Monthly Archives: March 2006

Mar 22 2006
Technology

Not so greased

The Lightning extension for Mozilla Thunderbird adds the long missing calendar component into the beloved mail and newsreader app.

It is, in a word, “rough.” However, it does work. It’s functional in the way that a two by four can be used as a writing utensil.

Unwieldy, it’s not very polished, you may get splinters, and there are just some things you can’t do with it—but it is functional as a calendar. I’m just letting you know, in case you wanted a calendar from the Mozilla family that integrates into Thunderbird.

Mar 21 2006
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Never realized

I never realized just how many basic kitchen items I don’t have. I’ve been cooking a bit more lately, mainly to save some money and try to eat a little healthier. So far the big successes have been oven roasting chicken thighs, and using the crockpot to cook chicken adobo.

Now I’m starting to venture into the land of actual meals, instead of individual dishes with rice. I’m in the midst of preparing dinner at a friend’s house when I realize I do not own a steamer, nor a pair of tongs.

Both items, which, in retrospect, would have come in handy (and saved myself some “interesting” moments) more than a few times when cooking dinner.

Mar 21 2006
Technology

Photo Bug

I’ve noticed an interesting behavior in my iPhoto library. Not an application error or anything like that but I’m actually looking at a pattern in my behavior.

I have over a thousand photos in 2003. Then eight hundred or so in 2004. Then about six hundred photos for 2005. I’ve only got sixty or so photos for this year, and it’s a quarter over.

I’m not sure what is prompting the decline in photos. However, I did have that road trip to Walt Disney World in 2003, which was a lot of photos.

I do enjoy the virtual logging of my life in tiny snippets of time. With EXIF data, I know exactly when and with which camera. With comments and keywords I can search for specific people and places. Right now I’m cataloging and commenting on New Year’s Eve photos.

Which are very interesting, but I’ll leave it at that.

Mar 10 2006
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The First One

I really enjoyed Phantasy Star Online (PSO). I was there when it launched on the DreamCast. I was there for the DreamCast launch as well, but that’s a different story. There was just “something” about PSO that grabbed me. I’m not sure if it was the lineage of the earlier games, the sci fi rpg trappings, or the Diablo II elements. Knowing me, it was a combination of all three.

I got hooked when I started playing the online component of the game. Initially, I was dialing in using the DreamCast’s integrated modem. When I first started playing, it was fine. Then I wanted a bit more. Continue reading →

Mar 08 2006
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Law School

Today, I was on time, perhaps even early for work. I place the emphasis on was for reasons I am about to reveal.

Fate, it seems, conspires against the prepared.

I went to bed early, got up early. Even had time for two cups of tea. Browsed the internet and left thirty minutes before I normally get out the door.

As I approach the bus stop, the bus leaves. There goes ten minutes but I am still early.

The next bus arrives, and I get on. Another ten minutes passes as we wait for other passengers to get on. So far, still early.

Then, the bus breaks down, and all of us get off the bus. However, the bus driver notes we can get on the law school shuttle and disembark reasonably close to campus.

I get on the law school shuttle and I notice three things:

  1. It’s quiet. Almost everyone is studying.
  2. People on the shuttle are older. What little conversation I overheard was about clients and work.
  3. The smell of leather permeated the entire bus.

I guess someone just got a new briefcase or something, but the odor was strong, bordering on pungent.

But it was a nice change from the overcrowded, loud, main campus shuttle.

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