Apparently he’s gotten a few complaints, but I happen to like the new direction Neale has taken with wrongwaygoback. Memories are the reasons we write, right? Go read some of his. You’ll be glad you did.
Vegas, Baby
Looks like one of us will be in Las Vegas in a few months … Update: I didn’t go.
Computer-mad Generation Has a Memory Crash
“It’s a type of brain dysfunction,” said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi, the university’s professor of neurobiology. “Young people today are becoming stupid.” And … in a completely unrelated story … Doctors amputate first human hand transplant: Hallam said for the first year, the right hand – which had belonged to a French motorcyclist killed in an accident
Slip Sliding Away Paul Simon
<soapbox> Slip Slidin’ Away is one of my favorite Paul Simon songs. Sylloge wrote about the 3rd verse and how it so captures a feeling of loss and desperation. It is a beautiful song, in much the same way that Yesterday is a beautiful song. I believe there are certain songs … writings … pieces
Kelly Bakst
Update: My boss visited my cubicle a few minutes ago and said, “I don’t understand. You’re still working. I have not been working all day!”
Fiction that combines sneezing and sex, but with style & class
Ana Ng – They Might Be Giants
I don’t want the world. I just want your half.
Visual Basic and Crystal Reports
For two days now I’ve been trying to get a report to run from my Visual Basic application. The report calls a stored procedure on the SQL Server from a Crystal Reports ocx in the app. I needed to pass two simple parameters through the ocx, from the app, to the storedproc so the report
SixKill
<fanfare> Announcing the triumphant return of Billy! The Ego Has Landed. </fanfare>
WeatherBug
WeatherBug is a cool little app that runs in your system tray (the little thingy next to the clock in Windows) and tells you the current temperature and other shtuff.