Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2008
I’m still alive. I was working in Amsterdam all last week. The weekend before I thought it would be a really good idea to stay up all night Saturday night (or was it Friday too?), sleep a few hours Sunday afternoon, then stay up all night Sunday night to get on Amsterdam time. For the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 1st, 2008
I finally found my old DLJ brokerage statements of a small portfolio back in 2000. I’ve been trying to find out if they’re still anything there, but DLJ was bought by Ameritrade, who was bought by TD Waterhouse and it’s a pain to see who wound up with it. Most were bought right after the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2007
It’s again 80 F degrees today. I’m sitting here with the doors open and the humidity makes me want to take a shower. Meanwhile, Michelle tells me it’s 27 in Bartlesville, they have ice and now a thunderstorm. Alex has been working on his and Victoria’s family trees and has been able to trace Victoria […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2007
There’s something wrong with the fact that while I put up my Christmas tree today, I had all the doors and windows open, then later the air conditioner turned on. Stupid fucking series lights.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2007
Greatest quote ever from Gordon Ramsay during last night’s Kitchen Nightmares: “Don’t take it personally, just take it seriously!”
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 25th, 2007
Sigh. I’m getting tired of this bug where Firefox forgets how to load CSS and/or render images. It’s getting worse. A search through Bugzilla finds a few people having similar problems, but nobody has nailed down a solid reproduceable case yet. I guess I’m going to have to resort to checking page info and try […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2007
I’m amused, the FAA airport facility directory for the Empire, NV airport (1A8) has a remark “displaced threshold marked by 8 white tires.” There’s also a one-foot berm around the runway, presumably to keep all the dust clear. I’m headed to Amsterdam either the week before or the week of Christmas. A colleague decided against […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2007
Last weekend I bought a Mac Mini to use as a media server to replace my modded Xbox running XBMC. I love XBMC, it is nearly my idea of a perfect media manager. It plays a wonderful selection of codecs and containers, very responsive and quick interface, and it supports mounting of remote shares. The […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2007
With the exception of Friday, I’ve spent every evening at the gym. I’m having mixed results with swimming. The thin Speedo goggles I have leak, which is absolutely annoying when constantly tilting my head to breathe. My other larger goggles are perfectly airtight but seem to block my peripherial vision. I hit the lap pool […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2007
I had the whole week off and didn’t do much. Tuesday I had a Line-X spray-in bedliner put in my truck; it’s fucking sharp and surprisingly thick. I also received my Canon 30D and one of my lenses. After getting my camera and truck put back together, I had intended to go someplace not Austin […]
