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March 1, 2003
Analogy
Man, the navigation code for this site is messy. I really need to redo the whole blessed thing, but I've got other things vying for my attention. What started off as workarounds ended up requiring additional workarounds of their own. A bad start just leads to more fixes for prior [read more...]
Hibernating
Turned down an invite to go out to eat. I've been on a pretty good social roll lately, so I guess I don't feel so bad declining. I woke up early this morning, and spent several hours at work getting stuff prepped for next week. I had only planned an [read more...]
Nav Up
Attention everyone! The gorilla has jumped out of the plane, and made it safely to the ground. All seems to be well. If you happen to notice the gorilla going on a killing spree, please alert the authorities. [read more...]
Question
Are my entries normally this odd? Or am I only noticing it now, since I'm sober? [read more...]
Headache
Just finished dinner about 30 minutes ago. Soon after, my head starts throbbing and I'm thinking "Yeah, I went a bit heavy on the garlic. But did I put in that much?" Slowly, it dawned on me. I haven't eaten anything all day today. I went in to work this [read more...]
March 2, 2003
*yawn*
Well, I was up until 3 AM this morning. Mucking around with Actionscript, trying to make it work. I take that back. Actionscript works fine. I was trying to articulate, clearly, what I wanted it to do. And for a good long while, I wasn't making much sense. [read more...]
Coffee and a Movie
Oddly, I woke up around 10:30 and was all ready to get back into Flash again. Worked for a bit, and then headed over to Filter to meet Stu and Alex. Stu and I talked about what he wanted for his site, and it all sounds pretty straightforward. I'll probably [read more...]
trace ("huzzah!");
Alright. I think my scrollbar is working. Yeah yeah, component in MX. But I wanted to make one for this particular project, and it needs to be 5. Right now, based on the # of entries it's pulling in from XML, it builds a list and scales that gray scroller [read more...]
March 3, 2003
Marbles, Skipping Bombs and Nazis
As I was getting ready to eat dinner, I happened to luck across a great PBS documentary just coming on the television. I've seen a few episodes here and there of the Secrets of the Dead series, and it's all been fairly fascinating. But tonight, it was a documentary on [read more...]
Where Does Time Go?
Next thing I know, it's 11:30 PM. I'm ready to do work, and already the day's closing down. Gah! [read more...]
Hmmm.
Just noticed today's date on the blog. That's kinda cool. In addition to it being my mother's birthday today, I'm incredibly partial to the number three. I'm also really keen on the number nine, as it's the sum of three plus three plus three. See, if you create a 3x3 [read more...]
March 4, 2003
Proactive Laziness
So today, we're supposed to get a ton of snow dropped on us. Supposedly. This morning, I walked out to my car, dusted it off. I drove it all of 20 feet and parked it slightly closer to my front door. Just in case I have to dig it out [read more...]
Thinking of You
Walking down North Avenue, that cornucopia of images, I came across a note taped to a restaurant window and some old, discarded balloons. As I got my camera out, I realized the batteries were moments near death... and then they died on me. I contemplated putting the camera away and [read more...]
Walking Home
I had a strange experience walking home from work. It had just started to really get snowing, and as I walked back down North Avenue... I didn't make any attempt to shield my face from the wind or snow. Instead, I ended up sorta holding my head up and occasionally [read more...]
This Game Was Created by Satan
Alright. It started in this thread at twelvestone. With a thread title called "Don't Play This Game," of course I'm going to be a good monkey and click on the damn link to see what it's all about. The game is called Bookworms. Gaah! I spent a good long while [read more...]
March 5, 2003
Hanging Out at the... uh... Holiday Inn... Yeah.
:D After work, Justin and I decided to do a little study session. Turns out, it was more a read and relax session. We hiked over to the Holiday Inn across the street, and hung out in the lobby. Keep in mind here, the actual hotel is pretty high up [read more...]
But
I'm not gonna stop writing. :D [read more...]
Birthday Plans May Include Jousting
As we were walking to Justin's car, I was kicking around a few ideas for what to do on the birthday this coming Sunday. Mainly, I was figuring on a relaxed, quiet evening... maybe just having some drinks with folks at the nearby Artful Dodger pub. Justin mentions Medieval Times, [read more...]
Viddi Player: Internet Radio
This is a link that Grumpy passed along to me. It's a player that accesses over 750 internet radio stations, all broadcasting ad-free. Looks amazing and I'll have to check it out at work tomorrow. Very, very interesting. [read more...]
March 6, 2003
Figured It Out
Why that Bookworm game is so damned addictive. Most games online, they blur by quickly. They're fast paced and usually the randomization isn't working as well as it could - essentially, you tire of it quickly. Play the game a few times, and it becomes old hat. Boom, and it's [read more...]
No Correlations
From: Juliet Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: Search engine + and - Felix, I encountered two search engine events that both made me think of you. The first because it's very cool and handy, the second because it's nuts and screwed up. No correlations to your personality [read more...]
Animatrix | Program
The second episode is out. Go download and look at the pretty pictures. [read more...]
Viddi, Revisited
Started using the Viddi Player at work, and it's great! There's so much to explore... My music knowledge is pretty limited. Like I've said elsewhere on this blog, I don't own that many CD's and tend to obsess over the few things I do listen to. The past few weeks, [read more...]
March 7, 2003
*yawn*
Got an IM from rypunked, asking me to look over some freelance stuff she was working on. Before long, a few hours had passed by and we ended up going back and forth through things for most of the late evening. The one thing about working with someone else's code [read more...]
Sick Day
I got to bed around 6 and woke up, late, around 9. Called Justin and caught him driving into work. When I told him I was going to be late and how I was up for a long while, he told me to go ahead and just call in sick. [read more...]
Happy Birthday Phil!
Around 7 PM, I headed over to meet Phil (whose alter ego at Q101 is Twitch) for his birthday bash. At Diversy Bowl! Woot! I was a bit nervous, as I didn't really know all that many people there. But the whole bowling thing was a blast, and I had [read more...]
March 8, 2003
Homeward
Nothing too much to report here. Woke up late and I need to hop in the shower. Yes yes. Compelling content. This is why you come back day after day. Shall I tell you what kind of shampoo I'll be using? :D I'm off to Indianapolis briefly. My parents were [read more...]
March 9, 2003
Happy Birthday to Me! Yeah!
I turn 29 today. That's a bit scary, but we'll blot that bit of fear out with some beer later on this evening. :) I'm off to meet some folks for dinner and some light drinking afterwards. And by the way, have I mentioned that my online friends are so [read more...]
Making My Own Luck... With... Flavor Packets
Before I left home, my parents made sure to give me some packets of Ramen. It's considered a lucky thing to eat noodles on your birthday, as it's supposed to represent longevity. Exactly why, I'm not sure. The same thing goes for New Year's. I just got back into [read more...]
Names Have Power
I first came across that phrase through Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. And it's stuck with me. I really do like it a great deal, and several things happened this weekend that brought that phrase back to mind. When we met with my grandmother, it was getting late into Friday night. [read more...]
Wei Tien
My real name is Felix. I made it a point to ask my parents how they decided on that, and there wasn't any big surprise. They just watned a name that would be different than most. They didn't want me to have an ordinary name. At the time, my dad [read more...]
Chelsea
Talked with Chelsea for a good long while on the phone today. As I was driving back to Chicago, I thought of her and Liz and Steph. When I got home, lo and behold, Chelsea had sent me a little electronic "Happy Birthday" card through e-mail. I called, we talked, [read more...]
March 10, 2003
Wooha!
What a great birthday evening! I got to see Alex, Justin, Emma, Dave, Kent and Ben. On top of that, Liz and Steph came out and I hung out with them until about 1 AM, drinking. I had some fan-TASTIC pizza, got some killer gifts, and slugged down booze with [read more...]
Reminder
So, two days ago, my mom and dad explain to me that it's customary, on one's birthday, to perform an "act of kindness." In China, people (on their birthdays) would purchase turtles and set them free. This was considered a good thing since, othewise, the turtles would have been eaten. [read more...]
Ann
Tonight, I spent a good deal of time on the phone with Ann, an ex-girlfriend of mine from a few years back. We got caught up on recent events, and had a good chat about what we're both up to. It was really nice talking to her, and it sounds [read more...]
Names, v. 2.0
Another thing my mom and dad mentioned... was that sometimes, academics literally changed their names. When they became educated, oftentimes they completely changed their names so as to avoid their families being punished for their thoughts/writing. On top of that, journalists often used different names (not their real names) when [read more...]
Bjork
A few days back, I came across a site that did an experiment that related to Bjork. I did some digging around for her site, and got fascinated with her music all over again. I had Debut on tape, but I figured it was high time I got some of [read more...]
Jim Beam
Aaaaaand, yes. Been digging into that half gallon that Ben got me for my birthday. Whaz it... ehh? Who... You're not the boss of me! *falls down* [read more...]
Another Damn Addictive Game
Damn that twelvestone forum! Today, at work, I come across this thread and it kills more time than I intended. Don't click on this unless you can stop whenever you want. [read more...]
Colon : Useage
From: Juliet Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: Colon tour Felix, what do you think? Matt and I are thinking about a trip to Chicago so we can all tour the giant colon when it comes to town in May. http://www.preventcancer.org/colossalcolon/Tour/chicago.htm We figure it'll make the blog, for [read more...]