I am a perfectly happy Windows 2000 user. Sure, I realize I should upgrade to XP, but that’s $200 (for XP Pro) I don’t necessarily want to spend. So I’ve been putting it off. It’s on the List, just not very high up.
Now things may change. A new potential client, if they sign off on […]
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/24/05
I had quite a walk this evening — mostly due to my own impatience, but oh well. Evening walks are the method of choice for getting Killy to sleep. When Jen and I walk for exercise we make loops around a nearby park, but if I’m by myself just trying to get Killy to sleep, […]
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/23/05
I know I’ll still learn a lot from the book, but I’m having a big problem with the new book I got the other day, “ASP.NET 1.1 with Visual Studio C# .NET 2003.”
It’s not about Visual Studio C# .NET 2003. Seems like an important bit of oversight, doesn’t it? The book actually covers usings C# […]
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/22/05
Jen put up a side-by-side (well, actually a top-by-bottom or whatever that would be called) that shows how much Killy has grown in a year. It’s just amazing! He was just getting the hang of sitting this time last year. Now he’s getting the hang of sign language, climbing onto tables and desks, and closing […]
Bombing Smurfs A Belgian television ad for UNICEF shows the idyllic smurf villiage getting bombed by warplanes. They can only show the ad after 9pm to avoid scaring kids. The tagline: “Don’t let war destroy our children’s world.”
Innovative Gaming Interaction An incredible video that shows a prototype Microsoft has assembled that allows users to really […]
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/21/05
I had a lovely meeting today with a new client — they are great people, I really enjoyed talking with them. They were set up in a home office, which had the unexpected benefit of easing my typical pre-meeting-dread. I guess I knew I would feel more at home in a home office. They had […]
It’s almost like the mountains in Virginia! The temperature dropped so much yesterday and last night, and we had a good rain last night, that we actually have a fog/mist this morning!
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/20/05
After years of buying all of my computer books from clearance racks, yesterday I bought a couple of new technology books. The goal of my book-buying trip was to get a book on ASP.NET, which, unfortunately, a new project is requiring me to learn. I hate having to buy books for a single project, but […]
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/19/05
Killy was really funny today. I was discussing with Jen the fact that Steve Jobs was only the cover of Time magazine again (I believe it’s his fifth time) and somehow the conversation steered toward mac/pc use. Killy was standing in the living room watching his favorite music tv show. I asked him, “So, are […]
Today was the two year anniversay of my cartoon, They Think They’re Newsworthy! It’s been an interesting ride down a road I never saw myself take. But unexpected travel often proves to be the most interesting! I’ve had a few frantic days in the last year when my supply of cartoon-able photos has dwindled to […]
They Think They’re Newsworthy…. 10/18/05
Uhoh Killy, even though he was dead tired at 9:00, pepped up after grabbing half a cookie (Erin make these divine cookies tonight…). I took him for a walk, and he fell asleep — but not enough! Transferring him to bed woke him. I tried lying next to him to calm him back to sleep […]