FedEx Ground Sucks, Day 1
Ordered a cable-only Empower airplane adapter for my PowerBook. Processed and shipped same day (speedy), delivery via FedEx Ground (crap). The tracking number is live and it's off.
Curtis Jones
Walmart Produce
Walmart produce, because someone has to buy the left-overs.
Get a Hobby
My cousin's mail server log was full of failed root logins from some guy at Gonzaga running a dictionary attack. Root login was off, so he could guess all he liked. Then I tried logging into his machine with a message of my own.
My Fifteen Minutes
Avoiding the website for my latest project, I went Googling my old free banner-ad program, BannerFusion, from 1999. Forums, reviews, and one guy's resume claiming he worked on its development. I had my fifteen minutes and didn't even know it.
Stealing Water and Netmasks
A neighbor watering his lawn with a hose plugged into the unsold house next door, plus a walk through the math of whether an IP address falls within a subnet using (r & m) = (t & m). Now you know. Or, in most cases, you don't, but you've read it.
It is Done
At 03:18 this morning I finally got Knuth's multiple-precision arithmetic working: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and the dreaded division. The test loop verifies a = ((a / b) * b) + (a % b). Now for exponents and primes. Time for a shower.
Bars, Oceans and Sun Burns
A weekend in Destin: Starbucks, a bar, then swimming out into the Gulf at 2am, which in retrospect was probably not brilliant. A four-mile jog mistaken for one or two, friends discussing my possible fates without lifting a finger, and badly burned shoulders. Lots of fun.
People who Eat Tasty Animals
A bumper sticker said the owner loves animals so much she doesn't eat them. I love them so much that I do. Also: does Windows have an API for shared-versus-exclusive mutexes? Uneducated opinions especially welcome.
Run, Run as Fast as You Can
A July 4 race I never run, except my Two Fat Friends are running it, so I must beat them or spend my life living down the loss. For context, the Marine PFT wants 3 miles in 18 minutes. That's 10mph. Do you know how insane that is?
Lullabies by Marvin the Paranoid Android
Lullabies by Marvin the Paranoid Android, a bowl of milkless shredded wheat, and two construction guys outside throwing a machete at each other's feet. It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, especially with an eighteen-inch knife.