Putting the "Christ!" in Christmas since 1982. Hover the following links:

Machinedrum - Winter Wonderbells
Vim! - 4-Bit Xmas.mp3
Vim! - Wakey Wakey Wales, It's Xmas.mp3

No? Delvarado? Yes ( Read more... )

Many of you already know Caribou (aka Manitoba) rolled through town last night for a show at Crowbar. The songs weren't perfect replications of the album recordings by any means, but my prevailing interest remained seeing how headman Dan Snaith (heralded sole recorder of all instrumentation) would delegate tasks on each track. Every guy had ( Read more... )

A friend showed me the following link:
http://www.anxietynetwork.com/pdfear.html

I feel like showing my reply here to heighten awareness of this issue and remind (or inform) friends that this is a part of my life that affects every day.

"Yeah, this is definitely what I've been dealing with since my earliest ( Read more... )

"Hey guys.. I'm having trouble writing a SQL statement." - boss
"Are you using a keyboard?" - coder

A client at work was reporting an error that we could not reproduce, so we asked him for his login. He declined, which seemed odd, so we worked around it. Eventually we got to a point where we really needed his exact login to analyze an evaluate an error, so grudgingly, he gave us his password. "mastermind69 ( Read more... )

I'm a bit overdue, but here's a quick mention on my vacation(s). First, I went to Virginia for a weekend for a 20-person gathering of top gamers on Nintendo titles over multiple consoles. The trip included organized tournaments for Mario Kart 64, GoldenEye, and ping pong, as well as plenty of Super Mario Kart (the original)--all things I love and ( Read more... )

They modernized the logo from the inaugural logo from 1993.. an improvement:
tampabaylighting.com

It was perfect for all I could inspect, floating through the ether like an apology. It danced the way machines do, accidentally beautiful. Swift was out there early, before songbirds broke the morning, borrowing wayward rays from horizon and shouldering them toward the machine as gnarled hands fumbled gnarled implements. He motioned down to me ( Read more... )

...contributed to making my birthday a good one this year. i probably don't say it enough, but i really appreciate all the friends i've made... i'm happy these days, and i owe it to you all ( Read more... )