Illuminatea

Stupid website, but it gives me a chance to taunt my co-worker Kevin. This morning I got a puzzled e-mail from him, asking me why this picture of me in Sydney from February (yes, that's Sydney, Australia; we were there for training for work) was the most-viewed picture in his online galleries (warning, probably not a worksafe gallery). I have no ...

Dear iPod, Over the years that I've had you (as your second owner), we've had our rocky times. You've worked well with both my Windows and Mac workstations -- that's a plus. Your battery life is damn near useless (and I understand that's not really your fault), but with the appropriate adapter therapy we've been able to work around that. I hardly ...

We had a nice even grey cloud cover with light rain this morning, providing a relief from the big nasty bright glowing ball of superheated plasma. I love this weather; it's why I live in Seattle. I've been having recurring headaches and back trouble, traceable to my chair at work. I picked up a new one last night; it is quite tasty. My back is ...

I'm down at the Seattle Convention Center today for day one of a four-day training conference I'm attending for work. One of the gentlemen in the registration line behind me looks just like Arvin Sloane (a character from the TV show Alias, for those who don't get the name). I'm keeping a close eye out now for weird artifacts, ...

I buy and read more than a few technical books. Big shock, I know, but what can you do? I have a local bookstore I like to visit, but I'll often use Amazon as well when I'm not in a tearing hurry to get a particular book in my hands. One of Amazon's value-added features is that they'll send you recommendations on books you might ...

First, I would like it to be known that I am only doing this under protest. I don't usually participate in blog memes, because most of them are damned silly. However, I got tagged on this one by Paul in what looks like a fairly typical spree of spreading the love, so I'll go ahead and do it. So here's the meme, in Paul's words: ...

coolsteph says:I have 5 kids here right now... The girls are burping the alphabet so I am staying away.Devin L. Ganger [It's Office but it's XML!] says:<facepalm>