This isn't a full update. I am (obviously) safe and sound in Portland. The weather is pretty fantastic up here, but we're still trying to get all our things in order. We're in the final cleaning stages, so I should be returning to normal communication abilities in the not-too-distant future ( Read more... )

...and all I got was...

...okay, so I have no idea how to finish that joke. Just make up something about cars and deer and nerds, and it'll probably be funnier than what's in my head anyway. It's worth bearing in mind that this story has transcended from anger-inducing grand inconvenience into a story that would be a long joke in a stand up ( Read more... )

...I discovered that ants decided to take up residence inside the (empty) water well of my iron. Seriously. They lost their effing minds when my iron got hot and the heat made it to the well.

I considered ironing them to death, but didn't want ants crawling all over my hands, so I did what any reasonable nerd would do and vacuumed them up.

...that I think everyone knew was coming sooner or later (particularly Brian, since I told him I'd write this over a week ago).

A note beforehand: I know this is a hot-button issue, but I want to encourage debate without the concern that this will turn into an argument, so...I'm screening comments on this post only. I know; it's quite likely ( Read more... )

This morning, right before I chowed down on a bowl of Rice Krispies, I felt a little nauseated. I immediately afterward needed to sneeze (bear in mind that I did not realize I needed to sneeze when I experienced this.) The combination of nausea and sneezing made me think I was about to throw up my brain. Or, that gigantic aliens were pointing an ( Read more... )

...regarding a new set of proposals from the Board of Trustees. The first proposal is regarding the election of a new Board. Yawn.

The second proposal (called proposal three in the literature) is about genocide.

Seriously (verbatim):

"Shareholder proposal for Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund, Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund, Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund, Fidelity ( Read more... )

Some of you may have heard that David Letterman made some off-color jokes about one of Sarah Palin's daughters ( Read more... )

...brought to you by Joe Posnanski, the Wearable Towel, and the Slap Chop rap remix (starting after the second set of three asterisks, although YOU SHOULD ALL BE MORE ENLIGHTENED ABOUT BASEBALL!).

...Jason complains about Microsoft!

Apologies in advance for the over-use of confusing technical terms. I feel the need to vent, but don't have the time to properly explain myself. I hope nobody gets tiredhead.

As some (most? all?) of you know, I'm working on a new purchasing portal at work. To increase usability, I added in a TreeView object ( ( Read more... )

...just wanted to warn everyone ahead of time. This one includes a bit of outside reading as well.

Recently, I was made aware of controversy surrounding an event in the programming community. Ruby is a somewhat underground programming language written in the 90s by a Japanese programmer. The Ruby community holds an annual conference called GoGaRuCo ( Read more... )