Wow... long time since I've written.

After a week-ish long sorta-vacation, I'm back in town... and despite the beautiful day, inside, working on various personal projects and cleaning.

But I'm actually happy to be doing it. I had wondered earlier if what I really needed was a staycation ( Read more... )

"I guess it's official now. After all, Facebook says so."

Somehow, this link got posted into work-IRC today, and I just now got around to watching it (since I just now got home)...

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So... what he's saying is being a Christian is like God giving it to us in both ends while we're in a sling?

Wait, what?

Apparently, God also makes smoke emit from one end.

I wanna see what happens when God increases the

I found out some sad news today: the plane I both soloed and check... rode (??!) in has been... "sent to a farm where it'll be happier ( Read more... )

Our little Westie Pearl, god-bless her lil' terrier soul, loved to chase varmints as a puppy.

One of her favorite games chase the varmint-looking toy that we'd throw for her; you could tire her out doing this, as she'd play it for hours if you let her.

One day in the yard, she was lounging around, and saw an actual varmint. Her terrier instincts ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to try giving Twitter another chance.

I had registered early on, but stopped using them because their IM gateway was always down. Apparently, some things never change.

I'm giving it a bit more time this go around, since it's one of the few Web two-dot-oh things I sorta/kinda understandAnyway, I was walking down ( Read more... )

Many blame the LCPD directly for the increase in criminal activity, citing the department's lax procedure for arresting criminals, which involves taking 10 percent of the suspect's money, confiscating his weapons, and simply releasing him from custody later that day. Outraged citizens say this is not enough, especially in a city where assault ( Read more... )

terraplanner's weekend-long 30th Birthday Moss Beach House Party (TBMBHP)TM was a success, I think. Much fun (and much booze) were had by all ( Read more... )

I've been perusing Buildbot documentation today, since I've been futzing some release infrastructure at work.

Truth be told, I'm not (yet?) a huge BuildBot fan.

For anything more complicated than most open source projects' standard ./configure && make && make install-format of builds, it requires your to be extremely verbose to do the simplest of ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, during the "Four Days of San Francisco Summer 2008," I got a sunburn on my nose while enjoying all the sun. A couple of zits developed on the burn site, and lamentably, they have yet to heal ( Read more... )