I was a few paragraphs into an introspective but ultimately overly dramatic entry about secrets; having them, keeping them, being one. Luckily, I realized that it before finding the publish button and deleted the tripe. Ever been a secret? It’s not nearly as fun as it might sound.
Archive for July, 2006
Posted in Reviews on Jul 27th, 2006
I’m once again being shown the limits of my artistic animation abilities and just how bad my actionscript knowledge is (I work in HTML, PHP, CSS, PERL, etc for pete’s sake). I’m taking a break so that I don’t push some vital information out of my brain while trying to get this adserver/tracking code to [...]
Posted in Journal on Jul 27th, 2006
Ah, finally done at work and out. Of course, this means I get to go work on left over work and some freelance… not that I’m complaining (much) about the extra revenue (tires and new phones are generally not cheap). Sigh, hope Soup Night is going well. Have fun.
Posted in Journal on Jul 26th, 2006
My mobile phone has just met with an untimely and thorough death. Please do not try to contact me by phone, use email or instant messenger until I can find a suitable replacement. Thanks.
Sorry if I was curt with anyone in email or chat this morning. Outstanding business plus some unexpected difficulties had my patience stretched thin for a while there. Better now.
Posted in Journal on Jul 25th, 2006
I find it almost impossible to dispose of a truly dead hard drive without extracting the rare earth magnets. Call it a life long love of magnets, but throwing one away seems like an insult to my geekness. Incidentally, the old platters (unless we are talking the older, larger, heavier ones) make lousy [...]
(CNN) President Bush’s penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice. The ABA group, which includes a one-time FBI director and former federal appeals court judge, said the president has overstepped his authority in attaching [...]
Posted in Environment on Jul 18th, 2006
(Associated Press) Dozens of federally protected brown pelicans have feathers coated in oil from an estimated 5,000-gallon spill in the Savannah River, Georgia environmental officials said Tuesday. The pelicans, no longer listed as an endangered species in Georgia but still protected as migratory birds, were seen perched along the river’s banks during a wildlife assessment [...]
Posted in News on Jul 17th, 2006
(Reuters) A Viking warship its constructors call the largest and most realistic built in modern times sailed into the Norwegian capital Oslo on Monday ending its first ocean voyage, with crew likening to a snake slithering across the sea. The Danish built 30-meter-long “Sea Stallion from Glendalough” is based on an 11th century ship, built [...]
Posted in Journal on Jul 17th, 2006
Currently locked down in our building. The bank on the lobby floor was just robbed. Look at all the pretty helicopters outside!
