May 22nd, 2008

notable achievement for 5/18/08

This past Sunday, I managed to make it from Point A to Point B on this map without hitting any red lights. Awesome. I created a Google map of it:


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I bet all of you guys are really wishing you were living my life right now, don't ya?

Posted by roy at 01:05 AM in Ramblings | 1 Comments

May 21st, 2008

positivity

this past weekend, i was refilling my drink at the local in-n-out when these two twin brothers (who weren't older than seven) were struggling to reach the lids and straws (they're on top of the drink machine).

"excuse me sir," (they were amazingly polite) "could you please help us out?"

i handed them two lids and two straws.

"thank you very much!" ... and they sauntered away. (seriously, the politest children i've interacted with in a LONG time)

one thing i love about growing up is how my perspective changes about the "big" things in my life. (i mean this in both the literal and non-literal ways)

i remember being young and having both parents tower over me. they were like giants!
i remember when i got a "b+" on a test in elementary school and worrying about the coming apocalypse.
i remember getting my first "b" for a full quarter class in middle school and worrying about the coming apocalypse.
i remember getting my first "c" in college and worrying about the coming apocalypse. (do you notice a theme here?)
i remember getting out of my first relationship and thinking i'd never date again (hey, wait a second...)
i remember having 1.90 GPA and worrying i wouldn't graduate from carolina (i did, with a 2.01, barely over the 2.00 threshold)
i remember the grief of rejection from a horrible situation with a girl ...

it's funny, looking back, and how small my problems were. knowing this, i try to make light for any self-perceived problems in my life ... knowing full well that next year, my problems will seem small. i'm not sure what i ever did to deserve such blessings...

gotta keep growing!

Currently listening to: Rocket Summer - Show me what you've got
Currently feeling: grateful
Posted by roy at 02:01 AM in Personal | 1 Comments

May 20th, 2008

Pete is funny

Posted by roy at 01:47 PM in MindTouch | Add a comment

"when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." - oscar wilde

Posted by roy at 01:28 AM in Personal | 1 Comments

May 19th, 2008

deki wiki, powaring ur intrprizes

We're doing some performance work for Deki Wiki 8.05.1. Being a front-end monkey, I usually accomplish performance gains by removing all the usleep(50) I have scattered throughout the code (setting low expectations = win).

Max, on the other hand, tends to obfuscate (previously) elegant code to make it look like it was written by an eight year old: (I expect to be showered with praise at how short it took me to parse the SQL query and determine it sucked... oh man I need a life.)

MindTouch Deki Wiki: Powering your Enterprise!

Edit: The developer who wrote this code wanted to disavow responsibility - I've since edited his name out of the screenshot.

Posted by roy at 04:31 PM in Web Development, MindTouch | Add a comment
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