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New user? Tuesday, February 1, 2000
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Major spittin' rant today...
I've moved my rant to it's own page. I invite you to reply to it in the discussion group. (You have to be a member to reply. Click the "Join" link in the Members box on the right if you aren't a member yet)
There were a few replies to the rant before I moved it, as replies to today's home page. You can see those replies at the bottom of this page.
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How did I miss carpediem.EditThisPage.Com? David's playing tennis again too. He has this brilliant insight into the game:
One of the neat things about tennis and baseball is that they don't use a clock. In order to win a match or a game you have to accomplish a specified goal. In baseball you need to get 27 outs and score more runs than the other team. The clock never runs out on a thrilling comeback. It ain't over 'til it's over.
He is SO right! That explains why I've always loved the brand of road-hockey where you play "first to 10 goals wins"! That's so much cooler than "we'll play til we have to go back to school". 
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Back when Brent found out he was a German Shephard, I too took the Dog Test, but forgot to post the results. Here they are: (they are most acccurate!)
You are most like a BASSET HOUND. You are one laid-back individual! You cherish your "down time" and treasure the moments that you have no responsibility to anyone but your couch and TV set. You are easy to get along with and are extremely low maintenance. You probably love to hang out with your friends, as long as it is in a low-key environment. Although some might consider you lazy, you prefer to think of yourself as "relaxed." Your no-frills approach to life makes you a refreshing friend to all.
My wife agrees with that, especially the 3rd sentence, apparently! LOL! I wish Cheryl had a weblog too...
Sunday, January 30, 2000
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Today's update comes from Netscape Navigator for Linux running under Mandrake Linux. This isn't your granddaddy's Linux installation... it's running inside VMWare 1.0.1 for Windows NT. Yep, Linux on top of NT. I'm pretty sure I'll be buying VMWare once my 30 day eval runs out
VMWare keeps warning me that performance will be unacceptable because I don't have a PII, and because my processor isn't at least 266MHz. Well... In full-screen mode, this setup is completely usable. Now if Brent could show me how to get Frontier running in Linux, I could flip over for good!
Update: I don't know if Brent heard me or what, but his weblog now says "The next story I plan to write is about getting Frontier set up on WINE, so you can duplicate my set-up." Yay!
Saturday, January 29, 2000
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Evening Update:
Instant Python, by Magnus Lie Hetland. This is a great mini-tutorial that cuts to the chase immediately, and doesn't stop until after it thinks it's finished.
I think I learned the essential Python in just 15 minutes! Yes! Thanks Magnus!
Free idea: people should get together, write similar documents for all programming languages (okay, say the top 30 or so) and put them into an O'Reilly book.
Next: Zope. I think I better read through the ZopeNewbies site...
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This Afternoon:
Yesterday I played tennis for the first time since August of 1998. I got a knee brace a few weeks ago, so now I can safely play sports again.
Here's an excellent picture (and description) of my knee brace, the GII Extreme. It's pretty huge... Mine is robo-cop silver though, not blue/purple.
I used to play all the time, until I blew out my knee in May of 1995. After that I wasn't able to play until August of 1997, when my knee was finally strong enough to play again. A series of minor but confidence-crushing re-injuries in August 1998 made me stop playing.
Before I left my last job I found out my medical coverage there would pay for 100% of the cost of a knee brace.
Playing tennis rocks. And last night, I got to watch a great tennis match between Agassi (he's been my favourite player since he started playing professionally) and Kafelnikov. Agassi is a true champion, and is truly the greatest tennis player in the world.
Here's a picture of my tennis racquet. I would have linked to the page on Head's site with the info picture on it but their site doesn't work with bookmarks. Not too smart.
