Totally forgot earlier the reason I opened the editor. Apparently the Harvard undergrads have a term for telling someone they go to Harvard- they call it ‘dropping the H-bomb’. I’m not sure why that amuses me so much, but it does.
Work
Had two long (90+ minute) meetings today. Both were actually quite good, since they involved information going from people who knew things to a person who didn’t know anything- i.e., me.
The first meeting was about the project we’re still hiring for- what I’m now calling the ’scumware’ project. It is getting more interesting- some [...]
In case you were wondering (as I was) it isn’t that you are behind the times, it is that Nat is so far ahead of the teen-sex trends that he is the first person to ever use the phrase ‘ride on the wild elmo.’
update: Mark Gordon points out that the web has seen ride the [...]
A bittersweet night out with the monkeys tonight. Good to see lots of friends; good to hear some good decisions are being made at Novell; but sad to hear some good people were purged, even if I understand the rationale.
Sort of amused that planetn.org is down, though admittedly if I were an exec I’d be [...]
personal
Very long day at work today. Very good and productive, though. Hopefully tomorrow more of the same, though with a different focus- webgui updating. Wish I had had more time to play with bzr/baz/svk while unemployed, unfortunately.
Also wrapped up the fifth draft of my personal statement; the fifth draft was the first that wasn’t completely [...]
