Author: Karel Kerezman

  • Call me shorn.

    Once again I regale my audience with timely and relevant news like the following:

    • I got my hair “done” this morning. Terece always gels it kind of funny, but it looks great the next day when I do it myself. I should talk to her about that next time, see if maybe I can get her to undertand a bit better what I want my hair to do. No biggie.
    • I took two allergy pills this morning. Hence my current inability to concentrate or move very quickly. Damned antihistamines!
    • Peach-Pit from #KNRK is going to be at a cool horse show this weekend. I don’t know what this has to do with anything, but this is just an example of how poor of judgement I am when I’m on allergy meds. (Gotcha, Peaches!)
    • I got GnuPG signatures to work in Groupwise. Well, it’s a bit of a kludge but it’s better than not being able to sign messages at all.

    There, don’t you feel all knowledgable or something?

  • Webcam down for a time

    I‘m afraid you can’t spy on me for a while. I’m having more technical difficulties with the 3Com HomeConnect USB webcam under Linux, so I’m taking the cam offline until the HomeconnectUSB project on Sourceforge catches up to what I need it to be.

    Sorry, no more peering at my cluttered office all day, folks.

  • What is good in life, Conan?

    Today’s just another nice day in the life of this little grey duck. Hey, I got Cocoa Krispies for breakfast! Mmmmm, Cocoa Krispies. They’re better than those silly Cocoa Puffs any day of the week.

    Speaking of things that are better, I was treated to more NoHo’s yesterday. Mmmm, NoHo’s teriyaki chicken is the best on the planet.

    Why am I obsessing about food lately? Probably because I keep forgetting to bring anything to eat for lunch. Idjut.

  • Shades Of Blue

    While blogsnobbing this afternoon I came across a link to a page that linked to a page that linked to AMP Comics, home of a comic book title called Shades Of Blue. By all accounts, Shades Of Blue reads like the fusing of MTV’s Daria and WB’s Smallville. As these are both programs I like, I find myself inclined to pick up as many issues of Shades as Future Dreams has in stock.

    Hey, my comic book collection needn’t be entirely manga-based.

  • It’s a beautiful day

    Perhaps it isn’t a terribly profound observation, but some days are simply better than others. Take today, for instance. I got a ham and cheese omelette for breakfast, a half hour or so of quiet family togetherness, a warm sunshine sky over my head as I took the bus to work, and a fairly quiet day at the office.

    Not only that, but there’s been some success with synchronizing my Palm Pilot with Groupwise. Inbox, tasks, appointments and notes are all exchanging correctly. Now that I have AvantGo installed I can pretty much stop using the HP 620LX entirely. Well, except as an alarm clock. It makes a great alarm clock.

    Think about that for a moment. The best use to which I can put my $850 Windows CE palmtop unit is as an alarm clock. And that, folks, tells you all you need to know about Windows CE.

  • Friday Five on Sunday

    I was so busy playing Space Trader on Friday that I completely forgot about the Friday Five until this morning. Oh well, here goes anyway:

    • What is your favorite time of year? – The transitional months of spring and fall. Not too hot, not too cold, the wind is usually blowing, rain smells good, lots of variety in the weather. I love Portland in the spring and fall.
    • What is it about your favorite season that, well, makes it your favorite season? – Er, whoops, already answered that. Sorry.
    • What is your least favorite time of year? Why? – Isn’t that two questions? Oh well, I burned the last one anyway, so here goes: Late summer, it’s way too damned hot.
    • Do you do anything to celebrate or recognize the changing of seasons? – You mean, something formal? Nope.
    • What’s your favorite thing to do outside? – Hiking in the woods. I haven’t done it in years, but my friends Ben and John keep trying to peel me away from the daily grind for some Gorge and Hood hiking. It must be done!