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[Jul. 8th, 2009|02:57 am] |
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Seriously, what the hell am I doing still working? |
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[Jul. 7th, 2009|05:14 pm] |
Man, I'm going to be so dead tired tomorrow. Late night working tonight and then extended hours tomorrow.
Whee ha! |
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[Jun. 25th, 2009|04:21 pm] |
Sweet.
Would be a good way for me to finally get high-speed around the house without cutting holes in the walls and running cable (which I'm fine with, but not thrilled about).
Price is a little steep though. |
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[Jun. 25th, 2009|10:25 am] |
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Moving cubes at work means you have to go through a lot of crap. I don't like to think of myself as a hoarder but I'm finding a few things that say otherwise here. |
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[Jun. 18th, 2009|04:50 pm] |
So Donte Stallworth got 30 days for driving under the influence and killing a pedestrian. Michael Vick got what... like 18 months for running a dogfighting ring.
Something seems off here.
Granted, one was a one-time (hopefully) mistake while the other was a long-running criminal enterprise but still. I kind of think that if we're looking at it on the basis of which caused the more damage I'll put a human life above that of a dog any day. |
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[Jun. 11th, 2009|04:39 pm] |
Epic FAIL.
This is by far my favorite thing of today. I mean, I know people are stupid, but really? "We demolished a house based on some GPS coordinates." Say it out loud. If it doesn't sound all that stupid to you, please place your reproductive organs in the nearest microwave and set it to "Hiroshima". |
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[Jun. 10th, 2009|09:30 am] |
So there's some thought that the Twitpocalypse is coming. I think twitter is fucking retarded, but this interests me.
There is a problem related to the number 2147483647. This is the greatest number a standard signed integer can hold in 32-bit operating systems. As such, unless coded cleverly, that's the greatest integer number most programs can recognize.
The problem is that Twitter stores all of its 140 characters in a database with a key value that's identity-based (meaning it's an incrementing number). I don't doubt that the architects behind twitter have already handled this on their side, so it's not likely that everything will grind to a halt. But twitter-based applications on 32-bit systems which are mostly 3rd party, freeware apps... well let's just say they might not be coded quite so cleverly.
So as you are all informing the world of your inside jokes, meal plans, or vacation plans... you're filling up this database and each one is generating a new number there. Pushing those 32-bit clients that haven't been coded to fix for that into confusion when they try to pull up any twitter messages with keys greater than 2147483647.
I highly doubt it will be much going on other than a couple of people annoyed when the internet noise stops who then have to go update their software. But it's interesting to think about. |
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| First we take Manhattan... |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|04:53 am] |
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So some people might ask, "A, how could you spend the last hour folding laundry and watching a live Leonard Cohen performance?"
The answer: "Easily." |
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| Two important videos... |
[May. 31st, 2009|08:41 pm] |
The first is the finest example of teh funny I've seen on the internets in a while. You will laugh:
The second, is fucking fascinating. This guy hooks up a 1964 acoustic (no digital parts at all) modem up to his laptop and dials into a server at his work and punches into the net. This is 300 baud. My first modem was 1200 baud in the late 80's/early 90's and this is exactly what BBSing used to look like back in the day.
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[May. 29th, 2009|10:02 am] |
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I'm in a foul mood today. |
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[May. 26th, 2009|09:44 am] |
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Seriously I wonder how it is possible that between my parents and my little brother they manage to screw their computer up so badly every 3 months. I go out there, swear at them, give them advice, they promptly ignore me and do the same things. |
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[May. 26th, 2009|01:30 am] |
Today's music... pretty much perfect for the day. |
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[May. 18th, 2009|02:18 pm] |
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I sure ain't the spring chicken I used to be. |
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| Windows 7 |
[May. 8th, 2009|11:16 pm] |
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Holy fucking shit they finally got it right. |
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[May. 7th, 2009|01:31 pm] |
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Hrm, I seem to be coming down with a cold. That's annoying. |
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| So rock me mama like a wagon wheel... |
[May. 6th, 2009|04:41 pm] |
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Ordered all the parts for my new computer. Picked up the monitor today. Windows 7 RC1 is just finishing downloading... Checked out a new computer desk at Costco today that I'm also pretty interested in and may go pick up soon.
Also looked at the new vanity, medicine cabinet, sink, fixtures, etc... for the master bathroom. Estimating about $1500 to buy everything and then have it installed professionally. Maybe a little more/less if we can do it ourselves. Probably would have to have the new shower doors installed professionally for sure. I have to drill a hole in the base of the existing vanity first to see if the tile extends all the way to the wall or if they did it cheaply. That could affect things.
Tomorrow I go back to work. Ah well. All good things must come to an end. |
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[May. 1st, 2009|10:23 pm] |
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We are home.
That is all.
Now is time for cheap mexican food (Ole! Sombrero! N1H1!) and then something in the realm of 172 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
On the flight from Dublin I watched the following movies:
1. Quantum of Solace - Good, not great. Fun watch. Daniel Craig is still a badass. I want his abs.
2. Frost / Nixon - Very good. Then again, I think Nixon was probably the biggest slimeball to ever grace the presidency so seeing him get his ass kicked is nice.
3. Milk - Awesome movie. Sean Penn is really one of the best actors of our time. Great story about an interesting man.
Stay classy, Livejournal. |
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[Apr. 30th, 2009|02:05 pm] |
Packing up, getting ready to head home.
Seriously, nice timing guys. Let's have an outbreak of swine flu (not really dangerous unless you're a baby, elderly or immunocompromised anyway... much like the normal flu) right as we're traveling abroad.
Been the greatest trip evar. I will do the rundown later and hopefully include some pictures. We learned so much about this country, the culture, the people and ourselves.
You should come here. And get out into the countryside. Dublin is great. The countryside is amazing. Go, get lost (in County Meath like we did, if you choose). Like seriously lost in Ireland (it's easy their GPS systems on the rental cars suck slightly more wang than their signage). You'll find the best little places that you never knew existed and you'll never find in any guidebook. I could probably spend about 3-4 days in Dublin. I could probably spend a year wandering the countryside.
We are coming back here someday. Possibly Cork, Conemaugh, Belfast, Galway, Killarney... we have yet to decide. But it will be. We even tossed around the idea of doing a riding tour on bikes. Probably a bit aggressive for us, but still nice. |
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[Apr. 24th, 2009|11:11 pm] |
That's it, fuck you all. I'm going to Ireland.
Be back in a week or so.
~smoochies~ |
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[Apr. 20th, 2009|07:29 am] |
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I think I'm very interested in reading this seeing as Greg Graffin is probably one of my favorite lyricists of all time and reading the first few pages in the Google Books preview was fascinating. I've still got a $25 gift card somewhere and a bookstore right down the street. |
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[Apr. 12th, 2009|12:39 pm] |
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Our current running list of Dublin "Must Do's":
Trinity College
St. Stephen's Green
Bank of Ireland
Guinness Brewery
National Gallery of Ireland
General Post Office
Dublin Castle
Chester Beatty Library
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Day trip outside of the city to Newgrange and the Hill of Tara.
Other things we'd be interested in:
Jameson Distillery
Christ Church Cathedral
Of course there are going to be side trips to pubs and whatnot, not to mention whatever else we decide to do while we're there.
Any other advice of something we absolutely have to do? |
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[Apr. 3rd, 2009|08:03 am] |
Oh now this is pretty creative:
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[Mar. 16th, 2009|10:49 am] |
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Anyone else think this should be a kind of "no duh" move? Don't get me wrong, I'm in agreement with the "too big to fail" argument, but I think paying out bonuses is offensive. Everyone has to feel the hurt. |
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[Mar. 5th, 2009|09:09 am] |
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Um... do want. Just for the novelty of it all. |
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| This is not an intelligent response, but it's amusing... |
[Feb. 24th, 2009|09:09 pm] |
From Gov. Bobby Jindal's response to the Obama speech tonight:
But Democratic leaders in Congress -- they rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history, with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest.
Apart from people taking loans they couldn't afford in the first place, I don't know why we'd assume people don't make smart decisions with money.
Nope... still not convinced. |
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[Feb. 18th, 2009|09:37 am] |
Usually when I wake up with a headache it's one of two reasons:
1. Too much of the devil's brew the night before.
2. Allergies have clogged my nasal passages giving me a night of intermittent (at best) breathing and I've starved myself for oxygen.
This morning I woke up with a headache from neither of those. I took some advil and it went away, but now it's coming back with a vengeance. Seriously, what the hell?
Work's taking me to lunch today and tomorrow and my boss says we need to do lunch sometime soon so that means probably on Friday. Free food. |
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[Feb. 15th, 2009|10:52 pm] |
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Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis made a jazz album. This has 2/7ths of all of the makings of awesome. |
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[Feb. 14th, 2009|11:45 pm] |
I'm such a big pussy. At night I spend my time looking at kittens or puppies to adopt.
Oh, and running SAP BI loads since we did a shit-ton of changes this week. |
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[Feb. 13th, 2009|10:09 am] |
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This is a prime example of why I left AT&T U-Verse in the first place. After cancelling my service, within 30 minutes my logon account was effectively neutered. I was unable to pay bills online anymore, including my final bill. So I figure "Fine, I'll wait until it arrives and then call to pay." I finally get it and after credits it's a total of $10.36.
Yup, $10.
Fine, I bring the bill in with me today to work and dial into the number on the bottom.
AT&T Computer: "Please speak the phone number on the account."
Me: ~867-5309... whatever...~
AT&T Computer: "I didn't recognize that number on any active accounts."
Me: "That's because my account is inactive."
AT&T Computer: "Please speak the home address."
Me: "Why? It's not going to be in your database." ~pushes 0~
AT&T Computer: "What would you like to do? You can say... 'Order new AT&T U-Verse Service', 'Pay my bill', 'Ask a question...'"
Me: "PAY MY BILL"
AT&T Computer: "I'm transferring you to a billing specialist so you can pay your bill."
~swearing, muzak~
~5 minutes later~
Andrew: "This is Andrew, how can I help you?"
Me: "I cancelled my service and want to pay my final bill."
Andrew: "Okay sir, I can help you pay your bill and reconnect your account."
Me: "No, I don't want to reconnect my account. I just want to pay the bill."
Andrew: "Okay, I can take the payment but there is a $5 charge or you can do it automatically for no charge."
Me: "Fine, I'll do it automatically."
Andrew: "Can I have the primary phone number on the account?"
Me: "No, but I can give you the account number."
Andrew: "Okay sir that will be fine."
Me: ~account number~
Andrew: "Wait sir, is this an AT&T home account or U-Verse account?"
Me: "It's a disconnected U-Verse account, I owe $10, I want to pay it."
Andrew: "I'll have to transfer you to the AT&T U-Verse department to pay this. Is that fine?"
Me: "Yes."
~8 minutes, 17 seconds later~
Tina: "This is Tina with U-Verse customer support, how can I help you?"
Me: "Tina, I've cancelled my U-Verse service. I have a bill for about $10 I need to pay."
Tina: "Oh, I'll have to transfer you to the U-Verse billing department to handle that. Is that okay?"
Me: "Do what you got to."
Tina: "Can you provide me your account number?"
Me: "Why not..." ~account number~
Tina: "And the name on the account?"
Me: ~resists the urge to shout "AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD"~
Tina: "Transferring you now, sir."
~3 minutes, 2 seconds later~
Mike: "This is Mike with AT&T U-Verse billing, can I have your account number?"
Me: ~account number~
Mike: "And the name on the account?"
Me: ~name, I'm totally beaten by this point, I will do whatever they ask...~
Mike: "And your pin number for this account?"
Me: ~pin~
Mike: "I see you have a $10.36 charge on this account."
Me: "Yup, can you help me pay that, Mike?"
Mike: "I can, but it's a $5 charge to take it over the phone."
Me: "Is there no automated option like the guy I talked to a few transfers ago?"
Mike: "No, you're really just better off writing a check and mailing this in."
Me: "Fine, thanks Mike." ~hangs up~ |
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[Feb. 10th, 2009|09:45 am] |
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Today it's all about listening to Girl Talk I think. |
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[Jan. 28th, 2009|09:21 pm] |
In the middle of a Nip/Tuck binge...
Oh lawdy. |
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[Jan. 19th, 2009|09:09 am] |
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In the words of Gerald Ford, our long national nightmare is over.
One more day... one more day... |
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[Jan. 14th, 2009|10:55 pm] |
We has tickets to Dublin.
And 5 nights in a 5-star hotel. |
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