A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary.
Did anyone watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory catch the nod to Gene Wilder in the very beginning of the movie? When Charlie puts the final piece on his model, Wonka’s cane is stuck in the ground but not touching Wonka’s hand.
Doth I read too much into it?
I love finding allusions to the previous movies and cameos within the remade film.
We actually got 8 golden tickets! We went to the Chocolate Factory! I have to say Depp did very well. The movie was most enjoyable. More later…
When the Apple //c came out it had a cool switch that would alter the keyboard from QWERTY (your standard keyboard…look at the 6 upper-leftmost keys) to a Dvorak layout. The only problem was there was not a reference to what key’s function was at that point. Had they given you an overlay, or printed letters on the keys in a different color, or used lights to show different letters on the screen (my thought at the time) I think the Dvorak keyboard would have had a much better chance of becoming mainstream. (Is this Dvorak related to August?) (Interesting read)
Spy Journal Tech Tips now brings us reference to Geektronica’s post about the optimus keyboard. It’s not shaped like a natural keyboard but I still want one even more than I want das keyboard or the DX1 Input System.
Friendly Visit
I have some much overdue thanks to give. Three weeks ago, a good friend and reader of this blog came over for an extremely pleasant visit. She brought with her some amazing food which was both timely and better than anything I prepare. The wife and I were very grateful!
She also brought with her some fantastic gifts for which I need to get some pictures uploaded. She really put some time into preparing for her visit and I cannot thank her enough!
This friend has known me longer than nearly anyone else that I can bring to mind. We used to go to the theatre together in college quite frequently. Good memories there! Of course, she has all the ammunition that would keep me out of politics.
Meaningful Gift
My brother and his wife are the best shoppers in the world. Often I have thought that if not for them my children would run around naked. We recently receive a care package with an item of hidden meaning. You can see it pictured on Amy above and Evan to the right. Amy will seek it out and announce, "I’m wearing Eban’s(sic) hat!"
They always get such great clothing for the kids. Many thanks! Keep on shopping 🙂
We found the hat quite amusing. Evan is getting much "hidden meaning" clothing. He also owns a bib that reads, "Little Peanut."
Amy (3): I’m running away.
Dad: Where are you going?
Amy: To the ballet.
Student: Too negative?
Master: Positively!
Just incase you missed it, the morons on The Hill decided to extend daylight saving time by four weeks as part of a sweeping energy bill.
one of the sponsors, said, "The beauty of daylight savings time is that it just makes everyone feel sunnier."
What drugs are these people on?!
Under the measure, clocks would be turned forward an hour on the second Sunday of March and turned back the first Sunday of November. Currently, daylight saving time runs from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. The extension would become effective one year after the enactment of the energy bill.
Time to cut way back on the caffeine again. I before e except after c and in stimulants which is just plain weird.
Student: I want things I could never have.
Master: If you could have them, would you want those things?
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command “Beam me up, Scotty,” died early Wednesday. He was 85. Looking like its getting more difficult to crew the Enterprise for a new movie (2007). (see also and also)
Today I’m feeling quite at ease. Looks like things are going to go well.
I just finished a project. This is going to be a technical showcase piece for me. Valid css, valid html, very semantic, well documented, database driven, client front-end, client backend (password protected area), employee backend, with a shopping cart. I’m quite pleased although I could continue tweaking it until days end (such is the way of a perfectionist). I don’t often find it appropriate to blog work related items. Work like this comes to me by designers that have worked with their clients to create the desired look and feel and a light specification. I then take that artwork and turn it into the html layout, build the database design, tighten up the specification and so forth to create a functioning web application. Much fun!
