i'm really craving a kiwi, of all things. er, the fruit, not someone from new zealand.

total zombie at work today. can't stay up till 3am drinking. blargh.

managed to offend my boss^2 - we were talking about UI design and he took something personally. we later both apologized, but ugh.

talked to my dad. they finally had to put zelda, the remaining cat back home, to sleep. one month shy of 21yrs. poor little furball. here is ( Read more... )

i keep meaning to write about this backlog of stuff, but things come up ( Read more... )

i wasn't actually planning on posting more about this, but everyone got such a stiffy about the last post, here we are.

I recommend skimming Is Cycling Dangerous? Here are the highlights.

From John Forester's Bicycle Transportation (2nd ed, 1994, pg 41):

Accidents per Million Miles ( Read more... )

i've had all these rambly ideas for posts rattling around in my head lately, but they have yet to coalesce into anything really cohesive, and i'm tired of waiting. so for the next couple of days you get rambly posts. not that that's much different from normal i suppose. hrm ( Read more... )

motivation at work is slagging quickly. i gotta get back on this ball. we're just about done with the first quarter, and at least i've met my objectives, but i have a lot more ground to cover. i've gotten back into the swing of making up new stuff instead of fixing bugs, which is good, but right now i'm making up about 3x as much stuff as i can ( Read more... )

i had to buy a ticket to a movie on saturday tonight, on movietickets.com. they make you sign up first. lame! so i thought "i'll use mailinator.com and make up an account". since the ticket is for shutter island, i gave it the name shutter island, and the email address shutter@mailinator.com. fine, right? who cares. then i buy the ticket, ( Read more... )

portland was fun! it's a neat city and was a fun long weekend. now i'm back in SF and not looking forward to going to work tomorrow.

turn signals, people. use them. don't be like the jerk in a bmw this morning who cut across two lanes of traffic to make a last second right turn right in front of me, with no warning whatsoever. thankfully, my newly replaced brakes were fully functional and stopped me just in time, but jesus. couple that with the convo on the train later about ( Read more... )

more experimenting with miso soup. i got some red miso paste this time, and tried making niboshi dashi. interesting flavor. the red miso i intense - saltier and less sweet than the white miso. i think i prefer the flavor, just need to use slightly less of it. the niboshi i wasn't as hot on. prepping all the dried sardines is a pain, and the ( Read more... )