08/19/08 09:03 - 63ºF - ID#45372

Word Clouds

Wordle

This one is from the last few posts across all of estrip:

If you create a new one, you can base it off your own journal by typing in for the RSS/feed address username.estrip.org, like mine is jim.estrip.org, which looks like:

(You might have to mess with font/layout/colors/etc to make it look fun)

Permalink: Word_Clouds.html
Words: 71
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: random

08/15/08 01:18 - 71ºF - ID#45336

Home Alone

So, stuck here by myself this weekend, (e:James) is on vacation without me :)

Plans:

1. Read a bunch.

2. Code.

3. Eat a lot of junk food.

What else?

Permalink: Home_Alone.html
Words: 29
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: video

08/13/08 02:33 - 75ºF - ID#45320

Predictive Spelling

mildly NSFW

Permalink: Predictive_Spelling.html
Words: 10
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: progress

08/11/08 02:34 - 68ºF - ID#45303

One Week!

I am one week into quitting smoking cold turkey. Going pretty well.

Also, I have an unrelated cold. Is summer over already? Huddled in a hoodie, sniffling, dark at midday, looks like it to me.

Permalink: One_Week_.html
Words: 36
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: internets

08/11/08 01:04 - 68ºF - ID#45302

Craigslist Missed Connections Template

re James' latest post, which is a missed connection with at least a bare minimum of details.

Why do they usually sound like this?

I saw you at [vague location starbucks], you were [vague description standing by the wall] and you [vague action glanced at me]. If you're interested, please [ironic demand for specific details email me an exact description of what I look like] so we can connect!

Permalink: Craigslist_Missed_Connections_Template.html
Words: 58
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: video

08/10/08 10:35 - 59ºF - ID#45294

Toronto Propane Depot Explodes

News Story

Permalink: Toronto_Propane_Depot_Explodes.html
Words: 19
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: photos

08/09/08 12:34 - 73ºF - ID#45289

James

On his birthday, practicing to be a grumpy old man.

Permalink: James.html
Words: 12
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: technology

08/08/08 09:51 - 66ºF - ID#45282

SSH Yay

Permalink: SSH_Yay.html
Words: 2
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: music

08/08/08 02:50 - 68ºF - ID#45279

SO MUCH FUN

Girl Talk's latest album Feed the Animals is super awesome. I'm having so much fun listening to it today. (Remix/mashup/dj stuff)

It is available online, set-your-own-fee-or-free (like Radiohead's last):

Seriously best new thing I've listened to all year.

Track 12 from the album:

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::

Linked file is CC licensed NC w/attribution (see album list for details).

Permalink: SO_MUCH_FUN.html
Words: 66
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: life

08/07/08 11:17 - 65ºF - ID#45263

Quit Smoking

I haven't smoked all week, except one on Monday morning. So far so good. Definitely have mood swings. Well more like a permanently shitty mood. Getting better today. Haven't killed anyone yet. Thanks for putting up with me James :)

As incentive to quit, I bought myself a ridiculously nice, but used so not too expensive, chair. Definitely worth the money considering I sit in it for like 2100 hours a year. The one I had before was so crappy and badly fitting I was starting to get pains and aches by the end of the work day. Yuck, not worth it. My body didn't come with a warranty.

I think without James' encouragement and my self-bribery I wouldn't have been able to quit. Feels pretty good!