Archives: Lance
Got Engagement?
January 6th, 2010, 5 Comments
I’m indescribably happy to announce that I got engaged to my sweetie over Christmas vacation. We have no idea when we are getting married yet. She finished her Ph.D. this fall and is now looking for work after completing her school obligations and is currently in College Station, TX interviewing for a postdoc position. She [...]
World’s Worst Eye-Searing Campaign Website
November 3rd, 2009, 3 Comments
Republican George Hutchins is challenging Democrat David Price for his NC 4th District seat in Congress in 2010 and has published the most eye-searing, horrid, ugly campaign website I’ve ever seen. I think he’s trying to single-handedly revive Geocities or something and have a hard time seeing him as a serious contender against Rep. Price.
Irony
October 17th, 2009, No Comments
Is playing ‘Flight Control’ on my iPhone while waiting to board my flight to MN.
iPhone MMS Problems solved
October 14th, 2009, No Comments
When MMS for iPhone landed last month, I tried it out and it failed repeatedly. The send progress bar would reach 90% or so,stall, and then pop an error message instead of sending the picture.
Today, I tried again after learning the AT&T Carrier File 5.6 update was supposed to fix this very problem, but still [...]
Bad day
September 30th, 2009, No Comments
I really hate days where one thing after another goes wrong. It’s hard to maintain a decent attitude under an onslaught of annoying tiny problems when you really want to work on the big projects on your plate.
Today was one of those days and it really got to me. I don’t like not [...]
iPhone MMS arrives
September 25th, 2009, No Comments
I just updated the carrier file in my iPhone and now have MMS turned on. Now I need to find someone I know who has MMS as well to try it out.
Drupal development note
September 21st, 2009, No Comments
Don’t point two different versions of Drupal at the same database. Bad, confusing things happen that take hours to track down.
Monitor Envy
September 19th, 2009, No Comments
I’ve been using dual-monitor setups for something 6 or 7 years now. I got my first set at NIEHS when I worked there. I thought it would suck since I was moving from a single 21″ CRT to dual 19″ LCDs, but I quickly got used to it and really liked the additional real estate. [...]
Stunned Speechless
September 16th, 2009, 7 Comments
Every time I see one of these videos I end up staring slackjawed at the screen. I can’t imagine myself ever holding an equivalently outrageous sign up in protest to a Republican president. These images stun me every time I see them.
Even worse, I’m becoming cynical about whether any kind of real conversation can happen [...]
IPhone geekery
September 13th, 2009, No Comments
I’ve had an iPhone for a few weeks now and am really enjoying it. Tonite I discovered an app for letting me post to my blog from my phone and couldn’t resist trying it out.
