Does anyone twitter? I do. Its strangely addicting.

I found this site: slangcity.comHere are some notable examples ( Read more... )

Open source software sucks. My new gig is using Subversion as it's source code control. What a piece of crap! I refuse to type anything in to a command line. This is not 1988. I want to drag & drop. And only if absolutely necessary. They are also using some open source libraries for development. I would not touch that shit with a barge-pole. Who ( Read more... )

Today is Katie's birthday, fyi. Friday night we (katie, me, Erik, Andrea, Kitty, Lily, Jeff & Tracy) went to Pink Door for birthday dinner. Then we went to Chop Suey, where I bumped into a remarkable amount of faces from the past, the kind you have to think hard what their name is, and you hadnt given a seconds thought since the last time you saw ( Read more... )

Today I resigned at work. Woo hoo! Ive been at Getty for 3 1/2 years, and a year ago I thought I would probably be here for years to come. I used to manage the Datawarehousing and Financial Reporting groups. About 9 months ago my SVP boss left, and I was moved (in a subsequent shake-up) to an Architect role, with no reports, but influence on Film ( Read more... )

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Day 1 arrival, food and drinks.

Day 2 temples, gardens and markets.

Day 3 more food, rain and cafes.

Day 4 Took the bullet train to Kyoto, more temples and gardens.

Day 5 more Kyoto, cherry blossoms and gardens.

Day 6 swan boats, blossoms and Ginza at night.

Day 7 morning in Shibuya then home.

Just 4 days in and the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies has been non-stop excitement. England lost their opener to New Zealand, but then beat lowly Canada ( Read more... )

Everyone has a wiki now. We have at work. Here is a conservative wikiPlease check out the entry on "dinosaur". I quote ( Read more... )

In recent years, I have had positive car buying experiences. In fact before we left for the dealers on Saturday, I was telling Katie that it wasnt like it used to be, and was generally an efficient and pleasant experience. Not this time! Things were set back 10 years!

I sold my old car on craiglist after it being posted only 1 day! Amazing. ( Read more... )