This is why the code breaks March 11, 2008
Posted by Aaron in : Quotes, Work , add a commentThis is it now, everybody get down, this is all it can take, this is why the code breaks.
These are real bits of code or sample data found in projects that I’ve worked on. I wonder how many other code monkeys stumble across old code or bits of sample data and wonder how many cans of pop they’d drunk before writing it…
- Too long have I tolerated the madness of monkeys, fetch my sword, we’re going to war
- This is all about the content for the event, after this it won’t matter but hey, who cares, its raining cats, dogs and even goldfish. I once saw a goldfish nibble on a cat, it was weird, the cat stuck its head in the fish tank and of course the goldfish had to investigate, and went over and wondering if this new thing was food, nibbled on it. Cat didn’t seem to mind but was not happy about getting so wet *and* failing to catch the goldfish.
Once mocked, now respected…. December 31, 2007
Posted by Aaron in : Work , add a commentThey mocked me for being able to walk to my car and pull out a tent, tarp, chair and shovel out of the back
For having a coat, hat and gloves with me most of the time
For my deck of cards, my frisbee, my flash light
But today it is I who laugh
Today, the office is out of toilet paper
But I am not.
Poor Planning December 20, 2007
Posted by Aaron in : General , add a comment
Driving from central oklahoma to northern iowa in late december? it may be time to re-evaluate our decision making procedures.
Buying in bulk October 31, 2007
Posted by BatWeasel in : Life, News , add a commentWe just used up the last of the economy-sized jug of Dreft laundry detergent that Jerod bought before Summer was born for us to wash her clothes in. Summer is 15 months old. Amazing.
Homecoming 2007 October 25, 2007
Posted by Aaron in : General , add a commentMy day tomorrow starts at 7:30am. At 8am we leave town to drive about 2 hours west to oklahoma city (where a major client is located), I expect to spend 1-2 hours there. Then get back in my car (by myself this time), drive 2 hours back to town, load up my car and head east to greenville (about 8 hours considering I’ll probably go straight to the hotel which is actually further east than greenville).
Saturday I believe the road race is at 8am, so I’ll have to wake in time to get to the race (no, I’m not running this year, but I’ve friends who are). What with friends I’ve not seen in ages being in town, I expect I won’t get to bed before midnight. Sunday even though I want to be home before midnight, usually travel leaves me wired enough that I am awake till at least midnight.
Oh and did I mention that its midnight now and I’m not in bed and last night I didn’t get to sleep until 3am-ish. At this point, all plans are dependent on my body not rebelling and forcing me to sleep… lay on, Macduff, and um cursed be he that first cries, Hold, enough!
Cat!! October 20, 2007
Posted by BatWeasel in : Life , add a commentTo my 14-month-old daughter, everything is a cat. If it has legs or appears to be alive, its a cat. Following is a transcript from the conversation we had while we were out shopping this morning:
“Cat!”
“That’s a baby deer.”
“Cat!”
“That’s Santa Claus.”
“Cat!”
“That’s a reindeer.”
“Cat!”
“That’s a butterfly.”
And of course the very best one from a couple days ago - “Cat!” “No, that’s a ninja.” Wish I could have taught her to say ninja…
MST3k Found September 28, 2007
Posted by Aaron in : General , 2commentsSo many moons ago I saw an episode of MST3k on vhs borrowed from an aunt and uncle that I really enjoyed. Recently I’ve been methodically completing my MST3k collection and I finally figured out the title of the episode: The Magic Sword. Now to decide which episode start with in my introduction of a couple friends to it. Currently I’m thinking Mitchell, then Diabolik or 12 To The Moon and from there, playing it by ear (but avoiding red zone cuba)
hummingbirds! September 18, 2007
Posted by BatWeasel in : General , add a commentJerod and I put a hummingbird feeder out in our front yard this year and tonight we had a whole passel of crazy hovering dive-bombers in our yard. They are very noisy and feisty and just generally entertaining. Ours didn’t seem the least afraid of us, they let us get within about 5 feet of the feeder to take pictures.
I don’t have them neatly organized on a webpage yet but you can see a few of the little guys here and here.
XKCD - Dating pools September 10, 2007
Posted by Aaron in : Play , add a commentNormally great XKCD’s just get added to my shared link list, which I see isn’t showing up on this site like it should be. However this one deserves direct mention because I intend to quote it when given a chance, because like the character in the comic, I too believe that somewhere at the edge of the bell curve is the girl for me (No I don’t spend my weekends making graphs, I prefer to do that on tuesday evenings).
Shoestrings and dogs September 4, 2007
Posted by Aaron in : Life , add a commentI’m suppose to be asleep right now. I wonder how many posts I’ve started with that sentence? Anyway, this time I’m not because I didn’t go right to bed when I had about a 5 minute window of tired and also because I’m worried about squeaker. This morning when bringing him inside I noticed a patch of fur and skin appeared to be a different color, I ignored it, since come morning he was scheduled for a haircut and if it didn’t go away it would be easier to figure out. This evening I plopped down to watch tv and was petting him and discovered that he now had a rather pronounced bit of swelling in that spot. Vet wasn’t open today, so I’m taking him in as soon as I wake up in the morning.
In less worrysome news, I learned a new way to tie my shoes this evening from a tv commercial no less… I can’t remember what it was about though, cell phones perhaps? I think I’ve found a new herding cats, though not even as memorable.