Drunken Monkeys

When I'm done with this project I'm going to write an essay called "Drunken Monkeys", which'll be a diatribe against the notion of formalized project management and feature estimation. I've been searching for this paper I read forever ago about

Good Weekend

Hard cider, home made chocolate chip cookies, large screen tv, corner room in the Hyatt, beautiful downtown Seattle. It's a good weekend. Would have been better if I could have gone climbing. Oh well. -- I went to the hotel gym yesterday evening. As a tangent, what'

Ecuador Video

Wes put together a video of our Ecuador trip. It incorporates lots of pictures and some video from a helmet cam during the climbs. There's a good part near the end featuring a sketchy snow bridge. Enjoy.

Death March III

I know I was talking up my Death March retirement and a leisurely camping trip, but with the cancellation of my May climbing trip, and no Alaska this year and no good ice climbing this past Winter, I think I need another Death March. Also, I'm thinking about

Christmas!

I'm going to sleep now. In the morning, I get an iPad. :-)

Perforce Sucks

Seriously. What's the deal with Perforce? I have a local "workspace" which is all of the source code files, but the Perforce client sets them all to read-only. If I want to edit one of these files I have to manually check it out with the

You know it's a good workout when...

...your shoulders get tired of holding the steering wheel while driving back home. When I have to go into the office I usually head to the gym around 2am and get to work around 4am. But after swimming a mile, running two miles (at a 5% incline, thankyouverymuch), and burning

Mind Numbing

It's probably a result of making a thousand such phone calls every day.... Recruiter: Would you be interested in a job in Maryland? Me: No. I'm not interested in relocating to Maryland. Recruiter: Would you know anyone who might be qualified for this job? Me: I

Craptastic

The handlebar mount for my gps arrived this morning ... and it turns out I should have heeded the "supports handlebars up to one inch in diameter" description. Craptastic. I'll have to find a way to zip tie it or something. Here's my bike. I

[Queen] Bicycle! Bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle, ... [/Queen]

I bought a bicycle today. It's sort of my consolation prize for canceling my vacation for an employer. I've never done that before. I'm still going to fly out to Seattle and hand over some climbing gear, get my frequent flyer miles, watch movies