redmed is looking for a stunningly cheap (like, $100 or $200) laptop to become basically a kiosk for her research project. It’s going to end up sitting on a lab bench most of the time, for lab rats to enter data. On occasion, it will be carried to a different location to have different research . . . → Read More: Dear Santa
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Up at beastly-o-clock this morning for a quick and grumpy shower (gripe gripe gripe gripe) and then on the road to redmed‘s parents house in PA. We carefully planned this “leave early” and “take smaller roads” thing to avoid what we were anticipating as nightmarish traffic. In reality, I allowed the car to coast below . . . → Read More: Away I wrote a letter to my congressmen, and the next day Judge Jones slapped down Intelligent Design in the public schools, in a remarkably brutal decision.. That evening, we toasted long life and good health to Judge Jones at my corporate holiday dinner. My company rocks. Those who disagree with our holding will likely . . . → Read More: My letter worked! This week’s hotel is much nicer than last week’s. It’s a classy old apartment building with desk staff and mail slots. The sort of place where a visiting businessman would feel at home having the help bring up his groceries or sort his mail. Of course, I’m here for only a day, so I’m not . . . → Read More: Nice hotel Once again The Onion speaks on my behalf: In a striking rebuke of the assertions of the Pentagon and the White House that a swift exit is neither practical nor possible, soldiers of varying rank have outlined a straightforward plan of immediate disengagement, dubbed “Operation Screw This.” … “Apache helicopters could rendezvous with us in . . . → Read More: El ‘Onion Headed to Chicago this morning to do my “teach them to use the software” thing. Should be a good time. The people seem clever and motivated. That’s always much, much better than the alternative. All I really ask is that the person I’m working with give a damn, at some level, about the thing they’re . . . → Read More: Travel again I woke up this morning to the sound of furious keystrokes. redmed was pounding out a letter to the president, explaining her disappointment, disgust, and fundamental hope that we can still change direction as a nation. This inspired me to a smaller project: I just mailed this to my Senators and Representative. . . . → Read More: Politics Report written. Edits generally minor and positive. Documenting code. Discussion as to whether we provide the customer with a “draft for review” or a “final report.” Consensus is that handing in a “final report” puts more authority behind it, and makes them more likely to consider their requests for enhancements and add-ons carefully. Brain . . . → Read More: Report Still writing this GDMF report. It’s lookin’ good … really good … but there are so many details. It pretty much has to go out in draft form today … and there has been sufficient fuckity’ with the data (memory errors, crashes, and the like) that I have to be very very careful about the . . . → Read More: Pressure |
