Posted in General on November 30th, 2003 1 Comment »
In just over 30 hours we’ll be climbing into the limo that takes us to the airport. The first leg of our trip will take us from the friendly confines of O’Hare to the urban expanse of Los Angeles. We will spend a day and a half there and then we will be […]
Posted in Travel, Apple, Work, new zealand on November 16th, 2003 1 Comment »
After a long day of writing image filters (detecting diagonal lines embedded in an image is more complex than it seems), I finally decided to take a break and install the newest OS release from Apple, Panther.
My 12″ iBook, an 800Mhz G3, is a nice little machine, a bit slow but reliable and great for […]
Posted in General on November 12th, 2003 No Comments »
I read a very interesting article today. Edmunds.com hired veteran journalist Chandler Phillips to go undercover at two new car dealerships in Los Angeles. The result of Phillips’ adventure is nothing short of amazing. If you’ve ever bought a new car and gone through the hassle of haggling with the salesman knows […]
Posted in General on November 12th, 2003 4 Comments »
During the summer of 1999 Dena and I drove through a small, dusty town in New Mexico and stopped at the Old Fort Sumner Museum which perported to hold the one, true grave of William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid. It was a small tourist trap with the requisite gift shop and handful […]
Posted in General on November 9th, 2003 1 Comment »
Last week’s debacle combined with my newfound love of C# lead to me deciding to switch the site over to .Text, a blogging system written in C#.
I’m still making adjustments to the layout. I’m not a CSS expert, so I’ve hacked together a working style. I’m also working to add some features to […]
