I have learned tonight that the phrases ‘the devil is in the details’ and ’syntax is god’ are totally interchangeable - it’s amazing how after nearly a decade of doing dev work, and after several hundred hours of building a robust application, the tiniest little syntactic disagreement can bring the whole thing to it’s knees.
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I’ve been known to make a bet or two in my life before I’d actually thought it all the way through. Case in point: I bet Tim that I could fool him into thinking I was a man, for 5 minutes in a public place. Me… a man. Yes. OK… surRrrRe…
So I set to it, [...]

There’s been a bit of controversy in the British media of late dealing with the alleged publishing of private diaries kept by Prince Charles concerning his apparent disdain for the oppressive tendencies of the “Chinese regime”.
I’ve got to say that despite my ability to see how the revelation of these personal sentiments are potentially counterproductive [...]

BOOM. The second deployment has occurred, and I’ve let Darthie, AKA Lord Vader of Tech, AKA Scott (my manager) know that I’ll be leaving for the trees (there’s a feeling I get…. when I look to the west…) to pursue the wanderlust, the trees, the seas, and the girl’s pretty knees. To put it mildly, [...]

My name is Tim and I love the Barenaked Ladies. I especially love that song “Jane”… it’s my power song. I get up in the morning and sing it in the shower, on my way to work (as I ride my bicycle!), in my office, at the coffee shop. People see me coming and start [...]

So I dropped the bomb to the guys in the band today that I’m going to be away for awhile, and they were incredibly understanding about it - I was really dreading how it would go over. It’s really great to get to work on music with a bunch of people that are not only [...]

I’m kinda worried about A’s tummy…. this is the second saturday in a row that she’s ended up in the hospital with horrible abdominal pain, although it’s been different both times.  Eez no good, either way, and the last thing that the poor thing needs given how much stuff she’s got to take care of [...]

Live in the now. Be here now. Stay focused on the moment.
I can't - the fluoro-tan I'm accruing here while I can palpably feel my body and brain atrophying one cell at a time is making me more than a little crazy. This would be partially allayed if it were not for the [...]

It's been an aeon and a half since I posted to this damned thing - which is exactly what I say everytime I try to actually develop the discipline to keep a journal. This time? Maybe. Problem is that I simply never have the motivation to do it - I never read [...]