so i talk a lot about needing to do things the hard way first so that i can understand the motivations behind doing things the better way (the rules for which would otherwise have seemed awfully obscure). but i’ve got…
bought some bankers boxes for $7 from staples today. you know they’re cardboard boxes with the lid. they come all flat and stuff, and i got the most satisfying feeling folding the thing this way and that, and voila–i had…
with dad. over IM. that was fun, i learned a lot. it’s nice to work through conceptual things with someone who has massive implementation experience. it’s almost calming and zenlike: “this is the way we’ve found to do things that…
justin, who likes living in time but not being obsessed or enslaved by it (no watch, no pda, no planner, no calendars), just created his anxiety-producing end of the semester calendar for maximum visual effect. what does this particular end…
I am realizing this is harder than it should be for people like us. When you really enjoy the “meat” of being human in a way that other people scratch their heads at, you can cause a lot of pain…
develop a way to generate professional looking reports in microsoft word using microsoft access (and vba). extract the data from present microsoft access databases to store in mysql (or oracle) while still maintaining access as client without performance hit. investigate…
went over to melanie’s the other day to make cookies. not just any cookies, but melt-in-the-mouth cookies, from a recipe that is now in its third generation. anyway, these little pieces of heaven basically involve brown sugar and butter, with…
first let me mention that I had a lovely dinner with melanie, pj, and jackie tonight. we broiled salmon with lemon, garlic, and rosemary, we half fried/half sauteed the potatoes with garlic and rosemary, and we cooked the asparagus like…
does it really count as “buying something” if you are riding your bike into town to be around people while you work and you realize (a) your ungloved hands are really cold (b) it’s going to get a lot colder…