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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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22 June 2001 - 10:21 pm
I typed up a really long post this afternoon, but the index file here proved to be too large for me to successfully upload from work during the late afternoon (late in the afternoon end of shift reports are being sent up to the Whirlpool HQ in Benton Harbor, MI, and our Internet connection slows to a crawl). I kept getting timed-out. So, in keeping with the devotion that we normally show to -273, I decided to forget the whole damn thing. Trust me, it was no major loss for you, as it was one of my crappier attempts at a post. (Note to self: IN the future, do not write -273 posts because you've run out of other things to do at work).
Anyway, I archived so hopefully I'll be able to post from work next week. And a happy side-effect is that the page will load faster for you and me.
Jared, Luke, and I drove out past Dogtown along the river this evening. There were a bunch of abandoned houses and old cemeteries out there. I kept finding myself wishing I had a camera with me. BY the end of the evening, I had pretty much made up my mind to get a digicam ASAP, hopefully this weekend. I have my options narrowed down to two cameras, the Canon Powershot A20 and the Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom. The Canon costs $100 less, but the Olympus has a 10x zoom and the Canon only has a 3x zoom. Suggestions?
Do you remember about a month ago when I mentioned that I was looking for a replacement for the Windows Notepad? Well I think I've found it. The program is called metapad, and I've been using it both at work and here at home for about a week now, and I'm very happy with it. After turning off a few of its GUI features, I was able to get it to look like notepad, which was something I wanted to do. I never use any of those toolbar buttons in a text editor (my hands are on the keyboard all the time, so I use keyboard shortcuts), so I prefer a simple layout. Metapad can have a simple layout, it has good keyboard shortcuts, and it has some features I really like, so I think it's a keeper. Of course, most people don't get excited by text editors, so in writing this paragraph, I've just shown how nerdy I am. Oh well, it's not like you didn't know I was a CS major. (If the link to the metapad site isn't working for you, try this one).
I'm beginning to think -273 needs a redesign. Any comments?
Posted by on 22 June 2001 at 10:21 PM
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