Done. 2009-01-26

  • blew my mind x2: undefeated MMA fighter who just woke up http://tinyurl.com/c5gh42 & crazy Life creatures http://tinyurl.com/65eg3n #
  • Troll: ask 5 or more questions in a row that reference you Java dev stack while wearing a “Linux is cool” tshirt at a .Net user group mtg. #
  • On my way to STLNET meeting. First time. Curious. #
  • “He softens the hard corners of our lives.” – Ray Hudson, on Lionell Messi. #
  • resume: updated. http://www.weichbrodt.org/resume #
  • continuing failure of Strong AI; Turing Test keeps branching: music test, looks test, chat test… http://tinyurl.com/azmyhk #
  • 100-80 of Los 100 Mejores Goles del Ãno on GolTV. Debating internally just how chuffed I would be to even crack the 99th best. #
  • First sustained NBA viewing of the season. Rockets v Jazz from last night. Scola is still sweet. #
  • “We are going to win it on our own terms” is the new “9/11 NEVER FORGET”. http://tinyurl.com/bxjscz #
  • new U2 single stands a dangerous chance of making Coldplay’s last album adventurous and accomplished. #
  • hot January transfer rumor: I’m linked with a loan move to a club across the river. Player & club representatives refuse comment. #
  • Re-namespacing is like clipping fingernails. It’s fiddly and sucks, but you face the world with a jaunt in your step when it’s done. #
  • subscribed: http://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog #
  • just got incredibly nostalgic looking at NFL helmets. http://billsportsmaps.com/?p=1967 Elway wore that helmet in the snow on my born day. #
  • txt to friend, since it will be > 10°F tomorrow: “I have a court date. Can I borrow your circ saw?” Oh the joys of home ownership. #
  • just about reassembled the week after it fell apart on Monday. If I’m TARP, Monday was 11/08. #
  • No one told me about the iPhone app that makes LOLcats? This is what Internet friends are for people! http://twitpic.com/12of4 #
  • I’m the guy in class who is taking notes with a smelly blue sharpie and an iPhone. http://snipurl.com/9zhr3 #
  • perusing Hawaiian Christmast music. Best so far: http://tinyurl.com/7av6fb #
  • map & produce v2, coming right up. http://noel.weichbrodt.org #
  • best food & drink in Hawaii Kai? Not Roy’s. Kona Brewing Co. Superb beers, taro bun burger a perfect medium, luscious mango bread pudding. #
  • at the top of Mariner’s Ridge in the east Ko’olau’s. Visiting in-laws FTW. http://snipurl.com/9dpg0 #
  • Blowing stuff up with the brothers-in-law. And the entire city of Honolulu. #
  • I think my STL-DEN-OGG-HNL departure lounge has been infiltrated by Canadians. I’m acting casual yet provincially sophisticated. And French #
  • as a man of means and taste, my ears will only heed only the most refined & psychoacoustically sound of ringtones. http://www.iringpro.com/ #
  • “I blame you for breaking the intern. Did you keep the receipt for him?” #
  • your Christmas card, from @noelweichbrodt & @3rdspace: http://www.elissa.weichbrodt.org/2008/12/25/peace/ #
  • “zomg! Tiny bump! zomg! ZOMG!” http://snipurl.com/94f09 #
  • “Also, you may need a whip for when the intern wants to take vacation days.” #
  • “What we’re going to need for this project is one screwdriver and one intern. The rest of it just happens magically.” #
  • just accidentally twittered as @3rdspace, my wife. This happens at IRL parties too, when I expound as the contemporary art expert. #
  • rebooting budget. #
  • hangin my ornaments with Daptone’s Soul Santa mix accompanying. I have boxes of old & new, including my precious: http://snipurl.com/8y01u #
  • cold. Dark. Bourbon. http://snipurl.com/8xs00 #
  • Bulleit acquired. Median time between bottles: 27 minutes. #
  • ocean-front hotel on Maui for $100/night? Booked. Hello 2009. #
  • They belong in a zoo with a sign that says “Do Not Feed the Trolls.” #
  • had 4 courses at fave locavore restaurant to avoid more unit tests. Procrastination was never so delish. #
  • not only is Northrop the 6th oldest domain on the internet, it’s the oldest still in business under the same name! #
  • northrop #6 on 100 oldest domains. I feel a swell of pride. http://www.iwhois.com/oldest/ #
  • bought Xmas tree at Home Depot. Strange green needles. Also green: trunk, boughs, hands, anything touching tree. http://snipurl.com/85td8 #
  • friday night. I feverishly mark up a LaTeX paper on Localization with RSSI Mapping while swigging from a bottle of wine. Awesome? #
  • hypocrisy? I cheer & visit local indie book stores; I never buy books from local indie book stores. http://tinyurl.com/5rfbnu #
  • and that, my friends, is how you score a particle filter based on a signature graph histogram. No questions? Good. Fin. #
  • got an alumninum slider iPhone case by CoreCases. Slow to arrive via USPS, but thanks for the PopRocks! Does my iPhone look like a Palm now? #
  • the classic Isaac Hayes quandary resolved: http://icantdeci.de/107578 #
  • coded my first Python class. That was painless. But will it blend? #
  • this Key Lime Pie flavored yogurt from Blue Bunny is colored like antifreeze fluid. Stomache says YES, brain says FLEE! #
  • PRO TIP in a closed-door chastising for unscheduled vacation, ensure I’m not listed at the very top of the vacation schedule you point to. #
  • my life is stuck on November 24, 8:34am. My last Time Machine backup, which restored as read-only on my computer. Backup Groundhog Day. #
  • Mac OS X gurus: HALP! http://tinyurl.com/6grgpd #
  • The yearly dose of true avant-garde, courtesy of the Ellery Eskelin Trio at the Stone, Lower East Side NYC. #
  • there’s a lot of people here. #
  • to get that extra robo-wiggle into the chair dance for Common’s Universal Mind Control, a wheeled, swiveling Steelcase is essential. #
  • if you ever think “I don’t need to run fsck to repair permissions, I’ll just use the finder to change owner”, you’re wrong. So wrong. #
  • after a time machine restore, my boot drive is read-only. It’s like we broke up and now I’m just back to get my things and leave. #
  • mbp is sitting on my desk upside down with the leopard install cd whirring inside. #
  • no me gusta os x blue screen on login. #
  • the annual mink oiling of the shoes & boots. Immensely satisfied. http://snipurl.com/6lyhh #
  • Day off. Iterative design applied to installing whole-home humidifier. First, wire everything up to confirm solenoid function. 3 hours. #
  • eatin’ a donut, readin’ Michael Pollan. Oh, wait… #
  • no respect for software: “Gizmos? A bit disappointing. Movies these days show off their advanced smartphone applications.” http://tr.im/14ol #
  • according to iTunes, I have not yet listened to half of my 12056 songs. I’ll be the one with headphones, hunched over the laptop rocking. #
  • cowardly stock market, keeping AAPL just above my buy limit order. What are you afraid of, huh? I double dog dare you to drop more! #
  • “Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight/It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right /Just beat it.” Buy limit on AAPL at 86.8 today! #
  • tolerance is the least-practiced non-virtue that we still think should be. http://tinyurl.com/5q8qe4 #
  • oh localhost, you are such a tease. I await your response, as ever. #
  • laser pointer. Cats. It never gets old. #
  • mac > vmware > xubunutos > python > ssh > washu ubuntu > python > nslu2 > tinyos > telosb > ftw. #
  • Wolf Parade for $5 at WashU? Yes please! http://snipurl.com/58xbo #
  • wait, so everyone’s middle name ISN’T Hussein? I thought it was just me! Why so tricksy in conditioning me ppl? #
  • Now silently judging everyone I walk past. No sticker on your shirt? Oooohh. Hmmm. Commie. #
  • voted at Pershing Elementry School, University City MO! No wait, long ballot, tiny sticker. #votereport #pdelect #election08 #
  • the Church & the election, cosigned: http://tinyurl.com/6957fp & http://tinyurl.com/5aaqqm #
  • surveying literature on localization algorithms for ad hoc wireless sensor networks. Is particle filtering the state of the art? #
  • watching Man vs Wild in S Dakota. Preview shows buffalo herd. 37 minutes, still no buffalo. GIVE ME THE MONEY SHOT, Bear. SHOW THE BUFFALO! #
  • we are the stock market. http://snipurl.com/4w5qp #
  • filled out MO sample ballot. In order: Democrat, Libertarian, Republican, Republican, Democrat, Republican, Republican, write-in. Mavericky. #
  • happily hacking away this morning at Meshuggah with VS2008 on my MacBook Pro. It was weird initially, almost xenophobic, but I’m adjusting. #
  • after extensive denominational research, I have decided to cast my ballot for the UCoC/Roman Catholic ticket. Not the S Baptist/AoG ticket. #
  • Been a whole since I was at work after six in the evening. Didn’t miss it, but am tauntingly productive after five. #
  • Two communions in a day is almost completely unlike finding two 100% health packs in a row in an fps. #
  • soccer nerd GOLD! ProZone stats from USA v Cuba, with Win3.1-tastic images etc: http://tinyurl.com/6lzeb7 #
  • in ur portfolio, eatin ur stocks. #
  • building a vmware win2k8 dev box. Your software must be > 2007 to ride. #
  • John Scalzi stole two straight nights from me with some fancy tale about wars for old folks. Not amused, Joh…oh, there’s three more? #
  • kill your car, StL. http://moremetrolink.com/ #
  • why can’t Trader Joe’s private label Crispix? You’re sitting on a goldmine people! #
  • twittering from Wellston today. I’ll be keeping it gangster. #
  • the Winter Wardrobe Switch of 2008. #
  • stewing after another devastating Blue Grizzlies rec league loss. With a fluffy purring cat on my lap, very little motivation to stir. #
  • running a benefit 10k for Congolese women. Even with that, I’m still not sure why. #
  • Friday Night Lights at Saint Charles High School East. They move in packs. Drama everywhere. http://snipurl.com/4gt7n #
  • NYT *has* objective reporters in the field! “Carmen Gentile contributed reporting from Miami Beach.”: http://tr.im/f2t LOL: http://tr.im/f2s #
  • oh mashed potatoes in the takeout box, cure my disillusionment. Or just be pleasingly flavored. #
  • exploring the fine, grammatically confused territory between unmotivated and procrastinating. With a hint of discouragement in the air. #
  • sweaty t-shirt, warm miller lite, temperature dropping 40 degrees, floodlight city park parking lot, Ethiopians. Yep, it’s Thursday night. #
  • meeting dramatically interrupted by Ice Cream Cake. Yes, apologize for interrruption. No, never again. Unless there’s another Ice Cream Cake #
  • it’s a wine night, made even better with checkbox wine tasting notes by knockknock.biz. Lean and sinewy body. Finish with stamina to spare. #
  • oh jack in the box, reveal your flaky cylindrical goodness unto me for my $2.55. #
  • searching for hot buttered biscuts. Don’t fail me now. #
  • ok guys, it’s my fault. I haven’t cashed my economic stimulus check yet. I’m waiting for Paulson to text me “um wait 2 cash chk plz thx”. #
  • boot shopping at Allens’s on s congress. Dare I? #
  • failing to acquire brunch. My stomach is a small ball-monster with teeth. #
  • awaiting bats. Lots of bats. Austin, you are truly weird and have made me a party to it. #
  • VP debate at the Driskill hotel bar in Austin TX. Yeehaw. #
  • vanity search, circa 2001. so young and fresh: http://tinyurl.com/4c39ch #
  • “he changed snacking in America in terms of natural foods”. RIP P. Newman. Leave your mark, people. http://tinyurl.com/4lapaj #
  • in Austin TX in two days for the long weekend. Will it be more or less weird with my presence? #
  • MOAR ZOOM! http://tinyurl.com/3uq4ll #
  • am i supposed to cash out my stocks, pay off my mortgage, and convert to French-style market socialism now? #
  • this shall take 526 hours. Amen. #
  • I have motes. #
  • Reverse-engineered a spreadsheet today. Now the the very linear Office season premier with @3rdspace & @humbucks . #
  • was fine. Until the quadrupels. #
  • the McDonald’s fifed and plucked us into falling for St. Louis. Irish Buddhists + drunks singing together at McGurks… http//:ping.fm/6Pki2 #
  • nonchalantly walked off the elevator and back into the cube with a cup full of dirt. Paddle plant now swaddled in fine plaza organics. #
  • walks by two parking garages and two “plazas” on the way to work every day. Save me! http://tinyurl.com/5ybcxk #
  • during a conference call this afternoon, I had to supress a cheer when I scored a goal. On my iPhone. Real Soccer 09, how I love thee. #
  • mmm, episode 2 of Astrospies while I answer email. And plan my secret moon base. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/program.html #
  • Champion’s League on dvr takes the edge off the pain of working on the scrum backlog. Barca’s intricate passes :: intricate sprint items. #
  • after doing scrum estimates for 8 months, still can’t get the right level of detail into them. Or the right process to iterate to the RLoD. #
  • stopped at Skinker & Olive intersection under 5 ft of water! Thanks #Ike. Rerouting… #
  • wearing aforementioned new socks to the SLU v UConn soccer home opener. Feel like magic. #
  • wife gets iPhone 3G. I get underwear + socks. #
  • D’Souza with a distasteful example. Make fun of stereotypically un-western-educated people group FTL. #
  • wow, Hitchens is lovingly detailing the intricacies of the indulgence system. Almost embarassing, really. #
  • and just like that, D’Souza actually pulls out a decent recapitulation of the Divine Wager. Hitchens: a wicked saying, due to its absurdity. #
  • sigh. Nobody who goes to these things should be allowed to ask questions. It self-selects pompous windbags. And Christopher Hitchens. #
  • Hitchens: there is no god, just followers, and he can eloquently detail their many bad actions. #
  • wait, everyone can find examples of monsterous leaders of all types of of religious and non-religious persuations?FRIENDS! #
  • stage bum-rushed by indignant type-a males. Seriously, all guys. #
  • D’Souza: What is source of moral equality under law? Not self-evident. #
  • Hitchens: rights under law are innate, accd to B Franklin. Does the son of a virgin have any special voice in our lives? #
  • D’Souza: why did T Jefferson choose to base Constitution on theistic law vice other live sources of law? #
  • Hitchens: if Prez Bush was born in Saudi Arabia, he would be just as stupid a Muslim, with the same misplaced morality. #
  • D’Souza: objection isn’t to religion, but to moral responsibility. #
  • D’Souza: N Korea + Cuba are last gasps, thank God, of self-proclaimed athirstic states. #
  • Hitchens: I hope Kim Jong Il is dying a slow, agonizing death. Worshipped as god, and worst place in the world. #
  • Hitchens: religious belief = permanent, voluntary master-slave relationship. It’s sadomasichistic. #
  • Oops, it’s D’Souza. Who apparently practices the Will It Blend model of debate: throw in a bunch of raw arguments and hold down the cover. #
  • Apologetics: ur doin it wrong, DeSouza! #
  • “is it good to believe in God?” #
  • god versus, um not-god. Or at least their proxys, DeSouza and Chris Hitchens. I’ll let you know who unwins. http://snipurl.com/3p32m #
  • StL FTW: “well we might have more murders here in the city, but at least Clayton kept most of the douchbags.” http://tinyurl.com/62ce6p #
  • “Virus” by Deltron 3030: best hacker song ever? Raps with antiquated but sound understanding of systems and protocols plus Automator beats #
  • “Virus” by Deltron 3030: best hacker song ever? Raps with antiquated but sound understanding of systems and protocols + Automater beats. #
  • best 8-on-8 formation for kids? I’m thinking Dutch-style 3-1-3. Possibly overcoaching before the first full practice? Definitely. #
  • prepares for first soccer practice by drinking boba tea. #
  • judging you, man who ordered Busch Light to pour into a glass at the Iron Barley. To the Elvis impression at the other table, otoh, respect. #
  • my kid’s first sleepover will be a relevatory experience in the exact opposite way: http://tinyurl.com/6nfjal #
  • had the “you suck” meeting. “You get the whole system inside your head first, before you give us feedback on what it is.” #
  • grumble grumble grumble #
  • the barren wasteland of south Illinois, where the corn must be protected from the ravages of an70 mph speed limit http://snipurl.com/3lwci #
  • 172 miles south of St. Louis in Paducah, Kentucky. Schmitterling avg. 39 mpg through the last two states. #
  • Robin’s Nest. Garden Walk Inn. Now. #
  • golf at Lookout. This did not play out as desired. http://snipurl.com/3l397 #
  • Bio-Dome doesn’t exist to please critics…It exists to lead easily entertained dumb— w/ low standards to Christ http://tinyurl.com/65jfq7 #
  • Chattanooga, Tennesse. Keep doing it to me. Be champions. #
  • First half average 42.7 mpg. VW tdi ftw! Bought a new itrip. Annoying wife by playing metalcore and Hi-Life. #
  • Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 184 miles from Chattanooga. Fantastic. #
  • regarding jury selection @humbucks: rejection means you have no obvious defects. Like when someone from church says you’re “a good person”. #
  • finally coaxed current project VM back up today. Now begins progress. Time for lunch break! #

January 26th, 2009 | Memory

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