Archive for August, 2006

It’s nice …

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

You know, I think it’s impossible not to feel good about it when you bump into someone you haven’t seen in 6 months or so and they say “damn, dude … you’re really slimming down!”
Especially when you can say “yes, yes I am.”
Even more especially when it’s the third time that’s happened this week.

nerdy todo overflow

Friday, August 25th, 2006

So, I spent all evening reinstalling my boss’s laptop (you know the deal … format, windows, office, visual studio 2k3, visual studio 2k5, windows and office patches, more windows and office patches, acrobat, photoshop, flash, a dozen random other apps). Took entirely too long, too.
I spent the downtime waiting for installs (mainly the format [...]

…. I want a new camera

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

I want a new camera. And I want it to be awesome. I want it to be like 8 mpx, I want DSLR quality, I want DSLR features (autofocus and manual focus, custom aperture settings, uber-high sensitivity with low noise).
And I want it to weigh about 4 ounces and fit comfortably in my [...]

Unfulfilled goals …

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

So, a couple weeks back I set a goal: “before school starts, I’m going to flesh out the skeletal posts I’ve got saved, and publish them”.
I … err … didn’t make it. Last couple weeks I just haven’t bothered to get around to it. Lots of thinking, a bit of time at work, [...]

“I’m really excited about this year”

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

You know. I must be getting pretty damned jaded.
This week’s been pretty slow. Worked a bit. Did a lot of random video gaming. Tried to adjust my sleep schedule (woo 11:30 classes!). Not a whole lot interesting … just sort of there.
The roommate’s still in his room basically all the [...]