Tuesday 8 October 2002

Ron is my equivalent on the functional side; he’s been with my company for a little more than two years; I have been with my company a little more than four. In conversation with our immediate superior at MMetJ (not the real company name), our current client: Superior: [in hoarse coughing voice] Yes, he [a MMyJ VP] is excellent at getting vendors to tow the line. Ron: Yes, and sometimes it’s necessary, because you know a vendor is a salesman, and often just interested in getting you to spend more and more money for more resources... Me: [punching Ron’s arm vigorously] Shut up shut up shut up! 7:11:31 PM    comment []

Cursed popcorn eaters, filling up the entire stairwell with the delicious aroma of microwaved popcorn, then leaving before you can organize an ambush for them... 4:34:47 PM    comment []

For you Macintosh early adopters (that means you Paul and Mike!). Beautiful ScreenSavers for Mac OS X. Prior to Mac OS X, ScreenSavers were not that interesting. Not to many developers created them for our old Classic OS, and Apple had not provided a built-in option such as Windows. But that is a thing of the past, as you all probably know. Now ScreenSavers are fully supported in Mac OS X, and the graphics generated are beautiful in some of them. Smooth, soothing, and you can just watch them all day. Almost like iTunes Visuals. Here are some ScreenSavers that are just, plain beautiful... [MacCritic.com] I heartily recommend SereneScreen if you don’t mind spending about $20 for a screensaver. If you play it in the desktop background (using the command line or one of the numerous utilities for doing so), the occasional fish that pops out is wonderfully rendered. Old Glory is also a very striking screen saver. 2:30:57 PM    comment []