Work
A recent survey of 6,000 people by recruitment company TMP Worldwide found that irritating mobile phone rings are the top workplace nuisance, followed by malfunctioning equipment such as photocopiers, fax machines and printers. I recently finished my first stint as a contract programmer. (Although I was employed for a few months in 2000 on a
RAM
There’s a good little tutorial on How to Buy RAM for your PC at Amazon.com.
WebGraphics
Webgraphics rocks. The tagline is, “a daily compilation of hypertext design resources, links, commentary and notes.” This is one of those sites that I’m going to have to read top-to-bottom; it’s full of great information and design tricks.
Nutshell
The Nutshell Toolbar v1.0 is one of the most useful tools I’ve ever found. Way to go, André! link via kottke
Patriots
The party for team families and invited fans and supporters was loud and semi-drunken by the time I left at 1:50 a.m. As I walked out, a red-faced lout said to me: “Pee-DUH! You know why weah so happy? Othah than the Celtics, we ain’t won nothin’ since the Revolutionary Wah!”
CD-R
Here are some good CD-R software links: CloneCD CDBurner.com CDCopy.sk techtv CD Burning Software RoundUp IgD’s CD-R Portal cdmediaworld
Headache
Did you know that I also own ilovedavidgagne.com and terribleheadache.com? I’ve been wondering what to do with terribleheadache.com for a while now. I’ve just finished a large Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Swiss Mocha Latte and swallowed two Excedrin Migraine gel caps (with 65 mg ea.) so I have somewhere around a kilo of caffeine
Super Bowl
Patriots: 20 Rams: 17 w00t!
Marijuana
“You don’t see the severe acute consequences you get with alcohol or cocaine,” Dr. Budney said. “People don’t embarrass themselves. They don’t wreck the car. They don’t spend all their money on a binge. “That doesn’t mean it’s not addictive. It can be insidious. It gets into your lifestyle and then you can’t get it