opticoptic - LiveJournal.comFun with Config Files- June 29, 2008 I added some stuff to the perkowitz photo site code so that I could deploy another copy with a different config file to get, say, a baby photo site with its own look (and no, her name will not be betty; that's just the project code name). once that worked, I thought hey why not a robots mini-sitehttp://optic.livejournal.com/717480.html Hawaii- June 23, 2008 LJ friends, have you been to Hawaii Which island(s) did you go to Recommendationshttp://optic.livejournal.com/716962.html (Untitled)- June 21, 2008 optic: why am i like sittin here in front of a computer when theres countries to visit and street food to eat(I was going to post the whole discussion but this is the essence)http://optic.livejournal.com/716742.html PMin' it up on the ol' PM box- June 20, 2008 optic: i sure just PMed the fuck out of some more shitoptic: ie wrote some wikisoptic: the danger of this PMing thing is it not only indulges but actually encourages my obsessive need to summarize and classify everythingoptic: and put it in a listskye: a pragmatic but demanding obsessionoptic: yesoptic: its the sort of thing that also leads one to create spreadsheets for major decisionshttp://optic.livejournal.com/716289.html Fencing 61808- June 19, 2008 yeah, I haven't really been keeping up with these posts. partly that's because a lot of them would say "I sucked and then I was tired". I have been improving a bit, but who feels like coming home tired and sweaty and blogging anyhoo. bouts tonight with julia, andy, and byron. with both julia and andy, I felt like I was mostly in control of the bout -- mostly seeing their attacks coming and countering them, or able to come up with attacks that succeeded. not entirely of course, but more than...http://optic.livejournal.com/716197.html Pacific Raceways- June 5, 2008 This will probably be of interest to no one else, but here's my route tuesday, starting at the crossover on the front straight..1. straight through the crossover, 5th gear, 90-100mph2. apex along the outside wall3. (turn 1) speed steady, turn in toward the hidden cone behind the concrete barrier, straight down the outside line5. (turn 2) brake hard, down to 3rd, about 55mph (approached 60, which felt a little too fast)6. stay outside, steady speed, steady arc through the turn7. turn in when...http://optic.livejournal.com/715815.html (Untitled)- June 4, 2008 Why is the giant costco bucket of red vines a tech startup staple Who actually likes red vineshttp://optic.livejournal.com/715595.html Track Day and Exige- June 4, 2008 As a present from E, I spent this afternoon at pacific raceways doing open lapping in my M coupe, and getting a 30-minute session in our dream car, a lotus exige. the exige session was awful -- in that now I really really want one. before I wanted one in theory, since I'd read so much about how great they are to drive. now I know. I love my car, and it's great fun on the track, but the exige was on another level, perfectly controllable and hanging on in every corner. and the sound! the M coupe..http://optic.livejournal.com/715402.html SIFF: Sparrow- June 4, 2008 SIFF describes Sparrow (Man Jeuk) as "A loose and jazzy widescreen triumph with a touch of Cary Grant and Stanley Donen". We are starting to learn that SIFF descriptions are kind of... optimistic. This movie was mostly silly and incoherent. The plot is about a mysterious woman seducing the members of a pickpocket gang into committing a crime for her, and so hints at the joys of a caper movie (oh, I love a good caper movie). And while there is a caper, and some good scenes of petty crime, the...http://optic.livejournal.com/715188.html |