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Entries from February 2003

A Tragedy in One Act

February 24th, 2003 · No Comments

Act One: Actual Conversation
Scene One:
The curtain rises to reveal Scott, an Atlanta-based Internet technology wonk, as he sits at his desk, clicking away furiously with his ninja-style typing.
phone rings
Scott: answering phone This is Scott
Project Manager: Good morning, Scott. Do you have time to assist the application team with their testing this [...]

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Tags: Work

Parmigiano Reggiano

February 23rd, 2003 · No Comments

Love it!
From what I can tell, the kid’s supposed to be a lion, and there’s something about ransom and doctors. I’m not too sure, my Italian is too meager.

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Tags: Italy

Probably going to hell for this too…

February 21st, 2003 · No Comments

David Hasselhoff and wife injured in motorcycle accident blamed on “high winds.” It’s obviously not David’s fault; he has mad skills.

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Tags: General

Birdies are Annoying

February 21st, 2003 · 1 Comment

I know most people love the coming of spring, but when I hear these damn birds chirping in the morning, it makes me think that summer is just around the corner. I used to love summer, but seven summers in Georgia have trained me to dread it. I know that sounds pessimistic, but [...]

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Tags: Life

Home to Me!

February 21st, 2003 · No Comments

Yeah yeah yeah! My wife’s flight is en route. I get to pick her up in a little over an hour!
I’m stoked.

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Tags: Life

Some Demands for things to CEASE: Part One

February 21st, 2003 · 1 Comment

Think twice before opening a coffee shop and calling it Sacred Grounds, Hallowed Grounds, Fertile Grounds or any other kind of Something Grounds.
You really should halt yourself before paging me at 1 AM to say “thanks” for working so much. I have to sleep sometime, you fuck.
My dog, Elsa Von Facebeiter’s sneaky ways to [...]

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Tags: The End

Why do we have a Bloogle?

February 21st, 2003 · No Comments

Now that we’ve had a few days for it to sink in, I’m starting to see some truly interesting commentary on why on Earth Google would buy Blogger.
One of the more interesting takes I’ve read isDave Winer’s, although I do not believe he is correct in assuming that Blogger’s database did not play heavily into [...]

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Tags: Geek · Techie · Weblogs

War Nerd on N. Korea

February 21st, 2003 · 10 Comments

I’m not sure what to make of this, but it sure makes interesting reading.

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Tags: This is Weird

"It was the coolest culmination and synchronicity, wirelessness, and instantaneous publishing."

February 20th, 2003 · 4 Comments

Read how a guy named Ev announced he’d sold his company to Google

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Tags: Writing

Du brauchst doch keine Angst zu haben.

February 20th, 2003 · 9 Comments

Seid ihr vohrbereitet?

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Tags: General

GA Flag

February 19th, 2003 · 31 Comments

Go away already!
For those not in the know, Georgia has a flag problem. The state’s flag was changed in the 50’s to include the Confederate battle emblem in an effort to intimidate those in the civil rights movement. The last governor decided to change the flag in efforts to head off a South [...]

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Tags: Georgia

Perfect Life?

February 19th, 2003 · 7 Comments

On another note, and an item pushing my life towards perfect, is the fact that I noticed a Mexican restaurant is opening where Margy’s Pantry used to be. This is big news. Mexican food within walking distance is a very, very rare and beautiful thing.

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Tags: Atlanta · Life · Real Estate

W3mix Contest

February 18th, 2003 · No Comments

The W3C Site Remix contest has been extended. The goal is to design a standards-compliant site that illusrtates the power of standards rather than exhibits them as boring-for-validity hindrances. My good buddy and CSS/Photoshop guru Nate over at Web-graphics.com has a hand in this, and Robert from bump is one of the [...]

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Tags: Geek

Bachin’ It Recipe # 1

February 18th, 2003 · 4 Comments

Tonight was my first night of bachelordom as my wife is out of town on business. Normally, most guys would use this as an opportunity to do unusual things, and I am no exception. Tonight, I’m cooking with meat!
Begin by stopping at the new produce stand that opened down on the corner, thereby [...]

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Tags: Food and Cooking · Recipes

Tag! You’re Dead

February 18th, 2003 · 17 Comments

I’m not sure what to make of this, but apparently there’s a subculture of bug chasers. The idea here is that healthy, HIV-negative men meet with and have sex with HIV-positive men “bareback” style. In other words, they are trying to become infected with the HIV virus, which they have eroticized and equated [...]

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Tags: This is Weird