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April 10, 2001
With only two full days to go, I’m packing up a goodly chunk of my office tonight. The soundtrack for the evening so far has been Pizzicato Five: The Fifth Release From Matador and The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia. Two discs with titles about being from somewhere, on a night when I’m … More
April 10, 2001
Acoustic baffle. Certain combinations of words just make me smile.
April 10, 2001
The problem with the mail server last night was that the board-mounted lithium battery was dead, causing a rash of rebooting issues. Mad props to techie guy Chris and the other Grant, who resuscitated the patient. All are doing well this morning.
April 9, 2001
Crappity crap. The mail server I share with the other Grant is down this evening and the automatic reboot system doesn’t seem to be holding up its end of the bargain. As much as I’d love to drive all the way downtown again and give the box a swift kick in its digital pants, I … More
April 9, 2001
They’re throwing me a party this afternoon. I promise to behave.
April 9, 2001
Palm Teams Up on PDA Friendly OvercoatsWhat surprises me about this is not that the concept was thought up in the first place, but the fact that Palm is actually lending their name to it. Then again, Palm has been known to dive into the pool before checking to see if it’s filled with water … More
April 8, 2001
Just four more days remain in my tenure at EyeWire. Last weeks anxiety has subsided and evolved into a numb state of reflection. The grey, overcast sky and the corn snow falling past the office window aren’t helping me concentrate on anything in particular. The sound of a dozen hard drives whining and the occasional … More
April 6, 2001
That fact that I just spent the last twenty minutes or so diving through the new XHTML 1.1 recommendation over at the W3C probably says more about me than I care to admit. At least I managed to pull one lovely, burnished nugget of previous unknown information from those pages. Check out the details of … More
April 6, 2001
MacAddict OS X Hack RepositoryMacAddict is only Mac magazine around that still has some balls. With a healthy chunk of attitude, they’re stepping in and showing everybody within throwing distance of a plist file how to stupid-size their desktop icons. Be very afraid. This is only the beginning of an online resource that is destined … More
April 6, 2001
Cables and boxes and discs! Oh my!