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May 25, 2008: MapperGUI 2.99b For those of you that have totally forgotten this project, it's the DAOC mapping utility that I took over maintenance a long time ago, decided to overhaul, and fell off the Earth after Hurricane Katrina. I'm finally back to work on it; it was so close to release 3 years ago that it's heart-breaking; I'm sorry I never did put it out. ( more ) May 21, 2008: Dragoness Update I don't think I ever mentioned this in general, but I'm back home in Louisiana (mentioned the trip), AND I have a new job. Locally. It's a fair commute, but it's near my Mom's house, so I'll be seeing her a lot more often, which makes everyone a bit happier. The commute means I get up early, which means I won't be on late anymore (not to mention that I'm not on Pacific time any more, either). The new job is working as a government contractor. I have already learned that the government way of doing things is just plain loopy. If working as a corporate contractor was like being in a Dilbert cartoon, government work is more like a Salvador Dali painting--downright surreal. Someday I might go into detail. May 3, 2008: "Mission Accomplished" -- Squee! Today's TF:Animated episode was a lot of fun! ( more ) Apr 28, 2008: Vacation, Day 6 Sorry for the huge delay in posting these pictures. Things have been hectic since getting home. So, on our 6th day of travel, Thursday, March 20th, we crossed New Mexico. Starting from Gallup, NM in the morning, we diverted up to Santa Fe to take in the ancient mission churches and modern art galleries there, then cut down the back roads across eastern New Mexico ranch lands to Tucumcari, where we stopped for the night. ( more ) Mar 22, 2008: 10,000 B.C. Got home, bug-bombed the house, and went out to see a movie while the house fumigated. "10,000 BC" was playing at about the right time, so we went to watch it. It was quite good. It's also very much a story straight out of Edgar Rice Burroughs; not just a Lost World Romance, but one with many elements specific to Burroughs. The director/screenwriter has admitted Robert E. Howard as an influence, but the movie has much more of an ERB feel than a Howard one. ( more ) Mar 21, 2008: Vacation, Day 5 Wednesday, we visited the Grand Canyon (awesome!), Meteor Crater (big hole in the ground), and raced the sun to see the Petrified National Forest and got there a bit too late, so we didn't see that. We also stopped and took pictures of various things along the way. ( more ) Powered by WebRing.	Writings Transformers Dragonball Z Raditz Gallery Recipes RPG Software Herb Guide Traveller Past Updates LiveJournal

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May 25, 2008: MapperGUI 2.99b: For those of you that have totally forgotten this project, it's the DAOC mapping utility that I took over maintenance a long time ago, decided to overhaul, and fell off the Earth after Hurricane Katrina. I'm finally back to work on it; it was so close to release 3 years ago that it's heart-breaking; I'm sorry I never did put it out.

( more )
May 21, 2008: Dragoness Update: I don't think I ever mentioned this in general, but I'm back home in Louisiana (mentioned the trip), AND I have a new job. Locally. It's a fair commute, but it's near my Mom's house, so I'll be seeing her a lot more often, which makes everyone a bit happier.

The commute means I get up early, which means I won't be on late anymore (not to mention that I'm not on Pacific time any more, either).

The new job is working as a government contractor. I have already learned that the government way of doing things is just plain loopy. If working as a corporate contractor was like being in a Dilbert cartoon, government work is more like a Salvador Dali painting--downright surreal.

Someday I might go into detail.
May 3, 2008: "Mission Accomplished" -- Squee!: Today's TF:Animated episode was a lot of fun!
( more )
Apr 28, 2008: Vacation, Day 6: Sorry for the huge delay in posting these pictures. Things have been hectic since getting home. So, on our 6th day of travel, Thursday, March 20th, we crossed New Mexico. Starting from Gallup, NM in the morning, we diverted up to Santa Fe to take in the ancient mission churches and modern art galleries there, then cut down the back roads across eastern New Mexico ranch lands to Tucumcari, where we stopped for the night.

( more )
Mar 22, 2008: 10,000 B.C.: Got home, bug-bombed the house, and went out to see a movie while the house fumigated. "10,000 BC" was playing at about the right time, so we went to watch it.

It was quite good. It's also very much a story straight out of Edgar Rice Burroughs; not just a Lost World Romance, but one with many elements specific to Burroughs. The director/screenwriter has admitted Robert E. Howard as an influence, but the movie has much more of an ERB feel than a Howard one.

( more )
Mar 21, 2008: Vacation, Day 5: Wednesday, we visited the Grand Canyon (awesome!), Meteor Crater (big hole in the ground), and raced the sun to see the Petrified National Forest and got there a bit too late, so we didn't see that. We also stopped and took pictures of various things along the way.

( more )

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