Lost in OK

At long last and after much hoopla, Mono Beta 1 is out. I’m gonna try to play around with it this weekend on my ancient Linux box. Has anyone played around with it yet?

Mono Beta 1

Well, apparently those boys at Google couldn’t resist a delicious joke in their IPO filing:

If you take a close look at the form Google filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the exact value of its planned offering is $2,718,281,828 dollars, which some would immediately recognize as the mathematical constant e. E, for those not blessed with a Ph.D. and a job at Google, is Euler’s number, which is used as the base for natural logarithms.

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Well, I guess it’s obvious that I survived New Orleans despite my lack of posting during my stay. Coherent thought is not one of the common experiences of the Big Easy and I thought my delirious ramblings might not be the best reflection of my intellect to my faithful readers. However, it is safe to say that a good time was had. We saw some great acts, drank more than necessary and ate fabulous meals.

I woke up early this morning, 6:30 to be precise, but I always have a hard time sleeping in hotel rooms. I made the unfortunate mistake of trying out Horst’s recommended continental breakfast which actually turned out to be left over WWII German Army rations. However, they say that military life builds discipline so I’m happy to say I muscled my way through.

I hit the road right after breakfast and made my way down beautiful Highway 71. If, you’ve never had a chance to make your way through the Quachita National Forest, I highly recommend putting it on your list. It’s really a beautiful area of the country and I hit it at a perfect time. There was a heavy rain last night and a mild morning which meant beautiful patches of mist hovering on the sides of the hills and making its way through the trees. The other thing I’m really noticing is that these road trips are really improved by my lack of smoking. There are a lot of smells that I’ve been missing for a long time. The smells of fresh cut wood, rain and smoke were rampant in the morning air. All in all, probably one of the better pieces of road I’ve been on.

Ah, vacation at last. It’s shocking how much work it takes to go on vacation. I’ve been frantically trying to tie up loose ends during this last week just for preparation for this short junket. Then when I get back, I’ll have a stack of other stuff to go through. Almost makes you wonder if taking these rounds of relaxation is more or less stressful than not taking them. Not really of course, but I do love to complain.

Ok, Ok, I’m sorry, what else can I say? It seems that my readership is on the verge of revolt. Well, I might be exaggerating a bit, but my lack of posting seems to have raised the ire of some of you out there.

Unfortunately, I don’t have all that much to say. I spent all last week doing interviews for the two positions I have open right now. This meant a lot of late nights in order to get my regular work done. I spent this weekend also being a dull boy and working. However, all is not lost. One more week and I’ll be on a must needed vacation. Hopefully, by then I should feel more inspired to write longer pieces.

Teleologic Blog posted a link to a site documenting a young woman’s drive through the Chernobyl “dead zone”. Her English is a little rough at times, but perfectly understanding and some of her pictures are really terrifying.

[Listening to: What a Difference a Day Makes - Dinah Washington - Compact Jazz (02:32)]

Another great funny for all of you geeks out there. We’ve all read the hundreds of essays on how to write good code, engineer robust systems, etc. Well here is one from the opposite perspective: How To Write Unmaintainable Code

[Listening to: Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (02:39)]

Just found this site called TrekEarth. It’s sort of an ongoing photography contest for travel photographers. Really nice stuff and a good format. And for all of those big copyright people like me, they let you retain your ownership. You can see my first posting here.