Of all the things to forget on the way to work–I forgot my clear glasses. Prescription sunglasses, you know? Today has been a very, very dark day.
On the other hand, I get to be “cool” and wear my sunglasses all day. Man.
I realize I must be at a happy place in my life. Lately, I’ve been having nightmares, if you can call them that, that aren’t particularly frightening, but clearly identifiable as nightmares. Earlier this summer, for example, I had this dream:
I realize with some dismay that my coffee is starting to get lukewarm, so I’d better drink it quickly before it gets cold.
Yes, that’s the nightmare. Clearly recognizable as a nightmare from the slightly horrified tone, and I even woke up. And yes, that’s the whole dream. And then there’s the one where I realized that I needed to close the front door, because I just walked through it and left it open… Oh no, (dun dun DUNN) the cat might get out!
And then the dreams went away for a while, and I really haven’t had any nightmares to speak of. But now they’re back–maybe all the time I spent playing Diablo II has warped my brain. (Perhaps the pixellated gore is disturbing me!) Last night I had a new nightmare. It was terrible! This dream was one of the horrible recurring nightmares that you get when you commute on a road bike.
I’m looking at my bike, enjoying its sleek lines, and realize that the front tire has partially deflated, even though I pumped it up this morning. I have a slow leak! Noooo!
Maybe I should see a therapist.
Vacation is over, and I’m headed back. Diablo 2 expansion pack has helped me stay sane. My god (is there a patron god of lonely programmers?) how many hours have I logged in this game over the last 8 years? Must be hundreds. And I’ve never played a druid before. Man, rabies rules. (How often do you get to say “rabies rules”?) This game is so fun.
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And now, after two years, I finally have wireless network access from my linux laptop. (“HP” Compaq, you put a windows-only chip in my laptop, you suck.) Big props to the b43 project, and to the previous bcm43xx project, and to the people who reverse engineered the hardware. I imagine something like an order of magnitude more development time went into developing the Linux drivers than went into the Windows drivers, and the donations page lists a total of ~1500 euros. Easily an order of magnitude less than you’d charge to develop such a driver. (Mental note: donate.)
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When I picked up my car from the body shop ($4000 for bodywork and paint and it STILL HAS DENTS), the check engine light was on. Well, too bad, I drove it about 1000 miles to visit family. Light still on. Took it to a garage, emissions system error… it’s the gas cap. Who designs this crap? What do I have to do to reset the “check engine your gas cap is loose” warning? I’ll shut up now.
Be here 
now