Wednesday

August 28th, 2008 · Comments

Today I:

Got my AppEngine instance online at at it’s production URL.
Woke my wife up, told her about the new Nikon D90 (it shoots video!)
Half-heartedly lubricated the chain on my motorcycle.
Got a hug from my wife with my gear on (who noted that it was like hugging a tank)
Commuted to work in 1 hour and 5 minutes
Got breakfast at work: Biscuits, Gravy, Sausage, and Bacon.
Updated bugs with overdue updates, answered e-mails.
Spent all day working out why my MapReduce jobs are only seeing the first row of each BigTable column.
Sat in on an Engineering Review for changes to a large datastore that I use
Ate a quick lunch: Eggplant Parmesan, Swiss Chard, zucchini, bread.
Got owned by a coworker! (changed work password, reinstalled laptop)
Obsessed over Google Reader and advrider.com while waiting for MR jobs to complete.
Ordered a new spark plug and speed-bleeders for my bike
Printed out flyers for another TechTalk
Attended TechTalk given by Gary McGraw on Exploiting and Cheating MMORPG’s. Some great facts, but at times it felt more like a sales presentation than a technical one
Ate a quick dinner at work: Black-bean burgers and pineapple shrimp
Imagining the laugh that the author of W32.Gammima.AG is having
Fed up with my MapReduce issue, going home
Noted that my motorcycle is feeling "sick", needs oil change soon!
Duct-taped my external flash to a tripod
Went outside for Dallas to take my photo (above) – strobist makes it look so easy.
Got a package from B&H: Lightroom 2 was in it, but the battery I ordered was not.
Consulted with my wife on her upcoming t-shirt quilt
Edited a wiki document for a Codelab I am running tomorrow
Ack, 11:30pm, time to head to bed.
Listened to my wife’s daily emotion dump (then fell asleep)

Have you Hugged a Developer Today?

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thomas 08/29/2008 05:51 PM 1 point
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I'm not sure if it was an omission or intentional, but the battery showed up yesterday in a padded envelope. :)

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Brian S 08/29/2008 04:37 PM 1 point
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Those batteries always seem to go missing in the shipping area. The same thing happened with one for my phone not long ago. The worst part of that, though, was trying to convince them that it wasn't there when they "knew" they had sent it.

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Allen 08/29/2008 04:13 AM 1 point
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She really needs the new camera like I need a digital SLR. I'm so fed up with my non-SLR digital that I almost threw it in the ocean while at Key West :)

Allens last blog post..Paschal's

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Suzanne Hopkins 08/28/2008 07:52 PM 1 point
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Your day sounded horrible, but after reading your detailed list I had to chuckle under my breath. Don't know why. Add calling home to your list for today! :-)

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Debbie 08/28/2008 01:57 PM 1 point
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wow- you lead a very exciting life :D although I wouldn't get as long a list as that.
wow- you get 3 meals at work - thats sweet!

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