Scary: “Ask the Tech Girl”

Ask the Tech Girl is just plain wierd. A friend sent me the link, and we’re still trying to figure out whether it’s a porn line or actual tech support line. At $2.95 for 10 minutes, I’m not about to call and find out. It’s vaguely disturbing.
On the other hand, I’m tempted [...]

Othello (1995)

Rating: 4
Wednesday night, Michael picked Othello with Lawrence Fishburne in it as our movie. It was a good movie, even for those that aren’t particular fans of Shakespeare. The dialogue was in iambic pentameter, and turning on subtitles (closed captioning in our case) was ever so useful. It took me a while [...]

You know you’re from Texas When…

I got this from Jennifer: Google for the phrase “You know you’re from [your state] when” and bold the ones that apply to you.
You know you’re from Texas if….

You measure distance in minutes.
You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
Stores don’t have bags, they have sacks.
You see a car running [...]

Bike Swap

Today was Hudson Trail Outfitters Bike Swap at the Rockville store. I took my old bike in to sell it and hopefully get some money for it to use towards my new bike. When I got there, the mechanics all agreed that I could earn $250-$275 for the bike since it was in [...]

Compiler Woes

At one point, I thought it would be neat to work on compilers – design, coding,etc…. The last few days, and especially today have completely thrown that notion out of my head.