20030212

what are you doing?



right now i'd rather be doing what this guy is doing than doing what i'm doing now...

20030210

yeah...i'll sign your book


so this weekend william gibson was having a book signing in the bay area. i drove all the way down there myself, and when i got less than a block away to this little hole-in-the-wall book store, i noticed there weren't any other people around. i got paranoid like i would be the only one who showed up and it would be all awkward. luckily all the geeks showed up early and were already inside and seated for gibson to read a chapter from his book and a q&a.

he seemed like a cool fellow. great sense of humor and very sincere. i brought my advanced copy of "pattern recognition" to be signed by him, and when i took it to him to get his autograph he had this look on his face like "thanks for not buying my book. you'll probably sell this on ebay". but he did sign it, and i WILL buy the book when it comes out on paperback.

ok bill?

20030206

#include beer.h
or
import com.hp.clx.beer.*;




so i should be greatful that my boss encouraged me to drink alcohol while at work twice this week, but beer and programming don't mix (at the same time).

my boss's boss's boss's boss said she could spend 25 dollars per person at the afternoon banquet today. i was just trying to get her moneys worth (and keep up with our guests from germany visiting this week).

ps. any geeks out there reading this. how do you print the "greater" or "less than" characters in HTML?