Come on, it’s only been one… two… three.. fou–well damn. I am lazy.

February 15, 2010

You know, every time I have one of these impromptu hiatuses – hiatusi? hiatusae? – I always try and recall just what caused me to stop posting. It’s not like I was posting every other day and got burnt out, no no, I was posting once a week. But of course the cycle dies off and you end up with what, a five month break in posts?

That’s not kosher.

The irony is that if I had just managed to keep up with my weekly posting, I would probably have a more complete list of things that I have actually done. It’s a self-defeating cycle of suck, and I seem to really enjoy the ride. Never mind that I ride it in a busted up canoe, or that the ride takes me through a course that would make most white-water rafting professionals crap themselves just a little. I do it for the thrill.

Alright that may have sounded a tad insane, but I was on a roll and went with it.

So as stated it’s been a good 5 months since my last post, and I’ve got no good explanation for the break in content. I did just get back into school and I did start applying myself more for freelance stuff, but that’s hardly an excuse. Regardless, I’m back on the horse for now, and I’m feeling if not inspired, than at least motivated. To kick things off, I’ll give a quick rundown of everything that’s been going on with me recently.

I swear I’m not that self-involved. No, really I’m not. I am not a self-centered arrogant prat! Good god, you kiss your mother with that mouth? That’s sick man. Sick.

Butch Walker – Sycamore Meadows

December 8, 2008

I have been waiting for a long, long time for a new album to come rolling out from this man. The album was supposed to come out a while ago, but when your house burns down due to some forest fires that are ruining the local forestry… well I can understand a delay.

Thankfully after my faithful wait, I have been rewarded with his new release: Sycamore Meadows. After giving this album a couple of listens, it has quickly become one of my favorites for all time. It’s both amazingly happy and startlingly deep, many times simultaneously.

What the hell day is it again?

October 27, 2008

So how about that schedule of mine eh? I was doing so well too… well alright not that well but better than I was expecting given that I’m in school once again.

So what have I been up to that has kept be so busy over the past couple weeks that would ruin my blog ethic? School (assignments and tests alike), a side project that went public, homework, weddings and a desire to finally beat a game that I’ve owned for far, far too long.

Raspberries: Not Just Slang for Tongue-actions Anymore

April 24, 2008

Okay, maybe I’m just going insane, but I’m pretty sure there has been a sharp increase in raspberry-flavoured goods.

Cannot insert the value NULL into column Name, Thanks SharePoint

March 7, 2008

I tried to create a Custom List. I had event receivers attached to custom lists and i got this:
Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘Name’, table ‘[somesharepointcontentdatabase].dbo.EventReceivers’;
column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.

I found out what this means and how to get around it.

Inconsistency Melts Brains

March 6, 2008

Everyone’s done it. We get lazy, we’re pressed for time, or we otherwise don’t care enough to standardize our stuff. I can note this most prevalently in code, but it easily extends into design and every day life.

I cannot claim to be innocent of this crime, nor would I. It takes effort, experience, and an iron will not to cut corners in everything you do.

A Lesson In Driving

February 18, 2008

Alright, so a post at 11:30 pm on the day you say you’re going to post still counts right? Regardless, here we are. My only defense is that I was no where near a computer for the time required to actually put something together. I’ll make it up to any/everyone that actually reads this.

Anyways, todays little post is a little bit of a bitch. That is to say that I am bitching about something that to this day manages to blow my mind.

Why the hell can’t people drive in the snow?

Seriously, it’s been around longer than we have. We have developed wheel-drives, tires, break-styles, wiper-blades, anti-freezing, self-heating, Pi-calculating cars. So despite our advances against the frozen flecks of water still manage to turn everyone into drooling, knuckle-dragging morons whos only response to having to drive in the stuff is to go under twenty km at any given time. For those out there still using the imperial system, that’s roughly 12.4 miles per hour.

Wooden Heart (April 2007)

December 7, 2007

Yet another Doctor Who new series under my belt, and my first with the newest companion, Martha. Written by Martin Day, this book did well for what it was, but failed at where I was hoping it wouldn’t. As I have stated before and I must state again here, the new series for the most part seems to be plagued with a sense of immense mediocrity. This one, just as the last and the one before that I have read have all felt manufactured, instead of written. They feel more like failed scripts then they do rich stories that are so elaborate that they simply can’t turn into episodes.

Overtime is evil

November 14, 2007

The more I try and read what others are saying on the world wide interweb, the more I realize that there are a lot of people out there who are a hell of a lot smarter then myself. Jarkko Laine is one of those people. While looking around his site, I found what is deemed a “popular article“. The title alone got me to read it (Never Work Overtime Again) and after reading it I can honestly say that he nailed it perfectly. Nothing could be done to improve the statements made therein.

Solidarity of character

November 12, 2007

This is going to sound like an odd article, as I have yet to write anything on this site remotely reflective or contemplative. I don’t know why, actually but that’s just how it’s turned out. In any case, I was talking to Theresa on Sunday when the topic of my friend Norm moving to Japan. She commented on how she was jealous of those who have “free lives” or those who can just “up and do it.” She also made the comment that not all of them succeed, to which I responded with “those are the ones that lack the strength of character to see it out.”

Finally got the wallpapers up

September 26, 2007

I finally dragged my ass out of lazy town long enough to get my old wallpapers up. I don’t know how many people still use 1024×768 resolution anymore, but there they are.

New layout

September 18, 2007

Got a new layout goin, though I have yet to swap the googleAds to the new colour scheme.

Later.

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