Jim Roepcke's weblog have browser, will travel (est. 1999)

Eeeets ah rayce!

Just got back from seeing Rat Race. It's my favourite kind of comedy -- immensely silly, stupid comedy. I loved it. We were laughing ourselves ... stupid silly.

And I needed it.

The WIRED Rave Awards 2001

The WIRED Rave Awards 2001

The nominees for "Cultural Innovator - Changing the creative landscape; A talent whose work has a profound effect on our culture" are:

• Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

• David Chase and James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
• Evan Williams, Blogger
• Hironobu Sakaguchi, Final Fantasy
• Thomas Krens, Director of Guggenheim Museums Worldwide

Holy crap Evan! I mean, CT,HD, The Sopranos and FF are VERY cool, not sure if they're cultural innovations, but to be mentioned next to the Director of Guggenheim Museums Worldwide (and those popular movie creators too) is... well a massive honour.

Congrats!

Who’s in the fridge?

I'm at the office right now. (I'm the only one in the office right now)

So, I was a little surprised when I heard the door to our mini-fridge open in the corner of the office. I waited a few seconds, stood up, gophered over my cube wall, and there I saw...

...the building's entrance security guard with a Snapple Lemonade in her hand. Her eyes were as big as saucers.

"Can I have a drink?" she said, embarassed.

"Yeah, no problem."

It's times like this I remember how very lucky I am to have a good job and an employer kind enough to offer these things to me for free. I take it for granted sometimes I guess. I can't imagine having to work their twelve hour shifts without something to drink.

I'm embarassed to admit that my instinctive thought was "She's stealing a drink from our fridge!". If my employer is generous enough to offer us free drinks, I'm sure they're happy to extend that generosity to the people who keep our offices safe while we're gone. It's a thankless job with horrible pay. I sit here ashamed of my selfishness.

Sharing is good. It's the way it should be. And thanks for the Lemonade, boss.

New Scientist

New Scientiest: Principia Mathematica III, an interview with Stephen Wolfram.

Workin’

I took the last two days off, now I'm going to work for the weekend!

We had some exciting news at NetStruxr yesterday, and it came at a good time because I signed a lease for a new apartment only hours earlier! The new place is a little smaller, but it's going to save us about $300 a month, and it's way way nicer.

This buyer's market is incredible right now. I don't have any of the nice amenities where I live now and I'm paying MORE for it.

I know now!

Maybe it's just me, but I can actually understand KnowNow's home page now! Either they completely rewrote it (I'm pretty sure they did) or I've somehow learned how to understand ultramarketese.