Archive for November, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/23/04

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/23/04

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/22/04

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/22/04

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/21/04

Sunday, November 21st, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/21/04

vacation

Saturday, November 20th, 2004

Well, we’re off for vacation! We’re leaving in… an hour and a half. Hmm. I’m not going to get much sleep, am I?
See you in a week!

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/20/04

Saturday, November 20th, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/20/04

so hard not to be snarky

Friday, November 19th, 2004

It’s so hard not to be snarky to my clients!

book quiz

Friday, November 19th, 2004

well, everybody else is doing it….

You’re Ulysses!
by James Joyce
Most people are convinced that you don’t make any sense, but compared
to what else you could say, what you’re saying now makes tons of sense. What people do
understand about you is your vulgarity, which has convinced people that you are at once
brilliant and repugnant. Meanwhile you are […]

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/19/04

Friday, November 19th, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/19/04

hairball

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

I pulled the grossest hairball out of our shower drain. I had noticed there were a few hairs wrapped around the spokes of the grill that was covering the drain, and I crouched down to pluck them out. I started tugging, and instead of a few stray hairs, a huge wad of hair […]

American’s aren’t smart, we just take easy tests

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

The Brookings Institute released the results from a study of the national test of student math skills. It shows that in the eigth grade test, 40% of the questions addressed first and second grade math skills.
Yikes!

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/18/04

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/18/04

Roanoke makes “Weird News”

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

A Roanoke story made the MSNBC “Weird News” page, this is amusing:
In September, a Roanoke (Va.) Times story documented the righteous complaint of Melissa Williamson, 35, that street construction noise outside her home in southeast Roanoke, especially by jackhammers, would have a harmful effect on her unborn child, then two months from term. The published […]

still no motivation

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

I’m still having a tough time motivating myself enough. I’ve got a fair amount on my plate right now, but I realize I’m going to be gone for the next week starting Saturday, and that I don’t really have a chance to finish anything up before then. So my motivation to actually work […]

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/17/04

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 11/17/04

your wish is my command…

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

Having had a big resurgence of interest in 3d, after having seen The Incredibles and having some flash-backs to my college 3d days from seeing Jeremy Birn’s name in the credits, I started looking around to see how the Blender project is doing.
My biggest gripe with Blender has been lack of undos. Can you […]