Archive for July, 2001

i want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket…

Lucky for me I already have one. Things that happened today that have never happened to me before: Toronto Hydro caused catastrophic system failure. The bank teller who served me today played on a softball team with me when we were kids. The subway took an hour (instead of 25 minutes). I’m totally hooked on […]

there’s no single explanation, there’s no central destination

Back from Ottawa. All in all, it was a great trip. OLS was alright, although I didn’t spend all of my time there. In the draw for early registerers on Saturday, I won an Agenda VR3 Linux-based PDA. It’s… a nice toy, but there’s no way it’s going to replace my Newton. That, and Sandy […]

the next to do list

Clean up all of the back-ordered UNNA CDs Do the goddamn UNNA Database system, dammit! Maybe hack on UnixNPI Get the Ultralite service manual scanned and posted Maybe make a DB with all of the NewtonOS errror codes? chuma.org went over 11000 hits yesterday.

Day 2.5 in Ottawa

The presentation got out early, so I’ve got time to write. About an hour, actually 😛 Sandy’s having a great time so far, which makes me happy. Her and Melissa had a great time shopping yesterday. It’s good, because they haven’t seen each other in so long. On the way home last night we traipsed […]

Day 1.5 in Ottawa

Well, we made it in one piece to Ottawa. Yesterday had to take the TTC to Union station, and then jump on the Via for about five hours, and the train was about half an hour late. Melissa met us at the train station, and we took a cab back to her place. It’s a […]

when you’re down, and troubled, and you need some love and care

Last week was bloody hectic and insanely crazy at work, but we got Maptuit 1.3 out the door. It was pretty stressful at times, but it was a good kind of stress: I think because everyone knew what they were working towards and that the work was not going to be in vain. After I […]

it’s just your halflife long to know

lately has been blah. not depressing, just… blah. work is busy as heck. play is at a minimum; trying to motivate myself to write code and watch anime, both to no avail. very tired lately; should get more sleep. hopefully next week in Ottawa will snap me out of it, or Sandy will give me […]

you can hear happiness straggling on down the street

After thinking about it for a while, finally dug out my Hendrix CDs. Yay. I had an awesome weekend, it being my birthday on Saturday and all. Jor, thanks for the PoE card; Tony, thanks for the LEGO; and Emily, thanks for the six LEGO sets 🙂 It was great seeing all of my friends […]

*yawn*

Work was sloooow. I can’t seem to stay awake. Must go to Guelph, see Sandy, see friends at pub tomorrow, have good time on birthday. Yes.

moving, watching, working, sleeping, driving, walking, talking, smiling

Reading I’ve been doing bu haven’t mentioned in a while: read Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss, the story which A.I. is based on. read Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley. Currently reading The Man Who Was Afraid by Maxim Gorky. Super-Toys was interesting. I haven’t seen A.I. yet (tomorrow!), but I already know […]