Saturday, October 20, 02001
I'm on the lookout for the Kiss Kids. They love Coke.
"It's the sugar." "No, it's the caffine."
Last seen across the street from the tasty Thaiphoon restuarant.
It's a pity I couldnt find their pictures anywhere online.
Posted at 08:02 PM EST [Link]
Friday, October 19, 02001
The State of Virginia killed someone last night.
Hmmm.... I wonder what passes for punishment in our new ally's courts....
Think it sucked to be the murderer ? Imagine what it would be like to be the guy counting up the pieces afterwards.
(Warning, links not neccessarily grandmother-friendly)
Posted at 07:57 PM EST [Link]
I went for my first eye exam in over 14 years, and I almost ended up getting killed by it. Near the end of the exam, the doc pops some drops in my eyes for a glycoma test He gives me some goofy cardboard sun glasses and tells me my eyes are going to be really sensitve to the light. Yeh right. I live across the street. I immediately put them to use them as a bookmark for the book I'd been reading. He says it'll take about an hour for my eyes to get back to normal.
So after the exam is over, I stop for some coffee and see I can't make out the denomination of the bills. I probably ended up spending $20 for a mocha. I notice I can't really read anything, but it's only two blocks to my apartment, so I should be OK. There aren't any cars around so I start to cross the street. Halfway across the street I walk out of the shade from the high rises around me and into the sun. Bamm - My eyes clamp shut, and I nearly fall down, and I stop in the middle of the street. Eventually I get to the medium and am able to squint enough to make out the wallk/don't walk sign. When it switches to walk, I make it across the street. The rest of the trip seems extremely long, with my vision cut down to one squinting eye, and my hand over my eyes to block out the sun. I duck into the shade at every oppurtunity. I feel like Gollum. Once I get in the apartment, I remember the stupid cardboard sunglasses, oh well.
But by that time, I can't read anything. I try to call the office to tell them I'm going to be out until the drops wear off, but I can't see the digits on the phone, much less the display. I try to send an e-mail, but I can't see the keys or the display. So I start freaking out, wondering if I burned out my eyes by not wearing the stupid glasses. Eventually my vision clears up enough so I can see the keyboard but not the display, so I send out a e-mail to folks at work. I'm sure they're having a good chuckle over my situation. It's chock full of typos.
So I spend an hour or so basically not going anything because I can't read or use the computer or even make out anything on TV. I put on a CD and listen to some music. I do some laundry and the dishes. I stop doing the dishes when I almost topple them all over the floor.
Things are almost back to normal now. I can see the monitor, but it's still sort of fuzzy. It's good enough so I can type this entry at least. I can probably drive now without killing myself or anyone. Hopefully by the time I get in the office everything will be back to normal.
Lessons for today is "schedule eye exams for late in the day", and "wear the %#^@%^# goofy glasses !"
Oh yeh, by the way, I failed the exam - I'm getting my glasses next week.
Posted at 01:14 PM EST [Link]
If this page looks terrible now, it's because I took the plunge and converted the tables over to CSS-manipulated divs.
Go update your browser if anything looks odd.
Actually, things should look as banal as yesterday, but in yellow,and with much simplier HTML.
Simple == good.
I've got to tweak the margins a bit, but that can wait a couple months.
Posted at 12:11 AM EST [Link]
Thursday, October 18, 02001
All is not gloom and doom. For instance, ThinkCycle is making me dizzy with glee. Look at those projects ! What's that puddle on my keyboard ? It's drool. Oh my !
Posted at 01:22 PM EST [Link]
I have three weeks to go before my one year aniversary at Cisco. I wonder if I'll make it:
MIXED SIGNALS. Cisco could lay off up to 5,000 employees in the next two months, says Gina Sockolow, an analyst at Buckingham Research Group. That's in addition to the 8,500 workers who got pink slips earlier in the year. The company might also ax some of its less profitable optical and fixed-wireless broadband products, analysts say. Cisco declined to comment about the possibility of a restructuring.
This would be the coup de grace for a particularly nasty year.
Posted at 11:28 AM EST [Link]
Wednesday, October 17, 02001
Virginia is set to execute Christopher Beck this Thursday. A number of vigils are planned.
Posted at 11:39 PM EST [Link]
At least thirty clinic around the country have received letters claiming to contain anthrax. Hmmmm.
Let's see if Ashcroft can put his money where his mouth is when it comes to tracking down the pranksters.
I'm not going to be holding my breathe.
Posted at 12:41 AM EST [Link]
Tuesday, October 16, 02001
Just in case a future attack also resembles a blockbuster movie.....
Posted at 02:04 PM EST [Link]
Sunday, October 14, 02001
If anyone could point me to an online version of the A. Powell Davies sermon from January 13th, 1952 entitles "Loyalty Needs Better Friends", I would be much obliged.
Posted at 01:45 PM EST [Link]
