Okay, this one's for dad

August 23, 2006 by Adam in Adam

It's been a good week so far, though I can te...

August 22, 2006 by Adam in Adam

It's been a good week so far, though I can tell it'll be busy. I keep trying to find a time to have dinner with my mom and it looks like the Thursday plan might be delayed due to Angie having a baby. I swear, can't people be more considerate of my needs?

Jamie and I tried to cuddle up and watch a t.v. show on the laptop. Sadly, my nerd skills were week, though I've fixed the problem and I'm hoping we can try again tonight. It's MI-5 a.k.a. Spooks. Jamie says the lead character looks like John Cusack, which I guess is all she needs.

I don't usually like the way my voice sounds, but I've been playing around with recording myself for my little NWN2 hobby. You can listen to The Troupe of the Damned here. It's a pretty big sound file, so it might be slow.

I was incredibly productive yesterday at work...

August 18, 2006 by Adam in Adam

I was incredibly productive yesterday at work, though I'm not sure I'll match my vigor today. The mocha is kicking in, though, so we'll see how it goes.

These days I'm working on a new version of an old application. It's got so many bells and whistles, though, that the folks that use it will hopefully give me tearful hugs in the hallway, accompanied by "I love you man!" Well, perhaps not, but I'm automating a ton of work that they once did manually.

My old friend Devon e-mailed me. He's looking to move to Japan with his girlfriend, where he's been teaching English to little kids on and off over the years. He has an old experimental site and a more current livejournal site.

I was feeling out of sorts yesterday, having ...

August 15, 2006 by Adam in Adam

I was feeling out of sorts yesterday, having a hard time getting things done. The good news is that today seems a bit better. I've whipped up a bunch of changes to one application and I'm sinking my teeth into one of the bigger projects I'm working on.

I did treat myself to a mocha this morning, for medicinal purposes only. Who needs prozac?

I ran across this odd site that lets you uplo...

August 06, 2006 by Adam in Adam

I ran across this odd site that lets you upload a portrait of yourself and transform it into different races, ages, and so on. I'd seen something similar at OMSI years ago, but this was the first online one and it was surprisingly snappy. I couldn't resist and made a bunch of pictures of myself. You can see the big version here.

I keep waiting for the day when webcams are built in with "correction" software that let you take your normal face and change the appearance in real-time. Combine that with voice changing software and you could be pretty much anyone you want. Ah, the joy of anonymity on the Internet.

It was like Christmas when I got home today

August 03, 2006 by Adam in Adam

It was like Christmas when I got home today. There were two big boxes waiting for me as I stepped in the door, one from Amazon and the other a generic FedEx package. I knew exactly what both of them were.

The FedEx package was my frivilous gift to myself, a decent quality microphone. I got it for my game stuff, hoping to record some voices of people I know. There's a bunch in the game, and plenty of work for my friends and family.

The other package was the smaller part of a partially cancelled order from Amazon. They're starting to sell food online, and I ordered a crazy amount of cereal. Instead, I got 16 boxes for the low price of $30. Since I go through huge volumes of cereal, it seems like a reasonable deal. I can only imagine what my family would say if the original 48 box order had made it through.

They might have really made fun of my cereal habit.