Filed under: work
Why is giving something a date (or even attempting to follow a pattern) so much against human nature? I am normally not someone who should talk about common sense but really, which one of the following tables is being used by our hosted website at this moment? Bonus points: Which table did the currently live data come from, if any ( Read more... )

Filed under: work, Boston
A neighborhood in Boston found the beta of the website I did for Boston and wrote a short blog post about it. Having also done a complete Google mashup for another project, I would like to say that it would take quite more than a couple hours to pull this site off despite what the poster believes.

http://brighton-community ( Read more... )

These are not quotes so much as me just trying to remember some of the ridiculous things that happened. Names and dialog may be completely wrong. Feel free to correct me or add other things you heard to the comments.

• Dez: No littering? I guess we can't kill Nate and leave his body here like we had planned.
• ?: Devil's Cove is for sale. It's $ ( Read more... )

Filed under: gaming
I finally beat Puzzle Quest this past week. I tried defeating the last boss a long time ago and brutally lost. Since then, I finished every other side quest in the game. Going back was like firing a missile at someone because they threw a muffin at you. It was a fun and silly game and I will probably go back for some jewel ( Read more... )

Filed under: chatter
I probably file the simplest taxes allowed by law. In fact, if the IRS came to my apartment and told me to do more or they would have me arrested, I would believe them. However, I still go to H&R Block because I like to have someone smarter than myself take a look and also so that I can ask random questions.

"Ok, Ryan. That's ( Read more... )

Filed under: Laser Hockey DS, Nintendo DS, homebrew
I'm a little early with this build but I don't think much will change in the next week. This one looks almost identical to the last one. The only difference is that wireless multiplayer actually works! Here are all of the changes since the last release.

Internal build: 0.3.4

• First DS-DS WiFi ( Read more... )

Primarily for 
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Filed under: work, Internet Explorer
Clearly the correct response when you accidentally resize div elements inside a fixed table cell so that they are a little too tall is to hide other unrelated absolutely positioned elements...*POOF*

This is the second major IE6 issue I have had to work around. Thankfully, I am usually able to ignore IE6 in my ( Read more... )

Filed under: Boston, news, work
Link to Boston Globe article: Street mix-up delays police response to slaying

That's what happens when your city incorporates existing towns as new neighborhoods but doesn't force them to change their street names or numbers.

Homework for the Boston Police

Count how many duplicate house numbers there are for ( Read more... )

I just want to say that even though I was under the weather this past weekend, I had a great time with everyone. It's wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones. Congratulations Matt & Casey!

I would have written this sooner but between getting over a cold, lots of work at work and one session of Brawl, I just haven't had the time!