Cornucopia
It seems like I've gotten used to sleeping a normal 8 hours again. Last night I was out until about 11pm, and I had to wake up at 5:30. So I only got about 6 hours of sleep, and I was feeling it this morning!
It used to be that I would stay up until 11 or 12 every night, and get woken up in the middle of the night a couple of times, and still wake up at the same time. I've certainly been enjoying my sleep; go to bed any time I want, not have to deal with someone waking me up in the middle of the night. I'm getting spoiled! =p
This past week has been busy at work. My copy of "The Sims 2" arrived a couple of days ago. I got a great tip on The Frugal Gamer that it was on sale at JC Penny online (of all places) for like 22 bucks (while it sells for over 40 bucks online usually). I've never played "The Sims", so this is pretty much wholly new to me. I've completed half of the basic tutorial, and the interface seems pretty clean.
I also made a total STEAL on Call of Duty on Columbus day. EBGames was having a sale, where this 30 dollar game (which for a LONG time sat at nearly 60 dollars IIRC) was on sale for a bargain basement price of 10 bucks. This is an unbelievable deal, because this game has garnered many GOTY awards and is still a new game. It's also got a thriving online community and my clan has a division for it. I'm interested in online play, but from the demo I know that the single player is a blast as well.
My climbing subscription ran out on the 10th. I only went climbing twice last month, so it stuck me for 30 bucks a shot. Ouch! I'm still trying to decide if I should pay to play or go monthly again. I guess it depends on if I can find a regular climbing partner. So for the time being, I'll be in pay to play land.
Tonight everyone at my office is going for pizza and bowling. We're all leaving early and hitting Colony Pizza and then we're going somewhere to bowl. Another late night for me, and I'll certainly be missing cell group tonight.
Speaking of missing, last night I was supposed to scrim with my clan against some other clan, but I didn't know if it was that night or not and though the scrim was at 10pm (I should have been back by then) I didn't make it home until 11, so I missed. I sent an apology to Isaiah when I got home after I verified that it was indeed last night.
My co-worker Mike is doing well with VB. He's learning the basics of how to pass variables to functions, and how to use control structures. At the beginning yesterday, he was stuck in "GOTO LABELNAME" land, and by the end he was passing variables to functions/subs with the best of them =) He used VB to create a form that would edit some registry settings on a remote machine based on his input (location, machine name). I spent some time doing some VBA myself yesterday, in Access. I'm supposed to streamline a basic data import process.
We've got this spreadsheet with a bunch of data ordered through it. I wrote a macro like a year ago that will reformat this into a "flat" format and dump it to a CSV on a shared drive. This CSV is then linked in Access, and the data imported into our Sybase database. I made a function yesterday that first checked if there were things that would be left out of the join, and then display how many there were and give the user the option to import as is, display the items that are left out, or to cancel. I did it because I know in my mind, it's the users responsability to keep that crap in sync. Yet, 3 months from now when 2 or 3 of these things are left out because of typos or trailing whitespace or something, it will be me who will have to deal with it. Best to just integate that part into my process. But I know I will most likely forget, so I wrote the macro so I wouldn't have to remember. Not a macro, per se. It's a subroutine in it's own module.
I've really been enjoying my audio book. I'm listening to A Game of Thrones again, and I'm impressed at the readers ability to infuse emotion into the characters. He really does a great job, and his character voices are great. I remember the story very well, so there are no surprises for me this time, yet I enjoy it all the same.
I've been wondering about the definition of "droll" lately. The dictionaries and online resources don't really give me any example of what "droll" humor is. As an aside, I remember playing a game called "Droll" on the C64 which in retrospect seems a bit like Donkey Kong, though perhaps it's just the format of the level I vaguely remember.
My daughter is coming to visit me this weekend. We'll be celebrating her birthday. She turned 5 a little more than a week ago, and I have some presents for her here. She was very keen to know what they are, but I am adamant that birthday presents should be a surprise. I've got a new winter jacket for her (that's actually a 4 part system, shell, fleece, etc), a "Water Baby Bathtime Wiggler", and I think something else. My parents also sent some gifts for her, and my grandfather a card.
This weekend, I plan taking her to the Lyman Orchards Corn Maze. I've also invited Brad and Srini and Jaya to join us. The corn maze should be fun. I'd also like to pick some apples. We will most likely go to Chuck E Cheese as well, and perhaps a movie if something is playing.
It used to be that I would stay up until 11 or 12 every night, and get woken up in the middle of the night a couple of times, and still wake up at the same time. I've certainly been enjoying my sleep; go to bed any time I want, not have to deal with someone waking me up in the middle of the night. I'm getting spoiled! =p
This past week has been busy at work. My copy of "The Sims 2" arrived a couple of days ago. I got a great tip on The Frugal Gamer that it was on sale at JC Penny online (of all places) for like 22 bucks (while it sells for over 40 bucks online usually). I've never played "The Sims", so this is pretty much wholly new to me. I've completed half of the basic tutorial, and the interface seems pretty clean.
I also made a total STEAL on Call of Duty on Columbus day. EBGames was having a sale, where this 30 dollar game (which for a LONG time sat at nearly 60 dollars IIRC) was on sale for a bargain basement price of 10 bucks. This is an unbelievable deal, because this game has garnered many GOTY awards and is still a new game. It's also got a thriving online community and my clan has a division for it. I'm interested in online play, but from the demo I know that the single player is a blast as well.
My climbing subscription ran out on the 10th. I only went climbing twice last month, so it stuck me for 30 bucks a shot. Ouch! I'm still trying to decide if I should pay to play or go monthly again. I guess it depends on if I can find a regular climbing partner. So for the time being, I'll be in pay to play land.
Tonight everyone at my office is going for pizza and bowling. We're all leaving early and hitting Colony Pizza and then we're going somewhere to bowl. Another late night for me, and I'll certainly be missing cell group tonight.
Speaking of missing, last night I was supposed to scrim with my clan against some other clan, but I didn't know if it was that night or not and though the scrim was at 10pm (I should have been back by then) I didn't make it home until 11, so I missed. I sent an apology to Isaiah when I got home after I verified that it was indeed last night.
My co-worker Mike is doing well with VB. He's learning the basics of how to pass variables to functions, and how to use control structures. At the beginning yesterday, he was stuck in "GOTO LABELNAME" land, and by the end he was passing variables to functions/subs with the best of them =) He used VB to create a form that would edit some registry settings on a remote machine based on his input (location, machine name). I spent some time doing some VBA myself yesterday, in Access. I'm supposed to streamline a basic data import process.
We've got this spreadsheet with a bunch of data ordered through it. I wrote a macro like a year ago that will reformat this into a "flat" format and dump it to a CSV on a shared drive. This CSV is then linked in Access, and the data imported into our Sybase database. I made a function yesterday that first checked if there were things that would be left out of the join, and then display how many there were and give the user the option to import as is, display the items that are left out, or to cancel. I did it because I know in my mind, it's the users responsability to keep that crap in sync. Yet, 3 months from now when 2 or 3 of these things are left out because of typos or trailing whitespace or something, it will be me who will have to deal with it. Best to just integate that part into my process. But I know I will most likely forget, so I wrote the macro so I wouldn't have to remember. Not a macro, per se. It's a subroutine in it's own module.
I've really been enjoying my audio book. I'm listening to A Game of Thrones again, and I'm impressed at the readers ability to infuse emotion into the characters. He really does a great job, and his character voices are great. I remember the story very well, so there are no surprises for me this time, yet I enjoy it all the same.
I've been wondering about the definition of "droll" lately. The dictionaries and online resources don't really give me any example of what "droll" humor is. As an aside, I remember playing a game called "Droll" on the C64 which in retrospect seems a bit like Donkey Kong, though perhaps it's just the format of the level I vaguely remember.
My daughter is coming to visit me this weekend. We'll be celebrating her birthday. She turned 5 a little more than a week ago, and I have some presents for her here. She was very keen to know what they are, but I am adamant that birthday presents should be a surprise. I've got a new winter jacket for her (that's actually a 4 part system, shell, fleece, etc), a "Water Baby Bathtime Wiggler", and I think something else. My parents also sent some gifts for her, and my grandfather a card.
This weekend, I plan taking her to the Lyman Orchards Corn Maze. I've also invited Brad and Srini and Jaya to join us. The corn maze should be fun. I'd also like to pick some apples. We will most likely go to Chuck E Cheese as well, and perhaps a movie if something is playing.
posted by Adam Skinner at 10/14/2004 08:25:00 AM
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