I spent much of the weekend tinkering with Premiere, Adobe's non-linear video editing program. Early Sunday morning, I realized I'd gotten IT, capital I capital T. Man, I just love it when that happens ( Read more... )

Animated icons. Annoying to view, yet fun to make.

Jon Stewart rules.

I saw a car in the parking lot at work with the license plate Anduril. Ha! So geeky. I double-checked to see if it was Bueller's car (it wasn't). Hehe ( Read more... )

I got a copy of the Xbox RPG Fable this week and added a couple more sci-fi titles to my DVD collection. Both Blade and Terminator were eight-something bucks each at Circuit City, a great deal for two of my favorites movies. And these are the widescreen, special edition geektastic versions too ( Read more... )

Found my wireless card in the pocket of my cargo pants. I'm typing up this entry from Trabant Chai Lounge on 45th, which has free wireless just like U-Drink. The network is unencrypted, so it should be easy for someone to sniff my LJ password. If you read journal entries here about me raping hamsters, then assume I've been hacked. That or I'm ( Read more... )

My product unit manager (my lead's boss's boss) was in line with me at the crapeteria's cashier earlier. He said to me, "hey, congratulations on your review." Whoa. Anymore of this and my head will explode ( Read more... )

I'm typing this on my laptop in a wireless-enabled café, but I'm uploading this after I get back home. Why? Because I can't find my frigging wireless card. Somehow, during last week's cleanup in preparation for Anne and Eddie's visit, I misplaced the thing ( Read more... )

Bossman Winthrop, Bueller and I went offsite for lunch today. Destination: the Mediterranean place next to Nasai Teriyaki. Never ate there before. Got a huge lamb and beef gyro for $5 -- that's an awesome value. For dessert I tried a kunafa ( Read more... )

Zach Braff has a Garden State blog that's got to be the funniest, best blog ever. I really, really recommend you all see this movie; it's smart, funny, touching (in a good way), honest, real. No car explosions or samurai swordfights, but there is a flash of boobage, so there's that ( Read more... )

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