Monthly Archives: April 2001

I’m annoyed at Kodak (again)

Posted on 29 April 2001 by meta

My photography is completely digital—except for the initial exposures, which I still do on film. This isn’t because I like film; it’s because I don’t have the cash for a digital camera with comparable resolution, and because color negative film … Continue reading →

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“Hello, Percy.”

Posted on 26 April 2001 by meta

Today in the men’s restroom, I encountered a man who was standing at the urinal, talking to his penis. He didn’t have a mobile phone, with or without hands-free earpiece; there was nobody else in the room, and he wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Redesigning web sites into uselessness

Posted on 25 April 2001 by meta

For many months I’ve been happily ordering food from homeruns for delivery. A week or so ago I got a flyer in the mail advertising their new “next generation” homeruns 3.0 web site. Obviously I got a sinking feeling—when’s the … Continue reading →

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Palm OS development sux0rs

Posted on 24 April 2001 by meta

Spent most of the afternoon in a futile attempt to get the Palm OS development kit working. I’ve probably wasted several days on it, in fact. I tried installing it under Linux, but couldn’t get the emulator to run, and … Continue reading →

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31 celcius

Posted on 24 April 2001 by meta

Last time it was this hot in Boston in April was 1885. Still, I guess that Kyoto thing needs more studying up, eh George?

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My Palm runneth over

Posted on 24 April 2001 by meta

Dammit, my Palm V is full. I don’t have enough RAM for Vindigo (Boston restaurant and movie database with street maps), PocketMoney (personal finance) and Life Balance (spiffy hierarchical to-do list and life goal balancing tool). Vindigo is obviously vital, … Continue reading →

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Technical support

Posted on 23 April 2001 by meta

Someone just sent mail to a mailing list that I’m on, asking how to unsubscribe. I pointed out that the instructions for unsubscribing are appended to every single frigging message sent to the list. I managed to avoid the temptation … Continue reading →

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FNORD

Posted on 23 April 2001 by meta

Every now and again on DALnet, someone will try using my registered nickname, in spite of the nasty warnings from NickServ. I’ll turn up and recover it, and find that the person’s clueless friends think I’m him. Perhaps I’m just … Continue reading →

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Seat bee sate

Posted on 18 April 2001 by meta

Well, here I am in San Francisco. Or at least, the Sheraton near SFO. Tomorrow I get to go to a meeting, then back to the airport. At least this hotel has high speed Internet access. It even has electricity, … Continue reading →

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More business travel

Posted on 15 April 2001 by meta

So tomorrow I’m off to Atlanta. The day after that I’ll be travelling to San Francisco. The day after that, I’ll be returning to Boston, and getting in some time after midnight. Then a few hours later I can get … Continue reading →

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