the future is worth fighting for
Two months to go. Lookin’ good!!!
Month: July 2005
monkeys with bagels doing taxes
As Ev says, “quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve read on the internet in ages”. I know I’ve been on projects like this one, and I think the sysadmin capitulating to the monkey’s demands is pretty much spot on. It reminds me of a call I had yesterday with an individual who had made up […]
quik-stop
My flight from New York (well, Newark) didn’t leave until 8:35 on Friday, so I took the opportunity to visit with Walt, Lee, Zoe, their new arrival, and Lee’s dad as an extra bonus. Jake is a hoss, and you can already see that he and Zoe are going to look an awful lot alike. […]
battered
I was back in New York for some client meetings, and had some down time across the Hudson while waiting for a ride. I was sitting at the ferry terminal (well, let’s be serious, it was a dock), and had an angle on Manhattan which struck a chord. I’ll leave the interpretation up to you, […]
and heeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrre’s jacob!
And in this corner, wearing the black trunks and weighing in at nine pounds, seven ounces, please welcome, the new arrival, the wonder of wonders, Zoe’s new champeeen… Jacob… Fry… Trotta!!! Jacob entered the world on Bastille Day at 16:50 eastern, and joins his big sister Zoe in one of the coolest families on the […]
well, this is a first
I’ve travelled a lot over the past decade, but I can’t recall ever being in a situation like this before. I had a later flight from Toronto to Ottawa, and we arrived at around 23:30 to thunderstorms. The airport uses a lightning sensor (which measures localised static electricity) and, when it hits a certain point, […]
good luck, have fun, i won’t be watching
I think Fark sums it up best – “Tentative NHL labor deal reached. Tens of fans overjoyed”. Good luck players and owners, you’ll need it after a year of showing everyone just how much you really cared about the game. I know I won’t spend a dime on tickets, parking, satellite packages, concession stands, or […]
kicking and screaming
Tonight marks day two in my quest to get back into the running form I had right before I started ultimate last summer, which effectively killed my running long distances (I got hurt in the first game of the year, and was injury prone for the following 6 months). I’m planning on running the Prince […]
to stand on guard for thee
My dad’s an interesting guy, despite what I may say about him from time-to-time 😉 His education and passion is military history (he has several thousand books on the subject), and he’s been active with one group or another for as long as I’ve known him. He’s not a warmonger, he’s an educator, and his […]
new version of web stats
For those of you with a deadsquid.com web site, you may notice that your stats look a little different. I finally got around to upgrading Analog to version 6. It’s the first real change to the look of the stats pages in a very, very long time, and I like it. As always, if you […]