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| 03:51pm 15/08/2008 |
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There are times that no matter how good you think you are, all things seem hopeless. That's how I feel about this project at work. Hearing something as ridiculous as I did this morning makes it seem that no one in power is willing to stand up and say no when they should. They aren't looking out for us in the trenches, which is the bare minimum I expect out of management.
I'm waiting for some spectacular meltdown to happen. It's like the quiet before the storm. All I know is that I'm ready for battle. |
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| 10:47am 09/08/2008 |
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this is semi-pertinent at the moment, but it was also a neat throwback to my early college days. this is one of the neater explanations of linear list data sorting algorithms i've seen (complete with animations).
http://vision.bc.edu/~dmartin/teaching/sorting/anim-html/all.html
at my job, i realized lately that what i'm doing is fixing things that others either don't notice for one or more reasons or just don't care to fix. we spent more than two weeks trying to figure out some file system corruption issues that ultimately were related to hardware conflicts (either driver-related or requiring a hardware change - can't remember). the things we started looking at first could have easily been ruled out in less than a day if things had been fixed a long time ago. people either have no clue what is going on or simply don't care and lay on new features and bug fixes on top of junk software. i'm leaning towards a little of both. i guess sometimes i expect too much out of people.
this is why of late i've been doing some work on a side project at work. i'm hoping to carve my way out of my role within my team and into something else where i have a little more control over my own destiny.
to be continued... |
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| 12:43pm 23/07/2008 |
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life feels like a perpetual search and destroy mission. there are always more than enough targets. |
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| 11:32pm 12/05/2008 |
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Am I the only person that thinks that the bumps on Adult Swim have good electro? I always thought it was funny to hear LFO's Freak in a bump, and then I heard it in some kids cartoon commercial on Cartoon Network. I guess they have some people there with decent taste in electronic music. |
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| The number one enemy of progress is question. |
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| 04:09pm 25/04/2008 |
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Lately, it seems like I can't get enough things done fast enough. I've always said I feel like I'm always in crisis recovery mode. It always leaves me with a feeling like I'm a day late and a dollar short (though these days it's likely more than just a dollar).
Some things come to poor planning from various causes. One of the ones that pisses me off the most is lack of prompt information. I'm a busy person like most people, so I need to know certain things ahead of time to properly align resources and prioritize. I don't like being cut out of information loops for any reason, be they political or personal. If we're on the same team, what's the point?
Anyway, my takeaway is that plans must accelerate. I'm being left with that feeling that I don't just have to overcome obstacles and achieve goals - I have to crush them. I've had this attitude before, but I found it taxing for a couple of reasons. First, it leaves me feeling like I'm always running in the red. Second, I take everything seriously (probably too seriously).
Eh, enough seriousness for now. I got back into gaming a little bit. I have a Nintendo DS (with a SCDS-1 SDHC) and a Wii. I don't play often, but it's good when I can. I play hockey at least twice a week. I should get some game photos and post.
Yes, I'm back. Let's see if it lasts. |
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| 02:15pm 17/08/2007 |
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it's still hard for me to adjust to sleeping next to someone on a regular basis. |
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| cartoon sushi - i am broccoli... |
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| 10:54am 29/04/2007 |
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man, this is so old. i remember seeing this show on mtv a long time ago. finding things like this is why i like youtube. |
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| 10:49pm 13/03/2007 |
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i have a way of ruining things, just by being me. i think it has something to do with when i open my mouth to speak. |
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| 06:44pm 09/03/2007 |
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music: DK - Murder was the Bass (Reworked)
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in case you hadn't noticed, i'm a glutton for punishment. |
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| 12:40pm 09/03/2007 |
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on my desk at work, i have a copy of byte magazine from april 1981 (yes, older than i by a few months). here's an image of the cover courtesy of wikipedia:
yes, that is a wristwatch with an extremely tiny floppy drive. gotta love those forward thinking ideas. |
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| 11:58am 06/03/2007 |
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| 06:08pm 22/02/2007 |
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between playing in net twice in one night last week for a total of 2.5 hours and then taking a shot off the top of my knee last night, i've managed to bang myself up pretty badly. the chronic pain in my left shoulder has resurfaced as bad as it has ever been, so maybe now is the right time to have some work done. i've seen bad results of shoulder operations in other people before, and it scares the shit out of me. |
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| 01:56pm 15/02/2007 |
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my mom sent me heart-shaped sugar cookies with frosting for valentine's day. the cookies are pretty damn tasty in case you're curious. |
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| you're not afraid of the dark, are you? |
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| 03:25pm 03/02/2007 |
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tools are meant to be used. you cannot master a tool if you fear it. do not confuse fear with respect - tools demand respect for their power. without respect, the tool will master you in your complacency.
i deal with fools and their tools on a daily basis. |
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| david elsewhere is my hero |
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| 05:04pm 07/12/2006 |
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nothing is ever simple. i gotta stick to my maxims, break some bad habits, and quit fucking around. i have too many things that need to get done. as always, there's never enough time in the day. |
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| the man from room five. |
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| 01:55pm 05/11/2006 |
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voilà! in view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. this visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. however, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
the only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me v. |
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