January 08, 2002
Blubs for my blog
Tonight's entry will come in chunks, mostly because I don't feel like making complete sentances.
I found out today that my Aunt Nina died this morning of bone cancer. I'm sad that she's gone, but I know she was in quite a bit of pain and all of that is gone now. I suppose she's not really MY Aunt, but rather my Dad's Mother's sister...HIS aunt. She was a sweet lady and I will miss her a lot. You how old people get old and start acting funny? They can't remember stuff and their brains seem to turn to mush? Not Aunt Nina. Even the last time we visited with her at Thanksgiving, she was right on top of things, mentally. She was the youngest-acting older person I knew.
Mom and Dad got about 4 inches of snow dumped on them Sunday. They were out of school today, giving them some much needed relaxing time. Ok, so now it's our turn for more snow (in Richmond) again, right?
The iMac was, indeed, announced today, along with iBooks with larger screens, and a new image editing application called iPhoto. That 14.1" iBook is exactly what I waiting for in regards to trading up the Lombard Powerbook that has become Olivia's. The iMac looks REALLY good. G4, SuperDrive. Nice.
It looks like I'm going to begin working focusedly (yes, I just made that word up) on this new Intranet/Extranet project. The good thing about this project is that it's actually going to benefit the company and make a profit (read: $$$), which is something none of our previous Intranet projects could do. Jack, our resident ASP guru is now way too busy to be bothered with web projects, so I'm assuming the role of ASP programmer. The pressure is on. I hope I know what I'm doing.
And finally, I'd like to express my distaste for people who feel that conversations are pissing matches. I know a few folks whom everytime I try to have a casual conversation with them, they do their best to try to test my knowledge and see if I know as much as they do. What's the point? You know the type. One word: Aggravating.
Posted by Jeff at January 8, 2002 12:38 AM
I just overheard a conversation here at the office between the new guy (show off) and the resident self-proclaimed guru (show off)...
Man you would have enjoyed it, based on what you wrote in that last paragraph. They kept backing up and reexplaining since netiher of them knew what the heck they were talking about. Just ridiculous.
"All shouting does is make you lose your voice."
~ Speech