Dammit, they nailed me.
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What a waste of a day. Woke up late and tired, probably because I was in Boston until late last night. Well worth it, catching up with an old friend, but still. We met up because he’s attending the “SD (Software Development) Best Practices” conference. Apparently the sessions are good, but from what I saw . . . → Read More: DMV For decades, scientists and sea explorers have mounted costly expeditions to hunt down and photograph the giant squid, a legendary monster with eyes the size of dinner plates and a nightmarish tangle of tentacles lined with long rows of sucker pads. Nature is so cool. My beloved laptop is at the shop. Fortunately, it’s the competent shop and not the godforsaken Apple retail outlet…but it still makes me feel sad and alone. My sweet little laptop. I spend more time with it than with, well, with any other piece of matter that I didn’t grow … outside of my two . . . → Read More: Techno hell So, I’m going to town today at least in part to get my laptop fixed. I’m worried about the possibility of little mac-minis, see … But seriously folks (is this thing on?) I’m taking it to Tech Superpowers. The Geek my ride project gives me hope that they’re both competent and cool. Calm afternoon. Wandered into town and finally through a cute little bookstore (Myopic Books) I’ve been eyeing for over a year now. Got lost in someone else’s way of organizing their mind. The science biographies next to the works of the scientists themselves. The fantasy separate from the sci-fi. The religious texts mixed in with . . . → Read More: Sunday This has probably been obvious to a lot of people for a long time. It only just became clear to me. If there’s already a name for this line of thought, I would love to know it: . . . → Read More: On the cost of War That whole “early train” thing is starting to suck just about now. Staring at a little moving progress bar, creating a clean install … so I can copy that install to another disk … so I can re-install a clean OS by remote … so I don’t have to be here tomorrow in order to . . . → Read More: Baked On the early train this morning. 6:20 out of South Attleboro. Damn. The sun isn’t even up yet. In most of my days, there’s only one 5:30, and it has nothing to do with morning. Please do not seal the tupperware. Pandas are quite rare. |
