Monday, May 17, 2004
Oh! Um. Yes. Must update. Briefly: Spent most of the good, if somewhat tiring weekend shopping. Ended up with some more anime (Angelic Layer and Kaze no Yojimbo), a new CD rack, some kitchen utensils, and some cookbooks. I could write a few paragraphs about each of the above, but frustratingly, I have to leave work in a few minutes to pick up my parents at the airport. I was able to finish reading […]
Friday, May 14, 2004
ExtremeTech has posted a slideshow of Windows Longhorn. I’m not impressed. A few issues, off the top of my head: I’m disturbed that buttons and menus now have no visual cues to tell you that they’re buttons or menus. This is a good example; what’s clickable, and what’s just a static text label? The new ALT-TAB feature is an improvement on the current little popup window in Windows, but it’s nowhere near […]
May 13, 2004
And now, more VR story, as promised: Mother blew out a breath, then looked around at the others. Everyone else was quiet, but obviously intrigued. “Right, right,” she said. “Who wants to get together to help these two?” Most of the people there raised their hands; after a moment, even Panic raised an armored fist. Mother regarded Thomas and Doodlehopper silently for a moment, as if weighing them in her mind, […]
May 11, 2004
Incidentally: I’ll be at an Edward Tufte course all day tomorrow, so no VR story snippet until Thursday. 3:49 p.m. A friend suggests I might feel better if I ranted here. Ironically, everything I need to rant about has been improving a bit over the past couple of days. But, I don’t need to let that stop me. Sleep. Sleep’s been a big weight on my mind lately. I’ve been […]
Friday, May 7, 2004
Whatever this illness is, it feels like some sort of alien parasite from a bad Star Trek episode. Normally, I get these things and I suffer through them and then I’m okay in a couple of days. This is day number six and counting. I’m not nearly as bad as I was on Sunday or Monday, but I’m still coughing and wrestling with an upset stomach. Blaaarrggh. Anyvay. I’ve spent much of my time […]
Thursday, May 6, 2004
I’m not dead yet. Just sick. A nasty cold grabbed hold of me on Sunday and wouldn’t let go. More VR story: He put one thumb underneath the goggles and pushed them up onto his forehead, and arched an eyebrow at Doodlehopper. “They want to help,” he said, and he couldn’t help smirking. Doodlehopper just gave him a sour look. They stood at one end of a Greek theater, and Doodlehopper […]
Friday, April 30, 2004
Been a bad week for journal updates. As usual, this is because (A) it’s really been a bad week, and (B) I haven’t actually been busy, per se. I usually post when I’m most active and busy. So. What has been going on, you ask? Work’s sucked. I’m trying to get a feel for the amount of documentation work left to do, and some of the developers are a bit prickly about providing […]
Thursday, April 29, 2004
More of the VR story: They stopped and Thomas replied to absolutely nothing, “This is a friend. I want to show her around, nothing more. I think she would be useful.” Doodlehopper shot him a look that managed to combine worry and annoyance, but he grinned and waved it away. The air was still, but Thomas didn’t move forward and Doodlehopper was following his lead. “No,” the voice intoned. “You […]
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
…Tanjit! Forgot to post a VR story entry today. I should be able to do that tomorrow. It’s been a bear of a day at work; a co-worker‘s comments completely dispirited me. But, after some time spent driving around and arguing with him in my head, I don’t feel upset anymore. Everyone on this deathmarch is stressed.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Magnatune just added a few new artists. Beat Under Control plays excellent “jazz/dub intense electro funk.” As weird as that sounds, it works. Meanwhile, Rob Costlow‘s piano pieces sound like professional movie scores. Both highly recommended. Had a good day at work today. I normally start the day with personal e-mails, but found that this ruins my work attitude. I just can’t start working […]