a response; one of mine is the demarcation between my professional life and my personal life.
For years I struggled with the issues of the work day long after I had [...]
Posted in life on Jan 23rd, 2006
