µblog - archive for 2008-03

Gah, 0630 is actually 0530 and it sure feels like it. Gonna be hard to get the kids up

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One of the selling points of Windows Mobile is that it runs Windows. Since when was Windows something people wanted more of?

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ethauvin my French ain’t too hot but that sounds juicy

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already submitted 2 error reports about display issues in IE

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since we started using bugzilla, I’ve submitted 1,592 issues. 122 are not resolved. The oldest is from Mar 3 2006

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so our payroll (and thereby time reporting) is being outsourced. We’re gonna timereport via the web. I FORESEE FAIL

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i can haz emailz?? YEZ KITTEH, YOU CAN!!!

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from now on, all my calc.exe needs will be handled by the emacs scratch buffer. Elisp evaluation FTW!

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bah, allsvenskan.se one day after the league starts: no stats available. SEMI-EPIC FAIL

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Proposed new Support desk motto: ODERINT DUM METUANT

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Tram is buggered, riding a bus instead

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dreaming about tilt-shift lenses

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DST timechange sux. Gimme my hour back! Why can’t we be on summertime year round???

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w00t I got the least unattractive cashier at Max. My day is complete :P

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“not unattractive” does not translate to “quick on the uptake” though

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Man I’m gonna be tired tomorrow. Damn DST

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Planning Viking’s first solo walk to the store. We’re gonna do a dry run first…

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I’m pissed I lost out on an online auction. I need to realing my priorities I think.

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Show on TV is a contest between choirs. WTF?

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how the hell can the cat arrange herself over my legs to make me so uncomfortable? gerroff, you!

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On my way in to sub rosa

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Lloyd Cole’s “Fall Together” feels strangely apropos this morning

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whoah ketchup effect

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suddenly thinking about Arthur Ransome’s “Great Northern”. Need to dig it out of storage

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time to knock off for the week?

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Heading home for the weekend

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srsly Picasa is a fucking dog at the moment

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stop spelling “lens” “lense”!!!

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google confirms: lens has 88 million hits, lense only 3 million

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punching in, need tea

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punching in, Symantec hogging all the resources as per usual

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i have not prepared for the coming meeting :(

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listening to some Kate Voegele after a recommendation from @mc. Nothing too earth-shattering but female vocalists are always nice

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enjoying @gruber’s linkfeed

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Taking a break at McD’s at Klinga, south of Norrköping

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arrived safely

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whoah too much unread in Bloglines…

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Grabbing a meal at Gustafs in Halmstad. Freakishly snowing still

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Easter Monday dinner - 10cm snow

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Relaxing in (relatively) snowy Halland. Hung out w/ nephew Erik an hour

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Bit miffed I missed the Elin Ruth Sigvardsson concert on Thursday

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MORE SNOW???

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Arrived safely at parents in Risarp after nice smooth sunny trip

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horrible visit to IKEA afflicted with rampant mission creep

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Visiting Hanna with Joanna and Viking

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I’m by myself at the support desk today, gonna have to watch the stress levels…

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my handwriting, never good, is now perfectly atrocious

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“De mortuis nil nisi bonum” seems to apply to most commentary on Arthur C Clarke’s death

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trying hard to care, and failing

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man I’m bored

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yah!

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Scary video: http://tinyurl.com/3by2bj

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jeez the angst of ex-Reddit users is hard to take seriously: http://tinyurl.com/2mj9p2

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trying to find out why my office amplifier bugs out randomly

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now’s the time after the conf call when I really should move my ass home but seem glued to the seat…

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The only thing wrong with tumblr is that I’m sharing a platform with that ass Jakob Lodwick

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twitcing with info-stress

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getting a handle of the messed-up date ranges

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I think Disqus is trying to do a bit too much. They don’t really seem sure what problem they’re trying to solve

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listening to some Ryan Adams after recommendation from @tarek, enjoying it so far

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eyelids drooping

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punching in

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I feel my work here is done

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Arthur C Clarke has passed on, that’s sad

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On the tube in to work, running late and listening to Kent

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Valleywag sez Ebay will dump VCLK for affiliate marketing, that won’t be good for the stock

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punching in

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fsck you Outlook

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Outlook finally(?) snaps out of its catatonia

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of course Symantec does its bit to hinder productivity

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hankering for candy

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yup confirmed, Ebay kicks out Commission Junction for affiliate marketing in the US. Stock down

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Late fall of snow is making me cold wet and miserable

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Where the fuck’s my fucking train?

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Here it is looking indescribably gloomy and wet

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Damn John Scalzi and I are the same age

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pity I care zilch about birds, could’ve taken some nice pics of the coots in the canal

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Viking disses Charlotte Pirelli

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also has issues with Amy Diamond’s dancing

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Poor performance by Björn Gustavsson

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Pirelli wins

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back in the saddle after yesterday’s course

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no sauna for me tonight, I’m gonna go see Hanna @ SCÄ

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I forgot what I was gonna tweet

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Weird color combo this woman is wearing: yellow shoes, cerise pants blue jacket with lime liner, purple scarf

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Still too low volume on my Sahara Hotnights tracks :(

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sigh what’s the use of getting in early when Symantec sez “I’m gonna freeze your computer for 15 minutes looking for bad stuff”?

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there’s something deeply wrong with this lappy

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turned out that just because outlook couldn’t start, nothing else worked (including USB ports). Thanks MSFT, thanks a fucking bunch

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thank god for bash history

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80s era Elvis Costello still rocks the socks off his later work

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Internet abstinence is hard :(

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Stuck in front of the computer again, sigh.

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Still psyched after last night’s Call of Duty 4 session. Awesome game, but a bit too easy on Regular difficulty

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Was settling down for 2 hours of work before daycare duty, then got a call. Been here since 9

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omg VCLK stock is in death spiral

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gah work lappy screen went haywire after 15 minutes, back on backup machine

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chicken coming along nicely

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pondering replacement kit lens: used 18-70 or new 18-55 VR?

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ok time to log off

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Work lappy screen is acting up again. I got a blue screen too, which points to the motherboard. Problem is, I need that machine tomorrow

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finished up the Gunroom email

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In Kungens Kurva, running errands to IKEA

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Long wait in the post-checkout delivery part of IKEA. After that I have to use the cargo rails. Joy

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YES Carola går inte vidare till final!

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the kid is with me in the office this AM

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i’m pissed I hve a bunch of Elvis Costello songs marked as unplayed, I’m playing them silently to get rid of them from the list

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the day I get a Volvo is the day someone buys it for me

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Seeking Alpha sez MSFT should buy the mothership. I can be a ’Softie, no sweat ;)

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dang, I’d like to be able to edit my tweets instead of having to delete and post again

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heading off home for the weekend

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yay managed to get VPN to play along with wireless

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1024x768 is just too darn small for serious work

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laundry sorted

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doing the SOX delaying tango

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What’s with Leo LaPorte? Latest TWiTs have”featured” Scoble and Dave Winer. Not interesting at all

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“en dag utan dig är som en dag utan nikotin”

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WM-data finally ditch their 70s name

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trying to get back into the work groove

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mmm my merino wool cap is now washed and warm. And to all you mulesing protestors: wear polyester and shut up

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argh Tumblr down

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Train is pax0red

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cold this morning

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sooo hungry… early lunch ahoy

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gonna head to daycare and pick up a very tired young man

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working at home

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political temp in the US is heating up, normally neutral bloggers are taking sides

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punching in

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w00t stock purchasing plan netted me 19 shares ;)

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pondering a ticket

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unexpected fun reading: Berkshire Hathway’s chairman’s letter

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heading off home, no internet for me when I’m there, scold me if you see me!

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On the tube, going home. Internet moratorium not in effect on public transport!

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For some reason, Docenterna’s “Sverige varken ser eller hör” is excellent tube music. Great female backing vocals by Idde Schultz

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Gonna play me some Red Alert 2 on my fav map: Bay of Pigs!

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