Jay McGavren's Journal

I’m getting a little tired of trying to figure out the difference between what people say they want and what they actually want… My project manager talks on and on about how we must leave no line of code unturned in our reverse engineering. A week later he pulls me aside and says I’m going into too much detail in my documentation. :P

I wasted a lot less effort when the only engineer I had to please was myself…

Animal Planet: The Most Extreme is pretty cool. They had a marathon Sunday, and we flipped back and forth between that and the Super Bowl (to see the commercials). They pick a theme (most extreme venom, most extreme appendages) and then choose bizarre animals (or commonly known animals with bizarre traits) that follow it. The narrator is cheesy, but you can see a lot of cool critters you probably haven’t before.

Looks like I’ll be voting for Clark in the primary. I won’t mind if Kerry wins, though.

Just got introduced to Hornsby’s Draft Cider. Tasty stuff. I’m always looking for new recommendations - what’s everyone drinking these days?

Introducing...

Diana:

http://spook.myserver.org/images/jay_mcgavren/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24/jay_and_diana_640_x_480.jpg

And son Lenny (18 months):

http://spook.myserver.org/images/diana_szymanski/2003/lenny_oh.jpg

Isn’t he cute? Isn’t she cute? :)

Desert photography...

Diana and I went out this weekend to a few desert locales and shot some photos. Here are some highlights:

Diana’s: http://spook.myserver.org/images/diana_szymanski/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24/saguaro_hole.jpg http://spook.myserver.org/images/diana_szymanski/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24/huge_saguaro.jpg http://spook.myserver.org/images/diana_szymanski/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24/jay_on_sunken_picnic_table.jpg

Mine: http://spook.myserver.org/images/jay_mcgavren/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24/overhanging_branch.jpg http://spook.myserver.org/images/jay_mcgavren/2004/superiors_2004-01-25/crooked_tree_2.jpg http://spook.myserver.org/images/jay_mcgavren/2004/superiors_2004-01-25/superiors.jpg

The whole collection: http://spook.myserver.org/images/jay_mcgavren/2004/superiors_2004-01-25 http://spook.myserver.org/images/jay_mcgavren/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24 http://spook.myserver.org/images/diana_szymanski/2004/painted_mountain_2004-01-24

We’re gonna head out again this spring when the desert blooms, so look for more then!