Archive for December, 2006

Genius Insomnia

December 05, 2006 By: erik Category: Musings

Not everyone is cut out for the kind of work I do. I may be the only full time transatlantic telecommuter. I work alone from home with no supervision and a six-hour time difference between my coworkers and myself. Like all scenarios, mine has its pros and cons.
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Google Stalker

December 04, 2006 By: erik Category: Complaining, Geeky, Media, Weird, Wordpress

Don’t look now, but you’re being followed! By Google…
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Father of the Groom

December 04, 2006 By: erik Category: Family, News, Spain

Surprising no one that knows him, my father has become the first to make solid plans in regards to my upcoming wedding. I share them here to help others that are planning to attend get an idea of costs. You are all welcome to mimic his schedule. The more the merrier! (marrier?)
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The Shadower – Realistic Drop Shadows in Javascript

December 04, 2006 By: erik Category: Geeky, Programming, Wordpress

This has been done before, but not in such a simple and elegant way, in my opinion. This implementation has four important features that separate it from the rest: no images, no messy nested divs in your html code, no CSS, and realistic fading shadows!
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Terror and the Media

December 02, 2006 By: erik Category: Media, Politics, Religion, Stuff I Found

While surfing aimlessly this morning, I found this article on Digg:

The act of terrorism that didn’t get reported on September 11, 2006
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First Driving Lesson

December 01, 2006 By: erik Category: Complaining, News, Spain

Well, I just got back from my first driving lesson in over 13 years. Let me just summarize it by saying that, if you think you know how to drive, and you want to be convinced otherwise, take a lesson with a picky driving instructor.
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