Monthly Archives: July 2008

Don’t? Doesn’t? I’m not sure h…

Don’t? Doesn’t? I’m not sure how that verb should agree with the subject. And I think I’m too tired to care.

Calling it a night. There don’…

Calling it a night. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day.

links for 2008-07-15

Portal: Still Alive heading to Xbox Live Arcade
I demand cake.
(tags: portal xbla xbox360 awesome funny)

Billy Packer is leaving CBS? M…

Billy Packer is leaving CBS? My joy cannot be measured. Next March/April is going to be AWESOME. Give Gus Johnson the job!

My four-day weekend is nearing…

My four-day weekend is nearing its end. Too bad it has to be over. I’ve really enjoyed the extra time at home and with the family.

Being a father is not unlike w…

Being a father is not unlike working in customer service. Example: my two-year-old just handed me a piece of poop.

I’m thinking it’s too early to…

I’m thinking it’s too early to be up, but if I go back to bed, it will just make me sleepier. So I’m up.

@sh If you don’t mind banking …

@sh If you don’t mind banking w/o local branches, I’ve actually had really good experiences with E-Trade.

links for 2008-07-10

Webpages as graphs - an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet
View any web page as a “snowflake” of sorts, displaying tag hierarchies as well as types.
(tags: awesome css visualization graph web html design)

Got in some late-night Rock Ba…

Got in some late-night Rock Band, now off to bed and to begin enjoying my long weekend. Love it.

Tired, but consoling myself wi…

Tired, but consoling myself with the fact that my weekend will start in about sixteen hours.

“The true measure of a man…”

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”–Samuel Johnson

Mysteries that May Never Be Solved

For some reason, in the past 24 hours or so, I’ve had more search hits on the term “confirmation@apple.com” or “confirmation@apple.com email” than I’ve seen for any search result that’s ever hit this site in the months I’ve been tracking.
Could one of the people hitting this site based on that search leave a comment and [...]

links for 2008-07-08

Pimp My Code, Part 15: The Greatest Bug of All
Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster relates perhaps the best bug-hunting story I’ve read in a while. This kind of thing is all too-familiar.
(tags: apple bugs business cocoa design development mac macosx software coredata programming nextstep debug)

@Veronica I suppose that’s the…

@Veronica I suppose that’s the “personal touch” they tout as SWA’s difference and appeal. Wonderful.

I don’t think I can properly i…

I don’t think I can properly inform you how pleased I am that this is a short week due to some time off.

Today was a tough customer sup…

Today was a tough customer support day. Issues left and right, diverted attentions… I’m happy it’s done. Let’s try again tomorrow.

“Happiness is not achieved…”

“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.”–Aldous Huxley

A giant beef brisket is the gi…

A giant beef brisket is the gift that keeps on giving. Tonight, it gave accompanied by homemade beans and cornbread. Rustic!

What a great day. The kids wer…

What a great day. The kids were moderately well-behaved, food was cooking all day long, and now I’m quite full and quite content.

Chips + brisket + red sauce + …

Chips + brisket + red sauce + beans + cheese + homemade pico = “Cowboy Nachos.” Delicious!

Photo: Family by the Fountain

What can I say? These are my favorite people in the universe.

“At times one remains faithful…”

“At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.”–Friedrich Nietzsche

If I could eat all 12 pounds o…

If I could eat all 12 pounds of this brisket, I would.

Opening the oven right now is …

Opening the oven right now is a dangerous move, as all it accomplishes is the creation of an intense carnivorous hunger.