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I wrote my first web page [a few months] before IE came out. I am amused. It also puts a new perspective on employers wanting someone who has “10 years experience in web development”. Uh, dude, I’m sure you would like that. And several companies probably want someone with demonstrated success making nanotech robots. Monkeys flying out of my butt.

Here are the finalists in the “Bush in 30 Seconds” competition put on by moveon.org. It pleases me. I especially recommend “what are we teaching our children” for humor value.

My top pics are:

In my country — highlights specific civil liberties cut
Bring ’em on — specific indictments using footage of bush lying
What are we teaching our children — Funny, pointed, my overall top pick
Imagine — no specific reason, but a good general overview
Army of One — shows just how much Bush really ‘supports the troops’
Leave no Billionaire Behind — Pointed illustration of financial policies
Bush’s Repair Shop — Humorous, specific

http://www.bushin30seconds.org/

I didn’t take many pictures in Austin, and most of those that I did, didn’t come out well for various lighting issues. For once, the flash did good things. Here are the only three that made it. =)

Sheena’s Phat Pad

Then I paid my bills and reviewed my financial status.

Instead of crawling into a corner and crying, I think I’m going to head out and hope that I find some uplift in a bookstore. I also have to clean the house and put the trash and recycling out tonight, if I want to wow the roommates with the fact that the place isn’t a sty after I’ve been left here alone for a couple weeks. Tomorrow morning, I will contact a small tech consulting firm I found in chicago, resend my updated resume to ulrich medical concepts, and word-ify and send a resume to this other chicago consulting company. Also, contact the sf-based tech recruiters tom referred me to (though they’re more the permanent/fulltime staffing gig).

I shall not mope. “If hopes were dupes, then fears may be liars…”

special thanks to for suggestions and urls for the development process. Also thanks to and Anthony for being guinea pigs.

I saw this company listed on monster, and thought of : TAJ technologies

Um, what did I do this weekend.

Well, I applied to uchicago (most of the way, still have some letters of recomendation paperwork and grade/gre proving to do). I checked out the requirements for various grad school programs. Oh yes, heat! We have heat! And a working thermostat! =) I had tried to light the pilot light myself, but didn’t know the magic button to press, so it was all for naught. I revised my resume yet again, after I realized it made me sound like a windows programmer (intentional for the attempt to get work with ulrich medical concepts, but so not what I’m looking for in general.)

Met , went out to herbivore, saw his phat pad, watched a really dumb, but amusing, marky mark action/comedy, and generally had a good time, while totally forgetting about ‘s bday party (whoops, sorry Nathan, happy birthday to you). I think I also missed a radical faerie potluck, alas, only so many hours. Also bought bone graphic novels 2 and 3, as well as barry ween boy genius 3 and 4. Ah, commercial therapy. Reading them actually did rather buoy my spirits, but sadly, I’ve finished them and want more now. Cursed hollow consumerism 😉

But probably the biggest thing I’m proud of doing this weekend is teaching myself some significant quantities of css, javascript, and php. (I’m also finding myself confusing bits of javascript and php syntax. Never learn two languages at once, it will fuck you up). All to produce a contact info database. [Let’s just pretend I typed the url right the first time] Please, browse it, enter your info (I do have it connected to a database here. I admit to not having gone to great pains to make it secure, but it’s behind a firewalled nat, with no direct access to the database), play with it, let me know what you think.

Seems like Bush doesn’t want to house any more of those greedy homeless and impoverished people. Oh, and those soldiers we’re supposed to be supporting, well, not so much with the medical benefits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/politics/04BUDG.html?hp

Bush’s Budget for 2005 Seeks to Rein In Domestic Costs
By ROBERT PEAR

Published: January 4, 2004

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 — Facing a record budget deficit, Bush administration officials say they have drafted an election-year budget that will rein in the growth of domestic spending without alienating politically influential constituencies.

When the going gets tough, the tough cut funding

So, there’s this thing called brainbench out there, which is basically standardized testing in specific skills (say, java, c, linux, balancing a checkbook, whatever). You pay to get certified by them as competent. Two separate job sites have linked to them. At first I thought it was a total waste of time and money. It’s kinda alluring, though. I mean, I know I would kick ass on it, but I kinda wonder if it’s worth the time and money. Anybody out there know anything about it, have any opinions to share?

So, since I got back on christmas, the thermostat’s been broken. As you may recall, I walked into an overheated house. Well, as of new years day, the heater’s broken. Not even a pilot light, as far as I can tell. The refrigerator may well be warmer than my bedroom. And I thought I was a grinch 😉