My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.
Sick
Published September 26, 2003
I’m getting tired of this. I’ve been having problems with my sinuses for almost four weeks because of the ragweed. Now I think I’m getting a cold on top of it, because I’m much more tired now and I had a slight fever last night. Work is hell when you constantly have to blow your nose or get out for a walk. I swear it’s something at work, as others are having difficulties as well.
Go to this page to vote on the design for the new Wisconsin quarter.
Java Jive
Published September 25, 2003
I finally got down to it and started working with Java. I’ve already got a pretty good handle on it. I’m rewriting a code repository that I did in ASP last year and so far I have all of the data retreival working. Sweet. Now I just have to work on inserting and updating new code.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Makers of the most popular online file-sharing network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement, alleging the companies used unauthorized versions of its software to snoop on users in their efforts to battle piracy.
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Arrr Matey! Avast, ye swabs! T’is a day for talking like a pirate. If’n yer not a strong man, then ye best be stayin’ on land, fer there be no room on the high seas fer the likes o’ yeh!
Fun Game
Published September 18, 2003
This game, Radical Aces, is one of the coolest things I’ve seen done on the
web. It’s really small and loads of fun. You’re a fighter pilot protecting
Earth… blah blah blah…. but hey, it’s really neat and well-done. I wish
I could program stuff like this.
A day after the Recording Industry Association of America filed a slew of lawsuits against alleged illegal song swappers, it became the target of legal action over its own “amnesty” program.
You want these free Cliff’s Notes. You know you do. Slacker.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday threw out a refiled lawsuit
against McDonald’s Corp . blaming the fast food restaurant chain for obesity
and health problems in children.
If you say something is indescribable, isn’t that describing it? If you shine a light into a mirror, do you get twice as much light? How come it was called the Cosby Show when Billy Cosby’s character was named Heathcliff Huxtible? If a truck is loaded with Helium, would it weigh less than when it was empty? Wouldn’t it get better fuel mileage? Why is it when we talk to God we are praying, but when God talks to us we are put into the loony bin?