General – Page 199 – elaine nelson, aka epersonae

10/27/2001

well, I got a design

well, I got a design I like for the “random haiku display application” (as I’m calling it now), but I still can’t post the darn thing. grrr.

10/27/2001

it’s so frustrating. I really wanna go back to work on the haiku thing, but ftp isn’t working from my site. (Susanne, if you’re out there…help!) and I did all the work last night over at Keith’s (he & Chad were playing Unreal Tournament online), so I don’t even have it on disk, only on the server. damn.

10/27/2001

the rain makes me drowsy.

10/26/2001

then, in the last year:

Jan 18 | Feb 24 | Apr 30 | now
[all historical links courtesy of the wayback machine]

so, now that I understand, what should I do?

I’m not sure. I’m wondering if my innovativeness is part of what got me hired. I’m wondering if there’s a way to finesse the anxiety that I sense from time to time. but right now, I’d rather program random haiku & surf the web looking for psycho kitties (warning: sound).

oh, and I need to remember to send Greyson this link. (I think I have a crush on Joe Clark.)

10/26/2001

now I understand a lot

now I understand a lot more about why some things at work have been really weird, and why people freak out so much when I change stuff.

www.pierce.ctc.edu in: Dec 1996 | Dec 1997 | Dec 1998 | Feb 1999 (no Dec. in the archive for ’99) | Dec 2000 (my second day on the job, btw)

10/26/2001

and, because I’m still pretty

and, because I’m still pretty pissed off, Tim Berners-Lee sez:

Amaya, the browser which W3C develops as a testbed for our technologies, and which arguably has the best W3C compliance, is blocked from www.msn.com. [yeah, it all kinda goes like that.]

10/26/2001