2008

Breaktime!

CNN’s Robin Meade is purdy.

Why do people torture themselves and get up this early? Frak!

Back in the cozy hotel room after first day of training. One down, nine to go. :)

Okay, here goes nothing…

OMG it’s early.

Why is _School of Rock_ on Cartoon Network? Did someone accidentally misplace the Hanna-Barbera...

It’s raining in Denver. Glad I already went and picked up my food. :)

Okay, the PC is setup and ready to go. Now what to do with the rest of my day?

_Kill Bill: Vol. 1_ is on the hotel TV. Sweet.

Checked in at hotel. This place is pretty swank. Not bad for free. :)

Watching ‘Hustle’ and writing out my packing list.

_Batman: Gotham Knight_ was awesome. Not required viewing before _The Dark Knight_, but I would...

Watching _Batman: Gotham Knight_.

An update for everyone: I GOT THE JOB! WOOHOO! OMGWTFBBQ! ZOMFG! :D

At Taco John’s after putting the stimulus in the bank. Needed to get out of the house.

CM Punk FTW! It’s about damn time!

New Wave music seems to work very well for coding. Who knew!

Hey, Your Vegas isn’t too bad. Worth a second listen, I think.

You know, it really is amazing how nice complete strangers can be.

On the urging of a friend, giving Your Vegas a listen.

Spent nearly the entire evening cleaning/organizing the office. Happy with the result.

Background check company: “Could you fax us your W-2 forms from 2004 and 2005?” Jeez,...

Testing out HelloTxt.

About to watch _Mulholland Drive_ for the first time. Gotta get myself into LynchMode.

Just watched _Mulholland Drive_ for the first time. Brilliant film …. I just wish I knew what...

Writing techops.net code.

Took basically a couple of days off from Twitter. I miss anything?

Listening to Girl Talk after an unexpected nap.

Minor breakthrough. Taking off before I jinx it. :)

Still intimidated by AJAX. Don’t know if I should attempt this or not.

I’m driving a Cadillac!

I’m out of wine. What to do? Don’t really want to start on the rum. :(

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And all for no reason / Just one piece of lead / I hung my head / I hung my head

Kuler

Huzzah! It works!

Trying again. 3 Kb/s. Mmm, dial-up speeds!

Oop, spoke too soon. Download frozen at 76%.

Home from food shopping. NOM NOM NOM.

I has fountain pen!

Just took call from someone else (Hiring Mgr?) at company I interviewed with on Friday. Things...

Mmm, cake.

Off to the family gathering.

Settling down with some Simpsons.

Ceasing TechOps work for the day.

Just found Phil’s listing in the current, *active* staff list that John sent over. Taking a...

PHP generation of staff list starting to take shape. Gawd, it’s hot in this office.

Lunchbreak!

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Beginning to work with the microcosm of fun that is the dragon*con staff list.

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes. Will update with news.

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Question for everyone: Is it bad luck to have a job interview on Friday the 13th?

OMG, it’s Friday the 13th!

Finally! AT&T 3G FTW!

Suddenly feeling very tired. Gonna lay down on the couch for a bit.

Exited the store for the final time. The more things change…

Watched _Alien_ for the first time in years. Still holds up incredibly well.

Ugh, why do I keep waking up at 7:30? Annoying.

Forming the beginnings of a gameplan with Brian. We may not know everything, but we know we can fix...

Finally, progress!

Been here almost two hours. Ah, the sweet smell of beauracracy.

Calm out today. Running errands.

Playing with WikkaWiki.

Catching up with an old friend who I talk to far too infrequently.

I had to add a rule to the Lifestream to replace the username in the Plurk feed with my actual first...

Watching _WWE: One Night Stand_ and contemplating lunch.

Okay @pagemasterjim, you win: http://snurl.com/2ekm1

Watching Clinton do what she should have done on 3 June.

It started as a nice day. Downhill since then.

Ah, it’s nice out this morning. :)

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Day #3 of endless rain. When did I move to Oregon?

Importing some old VHS tapes to the workPC and brainstorming.

Double Feature. Tonite was _Wrong Turn 2_ and _Untraceable_. Both decent rental fare. That’s...

Sad for Mark. All I can do is be there for him. *shrug*

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High stress day at work. Filtering applicants and covering for co-workers.

Watching _Office Space_ at work. There’s something inherently funny about that.

Woo! New Weezer!

Hmm, why won’t my home server power on? Curious.

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Finally saw _Iron Man_. Incredible!

Watching _300_ in HD. Just. Stunning.

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Home from meeting. Resisted urge to kill district manager for one more month.

‘How to send a picture message’. Really? Shoot me now.

Time for this month’s Rediculously Useless Meeting(TM).

Too. Damn. Early.

Now I know why Jigs loves Del Taco. NOM NOM NOM.

Good show. What’s more - the boys had a great time. :)

How does one procure a t-shirt launcher?

Set your DVRs to fun: USA at 9/8c. Maybe you’ll see me on TV!

Made it through the line after standing in drizzle for about 20 miinutes. Madhouse.

Driving to Denver. On Memorial Day. I must be nuts.

Is it weird that I’m listening to Metallica to relax?

Back from shopping.

Watching _SNL: The Complete First Season_. Awesome stuff.

Gawd, I love Penn & Teller. They need more of their own TV shows.

Relaxing and talking with S after a stressful day.

Home seems to be where I found it. The nite is calm. Disaster averted. :)

The big stuff whisked by the outskirts of Fort Collins. Neighboring town got hit bad. But...

Seventh tornado just touched down. If I see a horseman, I’m gonna run.

There are six (yep) confirmed tornadoes on the ground in Colorado right now. If I die, I’ll...

Tornado coming this way. Fun!

Good gawd. Them’s some large hail balls.

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My attempt at AJAX works. It works! OMGWTFBBQ!

Tragedy: Two Dragracing Comcast Vans Cause...

S is still under the weather. Now what am I going to do today?

Coding and watching the 2008 WWE HOF Ceremony.

Hmm, what do I want for dinner?

Blah day so far. And S is sick - that’s no good.

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I wonder if anyone but me would actually find this app useful. Then I could justify giving it some...

Jiggycall! :D

Calm day at work today. Gotta love Sundays.

Dear guy at the mic: It’s not working. Just stop trying. Thanks!

Does anyone have fotos of Bill & Cat’s wedding? Would like to post on techops.net.

Going out for karaoke tonite. Better than sitting on the couch, I guess.

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All sites up and running. That was a fun 26 hours. Sleep. NOW.

It’s about time we made some headway.

Gawd, what a disaster.

Just bitched out the “lead” tech. How these guys have jobs is beyond me. Who wants go...

Dear datacenter techs: Take good care of my baby.

Plesk isn’t making me happy this morning. That’s what I get for going and fiddling with...

Realized when I got home that I left keys at work. Had to walk all the way back. Feet are crying.

Dear AT&T: Seriously, how long does it take to make two simpe changes to my account? It’s...

Absolutely beautiful outside today.

Did this woman on the conference call actually suggest holding product “hostage” from...

Just got a voicemail from Lloyd. Wonder what’s up.

TechOps e-mail flooded. Must be May! :)

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Just spent the last half hour fixing co-worker’s screwup. Yay.

Grooving on the Sirius Shuffle-o-matic.

You mean, I can execute shell commands in PHP? Oh, neat!

I’m going to punch this router in the face.

Watching _Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen_.

Come on, router. Why won’t you play nice?

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Dear recent customer: You don’t look good in a skirt. I don’t care how much makeup...

Early morning. Luckily, that also mean I get to go home early!

Skimming thru 1K feed items. Yow.

Digging on Flobots.

Slow day. Want home now.

Real bitch of a wind storm outside. This will be fun to walk in.

Tracking down more code mysteries. Secure shell, why can’t we just get along?

It’s always refreshing when your code actually works. :)

Spent the last couple of days getting an old friend up and running. Like the way it’s turning...

OMG Adam West @ dragon*con! Pow! Bam! Zowie!

Listening to WhatTheCast and doing some PC cleanup.

Obama, Clinton and McCain will actually be appearing on RAW tonight. I can’t make this stuff...

And finally, home and done with the 13-hour day. *thud*

BTW, I know I’m a bit behind the curve, but _Stardust_ was fantastic! DeNiro = awesome. Wish I...

Have SmacDown on in the background while catching up on feeds before lunch. Then, work. Yay!

Why am I up this early? Oh yeah, to drive a total of four hours for a two-hour meeting. Ugh.

Beautiful day outside and me with nothing to do. Nice. :)

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