While adapting to my new environment, I’ve been chatting up new people in and around town and work. I’m actually enjoying my first bout of almost anonymity, which is something that I haven’t had many opportunities to experience before. One of the things that I’ve begun to notice, as I meet more people, is that Vegans are everywhere and are often found in attractive women. And this creates a problem for me, to some degree.
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Monthly Archives: August 2004
Why Love Songs/Movies/Books Suck
Neil Peart was once quoted during an interview and his words stuck with me for a while: “I think that love songs are actively harmful. They invent this fantasy that people expect their own relationships to live up to and when they don’t they result in divorce.” It’s a quote for the ages.
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The Porting of SharpMT
Just after the Beta 1 release of Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005) I decided that the time was Right to start a conversion. Sure, I could have just opened the existing 2003 project in using the new IDE, but I opted not to do this… basically, this would give me a chance to play with the new IDE and Framework in a project that I was very well acquainted with. It also gave me a chance to update some of the external controls with built-in Microsoft-coded controls, which usually makes for an easier install to manage. The question is, where’s SharpMT 3.0?
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The Men’s Basketball Team Lost in Athens?
I’m embarrassed a bit to say it, but good. Yeah, yeah, national pride, we must win more golds than China, blah, blah, blah, but ya know what? Good. A bunch of Games ago, the ISO decided that pro-players could play, and so we had the Dream Team. That first team walked away with the Gold, without breaking much of a sweat. They plowed over everybody. The world has changed, and they other countries have gotten better. Our players have changed too, but not for the better. I blame the NBA as a hole whole.
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Rare Programming Rant: Cross Thread Access in Whidbey
It’s not very often that I have something to Rant about that’s also Geek-related, but we’ve got a winner, and it’s all about Whidbey and the .NET Framework 2.0. It’s probably a good thing for application security, but from a programming point of view, I feel hog-tied. Oh, and if you’ve never heard of Whidbey, skip this Rant – it’s not for you!
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Pealing
At last, I can stop wearing hats at work. You see, last weekend, I sunburned myself nicely. Ordinarily I burn, then it turns to tan within a couple of days and that sticks around for months. On the rare occasion, I peal after burning, but that usually happens after a really bad burn, which last weekend’s wasn’t. It would seem that by moving to a dryer climate, I peal like an onion, and when that happens, my tan went with it, leaving me with a two-toned forehead… and I thought it looked nasty, so why put anyone else through that? Small price to pay for the dryer summer, though!
Strange Haps for a Friday
For any day, really, but today is Friday. President Bush is in town. The opening ceremonies of the 2004 Olympics is currently on… granted they were recorded nearly 12 hours ago, but I still like to watch them. Been a full day.
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Lo! I Am Furious
I really get annoyed when a word gets over used, like when people throw around the word love or hate or fury or rage. By over using it, it starts to take on a lighter version of itself. Take someone that says they hate lemon… is that person willing to destroy every lemon he encounters? Remove lemon trees from the planet? Pee on every piece of lemon candy they encounter so no one can enjoy it? No… instead they would just avoid the fruit when offered it. That’s hate being used in a way that makes it a lighter version of itself. Having said that, I can honestly tell you that I am furious.
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It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas?
Doom 3. Halo 2. Grand Theft Auto 5. *w00t!*
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Why I Wish I Didn’t Register to Vote This Year
One of the things I find to be neat about being a registered independent is that you can’t really take any blame for the two candidates you end up with in November. In years past, I’ve felt this was a bad thing – that you’re left out of a process because you’ve opted not to be partisan – but this year, I’ll wear it as a badge of honor. In fact, I’m almost sorry that I registered to vote in WA, as irresponsible as that would have been.
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New Coffee Sighted
And no, it’s not at Starbucks this time.
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Oh Captain, My Captain
Thurman Munson
June 7, 1947 – August 2, 1979
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What a Full Weekend
Newbie dinner on Friday night. Company picnic on Saturday. Bar (and almost cat fight) Saturday night. Pillaging the Apple store on Sunday morning (in about 20 minutes). w00t!
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