We have an all hands meeting on Monday mornings at work. When I returned to my desk after today's meeting there was a bag with a dozen chocolate cookies on my keyboard. I have no idea who left them, which is sad because I'd like to thank them. (Actually I have a pretty good idea but said party has thus far denied responsibility ( Read more... )

I managed to blue screen my PC at work from my mac at home. My tester aura is strong today.

I asked someone in the office to reboot it for me and they sent me this picture back:


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So I have at least two Halloween occasions this year. One is a party with the theme "Cute and Fierce". The other will be the Grind before Halloween which happens to be my actual birthday. (For non-Seattle people the Grind is that place I go to on Thursdays...you know Fight Club ( Read more... )

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The company I work for has a small team of developers in Bulgaria. They're in the US right now and having them in the office has sparked a lot of interesting conversations about the differences between the education systems in different countries ( Read more... )

I'm going skiing tomorrow at Snoqualmie. Does anyone want to join me ( Read more... )

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My mom promised me to knit me a sweater about a year ago. Today we picked out a pattern and yarn. I'm not sure how it will turn out, but I should be able to wearing it skiing if no where else.

I've made three batches of granola this weekend. I've been using this recipe as a starting point, but following it very loosely. I use oat bran instead ( Read more... )

I've been skiing on the same gear since I was 14. The boards were nice and the boots were cushy but the entire sport of skiing has changed a lot in that time. Back then skiers were rarely in the park, parabolic skis were a novelty, and only racers wore helmets. I got a helmet two years ago, new boots last year, and have fully embraced skiing ( Read more... )

My new job is awesome. I'm part of test team of two. The other guy is cool and there's plenty of work. My second day we sat down and hacked me off a piece to own. I've been backfilling unit tests like a mad woman, learning a new language, looking for code that 'smells', and doing a bit of IT here and there to help out ( Read more... )