Over the weekend, I helped Stu set up a newer version of his site. He’s getting a lot of attention this week, and the whole Flash-based mail form thing was something I had never done before. I may end up adding something like that on the blog soon. Check out his photographs. There’s a few in here I hadn’t seen…
Yesterday, Ben and I were at Au Bon Pain getting lunch (typically, it’s just a bowl of soup). Everyone seemed to be gathered about the Tomato Bisque, a new addition to the soup options. We both got a bowl, and started thinking how nice it would be to have a grilled cheese sandwich as well. Our minds started to wander,…
I feel much more relaxed, having today off as a personal day. While I didn’t get much done around the house, I did go out and go shopping for my Halloween costume. It’s not an original one, but I think I’m giving this costume a pretty fun spin. I’ve got some more components to buy yet, as I need to…
The mail issues I had yesterday got resolved, thanks to polymorph. Turns out, Flash only sends out variables from the timeline where you’re issuing the command. In order for me to allow users to use the <Tab> key, and move from text field to text field… I ended up using a cheat that involved nesting each text field in its…
Feeling markedly, markedly better today. Ran some errands this morning, and puttering about the apartment. Cleaning up the living room (which I’m never in anymore, since I lost the television). Listening to NPR on a portable radio, and sipping on some coffee. I seriously can’t tell you how much better I feel right now.
Alright. Feeling slightly better. I don’t know what happened tonight. I think I’m spending too much time in front of a computer, and too much time working. I’m wondering if the lack of a television is somehow preventing me from "turning off" the work mode. I’m taking the day off tomorrow from work. Got the ok from Rey, and I’m…
Posted the above two comments earlier this morning, circa 3:30 AM. It’s now a bit after midnight. Frustrating evening. I should have gone to sleep earlier last night, but instead I fucked up the files I was working with. I didn’t save a previous version and now, if I want to go "back" to where I was… I’ve got a…
I know. Scenes. What was I thinking?
When you are publishing out a scene to be used as its own .swf file, remember that frame labels get all fucked up and won’t work properly. Try not to waste all your time looking through your code, which is fine.
Completely forgot about "Falling Back" and gaining an hour. For a long while, when I was in Indiana, we didn’t deal with this kind of thing. I don’t know if it was Indianapolis or Bloomington, but there was an obstinate "We don’t recognize your time change, so we’re not doing shit" feel about it. I guess when I wanted an…
I hung out with Liz and Steph tonight, and had a hell of a time. It’s damn near 4:00 AM, and I’m fairly lit. To top it off, I’m working on a beer that I opened about 10 minutes ago. I have no real idea of how to summarize the night. Fashion and makeup advice from Stacy. Two games of…
Off to grab some drinks with the girls at Clubfoot. Bringing a camera, but it’s been a really long time since I’ve shot anything while out socially. We’ll see what happens.
Matt: i taught a class at Thurber House today in humor writing. 6, 7, 8 graders Portnoy: nice Matt: one of my fave kids, a frequent returner to my classes wrote this story. Matt: they had to write five sentence stories. Matt: first is intro. Matt: second rising conflict. Matt: third climax. Matt: fourth falling. Matt: fifth resolution. Matt: k?…
I had this thought today, walking to get coffee at about 4:30 PM. Gallery Cafe was closed down (earlier than usual, it seemed), so I walked down to Filter instead. I saw Jeff there (I had seen him earlier, when I got coffee from Gallery at about noon), which was rather funny. Along the way there, and on the way…
Woke up early this morning, and ran a ton of errands. Three different stores shopping for gifts. Groceries. Picked up a new cover for my futon. Got some good headway onto some work for Stu. Ahh damn. It’s about 9:00 PM right now, and I’m due to meet folks at 9:30 PM. Nothing’s gift-wrapped, and I have not yet showered…