first mobile post

This is my first post from the crappy old phone work gave me.

ReadySET

http://readyset.tigris.org/

ReadySET is a complete project document template set, and its open source. It's a bit annoying to edit in (I'm a confirmed vi user), but looks very nice. As it seems to be aimed at the "desktop" software project, I'm going to have to take a subset of the documents and use them "out of context". I'm attempting to use several subsets of documents in a project I have at work, and see how well they mesh with UML and our internal "waterfall-like" methodology. The website for ReadySET Pro, says, in 2005 they will have a wiki version. hmm 2006 now, nothing listed on their site. I'd convince my boss to buy it if it was there I think. Anyway, I'll post more as I see how these templates work.

Book meme

Grab that book meme.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.


Real compilers have to accept messier input.
- The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual, Second Edition, by: James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, Grady Booch. ISBN 0-321-24562-8

Hmmm, I guess I could have also grabbed one of: Applying UML and Patterns, Pragmatic Unit Testing, The Perl Cookbook, or Expert one on one Oracle. Thats what I get for reading other peoples blogs at work.

I lost at 8-Ball

Yes yes, I'm sure Mr. Popeketric will be even now claiming to have beat me at 8ball, but the facts stand clear. I lost the game for myself by sinking the 8-ball in the wrong pocket. The 8 was frozen to the foot rail and the cue was behind the head line. I tried to pop it off the rail into the right hand head corner, and instead put it in the side pocket.
So blah. I'm a Nerd God anyway, not a Pool God.
Thats right: Nerd. God.

Pulp Religion

I thought I'd just write to plug my friend and co-worker, Pope Ketric, and his new blog: pulpreligion.blogspot.com
and perhaps mention that I keep kicking his ass at 8 ball, 9 ball, and One Pocket.

pocket mod

interesting little thingy. hmmm.

http://www.pocketmod.com/

Nerd God

Yep. I'm a nerd god.



So I saw this little thing on someones blog, and of course, had to take the test myself.
Yup. Thats me. Nerd. God.

The waters have receded

But there was a casualty, Shalah's van, which up till now has served us admirably, although quirkily is no longer with us, I tried to drive it through some (deeper than I thought) water at the bottom of Tetherow, and it stalled. Today, we attempted to get it running, and the engine/transmission wouldn't turn even when dropping the clutch in 2nd, at 20mph (being towed by my friends truck). Alas poor Toyota, we knew her well.

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