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Wednesday : 09 August 2006
I changed part of the program that I’ve been building at work. The fix was… pretty simple, but it works. For the most part. I’m still having a problem with a data insertion, but it’s nowhere near the amount of headache that the previous method was causing me. And that’s a good thing.

The Adventures of Indigo Bolt
Two-and-a-half bubbles.
Multiple deaths.
But in the end…

Say it with me: “Security Level 42.” Mm-hmm, that’s right.

I still haven’t decided on what to do for my fourth costume, but I saw a jacket that I like even better than the one I’m currently using for costume #3. I believe that it will be switched in fairly short order.

Stray Toasters

• I satisfied my Slurpee craving.
• 100 Things You Do Not Want Your System Administrator to Say
• I was trying to figure out a problem this morning and couldn’t remember whether the proper term for a temporary fix was called a “jury rig” or a “jerry rig.” It’s jury rig.
• …which made me think of ships bells
• …which, in turn, introduced me to the term “Dog Watch”
• The 10 Worst Company URLs
• Listen to both Eric Clapton’s Let It Grow and the opening to Led Zepplin’s Stairway to Heaven and see if you can spot the similarities.
• I can’t believe I read the whole thing… Legends of the Superheroes
• The 17 Stupidest Things People Have Done with a Sony PlayStation Portable
• The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
• Alpine Garrison I… I… Nope, sorry, I got nothing.
• From the “Say it ain’t so…” file: World of Warcraft players addicted
• …which makes this shirt all the more amusing.
• Diamonds Are Forever is a good song… and a good Bond theme, to boot. And, it’s sung by Shirley Bassey. What more could you ask for? (And the first one of you who says “The Living Daylights, by A-Ha” is going to be on the business end of a visit from War Minister Nox.)

Namaste.