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01:34:00 Thursday February 03 2005
I got back on schedule with the gym this morning. Work was good. I
interviewed a gentleman twice my age, that was a strange feeling. I
had a lovely time this evening.
00:54:04 Tuesday February 08 2005
Friday: Work (including the assignment of a major rush job) and then
dinner with Terry, Chris, and Sara with no 'h'. We didn't realize
until near the end of the meal that we had forgotten to invite
Lehmann. (Sorry Lehmann.) After dinner we fueled up the vehicles and
returned to the house where we hang out with Lehmann for a
while. Castor made it in to town about midnight.
Saturday: Up early. Did the telecommuting thing for a couple hours so
that I could get my first bit of the project off to Constantine. About
11:00 we got in Castor's van and headed to Chicago. We went to the Art
Institute. A couple hours in Sara with no 'h' began to feel ill so we
locked her in the car and carried on without her :)
We woke Sara up for dinner. Wanke drove into The City and joined us
also. Sushi was not a big hit with either Castor or Wanke. Sara was
feeling too ill to even eat her dinner so we decided to cut the trip
short and head back. After the ride back there was some StarCraft
played and Chris studied organic chemistry for fun on a Saturday
evening, but it was a decidedly quiet evening.
Sunday: I went in to work and made a little bit of progress on the
project. Mostly I just fumbled around with MFC classes. My Windows
Programming Skills (such as they are) are about five years
old. Therefore what is not forgotten is likely out of date. After work
I returned home where everyone was still camped out watching movies
and playing video games. They had decided to make omelets so the
kitchen was destroyed, but other than that we enjoyed a very low key
evening.
Today: At work all day. No I mean ALL day. I left work at
23:15. Constantine and I busted our asses to finish the project. Much
of my former MFC knowledge is restored. I also learned a lot. I will
place some brain droppings in here RSN. I should also comment on how
excellent it is to work with a fine team mate like Constantine. His
patience, easy going attitude, quiet competence, and keen intellect
pulled us through on time. Anyway I feel good tonight. No matter how
hard you have worked or how much sleep you have lost it just plain
feels good to go home at the end of the night knowing that you
successfully finished a project.
23:58:49 Tuesday February 15 2005
Lots of things have been happening and I have been doing a lousy job
of keeping the log updated. Let me see if I can recap the events of
last week.
Sara with no 'h' occupied large portions of my time last week. This is
of course fitting considering her new status as my girlfriend. Things
are going well at work both for me personally and for the company as a
whole. Late last week a bunch of Arxan folks went out to Asahi as
celebration for surviving the long week. I also spent one evening
drinking and playing pool with John. His grandfather had just died and
he needed a break. We ended up having one of the more involved
conversations we have had in a long time.
On Friday I went to the
Hunters Pub with several co-workers and "the professors". For those
who don't know "the professors" refers to a group of 3 or 4 professors
who helped to found Arxan. They still work with us to improve the
technologies that they invented. They are some of the smartest people
I know. At the pub we talked about technical issues and drank beer. It
was a good time, if a little intimidating.
After the pub I went home and crashed, but it wasn't long until many
of my drunken friends invaded my house. I crawled out of bed and spent
some time with them.
Saturday I slept in and hung out with my friends who arrived the night
before. I got to play a little Starcraft which is something I haven't
done in a long time. That evening I decided I was going to run a game
of Ravenloft come hell or high water. It wasn't a very good game, but
I just needed to get out of the narrative corner into which I
had painted myself. I also hope I picked up enough inertia to finish
the campaign. We shall see.
Sunday I went to Anderson. We paid our respects at John's
grandfather's Memorial service. Afterwards I worked on one of my
parent's computers. I think I made it worse rather than better. We had
fish for dinner and returned to Lafayette. In the evening I cleaned
the house and helped Sara with her art project.
Yesterday was valentines day and I got the window of my car
repaired. Actually this requires some explaining. A while back I found
myself locked out of my car. I called out two separate locksmiths and
no one could open it. After getting rides to work for over a week I
became sick of it and decided to just smash the damned window in with
The Science Hammer. This proved effective in allowing me back into my
car, but was rather unpleasant from an aesthetic point of view. So
yesterday I had the visquene
removed and new glass installed. (Perhaps I will find some pictures
soon.)
After work I cooked dinner (swordfish steaks) for Sara with no
'h'. Neither of us are big Valentine's Day people so we kept it
simple.
Today I ran errands and cleaned up the house after work. My first
issue of O'Reilly Make Magazine came today. It is
very cool.
22:49:52 Wednesday February 16 2005
Today I was interviewed by Alysha Daytner of The Exponent. Hopefuly the
article will not be overly critical. She was very professional on the
telephone.
I also found out that my PGP key
has expired. I generated a new one and signed it with the old
one. Hopefully I will get some of my old signatories to sign this new
key. If you want it check the keyserver at pgpkeys.mit.edu. The key_id is 0xA05A14C7.
The fingreprint is:
637B 01A1 FF93 7E3F 70F5 953C
A297 61E9 A05A 14C7
23:34:39 Thursday February 17 2005
Today was my 15 minutes of fame. My webcams page was
the subject of an exponent article. In addition to this
there was much technical writing to be done at work today on a fairly
short time table. So as I typed frantically I would be continually
interrupted by friends who had seen the article or strangers who had an
opinion about the article. I even had two people send me URLs for cams
of which I was previously unaware. Fortunately I was able to get my
writing done in a timely manner.
When I returned home I found that the lovely and talented Sara with no 'h' had
prepared lasagna for Lehmann and myself. After dinner we played
Viewtiful Joe which is awesome. It is like an old skool side
scroller. Which means that it is more or less the best game ever even
without the added bonus of its humorous plot.
16:59:50 Friday February 18 2005
So the web-heads list discovered a lovely little web shop called Abate
Electronics. Apparently It is possible to purchase a number of
Ghost and U.F.O. detectors there. The best part of all is that they come with a
warranty!!! And I quote: "ALL DETECTORS ARE WARRANTED TO OPERATE
AS DEFINED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. ANY
DEVICE WHICH FAILS TO OPERATE FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME WILL BE REPLACED
FREE OF CHARGE, INCLUDING SHIPPING."
I hope the meter is wired to ground. Otherwise any blip they produce
will be detecting something that is almost certainly not there. How do
you collect on your warranty? I can imagine the exchange now:
You: Your crazy meter went off when there were no aliens.
AbateElect: How do you know there were no aliens?
You: There was a distinct lack of bright lights and probing.
AbateElect: Maybe they were hiding?
You: Hiding?
AbateElect: Yeah, like invisible!
You: I give up.
17:08:58 Monday February 21 2005
I was somewhere around The Research Park on the edge of West
Lafayette when the caffeine began to take hold. I remember saying
something like "I feel a bit light-headed; maybe I shouldn't drive..."
And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around me and my ears were
full of what sounded like huge bongo drums, all pounding in and
around the car, which was going about a forty miles an hour with the
top down to work. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! My heart is
going to pound its way out of my chest!"
Sleep well Hunter
S. Thompson.
22:10:48 Monday February 28 2005
Update time:
Wednesday a whole mess of us got together and prepared Terry's
Stir-Fry of Death. This was particularly enjoyable because it has
been quite a long time since we have gathered and prepared
food.
Also on Wednesday I was the subject of a follow up
story in the Purdue
Exponent. It must have been the slowest news week in history. Now
that I kinda sorta have a contact at the Exponent I may find that I
receive more publicity when I release my next subversive project later
this year.
On Saturday Chris, Sara, and I decided (rather capriciously) to build
a kite. We spent most of the afternoon acquiring raw materials and
doing preparatory tasks. When dinner time rolled around we joined up
with John and Cretia for a trip to Scotty's. The wait there proved
interminable. By the time it did terminate, Scott (no relation) had
finished work and joined us. After much needed food and a few beers we
dropped Chris off at his apartment and headed over to
Luxie's. Luxie's was no longer the quiet, unknown bar I remembered. It
was overrun with humans and generally unpleasant. We quickly gave up
and returned to Casa de Noland.
Sunday (yesterday) we finished our kite. It is wonderful. Pester me
for photos if I forget. Tetrahedra are awesome. After the kite was
finished John joined us and we watched a little P&T
Bullshit.
Today, while largely uneventful is Chris's
birthday. Glück Geburtstag Chris.
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