Giddy Programming Time

10.17.2002

Since getting back from Da Beach, I've been pretty much brain dead. Not a good thing when you've got 2 websites to be working on. Maybe it's just my little vacation trying to hang on, but yesterday everything I was trying to do was taking two to three times longer than it should have.

This morning I got some good new that I think is going to help motivate me. I got some feedback from someone using the Southerland Station website (the toy store I was working on during the waning days of ResGen). This was the first website I did on my own for a customer, so I was hoping people wouldn't look at it and say "Hey, that sucks!"

Luckily, I got the following:
I love the new website. The layout is appealing and it is informational.

I think that's pretty close to "Hey, that doesn't suck!", don't you?

Mid-Day Tangent
I went today and finally got an R/C Plane today. I flew Steve's a couple of months ago and noticed how easy and fun it was to fly. Today, I went with Jerry and we each bought one. Even though it was a little windy, we got them up in the air. 30 minutes later Jerry was down a wing and a propellor, and mine was stuck 60 feet up in a tree. Maybe the wind will blow it down tonight? Update tomorrow!

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Return From Da Beach

10.16.2002

I'm back and trying to settle back in to how to work again, but here are the highlights of my recent beach excursion:

• 4 lbs of really big shrimp.
• 3 dozen oysters
• 2 days of rain
• ... and I never stepped foot on the beach.

I know, it's not much for highlights, but it was a very uneventful trip. It must have been a combination of off season for the beach and dreary weather. After 6 hours of driving back through the rain, I was just happy to be home.

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Hero Clix, Pt 2

10.15.2002

Now that the DC HeroClix are available, I of course had to get some. A quick visit to my local Electronics Boutique garnered me the Starter Set and 2 booster packs. Even though I don't know all the details of the rules yet, I think I made out pretty good. Each of my booster packs had a unique figure: the Dark Knight Batman and Parasite .

Now I've just got to learn how to play so I can put that potential butt kicking to use!

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Hero Clix

10.14.2002

As is my custom, when interested in a new game I buy lots of rules and accessories before ever playing it. I was in the comic store one day and the Marvel HeroClix game caught my eye. It looked cool and sounded like a fairly fast paced game. Me being me, I bought the starter set and about 6 booster packs over the course of a month, just to get started.

Have I played yet? No.

Now they have a DC Comics version. The figures are a little more detailed, but the game is the same as the Marvel version. Now you can pit Superman against The Hulk. Spiderman vs. Batman. It just sounds more cool to me that way.

And eventually I'll play.

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Errand Day

10.11.2002

Today is my day to try to catch up. I'm leaving for a fun-filled extended weekend trip to Destin late this afternoon, so I'm taking the day to do the things I've been putting off.

Exciting things, like finishing up my laundry, getting a haircut, and visiting my local neighborhood bank to both put money in and take money out.

Don't you wish you led the exciting life of a contract web developer?

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