June 2007
Brian: Tonight is not my night. Technology around me is failing. I should be Amish. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Friday work is always weird - half of the people are gone, and it’s quiet and productive. I’d rather be off, but it can be nice. (via Twitter / Brian)
YouTube - Dramatic Look →
Brian: Our dog just had his first vet visit. All is well. Yay! We can also bathe him sooner than expected. YAY! He stinks so bad. SO bad. Ugh. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: For some reason, not all of my tweets are getting through. Weird. (via Twitter / Brian)
Baynham & Tyers Innovation Business... →
Brian: Work work work, work work work, work work work, work work work, work work work, work work work, work work work, work work work. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Caught back up on music rips from last night, and a little more. Working on housetraining for the puppy, who seems to have Kennel Cough :( (via Twitter / Brian)
MacZealots > Articles > Backing Up Your Mac →
After having nuked 2GB today, I need to really re-eval my backup system — hopefully this motivates me to do so
Brian: Last night, I set to re-ripping most of my music. I got 2GB done. Today, I accidentally rm -rf’d all of it. Oops. Time to re-re rip. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Puppy update: Only one accident so far, in two days, which is good. Brian update: I am SO freakin’ tired, but happy with both puppy and Mac. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: We got a puppy! He’s awesome. Also, got a new MacBook Pro! Life is super awesome today. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Waiting for a table for lunch - kinda late for lunch, oh well. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: On my way to buy puppy supplies, then off to the Explora museum (http://www.explora.us/) with my nephew and our guests. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: On my way to the pound. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Little late, but at work. The adventures in the world of DOM and JS continue! (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Yet another late (for me) night. Played a ton of video games with our guests. Much fun! (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Physically at work, but mentally, I don’t even know where I am. Not here, that’s for sure. :D (via Twitter / Brian)
In lieu of any real news
Last night I finally conquered Psychobilly Freakout on Hard, and can now say I’ve five-starred all 48 career songs (six songs a set, eight sets - the Xbox 360 version has the extra song a set bonus) on Hard difficulty in Guitar Hero II.
I now have access to a new guitar: The Eyeball. It’s absolutely hideous and humorous at the same time. Its head is a hand throwing the horns. It’s the penultimate...
MAKE: Blog: DIY Ping Pong ball gun →
Someday I’ll actually make something off of MAKE
Ask TUAW: time shift in iPhoto, HDTV to a Mac,... →
Really, I’m marking this more for the tip on HDTV, but might find something useful later.
Brian: Just five-starred ALL career songs in Hard on Guitar Hero 2! WOO!!!! (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Just mowed and edged the lawn. At night. Again. I really need to start getting to these things on weekend mornings, when I have energy. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: In a vicious fight with some JavaScript. At least it’s not just IE6 causing me problems this time. IE6 still stinks, though. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Just got back from a tasty lunch with Lisa. Now, work for a few more hours, then going to the pound to check out a potential pet! (via Twitter / Brian)
Hack Attack: 13 book hacks for the library crowd -... →
Seems like an interesting concept.
The New York Times > Magazine > Slide Show... →
Re-adding Flickr to Tumblr
Now that I’ve done the mass upload of my Europe photos, I’m putting Flickr back into the swing of Tumblr. Woo!
Brian: Man, I missed out on a sweet Woot deal - 4GB Microdrive 2 pack for $20? Arg. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Putting together our guest room - people showing up in two days! Gotta hurry! (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Mmm, work, slowly starting to be known as “The period of rest between insane weekends” (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: So sleepy (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Heading to Best Buy. Love Best Buy. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Just “killed” someone at a murder mystery dinner. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Browsing various furniture stores (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Excited about the prospect of a new Mac (via Twitter / Brian)
'Gigantoraptor' uncovered in the desert | Science... →
RAPTORS! RUN!
Brian: Just tweaked my blog (randomthink.net) to show Twitter in a nice and shiny fashion. Very neat! It’s super easy, too. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: I just fixed a coworker’s two hours of work in JavaScript by having him trash all of his changes and adding just one line of JS. Rock! (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Workin’. JavaScript Viewport math is not fun, and yet, kind of fun in a weird way. (via Twitter / Brian)
Camera Phones: Ten Ways to Use Them →
10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It |... →
Brian: I forgot to plug in my cell phone, and so it’s almost dead, arg (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: I miss lazy work days - today has been so crazy busy, and it’s not even half over yet (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: Just now finished helping my friend finish setting up Windows on his PC. Some unique issues. Bleh. Tired. Bed. (via Twitter / Brian)
Puppy love: Top 5 cities for dogs - TODAY: Pets -... →
Albuquerque is number three! Neat!
Brian: Back at work, but actually feelin’ good about it - today’s task should be kind of fun (via Twitter / Brian)
A return to simplicity
So, I’ve gotten some grief lately for not having posted anything of any note or significance in recent months. I think part of that is I’ve simply not really liked looking at my site.
However, recent changes such as a new version of WordPress (I’m now on 2.2), and a new version of Sandbox (my theme of choice) have motivated me to take another stab at theming my site.
I played with some colors...
Brian: Eatin’ some delicious homemade food. Mmm. (via Twitter / Brian)
Brian: So, we have an app going into public beta tomorrow. SUDDENLY a show-stopping bug has cropped up - IE only. Debugging JavaScript in IE hurts. (via Twitter / Brian)