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Archive for July, 2005

working from home

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

so…yeah.
working from home, having no commute, taking a lunch break to go swimming… all of these things make me happy. working two contracts just takes up way too much time that i could spend (for instance) actually spending time with amity. sixty-hour weeks just suck.
don’t get me wrong, when i get paid the second half [...]

in new orleans…working.

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

but got bored with work and read the news for a bit. found a quote from bbc news that just sounds like such a slap in the face to the british:
So convincing has been his performance as a US TV doctor that casting directors, critics and audiences were stunned to discover he was British.
(from The [...]

i don’t even know where to start…

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

amity has in some ways recovered incredibly well from the surgery
the pain still has her taking two to three times the amount of pain medications she took before the surgery, and her sleep pattern has lost the pattern part.
who did this take by surprise, show of hands? just because governments and media jump to conclusions [...]

and php coders wonder why so few people take php security seriously…

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

filed in the “distracting-myself-from-the-stresses-of-my-own-life” pile.
i refresh my feeds this morning to witness this pitiful slap-fest that unfolded in a wild show of childish “he started it” behavior, ending in one php security specialist accusing another of literally attacking them.
basically, one (hardened-php) posted an article bashing the php security consortium. granted, the consortium hasn’t done much [...]

six years ago…

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

amity and i met six years ago by chance at the community service tour in worcester, massachusetts. we met at the earliest possibly point in our lives that we could (especially as i hadn’t reached the age of 18 yet) and i instantly fell in love…
over the last six years we have (for lack of [...]