Design FuBeating the sh*t out of bad appsMore lessons in frigidity- January 27, 2004 Lesson: Do not leave soda cans in the car. It might seem obvious to those of you accustomed to cold climates, but I finally realized I have to think of my car as a freezer. So I left 12 cans of mountain dew in my car right behind the driver's seat. What happened Of course about half the cans exploded when they froze. So that's not good... unfortunately I didn't notice this for three weeks. Well, turns out one of these days must have gotten above freezing, because the mountain dew in the...http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//lessons-in-frigidity Bad day for banking- January 21, 2004 Today is a bad day for banking. So this morning (not 20 minutes ago) I pulled up to a bank's drive-up ATM with the intent of withdrawing $40. I ended up with $400. I also managed to lose my bank card. Despite the fact that most ATMs only handle money in multiples of $20, they still require you to enter the "cents". So asking for $40 entails the button sequence 4-0-0-0. I almost always withdraw $40, so I perform this series of presses without a lot of higher brain involvement. Unfortunately,...http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//Bad_day_for_banking Cold in Cambridge- January 16, 2004 Well.... I have learned some valuable lessons. This is my first experience with True ColdTM. So last night I decided to walk 2 miles from my friend's place back to the bed & breakfast... at 1 am. At -30F (with windchill). It was... very cold. Lesson one was that jeans cannot, in fact, be worn in any weather. By the time I got home my legs were very, very cold. Lesson two is that a scarf is a worthwhile thing to have (at least, I'm guessing it would be) because by the time I got home sans scarf..http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//Cold_in_Cambridge Settling down- January 14, 2004 Still trying to develop a rhythm for what I'll be doing. Its weird, but where I know how to change whatever in GNOME (who to talk to, who to avoid, etc).... when it comes to messing with things outside in GNOME in Red Hat I really have no clue where to go. So slowly figuring that sort of stuff out. In other news, been looking for an apartment. I made the mistake of agreeing to stay a month at the Bed and Breakfast. The downside is that they really don't have enough parking and I'm double parked.http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//Settling_down The Wandering Nomad- January 5, 2004 Yes, my weblog has grown silent. Yes, important messages clamour for my attention amidst the congestion that is my inbox. What has been going on you ask Last week I spent on the road driving 12 hours a day. My brother foolishly agreed to go along and had to put up with a week of me whinging about his speeding and swerving (sorry about that Drew!). I think I would have gone nuts without the company. Along the way I stayed with a good HS friend (Kenny Martens) who I hadn't seen in 4 years, a...http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//note |