Today I finished reading “Mona Lisa Overdrive” by William Gibson
Read – Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Today I finished reading “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” by D.H. Lawrence
Read – Dombey and Son
Today I finished reading “Dombey and Son” by Charles Dickens
Read – The Odyssey
Today I finished reading “The Odyssey” by Homer
Listening – Green Thoughts
This week I am listening to “Green Thoughts” by The Smithereens
Read – A Streetcar Named Desire
Today I finished reading “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams
Read – Tom Sawyer Abroad
Today I finished reading “Tom Sawyer Abroad” by Mark Twain
Freedom from others
The greatest freedom you will ever experience is truly not giving a fuck what someone else thinks of you.
Listening – The Nephilim
This week I am listening to “The Nephilim” by Fields of the Nephilim
Studying – Higher National Diploma Computer Science
This month I am studying “Higher National Diploma Computer Science”
11th month
You can check out, but you can never leave
Today’s my last at a job I mentally checked out of years ago.
Read – The Pearl
Today I finished reading “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck
The tick of the clcok
Age is a number that other people use to keep score.
It allows them to decide if they are better than you.
Unfortunately age is the only number that increases as time marches on for most people.
Read – Macbeth
Today I finished reading “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
Read – The Dark Side of the Sun
Today I finished reading “The Dark Side of the Sun” by Terry Pratchett
Listening – Hairway to Steven
This week I am listening to “Hairway to Steven” by Butthole Surfers
Read – We Can Build You
Today I finished reading “We Can Build You” by Philip K. Dick
Read – White Nights
Today I finished reading “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Read – Quentin Durward
Today I finished reading “Quentin Durward” by Walter Scott
Read – Northanger Abbey
Today I finished reading “Northanger Abbey” by Jane Austen
Listening – Prison Bound
This week I am listening to “Prison Bound” by Social Distortion
Not sorry. At all.
I’m truly sorry my recent absence from the office caused you to have to do your own work.
Second hardest thing in the morning
Assume that I have woken up from sleep at least 8,000 times in my life so far.
You’d think that after that many attempts I would be used to it by now.
Read – The Man Who Laughs
Today I finished reading “The Man Who Laughs” by Victor Hugo
Listening – Stay on These Roads
This week I am listening to “Stay on These Roads” by a-ha
Read – Essays and Poems
Today I finished reading “Essays and Poems” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Listening – From Langley Park to Memphis
This week I am listening to “From Langley Park to Memphis” by Prefab Sprout
Studying – Sport photography
This month I am studying “Sport photography”
Got talking to the teacher of the foundations class (which I just wrapped up) and he recommended I try some high-speed photography which he teaches a class in. Specifically high-speed photography of sporting events.
This is a part-time workshop that lasts a fortnight.
The Tang-Soo Do karate class continues. Will wrap it up the end of this month in time for college to start again.
Read – On the Banks of Plum Creek
Today I finished reading “On the Banks of Plum Creek” by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ignorance is contagious
The surprising thing I find about most people is that they will go to great lengths to try and convince you to agree with them even after you have pointed out they are factually wrong.
Listening – The Frenz Experiment
This week I am listening to “The Frenz Experiment” by The Fall
Read – The Preserving Machine
Today I finished reading “The Preserving Machine” by Philip K. Dick
Read – Hercule Poirot – The A.B.C. Murders
Today I finished reading “Hercule Poirot – The A.B.C. Murders” by Agatha Christie
Read – The Old Curiosity Shop
Today I finished reading “The Old Curiosity Shop” by Charles Dickens
Listening – House Tornado
This week I am listening to “House Tornado” by Throwing Muses
Read – The Scarlet Letter
Today I finished reading “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bad joke
If you have to explain a joke, it isn’t a very good joke.
If you have to explain a user interface, it isn’t a very good user interface.
Listening – I Am Kurious Oranj
This week I am listening to “I Am Kurious Oranj” by The Fall
Read – The Fountainhead
Today I finished reading “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
Listening – South of Heaven
This week I am listening to “South of Heaven” by Slayer
Listening – UB40
This week I am listening to “UB40” by UB40
Studying – Foundations of photography – night and low light
This month I am studying “Foundations of photography – night and low light”
Figured I’d goof off with some photography classes over the Summer break.
This is a four-week hands-on workshop.
Also teaching an intensive three days a week karate class to around 15 people from the college.
Trust issues
People claim that I trust computers more than I trust people.
It’s true.
Except when I am saving my work.
Then I mash that save key combination (CTRL+S) more times than I care to think about.
Read – The Seven Poor Travellers
Today I finished reading “The Seven Poor Travellers” by Charles Dickens
Listening – Hang Time
This week I am listening to “Hang Time” by Soul Asylum
Read – Winner Take Nothing
Today I finished reading “Winner Take Nothing” by Ernest Hemingway
Naming scheme
If you use “foo”, “bar” and “baz” in any of your example code, I immediately hate you.
Read – Emma
Today I finished reading “Emma” by Jane Austen
Listening – Hallowed Ground
This week I am listening to “Hallowed Ground” by Skin Yard
It is a mystery
Today I turned a gallon of coffee in to a pint of piss and a pint of code.
And I have no clue where the rest of the coffee went.
Maybe I sweated it out in that stupid project management meeting that lasted four hours.