Wednesday January 15, 2003

Hollywood gets what it paid for

Sad, to be expected, but sad. Your entertainment dollars at work. ( Jan 15 2003, 08:34:12 PM ) News Permalink Comments [1]
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Intel processors stolen from Heathrow airport

I hadn't heard about this, but then I find I've been "news-challenged" since starting this job (or is it since I started blogging?). ( Jan 15 2003, 01:56:33 PM ) News Permalink [Link]
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My name is Lance, but you may call me Mr. Vane

Cool, I finally have a moniker. And pretty close to what I would have chosen myself. For the record, my relationship with my wife is *not* founded on misunderstanding, it is merely a major component of the relationship (believe me, it extends beyond the "professional" aspects). ( Jan 15 2003, 01:25:27 PM ) Personal Permalink Comments [1] [Link]
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Eclipse VeloEdit

Found a great new tool, Velocity UI for Eclipse. I tried it out on the velocimacros I've been working on for Roller, and it spotted several errors immediately. Nice! Feature request? Please add a "show line numbers" option, and some of the other options from the Java editor. Thanks go to Torsten Juergeleit! ( Jan 15 2003, 09:07:00 AM ) Technology Permalink [Link]
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Tuesday January 14, 2003

Lucky Bastard

Ovidiu is going to work for Google. Of course, luck has nothing to do with it. But I think most everyone envies him the opportunity to work for such an interesting company. And I've heard good things about how they treat their employees. Successful and friendly, a nice combination.
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Monday January 13, 2003

The Bliss of marrying outside the clan:

If I talk about work, she's no idea what I'm talking about, if she talks about work, I've no idea what she's talking about. [Hacking Log 2.0]

I like reading AOC, he sounds so much like me when I have the courage to speak my mind ;-) Really, this sounds just like my wife and I. She's a theatre professional (Lighting Designer and Operator), and I'm a trained "brain squeezer." I did my undergrad in Psych, and part of a PostDoc in Neuroscience - but somehow ended up trying to make computers understand me. But back to the topic, I often tell people that it works this way for us: Some days I come home and tell her of the frustrations/excitement at work, and she nods politely and pretends to understand. On other nights she comes home and tells me of the frustrations/excitement at work, and I nod politely and pretend to understand.

And in this way we keep each other happy.

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Rotten Morning

I can't read any FreeRoller accounts (db connection appears to be down), and RaibleDesigns is out of commision as well. Guess that means I should get to work ;-(

Update: they're both available again
( Jan 13 2003, 10:29:19 AM ) News Permalink [Link]
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Friday January 10, 2003

More credit than his due?

If he misspelt the word on purpose, than he is due, otherwise I think I just over-accredited Mr. Oliver for creative (ironic?) spelling:

... the guys who write the JSP engines not the jeniuses who think they're OOP masters because they learned JSP and use it for everything ... [Hacking Log 2.0]

emphasis is mine.
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