august 31, 2001 - 11:19
how quickly i forget the frustration of mediocre equipment in 'advanced'
physics courses... check out Electron Band Structure in Germaninum; a
truly entertaining lab report. ;)
august 29, 2001 - 09:03
today will be a loverly day at work, at the racetrack! my team
and i are off to determine bragging rights at malibu racers in 3/4 indie cars!
(i think the final scores will be averaged against mini-golf and ice
skating, but i'm hoping to hold my own there this morning, and dominate on
the track this afternoon.)
the beautiful irony is:: i have no idea if i have a job tomorrow, but today
we have $$$ to play? can't say that it makes any sense to me,
but i'm not complaining at the moment...
woke up early this morning to put julliette back together just so my truck
wouldn't seem so boring on the way home from the track.
vroom vroooommmmm
august 28, 2001 - 12:17
walking up the stairs from the cafeteria, i couldn't help but notice
all of the flyers looking for volunteers to work for a suicide prevention
hotline.
i wonder if that's some sort of tip regarding an impending 'resizing?'
*shrug*
august 27, 2001 - 15:34
*thunk* says the boy's head to the 20" piece of positively charged glass, *thunk*
"what on earth is he doing?" they ask.
him? oh, don't mind him, he's just degaussing himself.
*thunk*
august 27, 2001 - 09:53
7 minutes until the deadline for this project.
i have not finished. i have not yet started.
the air in this place, it crushes me; i have wiled away the morning, sitting on a
hilltop behind my office, sanctuary. instead of typing, i sit and
watch the fog retreat through the ravine, racing back to the ocean from
where it came.
i dreamt last night that i saw her falling; i was standing at the door, wind
howling past me at hundreds of miles an hour, captivated by the beauty of
her tumbling form. i jumped after her; i had a parachute, she did not.
flailing slowed her descent, whilst i was aided by the velocity of a sinking
heart. eventually i caught her, if only for an instant. /together
we fall/
she smiled, as if shaken out of a dream, safe; she placed her hand, then her head,
gingerly on my chest... and we fell together, tumbling end over end, much
nearer to the clouds now.
finally certain my grip on her was secure, i looked back to deploy the parachute.
it exploded behind me in a parade of color and sound, and i was taken
for a moment, displaced, by it's contrast against the blue.
when i turned again, she had slipped away. resuming her flight, i watched
helplessly past outstretched and useless arms as she was swallowed by the clouds
below.
there was some comfort in those final moments, for it truly seemed as if she
had gotten the hang of it, as if she was really flying. then again, i don't
remember landing; maybe she caught me?
10:08 - time to go talk to the boss. the green maple outside my window has
a solitary crimson leaf; it stands defiantly. fall is coming.
august 27, 2001 - 08:25
i think yesterday might qualify as one of the top 10 worst days of my life.
...
august 24, 2001 - 17:00 (dragonspeak)
hey, look at that. i just reran dragon's training suites, and rerouted the microphone headset cables from the side of the computer, and the recognition seems to have improved rather dramatically.
however, it still seems to make mistakes when i too excited and start talking quickly.
i sound, the best way to deal with it, is to pretend like your broadcasting the news. in fact, during casual conversation over dinner last night, the vp of my group suggested that this is the bbc voice to assess a great name for it. admittedly, it's a bit dry and stuffy, but it seems to work quite well.
also it depends how long dragon seems to have been running if it has been running for a long time, recognition quality seems to go down. in fact, if you do anything, including breathing, recognition quality seems to go down...
one thing is for sure though, i could certainly use of faster machine, because this one seems to be maxed out. not that i'm not thankful, i mean from what i understand, this is currently the fastest machine in my group.*sigh*i guess i never really been satisfied...
(on that note, i sure wish you would have been a laptop too... i want to continue training the software, some going to bring the tower home for the weekend, and then frightened to see this trend developing... last someone to do is lead this beast around!)
august 24, 2001 - 9:59 (dragonbreath?)
this morning, as i walked out different color, i was pleased to notice the santa cruz is typically thwarting fog was particularly think today. had several juliet at the crunch, i smiled to myself thinking that today would be great day to channel underclass.
so, high-back track debate heading down to mental bridges, just to ensure that it to try for full length of the cliffs. to my delight, i thought that the fog was immensely thicker directly at the coast; atlantic breaks the fog lights let's go! addressing up-and-down district to three times and day for the last four years, i know it to complain can practically do it with my eyes closed.
with the fog mistake, he can't see more than 23 contribute, go as fast as you dare, but betray you can stop. 20,30, and 40, faster even! racing along the class in this way he can't help but for the heart rates, you know every intersection you know every curve, you know that you can only see 20 feet, and you know that had passed anybody else can only see 20 feet. ss building objects the horizon you find yourself racing to stop signs racing to intersection with what does that second pedal do anyway?
if i can't see a cop, surely they can't see me. so i continue in this action for the length of the drive, racing my vacant for diller, meaning into the curves. luckily, it is the drive fog, not the kind of 60 windshield, don hazlett enough now that the fog lights don't plan to oncoming drivers, and in this action, surrounded by great, it almost feels as if you're flying.
today was the first morning at the past discredit the 9 in order to feel free. it was brilliant.
august 23, 2001 - 16:01
for entertainment value, i believe i will refrain from correcting the next few posts generated by the voice recognition software; admittedly, it might seem like gibberish at times, but i thought you might find some humour in what i'm dealing with at the moment.
besides, it is getting to be a real pain in the ass to correct this thing all the time.
on the other hand, perhaps the humor will be lost if you don't hear what originally trying to say?
some funny examples in the table below:
| what it heard :
| what i (actually) said :
|
| it's hard to slip out of lebanon |
it's hard to slip out of that mode |
| cocaine, that sounds great |
ok, that sounds great |
| had turned hell.com |
@tarantella.com |
| S&P tiara work for Oracle? |
SNMP ER work for Oracle? |
| help me tendency towards more clearly |
help me to ennunciate my words more clearly |
| talking to fascinate |
talking to fast again |
okay.. enough of this correction, watch out for the next few posts...
august 23, 2001 - 8:54
wow, what a pleasant morning.
i needed to attend a hand therapy appointment early today, which mandated that i be on the road in time to see the sun rise; funny how easy it is to forget how much i enjoy the early morning; corners of the sky still dark with night, a sleepy sun carving golden horizontal rays through the neighbor's sprinklers... perhaps that's the sorta thing that just really isn't important when you're hiding under your sheets.
today, for my wrist hurt disease, we used hot paraffin wax, hot pads and massage; an infinitely better experience than than the electric shocks i have become so used to receiving.
leaving the hospital, i was feeling pretty good, so i drove past work, and spun up the 9 for a bit; i really think Julliette enjoys the little trips, at least, i like to think so...
lots of work to do today, so i guess i'd best get going.
august 22, 2001 - 19:22
by the way, you guys should check out ::
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/08/2002/
like chocolate and peanut butter; bmw 2002's and macs, featured together!
august 22, 2001 - 18:45
wow, it has been a long time since i have posted here.
good news however; today is the start of something new: this entry is being composed entirely via voice recognition software. i'm currently training a copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 5 in an effort to alleviate some of the strain of wrist hurt disease that my compositions here have historically complicated.
admittedly, i'm quite certain that many of my Cuban neighbors (that was supposed to be cube neighbors ) think that i've finally lost it -- repeating to myself over and over and over again with volumes of senseless phrases, training myself, training the software...
at times, it has been pretty entertaining to see exactly what this software thinks that i'm trying to type versus what i'm actually intending to type. (for example, cube vs. Cuban, a rather humorous mistake above) currently my favorite misinterpretation is the constant substitution of the word "cocaine" for the common euphemism "OK." Many of my instant messages for the day have had unintentional references to this narcotic.
in theory, after a period of time, i should have the software customized to my voice in such a manner that it will actually help me be relatively productive, instead of just making me sound maniacal. Admittedly, it is quite unlikely that i will be able to code using this tool, but i'm hoping that they'll at least be able to compose e-mail and design documents for my projects in this manner.
i guess we shall see.
anyway, i am late for a dinner engagement, and should probably get going... i just wanted to let you know that i've finally found a way to begin working within this forum again.
coming soon: sweating in the big apple, explosions and police investigations, U-Haul hell, and thought induced by errant alabama radio stations.
i know it has been quite sometimes have posted here i wonder if anybody would even read it anymore.
cheers, jack
august 1, 2001 - 12:06
cripes... august. hard to believe, actually.
no i did not die in a rogue dental accident; nor do today's flames of a
malfunctioning copier provide adequate excuse for my absence.
my apologies for my lack of posts... i have been working hard
to regain control of wrist hurt disease; this has required rather dramatic
cutbacks on keyboard time (although, probably not enough :: these 12 hour
days are starting to kick my arse).
however... tomorrow, i depart on a bit of an adventure; i'll be on the
road for most of august; sfo -> miami -> nyc -> miami -> lax -> sfo.
most of that will occur via air, but the miami -> la leg will
be done on the road; touring the country, seedy motels and all. sweeet.
i am forcing myself to leave my laptop at home (the whole point of this
excursion is to get away from the machine), so bb posts will probably
be few and far between (if at all), until i return in late august.
in the interim, check out the cool kids ::
pocketpig | explodingdog | clango | prahu | drew
ouch, wrists. i away....
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