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scjody: Hello? Hellooo… Telemarketer: Bonjour. Est-ce que c’est.. euh.. J McIntyre? scjody: Yes, it is, what do you want? Telemarketer: Est-ce que vous parlez en Francais? scjody: Euh, pas aux etrangers. (click) I really need to translate the Counterscript. Update, from dgryski on IRC: traduction française
This is too funny not to post: An Interview with the CEO of SixApart, on the occasion of the sale of Livejournal
Oh yeah, I’m going to Ottawa this weekend – showing up at noonish on Saturday and leaving Monday morning. Let me know if you want to do something and we don’t already have plans.
Date I got my winter bike on the road last season: February 24 Date this year: November 24 Go me!
I know there are a lot of xkcd fans here.. see: Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd’s Stick Figures
Alright! I’ve escaped Reno for the weekend! As soon as I was done teaching the course on Friday, I ran back to my hotel room, threw some stuff in a bag, got in the car, and headed west. Reno is interesting.. a cultural experience, I suppose. It’s all very tacky – gaudy in a run-down…
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Nov 6, 8:25: AC 761, YUL-SFO, arr 11:40 Nov 6, 13:32: UA 6558, SFO-RNO, arr 14:23 Nov 16, 6:15: UA 1608, RNO-DEN, arr 9:20 Nov 16, 11:10: AC 1072, DEN-YUL, arr 16:43 DO NOT WANT (though I’m planning on taking a couple days off and driving to San Francisco – it will be good to…
Saturday afternoon fun
Cover furniture with plastic (optional, depends on how much you like your furniture.) Erect tent fly in living room (heh heh, he said erect.) Wash fly using mild soap, rinse using water. Meanwhile, wash inner tent using mild soap in front loading washing machine, delicate cycle, no spin. Apply Nikwax Tent and Gear Proof to…
Does anyone else want to go to Clean Irene and Dirty Maxene on Saturday? Tickets at the door only so nothing is guaranteed. angorian and cpirate both highly recommend it.
More photos coming soon, including Arbraska (sorry, I’ve been busy.)
Quick update from Amsterdam (yeah, you read that correctly): Oktoberfest is fun – everything I expected. I found friendly Australians and Germans to drink with, etc. I drank far too much on Tuesday. I lost count, but my best guess is 7-8 litres of beer. I didn’t think that was even possible for me. On…
Acquisition; Oktoberfest!
My employer is being bought by Sun Microsystems. Overall, I think this is a good thing. I know Sun hasn’t been the best Linux / Open Source player, but they have done a lot of good when you look at it. We’re going to be part of the systems group, whose mission is basically “Sell…
RAMROD FTW
West East Apparently RAMROD is not a movable feast. It will be happening on Saturday the 22nd, which means I’m not going to xkcd day – but the rest of you should still go… For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of RAMROD, it is the Ride Around Mount Royal in One Day. Every…
“The calves retained their golden color and were not yet resigned to the fact of their bisonhood. They frolicked and ran—”I’m going to be a gazelle!”—and acted not at all the stolid beasts they would become.” — Tim Cahill, Pecked to Death by Ducks
XKCD day
Is anyone else interested in driving to Boston on the weekend of the 22nd for XKCD day? I’m currently a “maybe” since RAMROD is scheduled for the Saturday, but I figured I should see who else is interested. I’m not doing that long of a drive on my own. Logistics: It’s about a 6 hour…
Hoosic River Ride
Last Saturday was the annual Hoosic River Ride – my third time on the ride, and it’s definitely the highlight of my riding season. cpirate and dfcarney, do try and come next year. I assure you it’s worth the drive. This year was my first time on an actual road bike. I was pleased to…
It’s way too hot.
“heat wave”: random whining: Yesterday was the first time ever that I couldn’t eat an ice cream cone quickly enough to stop it from melting down my hand (I eat quickly.) Last night, I got to sleep OK, but then the smoke detector woke me up at 3:30 for no apparent reason. Then I couldn’t…
Oktoberfest!
I’ve decided I’m going to Oktoberfest this year. No particular reason but I need a vacation and Bavarian beer is awesome. I’ve been meaning to do that and Burning Man for a while, and BM makes more sense for next year. So.. has anyone done it before? Anyone want to go? Munich is a direct…
Internet randomness
Continental Airlines is such a tease: Yeah, I’d like to fly to Tokyo at 11:30 PM! Sadly, it’s for someone else who put in my frequent flyer number by mistake. I hope I get his miles. Also, I was filling out some stuff on a social networking site, then realized I had been filling out:…