Presuming the site isn't completely clobbered (which, most of the time, it is), you should hit swanksigns.org. In the event that the site is damned slow, here's a picture I stole from there. Oh yeah. That's pleasant....
TooMuchMilkman: Guh. Accursed heat. DerHase18T: nobody listents to me until i fart...
Today is the company picnic. It's in North Bend, WA, which is damned far away from here. There are charter buses to take me there, and then take me back. And because of this, I'm going to get pisass drunk while I'm there. Awesome....
The Spectacularly Great State of Washington has a few oddities. One of these is the transport licensing system. Every other state in which I've lived (well, really only California and New Mexico) has had a consolidated licensing system: go to the DMV for your driver's license, registration, and biannual full...
...and I'm still at the office. I guess it's not quite so bad when you consider that I really didn't show up until like 10am, and that I jetted out for a bit for a dinner break. It's a good thing I like what I do. ...now all I need...
I admit, this is completely self-serving. But you should really check out sandbox.msn.com, a Beta for all the damned cool shit that we're developing. Specifically, start.com is something that I've wanted to do myself for years but never got around to; and Virtual Earth is just like That Other Toy,...
My employer offers free stuff every once in a while. Shirts, hats, beer, and of course, health screenings. I partook in one of the screenings today. As far as I can tell, the words, "health screening," are code words for "stand in a meeting room and be really confused." Because...
Well, it's here. Actually, the knob showed up last week. So far, it's been damned useful. More so than I thought. It turns out that the included software comes with about a hojillion ton of settings. Literally. I'm going to let the gadget fad factor wear off before saying anything...
Movies are far more entertaining when you're pissass drunk. Even movies that I don't think I'd normally get into. And especially the previews and the opening credits...because then, you're drunk more than ever. Wooo!...
Two things of note. Both with pictures. The first is a fortune from a Chinese place here in town. By the way, it says, "You will dine in an exotic restaraunt." You would not believe how hard it is to take a picture of a becookie'd fortune. The second comes...
It's 6:15am, effectively. There's a damned good reason I'm up, and I'm none to happy about it. And no, it's not related to my work. Heads are going to roll for this eventually....
I've always wanted to make a font out of my own handwriting. For a long, long time. Probably since I was 3. Maybe not. And two weeks ago, I did. I did it using the MyFontTool by Philip Lanier. Fantastic tool. According to the PCMag link above, he lives in...
Two days ago I found a torrent for the entire 3rd season of MXC, or Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Admittedly, I haven't watched any of them yet—but that's because they're just now finishing downloading. Nevertheless, I'm pumped. Fantastic show. Update: Technically, I'm listening to NPR on the radio on my...
On NPR this morning, I heard that LANL (Los Alamos Natural Libations Brewing Company) is replacing the replica Fat Man/Little Boy bomb casings in the Bradbury Science Museum with versions that are, oddly, less accurate. NPR alluded that the reason was security-related. In a related story, the Pentagon has reclassified...
For the last three nights in a row, I've gotten less than six hours of sleep. Most of this is the cats. Aleph, in particular, has been getting bursts of energy around 5am and generally wakes me up around then. This morning, I found him asleep next to my pillow—although...
So, yeah. 12 hour workday. That was fun. Most of it was sitting in training. I would have stayed longer, too, if I felt like I had it in me....
...is a great name for a company. That wasn't my point. What was my point was that I dropped by the BMW dealership here in Bellevue yesterday to make an appointment for the 3. Here are some things I've noticed:The parking lot is horribly horribly cramped. Some jackass had a...
Apart from some chiropractic foolishness, there are very few signs here in Washington. It took me a while to notice it, but I've come to realize that compared to The Great American West (i.e., both California and especially New Mexico), there are almost no signs around here. Buildings and elevators...
More aero fun. Can you tell what's wrong with this 747? Besides the fact that it's decorated like a Saint Patrick's Day float? Well, it's got five engines. Sortof. It turns out that 747s are equipped from the factory to support a fifth, but disabled, engine under the port wing...
Holy shit. I finally cleaned out well over 99% of my inbox. I only have seven messages left. Wow. Crazy. Update: 0 messages left. Booyakasha....
I don't really like to post about my job. Mostly because I plan on keeping it. However, I would like to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. This last week, in particular, was fantastic, and I'm very much look forward to leapfrogging whatever expectations exist about my performance in the...
Aha! While I was posting Yet Another Asinine Comment to Mouser's journal, I found the car that made me realize that an E36 325is (or 328is...but the point is, not an M3) would be damned sweet. Bam. This is, as I remember, a 1994 or 1995 325is with New Mexico...
Although the thought has been in the back of my head for the last few months, it's just now occured to me explicitly:When I'm a student, I can run primarily on interrupts, but I have to run on interrupts all the time. When I have a job, my primarily responsibility...
On Liz's suggestion, I'm going to toilet train my cats. Wish me luck. The biggest complaint that I've heard so far is that if you're particularly unlucky, the cats make a huge smelly mess while they're learning to actually use the can effectively. The thing is that Aleph has had...
I was on Comcast's website doing the billing thing for my really surprisingly quick high-speed net access, and noticed that they have a special running for something called "Digital Plantinum" cable. It will cost you $98.98 every single month. That's fucking incredible. I don't know of anyone who loves TV...
I've been cleaning out all my shit that's accumulated over the last twenty years or so, and I keep running across things that I didn't really expect to exist. Here is one such thing. Proudly sporting the world's worst haircuts since 1991....
To everyone out there: please don't let a bull stick its horns into your asshole. Thanks....
After my cleanfest last night, I bagged up all of my to-be-tossed shit. I didn't want to throw it into the dumpster immediately because they clean them out around noon everyday and I didn't want any nutcases wandering through my trash as happens at, you know, NMT. So instead, I...
Raven sent me a message earlier: is this black pimped-out Volkswagen Eurovan MV the same vehicle as this black pimped-out Volkswagen Eurovan MV, which I spotted outside my temporary housing? Now, the thought that went through my head when I saw the one outside my apartment about a month ago...
I admit—I'm a terrible terrible packrat. I'm not sure why, but that's just sortof how it is. I've realized that I've had about enough of it, too. So right now I'm going through all my shit and figuring out what I can offload and what I can dump. Too bad...
I'm sorry. I apologize in advance...because what I'm about to say is probably the dorkiest thing that has ever been said. Dude, where's my car?...
I was recently watching MST3K Ep. 0422: The Day The Earth Froze, which is good until the part where I get bored and do something else. Seriously, I hear it's a great episode, but I didn't have it in me to actually sit through it. Nevertheless, the opening was of...
I've wanted one of these for a long time. Since pictures are great, here's one I've ripped off of thinkgeek, who sell them. It's the blue glowy puck on the right. They sell for $45, although you probably know that if you're equipped with a mouse button, fingers, and a...
I work pretty late nights. Part of this is because I'm a slacker and don't go to work at 8am. Most of this is because the people I work with are even bigger slackers and don't go to work until nearly noon. But whatever. The group that I'm in is...
I don't understand a lot of things about genuinely common culture. Birthdays, in particular, completely elude me. Why celebrate some day that your mom's physiology decided it was time to pop you out? Why not celebrate the start of the whole event nine months before that—Broken Propyhlactic Day '79? Another...
I learned some things today:A cat can knock over a bicycle really easily. That same cat shits a lot Absolutely positively don't ever say you don't have enough work If you're a Canadian, don't import your car to the US. It's not worth the trouble If you're a Canadian, don't...
So, it turns out that in 2000, the Aum Shinrikyo (responsible for the Sarin nerve-gas attacks on a Japanese subway) renamed themselves to Aleph. Fuck. Good lot of research work that was. Man. I have a hard time figuring out how I missed that one. Does my cat really look...
There's something about Fry's electronics. I'm not really sure why it is, but every time I go there, I end up with something completely different than what I had in mind when I walked in the doors. Cases in point:I wanted: A motherboard, CPU, memory, and a video card. I...
I had take-out for lunch. Near the take-out place was this. That's right—it's a Ferrari F430, this year's replacement for the 360 Modena. Yow. Not sure I dig on the Enzo-like taillamps, though. In other news, I also got a clean video of the 3 going through its gauge diagnostic...
Jarrod has been kind enough to set me up the bomb. No really, he's set up an RSS syndication at the L of Js. Those of you with LiveNuts accounts can now tune in to the madness without leaving the domain. Ph00t! The way this all works is that my...
As you can tell, my workstation has been having some problems. Since I'm loaded now (not really), I figured this would be a damned good opportunity to pick up some new computer parts. In specific, a new motherboard, processor, and cooling system is probably in order. Half of the reason...
This morning, my cats didn't wake me up. At all. This isn't that they weren't being little bastards, because they were. The reason is that my workstation started emitting an overheating alarm at 4:45am. Now, Layla and I spent an hour or two geeking out at Fry's the other day,...
Pardon me if I've gone pretty quiet recently. I'm not feeling tip-top at the moment and could really use some time to myself. I really do recharge when I'm alone, and that's really all that it means. Time to step back and think about things. Apart from occasionally poking my...
It's 5:23am. I'm awake. Really. In general, my sleep schedule works so that I wake up before 6 and am at work by 7, or that I don't get up until 9:30 and make it in an hour later. There's really not much in between. This morning, it was a...
I've got about a million emails in my inbox right now. Scratch that. 1,000,004. But whatever. The point is that I'm still trying to clear everything out, but until I #define UNFUCK, responses are going to be pretty unreliable. Oddly, I keep up with short daily emails without much of...
I spotted this on an apple run earlier. w00t!...
Where to begin? Layla and I went to Seattle for the 4th celebrations. As usual, massive driving around occured as we tried to figure out: 1) where the best festivities would be, and 2) where to park. I think we showed up in Seattle around 2:30pm, and I just got...
Layla and I went to the beach today. Holy hell. In specific, we went to Ocean Shores, which is about 120 miles from Seattle. The drive took around 2.5 hours, although mappoint.msn and maps.google disagreed on the driving time by 3.5 hours. Google must assume you're slow, or old. Here's...
Layla and I ran out of things to do today. So, we went to a blueberry farm. The fact that these things exist are kindof odd in the first place. Apparantely the farm—which is, as far as I can tell, a public park between Microsoft and Bellevue—allows people to wander...
In doing research for my previous article (you know, stealing pictures from the web), I ran across this image. Bahahahahaha...
I'm back on my car shtick. Thankfully, it's not exclusively about the 3, although I am going to use it as an example. What I'm going to talk about today is what proportions manufacturers use on luxury and sporting automobiles. In specific, I'm going to focus on front fender balance....
Last night I got a phone call. From Abe. It turns out he's in Washington this weekend. He and Noel got pissass bored and drove all the way up from Socorro. So tonight he's going to drop me a line and we're going to party out. Wicked....
On Tuesday evening I hijacked Layla and we went driving around Seattle in the 3. Hilariously, I acted like I couldn't find my Camry when we walked outside. This was funny because she didn't know that I had bought the new one. In any event, halfway through getting lost in...
