January, 2, 2002 archives

john balzar, writing for the los angeles times, absolutely nails what is wrong with making millionaires of wtc attack victim's families.

harvard early-acceptance emails were blocked by spam filters at aol. that's pretty funny.

oh, apparently i only need about five minutes of sleep each night. i fell asleep for a few minutes watching for a few dollars more (which isn't really a comment on the movie, just how tired i was), and now can't get back to sleep again. i find it humorous that sergio leone was sometimes credited as bob robertson.

hmm, osdn has started doing self-serve advertising. it would be more interesting if they had a lower entry point than $400. and it seems odd to be so loudly proclaiming that they'll only take $1000 a month, even if you're willing to spend more.

job search, day two: no job yet. (but i should have new glasses by next monday.)

because i'm just that cool, i got a complimentary copy of php functions: essential reference. would i be a bad person if i sold it on half.com? it looks like an excellent book, but i find the online php documentation fits just fine into the way i program (although there's room for improvement — i need to put together some more things to get more done from the keyboard without resorting to the mouse).

watching hurlyburly, a good flick in the kevin-spacey-in-a-film-from-a-play genre, reminded me how i haven't seen a play performed live in quite a few years. (the last was probably the tempest put on by the shakespeare class in college. the last professional production i saw was probably in elementary school.) today i saw that steve martin's picasso at the lapin agile is going to be running at the el portal theatre next month (right across the street from my eye doctor). the odds of me getting organized enough to actually remember to go to the show are slim, but there you are.