Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Weekly Wrap-up 2005_05

    The weather has been mostly clear. It was a quiet week. My cousin is a week younger than I am, so I always know to buy him a birthday card when my birthday rolls around (it's difficult to forget 🙂 This year I found a good one. On the front it says: This card contains… Continue reading

  • A Passion for Writing

    Insanabile cacoëthes scribendi   * I recently interviewed a possible technical writer candidate. When I asked her “Why do you write?” she said “I enjoy it… and the money’s good”. It was an honest answer. It wouldn’t have been my choice. I write because it’s part of who I am. I have always had a… Continue reading

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  • Treasures 2005_05

    "Life … is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?" — Margot Fonteyn These are my Treasures for the past week. My Birthday "What did you do for your birthday?" "I did a load of laundry and made… Continue reading

  • Listen to This

    Did you ever stick a data disc into the computer and try to play it through the speakers as audio? Some friends and co-workers and I did this 15 years ago with the first CD installer of A/UX (Apple's first shipping *nix product 😉 I recall the kernel was most interesting. Spouse says: I enjoyed… Continue reading

  • Groundhog Day

    Happy Groundhog Day! Phil saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter (at least in western PA). If you're where it's cold and snowy, stay inside and watch a movie. If you haven't seen Groundhog Day (starring Bill Murray) I recommend it. It's one of my favorites and quite fun. It's set in Punxsutawney; they… Continue reading

  • Weekly Wrap-up 2005_04

    The weather was been nice last week although there's been a storm in the Pacific – I kept getting Coastal Flood Watch and High Tide warnings from the weather service. We did a Perl & Egg Rolls SIG meeting (Perl programmers meet for Chinese dinner) in The City. Good food; nine people. We adjourned for… Continue reading

  • Happy Birthday to Me!

    Older than yesterday, younger than tomorrow. Dear Vicki The weather is much different today than it was on the day you were born. Then we were having a January thaw and since there was some snow on the ground and the air that came in was very warm it was very foggy. The road out… Continue reading

  • Treasures 2005_04

    Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. A stretch "Hummer", license HUMMROS Full moon nights in our "moon room" "frozen-peas" hail bouncing off the roof next door. We have funny storms here. Raven stretching up to… Continue reading

  • Just Say N2O

    My dental hygienist found a cavity at my recent cleaning 😦 I had it filled today. I do not "do" novacaine. I do not like to be stuck with a red-hot railroad spike, then have my lip be numb for the next four hours. I take nitrous. Nitrous oxide is a very safe and popular… Continue reading

  • Fun With Spam

    Spam is a plague, a disaster, a dreadful ramification of the Information Age, a torrential onslaught on the email inboxes of all right-thinking and innocent people. It can also, on occasion, be fun. Sometimes we have to take our amusement where we find it. One of my "favorite" recent spam techniques is the effort to… Continue reading