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I’m totally psyched about brewing day. capital_l and technolope are coming down this afternoon at a time to be determined by how late they stayed up “playing video games and drinking” last night. I’ve got my guess … but we’ll see what reality provides. Two batches, a stout and a west coast ale. Installed a . . . → Read More: Brewing day! They just released Google Earth for the mac. Go get it. Go get it now. Then tell it to “fly” from your house to, for example, Rome, Italy. With the road overlay on. And a map of ATMs. Freakin’ brilliant. I have no idea what the weather is like where you are, but here it’s 53 degrees and brilliantly sunny. I’ve got all the windows wide open, and I’m exchanging the slightly musty air in the house for clean, fresh, chilly air. Climbing around in the crawl space must have kicked up a bunch of . . . → Read More: Fresh air I must do what everyone else does, because that’s how one becomes cool: Let me make you a Top 5 list. Post a topic, list, category, whatever, in the comments, and I’ll post the top 5 according to me. Then post this offer in your own journal. I’m editing a big-ish document written by a smart man with poor english skills. Here’s what I’ve learned about myself today: The passive voice is hated by me I don’t know if the plural of “schema” is “schemas” or “schemae”, but I much prefer “schemae”. It is not “schemata,” thanks for asking. I will sometimes . . . → Read More: What I’ve learned by editing today Please help me. I’m listening to the previews of the sountrack from “Underworld: Evolution” on iTunes, and I’m about to buy it because I haven’t gotten any new grindy-electronic music since Nine Inch Nails’s latest. Please give me a better option. Update on the plumbing from before: The leak in the tub was transient. The tub is now totally dry, as is the basement ceiling. We have either performed a perfect repair, or else we have redirected the leak to someplace where it’s not visible. Either way, I’m blissed out. Go us. Intel loved my report. This makes me feel good. They also apologized several times for the hardware troubles. During the conference call (which included, give or take, everyone at Intel) my sales guy / boss was IM-ing me frantically saying things like “accept their apology!” and “nod and smile!” So now I’m fixing the tiny, . . . → Read More: Endgame The story of the day involves plumbing. . . . → Read More: Not getting those hours back, am I? |
