- Oops! Almost worked right through lunch. Time to take a break. Also, stuff Dreamhost. #
- Every support call I take is a new reminder that despite all of our progress, computers are still too confusing for most people. #
- 'stockholm syndrome' is FREE for the next 48 hours (until midnight this thursday) here: http://bit.ly/bPFr7H /via @derekwebb #
- Chiropractor. Click click crack. #
- That is some serious freaking wind out there. #
- Snowed in again. Hope I have some vacation days left by the time summer comes around. #
- Win TapeDeck from Mac.AppStorm: http://mac.appstorm.net/general/competitions/tapedeck-licenses-up-for-grabs #
- Some kind soul just plowed my driveway! I'm free! #
- At Folklore Coffee for the Kheris show. Currently listening to a subset of Receiving The Ghost. #
- At my niece's third birthday party. ๐ #
- It's a princess party.
http://twitpic.com/15vps9 #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22
- Glad to be back at work today. #
- Just ate a faschnacht. Yummy. #
- Paid my Dreamhost bill for this year. #
- Sometimes I hate CSS. #
- Finally set up my svn repository at work. Now I can screw up my code with impunity. ๐ #
- Setting up my new M-Audio ProFire 2626. 8 channels of digital goodness. Time to record a new demo. ๐ #
- I hate Internet Explorer so freaking much. #
- Church luncheon. Italian theme. Lots of pasta. Mmmm…. #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15
- Exercise bike. Won't last long after all that shoveling. #
- Helping Grace with her spelling and math. Then it's time for Chuck and Big Bang. #
- All the area that I cleared of snow this morning is now buried deeper than when I started. Too windy to go back out. ๐ #
- Still snowed in. Anybody have a plow? At this point, remedy I'm not expecting to get out until Saturday. Maybe. Sigh… #
- We're dug out. Again. For now. No more snow, please. My back can't take it. #
- No digging out needed today. Finally! #
- Tonight's setup: Gretsch + Floor POD Plus. No amp. Sounds great. #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-08
- Crisis averted. Narrowly.
Also, and DreamHost. # - Internet's down at work. Boo!
But Dreamhost still rocks. # - T-minus 4 8 15 16 23 42… #
- Time for the exercise bike. #
- Here's where things start to get interesting:
Textbook Publishers Strike Deals to Bring Content to iPad
http://j.mp/cwmZrY # - Time to go find my car… #
- Do not use SELECT * in production code. Ever. For many reasons. I'm looking at you, tadalafil guy-I-replaced. #
- Bit rot is kicking in. Several data systems at work seem to be eating themselves alive. #
- Before I forget: Dreamhost. #
- I bought the literary equivalent of a side hug today. http://bit.ly/8YLJrV from @prodigaljohn #
- Help me, online Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope. #
- Dreamhost. That is all. #
- So far, this snow storm is not impressing me. Let's see if it picks up overnight. #
- Okay, now *this* is a snowstorm. ๐ #
- My kids were playing instruments handed down by our gradfathers: http://tinyurl.com/ykcuvbw #
- There are snow drifts in my driveway four and five feet high. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. #
- Watching Mr. Bean with Gracie. #
- Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence, and what the predicate says, he does. #
- Soreness. I haz it. #
- Dear Thunderbird,
Good morning. Have trouble waking up, did we? Glad you could finally join us.
Sincerely,
Brad's other apps #
The Rhine Kid Folk Band
So this morning, Grace grabbed the mandolin by grandfather gave me. Jonathan grabbed the accordion Jen’s grandfather gave us. And they started to jam:
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-01
Best 419 Scam Email
This is the best 419 scam email I’ve ever received. I’m so glad my spam filter didn’t catch it. Bonus points for an original take on a cliched genre. Email follow in its entirety.
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INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (IPA)
Region No. 2 New York City
P.O. Box 804 Knickerbocker Station
New York City, New York 10002-0804 USA
We, office of the international police authority (IPA) hereby write to inform you that we caught a diplomatic lady called Mrs. Vernon Wallace at (John F Kennedy International Airport) here in New York with a consignment box filed with United State Dollars.
Meanwhile, base on our interview to the diplomat she said that the consignment box belongs to you, that she was sent by one Williams I. Luis to deliver the consignment box to your doorstep not knowing that the content of the box is money. The diplomat also said that her first transit in the state was at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport Ohio.
Now, the diplomat is under detention in the office of (IPA) security, and we cannot release her until we carry out our proper investigation on how this huge amount of money managed to be yours before we will release her with the box.. So, in this regards you are to reassure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award Ownership Certificate showing that the money is not illegal.
Note, that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the office of the senate president in Nigeria, because that is the only office that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of this funds, this is because the fund originated from Nigeria
You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if you have it with you, but if you did not have it we will urge you to contact back the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award Ownership Certificate if at all you did not have it.
Below is the contact information of the person that sent the diplomat:
Name: Williams I. Luis
Email: williamluis60@yahoo.com
Phone: +23480-88-926-727
Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward the requested Award Ownership Certificate. Please note that we shall get back to you after the 3 working business days, that if you didnรขโฌโขt come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account then charge you for money laundering, but if you forward the Award Ownership Certificate then we will release diplomat with your consignment box also gives you every back up on the money.
Thanks for your understanding and co-operation
Yours Truly,
I.P.A REGION NO:2
DCP. DOUGLAS H. KING
Cc: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).
Cc: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA).
How We Roll
My Son, Future CEO Of Apple
I came home from work to find my son wearing blue jeans and a black mock turtleneck, sovaldi looking for all the world like a very young Steve Jobs. This, of course, prompted my wife and me to take the following photograph:

Yeah, we may need to get out more.
Black Friday
Mostly shopping online, although I did venture out to Ace Hardware to buy a new drill.
My intrepid helper is all the help I can stand:
- My Black Friday Helper
And my other assistant isn’t terribly helpful, either:
- The Hardest Working Cat