Not much to report today. I’m totally procrastinating on writing more benchmark code because, well, I suck. Need to get these things done. The machine goes back on Friday. <\/p>\n
Went to the zoo today, in a futile effort to calm my favorite stressball<\/a>. We hung out in front of the Snow Leopards for a while. They were active today with very recognizable cat-play going on. All the standard games of hide-and-pounce, stare-fixedly, and sit-high-up were in evidence.<\/p>\n The concert<\/a> last night was fun, if something of a bummer of a venue. It was at a Thai restaurant in Salem, which is just trying to establish itself as a place to come for music. As such, there were lots of people noisily eating dinner, and a few of us listening to the the music. Things cleared out substantially before the third set, and she was actually willing to play some of her own stuff. I can respect the urge to crank out covers as long as you’re competing with clanking crockery and loud patrons. There were around 8 of us left for the third set, which was wonderful. Even more impressive, as I was leaving, Anna came over, remembered my name, and thanked me for making such a long drive to see her. Hello? We (a) were at the same school at nearly the same time about a decade ago (b) chatted briefly during a set break <at a gig nearly a year ago<\/a>. I should make such an effort to remember names and faces. I have trouble identifying myself in the mirror most mornings.<\/p>\n I got totally lost trying to find Salem, by the way. For reference, it is just<\/em> northwest of Boston. You take 107 there. If you find yourself on 1 going north out of Boston, you have made a wrong turn. Do not<\/em> attempt to bushwack East to the coast, guess which of North or South leads to Salem, and then hack around. This does not work. <\/p>\n One more thing: I found a truly evil little search engine at ljseek.com<\/a>, which searches only livejournals. All of you who think you’re being clever and sneaky, you’re not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not much to report today. I’m totally procrastinating on writing more benchmark code because, well, I suck. Need to get these things done. The machine goes back on Friday. <\/p>\n