Quickie
Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Sorry, no time for more.
Month: November 2005
Business Trip Again
Once again, I find myself in Las Vegas waiting to board a flight to Dallas. Being away from the family stinks. Jared’s tummy still hurts. I miss them already and the week has barely begun. I am on hold on my cell phone, trying to type with one hand. I do not want to be…
Tummy hurts
Jared has been sick for the last 40 hours or so. He says his tummy hurts. He kept repeating it, “My tummy hurts, my tummy hurts!?” I told him, “I know sweetie.” He replied, “Listen to my WORDS! MY TUMMY HURTS!” I felt so bad for him. In Talbots Toy and Cyclery, he threw up…
Fantasy
Ethan’s bike was stolen from his school the other day. Katie and I have decided to wait until Solstice to replace it. So I said to Ethan, “Mommy and Daddy spoke to Santa…”. Ethan interrupted with a long discussion about whether or not Santa is real. I told him that Santa is a concept like…
Uke Master
Katie got me a new Uke songbook with songs from the 60’s. Right now, I am practicing Daydream Believer and Moon River and Sitting on the Dock of the Bay. The book has many Beatles songs. One day I hope to be this good. This guy has mad uke skills. Check out the ending, about…
Design
For work, I need to edit a file originally made in Adobe inDesign. I have never used it before. I will report my findings. Speaking of Design, I just finished reading Donald Norman’s book, The Design of Everyday things. I also just started another of his books, Emotional Design. The books are fairly well written…
Bikes
Ethan had left his Bicycle overnight at his school. We went to go pick it up and it was gone. This is really bad. That bike was perfect. It was light, 6 gears, 20″ wheels with room to grow and most importantly, it was free. Ethan loved that bike. Now we need to get him…
East Coast Trip
The trip to the East Coast started off poorly. We had decided to attempt public transportation to get to SFO. Unfortunately, I had read the CalTrain schedule incorrectly. We waited for 45 minutes at the train station wondering where the train was. I re-checked the schedule and realized the next train didn’t come for another…
The Nays have it
I couldn’t afford to buy cotton so I decided to be abrasive, and steel wool. Every proposition failed. I wish Prop 80 had done better, but I blame the phrasing of the proposition. It should have read, “Should California regulate Energy?” Instead, they put all this confusing language about limiting choice. No one could read…
Sick of the Jets
Q: How can you tell when a bucket gets sick? A: It becomes a little pale. The Jets, Sunday night, ALMOST won the game against the Chargers. They had 1st and goal with a minute left. Score a touchdown and win. Simple as that. They called 1 run and three timing passes. All losers. They…
Pirate Joke for Ethan
The pirate captain was standing in his treasure pile. He didn’t have very much: his booty was only shin-deep.
Election & Decisions
Tomorrow is a special election in California. Almost all of the measures are sponsored by right wing nut jobs. Also known as Wingnuts. Here are the proposals. Prop 73: Parental Notification of Abortion. Puts in the constitution that life begins at conception. I vote NAY. Prop 74: Public School Teacher Tenure. We treat teachers like…
My wife’s sense of humor and Beta News
My wife’s sense of humor: Glen: “There were two peanuts walking down the street. One was assaulted.” Katie: “My goodness. I hope everyone was ok.” Beta News: Yahoo Maps has launched a Google Maps knock off with their Yahoo Maps. The interface is strikingly similar, except they are using Flash rather than Ajax. I think…
Firefox and Browser Compatibility
Firefox market penetration has been growing lately. Estimates have been in the range of 8-14% of worldwide traffic. Developing RIA (Rich Internet Applications) has been getting easier in the past few years, but the growth of Firefox adds a new wrinkle. As I see it, there are are a few options for RIA. 1. Flash.…