The attached image, very appropriate to progress in Super Mario Galaxy depicts what could happen if goombas weren’t just bits.
Cut the stay in chilling Helsinki very short.
An abbreviated 6Pack show at Sir Eino.
Random walking.
Sushi at Masabi.
Mellow.
Cut loose when the number of kids milling around exceeded comfort level.
A week in, this sure feels amazing.
Weather’s played a big part – consistent 30C temperatures mandate a 24 hour siesta.
Igniting the holiday engines by leaving the office in just a few minutes.
One year older, one year wiser.
That’s the theory, still.
Upon her first taste of outdoors, Nadja the oldmaidcat immediately escaped the confines of the backyard no less than three times.
Catcatraz is obviously unable to hold her. The neighbours seem not to mind her wandering around the area, and all in all no-one involved was too spooked about the experience.
The recent bout of bad weather has confined the cat indoors, with expected results. Sleeping on laptops is still one of the greatest things since sliced tuna.
Most of the rest of the symptoms are more or less recurring actions, so got to keep an eye on the feline to be safe.
With the flu still reclining uncomfortably on the shotgun seat, the rather chilly Mayday had a briefer reception than is the norm.
Spent three hours on Ullanlinnanmäki. Met both friends planned and drank the requisite amount of champagne. This year the communications were far easier than on couple of previous occasions. The inclement weather definitely had a diminishing effect on the crowds.
Uh, in all the excitement and hubbub the sixth birthday of this blog was quietly forgotten.
No big changes here. There was plenty in the everyday life, anyway.
Reinvigorated programmer keeps on prodding me to grab the keyboard and start coding. Something. Anything.
The evening of a long and arduous workday was significantly sparked by two very topical things to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: an appropriately warm Guinness (off a can, sadly) and a newly arrived copy of the new Dropkick Murphys‘ live album.
Indeed, Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA, the second live album from the celtic punk band features a score of songs mostly off their recent albums. Their first live album is already eight years old, and the intervening years have seen three new albums, all packed with songs that sound as good live as they do on the original albums.
The song selection is good. And I’ll definitely keep an eye out for five extra songs available only on iTunes.
Didn’t peek at the dvd yet – it seems to be the very same performance, but with such a strong show that’s hardly a disadvantage.
As expected, the seven shows played on the St. Patrick’s week in Boston are long sold out.
Something seriously wrong with the connectivity. Time to try out a new DSL box tomorrow. It oughtn’t have any effect on the availability of name service, but I’m willing to try it out.
It’s been a while.
No real excuses.
Meh, taking care of the flu has higher precendence than watching superbowl live.
Even though it’s my #2 and #3 teams playing.
The just bought DVR ought to take care of storing the game, and tomorrow will be a perfect opportunity to actually watch the game.
Will Peyton Manning cement his place as the greatest quarterback ever, or will Drew Brees take the Saints to their first championship. Either alternative works, let’s hope it’s a high-scoring game, with plenty of lead changes and excitement.
Nicholas Feltron has not yet published his annual report for 2009.
However, for anybody with an interest in the subject and lesser chops in data management, Daytum is now out of beta.
And I think it’s high time to give it a spin. On some appropriately recurring topic: like lunch at work.
Stay tuned. I’m sure you can hardly contain your excitement.
Another tradition continued once more:
Previous years listings are also available:
2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
As is traditional, here’s a condensed and hard-to-follow list of things that happened at the HQ.
No links.
Previous years’ analyses are also available:
2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004
With a more traditional connection to the internet at home.
Musti 2, my N900 device, proved to be a good dog indeed, but it’s time to try to move on.
So far, from a one and a half foot distance from the ADSL modem, things are working well…
Meh.
Three christmas parties this year, and two of them fall on the same evening.
The eight reasons why juggling is beneficial do sound worthwhile enough to dig up the trio of balls and start practicing again.
Last time I did the worst mistake a beginner allegedly can – employing a mirror completely screws up the technique.
So now I’ll do it in a room without any reflective surfaces whatsoever.
At least to the limits of my DEX, so don’t expect behind the head tosses with household objects any time soon.
Yay!
The N900 tethers beautifully.
The woes of internetlessness in Nöykkiö are suddenly lessened.
It’ll be a while before the blog gets up to speed, though. There’s still plenty to unpack and organize.
No internet in Nöykkiö (apart from N900).
Plenty of things to empty, move, clean and organize.
Plenty to do at work.
Hence the very slow trickle of updates.
Even the move went unblogged. Mainly on account of being a) sick as a pig and b) plenty of things to do.
Execute the move.
