Monthly Archives: April 2005

the joys of maintenance programming

We had a “programmer” who built this nifty application that is critical to our company’s daily operations. She did a bad job of it though, and it’s a very brittle application. If people don’t do things exactly right, the application … Continue reading

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strange

Oddly enough, for some reason I’m craving a cupcake. The kind you had in 3rd grade when someone had a birthday and they brought in 12 cupcakes in a cardboard 24-pack soda container.

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I talk good

From Resilience‘s journal: Your Linguistic Profile: 50% General American English 30% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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changes

My boss (CIO of the company) just announced his last day would be May 27. ack! This is a crazy time for him to be resigning, and makes me wonder about my future here. First of all, I wonder who … Continue reading

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Bob the builder

Raegan and I replaced our kitchen faucet last night. It was pretty darn easy. We went to Lowe’s, got a nice Moen, took off the old one (I broke it in the process… cheap plastic) and then screwed the new … Continue reading

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fire

Raegan and I bought a car on Tuesday to replace the Pontiac (RIP). We ended up getting a ’98 Honda Accord. I’ll have to get Raegan to take some pictures and post them up here. I’m thinking about a song … Continue reading

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