Jay McGavren's Journal

2008-04-23

D bought herself a new toy today...

Diana with Guitar

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2008-04-22

Qoop's printed version of this journal arrived yesterday...

What I wish was different: -Carriage returns for lists (like this one) all got wrapped. -No comments; I didn’t realize they’d been left out until I was reading the book. -Some page headers mis-aligned. -Date format on cover; I could have fixed it via their import wizard but didn’t. -A dedication page or something; it launches right into content on the first page.

But overall, I’m extremely pleased. It’s less than ready for sale in Barnes and Noble, but it’s more than a simple printout. My photo thumbnails are all there, my impressions of Arizona from when I first moved here, my screenshots from Zyps development, even my entry from the night I first met my wife.

This is something I can leave behind for my grandkids to read. Makes me wish I’d been blogging for longer than 5 years.

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2008-04-21

That's (not) funny...

Was listening to an old Slashdot Review which talks about the difficulty and expense a mechanic was having replacing a headlight on a new HHR. Evidently in their efforts to reduce weight, car makers are often using lighter metals where you would normally expect steel.

Just as I arrived at work, I get a call from my wife - guess what just happened to her new HHR? Well, no, not the headlight - she tore the roof antenna off with the garage door. Hopefully this is a quicker fix than a headlight…

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2008-04-21

Mainly because of my recent Chipmunk obsession...

humorous pictures
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BTW, I’m gonna call off Zyps physics/collision experimentation for now; I want to get fast/stable networking going in time for Desert Code Camp. I may not even mess with AreaOfInterest until after the camp, it depends what time allows for.

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2008-04-21

Betrayed!

GMail, how could you? I trusted you!

You take the e-mail I’ve been waiting on for 5 days now, the one I needed to plan life changes around, and you toss it in the spam folder?!

I will never love (a web app) again.

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