January 2009
38 posts
too sick to leave the house today, alas :(
time to take this sore throat seriously, before it takes my weekend away…
just cleaned up after Boot Camp Assistant’s mess… it left my laptop’s master boot record corrupted
watching the restored 70mm Vertigo tonight at the Cinerama
just finished an interesting phone screener. hopefully it keeps improving
thanks, @superpuppy for making my day with the metal Beegees tribute band: http://ping.fm/bKhZz
maybe I get too excited seeing the words “language designer” in a job posting
FBI saw mortgage fraud early →
Nevertheless, high FBI and Bush administration officials knew a potentially devastating problem was on the horizon and failed to stop it. “It was a sleight of hand because the public thought the…
VMWare Fusion seems like a real resource hog now that I have it running outside of a boot camp partition
why does Pathable for SSW2 think I’m a sysadmin?
spent today looking at sail boats on lake union, then watched the movie Che for four hours, and now at home to avoid another snow-ride
arranging retrieval of my fixed motorcycle
my #firstmac was a grey iBook SE with LinuxPPC loaded and OS 9 in an emulator, awaiting OS X. also an Apple ][e from childhood
my remaining motorcycle repair parts have arrived! sweet, I’ll be able to ditch this crappy rental car
just bought tickets for the MST3K theater event in March
X-Plane updates: http://tinyurl.com/59vcas
X-Plane for the iPhone continues to astound me
MarioKart for the Wii arrived - there goes my evening! :)
Dairyland Cycle Insurance | Welcome →
sorting out my remaining paperwork for 2008 and clearing off my desk
Google Quick Search Box - qsb-mac - Google Code →
Google Quick Search Box is an open source search box that allows you to search data on your computer and across the web.
so long, Super Micro SuperServer, I hardly knew ye
THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA,... →
Everything wrong with public discourse in 2008, summarized relatively neatly.
just finished a massive clean-out of my office and tool space
Zee Kay Em See →
Welcome to the online garage of the ZeroThousand Motorcycle Collective.
Slate now has a tiny IDE in GTK! Still under wraps, though
Lessig rocks Colbert
the Palm pré platform looks pretty damn exciting, and the communication UI looks more like what I expected from the iPhone
I managed to trim the motorcycle repair bill down hugely, but there’s a warped frame piece that needs ordering/replacing
I forgot that my insurance policy covers a rental while my bike is fixed… though I’m not sure I want a motorcycle in this weather
got my motorcycle towed to the dealer for damage estimates and repairs. it’s likely to be really low, but clutch and shifter are vital
power transformers south of here are flashing brilliantly and cycling power on a nearby block. pretty crazy
Stuck in the U-district due to unexpected snow downpour. Need a ride home
back at home. had to walk it because my roommate didn’t get my phone messages requesting a ride
feeling well enough to go out today, which means that I MUST go out
still not well enough to be out in public, so I must avoid #saturdayhouse today :/
ok, so it’s a full-blown head cold this morning. that at least frame’s yesterday’s lack of joie de vivre
not really having a good time this new years’