Damn You Photoshop!
Particularly your rubber stamp tool. Why does it have to be so much fun? 12:30 AM. Agh!
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A Hangover…
is your body’s way of saying: Nice Try, But You Can’t Kill Me THAT Easily!
Artful Dodger
Got a call from Alex about an hour ago. Going to head over to the Artful Dodger with him and Justin for some drinks. Hard to say no, partly because the bar is right down the street from me, and also because I haven’t seen Alex in god knows how long. Here’s Felix. Getting out…
Yeah, I Know
The navigation needs to be reworked a bit more. It’s functional, but far from intuitive. Grumpy had some good suggestions for me a while back, which I have yet to implement. Soon.
What Goes Around
Over the weekend, Phantom mentioned a bit about online games. A few titles were thrown around, and Battlefield 1942 came up. Well, as it turns out I purchased the game many months ago, around the same time I bought Unreal Tournament 2003. For many a month, that Battlefield 1942 game has been sitting on my…
Parental Advice
Alright, I made a promise I wouldn’t. But I guess I need some venting. Mom and dad called. Shot the shit for a while. And then my mom picks up where my dad left off, in an earlier conversation. They both feel that I should go back to school, and get a degree in computer…
Beef Stew
Meh. It was alright. Potatoes turned out well, but the beef was a bit dry. I mixed in some cubes of beef, three potatoes, half a red onion, two portabella mushrooms, a clove of garlic and a sprinkle of fresh parsley. Definitely needed more spices (I threw in salt and pepper, but apparently not enough)….
The Universe Has a Sense of Humor
Seems to be a good day for old friends. First I got that e-mail from Craig. Then, I got a call from my old coworker Thomas. And then, I got an e-mail from a grad school buddy, Wade. I first started smoking with my friend Craig, in high school. Thomas, Josh and I worked for…
When I Grow Up…
This morning, I got an e-mail from an old high school friend of mine, Craig. He filled me in a bit on what he’s doing, and I responded to his e-mail only a few moments ago. As I was writing to him, describing what I’d been up to, what I was doing at work, etc…
Finding Old Photographs
I was digging around some old boxes, looking for a Photoshop book that my friend Jim got me, months ago. In so doing, I came across a small stash of photographs, some good, some bad. When I found them, I knew I didn’t want to look at them… but of course, I then had to…
The Excitement is Almost Too Much to Bear
Yesterday, I ran a ton of errands. I’ve been meaning to get a tea kettle for a while now, and decided to throw some money towards a crock pot. Not sure why, but I’ve been playing with this idea for some time. My mom used one (on rare occasions), and from my understanding… you just…
Fire and Ice
By Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire; Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
5:00 AM
Woke up, drank some juice and then decided I felt like staying up. Not sure why. On PBS, there was a documentary on the life of Robert Frost. It was an old documentary, which you can somehow always tell based on clothing styles of the folks they interview, as well as the "grain" of the…
Flash/XML Gallery
At work, I walked Justin through a Flash/XML photo gallery that Ben and I created for the Emmis stations. This is a variation on what I was doing before (which involved using Flash’s built-in Combo Box and List Box), and I learned a ton making it. Instead of using Flash’s components, I ended up using…
The City is Still Sleeping
The odd thing about downtown Chicago, early on the weekends: it’s a ghost town. Barely anyone on the trains at all. When I got off at Clark and Lake, get this: I saw someone moving around on the tracks! I realized that it was a CTA worker, cleaning the walls. Funny – I’ve only recently…