brad's lifebrad's life - LiveJournal.comBMW roadside assistance- May 31, 2008 My motorcycle is "parked" in a 2 hour zone, so I thought I'd wake up early this morning and get it towed. I called BMW Roadside Assistance.Highlights thus far include: them not calling 5-10 minutes before arrival, as stated, but rather angry tow truck guy who beat me there calling me, not understanding why I wasn't there. canceling plan to shower and instead rush to the intersection with crazy morning hair tow truck guy wasn't actually there, but rather 1 block away tow truck guy not having a..http://brad.livejournal.com/2383289.html "We hooked up" no longer an option- May 31, 2008 I was just confirming a friendship on Facebook (yes, yawn) and the UI seemed different somehow, but I couldn't quite place it. Then I realized there were a few less checkboxes for how you know the person. I read them all but couldn't remember what was there before except "We hooked up".What else disappeared Is this part of Facebook trying to grow up and be more mass-market applicableSorry, this is probably old news. I don't tend to respond to all my requests (image cropped due to browser...http://brad.livejournal.com/2382970.html A tale of two Internet users I don't understand- May 31, 2008 Two emails I got in the past few days, both totally different except in that I don't understand either of the users.Exhibit A:From: paul simin <paulsxxxntalktalk.net> Subject: advert Received: from unknown (HELO einstein) (89.243.95.59) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP; 29 May 2008 17:17:30 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 i wanted to buy a remote control door look not read your stupid advert stupid lump of shit fuck off Interesting things to note: Swearing at a...http://brad.livejournal.com/2382752.html Fail- May 31, 2008 Well, that didn't work.Made it about halfway, feeling pretty confident because the bike started idling (and sounding good) at stops, but then it died finally. Pulled it over to the side and walked home, picking up some jumper cables on the way. (I'm pretty sure I already own some, but can't find them.... :-)http://brad.livejournal.com/2382582.html Battery Update- May 30, 2008 Follow-up to this tweet: I was able to run-start it down the hill. (so awesome!) But it kept wanting to die unless I kept giving it gas. In fact, it did die again a few miles from my house, but fortunately on another hill. That attempt wasn't going so well to get it going again, and I realized I left the house without my phone. (gulp) Fortunately I got it going again (after using up a few hills) and rode it around some more and finally parked it back in front of my house with the...http://brad.livejournal.com/2382227.html My Daily Tweets- May 30, 2008 20:02 Dear twitter: motorcycle battery dead. Please advise on run-starting it down big hill. (posted using LoudTwitter)http://brad.livejournal.com/2381895.html Hiking- May 28, 2008 Memorial Day hiking trip...http:picasaweb.google.combradley.j.fitzpatrickPointReyesI love the shot of Evan & Meena sleepcuddling while the ocean breaks behind them.http://brad.livejournal.com/2381689.html 20% project- May 28, 2008 memcached support for Google App Engine...http:www.readwriteweb.comarchivesgoogle_app_engine_announcements.phphttp://brad.livejournal.com/2381384.html Yay Phoenix!- May 25, 2008 Congratulations Phoenix lander!(watching NASA TV and everybody cheering... gets me a little teary eyed... :))http://brad.livejournal.com/2381230.html Hot tub & weekend update- May 25, 2008 Saturday: slept 12 hours, hacked most the day (work stuff, but don't care... it's fun), met evan & meena for coffee at Ritual and then spaghetti and booze at Emmy's. went to party at Steve & Kendal's.Sunday: woke up at grabbed a sledge hammer to work on removing the pond, because I want to put a hot tub there instead. Photos, including ones of my awesome hair and birds in the backyard. oh, and beat another 15 songs on rockband (hard drums) later: coworker's girlfriend's graduation party..http://brad.livejournal.com/2380881.html |