If you’ve been worried about the semi-coherency in the past few entries here, worry no longer, because I’m going to be all over the map today. Actually, I’ve no idea if the past few entries have even remotely approached coherent, because I don’t want to read them right now. The green layout’s bugging me. It can wait a while though.
Zeldman has a decent quote up that I’m going to print out and tape up somewhere: “Writing a book is like having a year-long nightmare from which you cannot wake up, only with royalty checks. We are writing a book. We wish we were not writing a book. Every author wishes he were not writing a book. Unless he is a she. Then she wishes she were not writing a book.” No, I’m not writing a book, but I’m sure I’ll find many phrases that this works with: debugging an application, changing a site layout, cutting your own hair, etc.
I forgot to mention this earlier, but the falafel place next to the Bloor Cinema in Toronto sells baklava that contain neither butter nor honey. They come in a decent sized box and they’re around five bucks, so basically if you already have a Golden Dogs CD, this is a valid second choice for your hard earned cash.
We rented a car today to facilitate a few tasks, and as I was the only one who signed the agreement, I was the only one allowed to drive. I drive once every month or so on average, and it’s a different car each time, so it’s always a teeth clenching adventure for whoever’s in the passenger seat, usually AngelA. This time the vehicle of the day was a Crown Victoria, which has enough power to get me into all kinds of trouble (usually when braking), but also enough power to get me out of most jams (usually by accelerating). I was starting to get the hang of the boat by the time I pulled into the garage, so if I manage to get the same car in a few weeks when I need to drive again, lives may be saved, but I’m not counting on it.
Everlasting Blort has a link to a flash thing that, for once, isn’t a cartoon. I might break my internet ban at work tomorrow for the lofty goal of freaking people out. It’s kind of relevant to the job if I can get the discussion pointed to interface design, because I’m sure this is just what a contact centre desktop needs.