Jay McGavren's Journal

2008-07-15

Ah, Rails is fun...

>> Inflector.pluralize "virus"
"viri"
>> Inflector.pluralize "intarweb"
"intarwebs"

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2008-07-14

Sooo tired… The baby actually does pretty good about sleeping in these days. But knowing he could wake up at 4 AM the morning I’m scheduled for an interview or to give a talk makes me think twice when scheduling such things.

Maybe if he just went to a sitter’s house by default when there’s an important appointment the next day?

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2008-07-13

So maybe EVERYONE has this problem...

I dreamed a thousand new paths... I woke and walked my old one. --Chinese Proverb

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2008-07-12

2 hours for 2 seconds...

Our cactus in the backyard produces huge, beautiful blooms, but only at night, only for a couple weeks in summer, and each flower is gone by morning. This time lapse was made the hard way - by setting up a tripod, then going out back every five minutes to press the shutter button.

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2008-07-11

Diana's super-power of plot prediction strikes again...

Warning: Partial spoilers of Hancock plot within!

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