In case you hadn’t heard, a little over a month ago, a local woman made an international stink when she tried to line-dry her clothes in a yuppie neighborhood in Bend and her neighbors and neighborhood association told her she couldn’t. The story still goes on because Brooks Resources, who manages the association, has decided to “clarify it’s pro-laundry drying stance” by adding a paragraph addressing clotheslines to their design guidelines. The problem? It doesn’t solve a thing.
Confirming My Thoughts About Apple Fanboys
I briefly mentioned how I thought the worst thing about Mac was their fans, and I’m glad (and sad) to see that I and the article I linked to were proven right (the reaction was to this post where Anil is spot on).
Forum Discussions In Real Life
This is why I avoid most mainstream Web forums as they turn into something like this:
Thanks Conrad for the link.
Mythbusters to test “plane on conveyer belt” riddle
I love Mythbusters and I love it even more when they take on a theory or rumor that I’d actually heard of. Links via Waxy.
Buggered
Been basically working non-stop the last 48 hours, having server trouble that I don’t have enough time(or budget) in my day to fully fix, keeping up on Bend blog submissions and doing little projects for friends, so I just haven’t had a chance to catch my breath. But after getting to work at 7:30 this morning to reboot and reconfigure a troublesome machine, I finally am getting a break.
Today is my wedding anniversary. Eight years ago today, my wife and I were married at a fairly simple (but nice) ceremony at the Mt. Bachelor Village Conference center. We got married there as the building was new and we were able to use it for free if we got married on the 30th (my father-in-law knows the folks up there). We didn’t really want to get married the day before Halloween (my favorite holiday) certainly couldn’t pass that up, so we went for it.
Eight years, three jobs (Oregon Daily Emerald to ispi/Digital Partners to Sunray), two moves (Eugene while I was in college back to Bend and in Bend from an apartment to our house), and two kids later, my wife and I are as happy as ever. Tonight, we’re going out to dinner and spending a night away from the kids out here in Sunriver. I’m not mentioning which house I’m staying or where I’m going to dinner as my wife might be reading this and I want it to be a surprise (will update this post later).
So don’t expect me to be online much tonight or tomorrow. I’ll hopefully be busy … uh …doing something else.
Update on 11/1: Since I forgot to update this yesterday during all the Halloween chaos at my house, here’s the update. We went and had a nice dinner at Greg’s Grill. The executive chef’s wife is a co-worker of mine and got us a good deal there. Great food, huge portions, and great atmosphere, so I’d highly recommend it to anybody who’s looking for a nice dinner with a loved one (it’s a bit expensive at $18-30/plate, but the portions make up for it). After dinner, we headed out to Sunriver for a night to stay at a nice house. It not only had my obvious requirements (king bed and hot tub) but had some other fun stuff as well like a big ol’ plasma HDTV and a Nintendo Wii. We’d never played with one before, and my wife and I played Wii Sports for quite a while before soaking in the hot tub.
So that’s the update. I’m catching up on my e-mail from the last few days, and will get some links posted as soon as I can.
I Don’t Know What The Hell This Thing is…
…but it scares the hell out of me.
Fun Game For The Day
It called The Tall Stump and it won the 4th Casual Gameplay Game Design competition (these are my kinds of games).
I Don’t Drink The Stuff…
…but here are 32 other uses for beer, just in time for the weekend.
There Goes Your Cheap DSL Service
If you get your DSL service via an independant ISP over DSL, there’s a good chance your service might get expensive soon. Or just start to really be crappy and slow. Or just not work entirely. All this, thanks to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.