It is probably time to stop torturing my co-workers for pictures for Project 365. However, I really liked this picture I took of Joseph at lunch. Wow, two work lunches in a week, this might become a pattern. Probably not though, I know the busy times are about to get back underway.
Generally, I avoid joining protests, but occasionally there are ideas so bad that I can’t stay away. Such is the case with the Protect IP Act (PIPA) which is coming up before the Senate next week. The goal of protecting intellectual property is certainly a laudable one, but the means to achieve that goal must not come at the expense of the 1st amendment, nor should it fundamentally weaken the technological structure of the Internet. The Protect-IP bill does all of this with a vague and poorly thought-out bill.
So tomorrow, January 18th, this site will join larger organizations such as Mozilla, WordPress and Wikipedia in a general internet blackout. I strongly suggest that you contact your Senator and express displeasure at this heavy-handed approach to IP protections. For some general background on the bill, please check out the video below:
I guess the seagulls are tired of the cold and are preparing to go someplace warmer because they were swarming in huge numbers right around the Lake Overholser dam. At times it looked like a scene right out of the Hitchcock film. I’m just glad I wasn’t Tippi Hedren.
Most of the time, my department tends to eat lunch at our desks. However, we are all about to start an extremely large and complicated project on an insanely short deadline, so it seemed like a good day to take a proper lunch break and a group.
It’s been almost two weeks since I last rode the bike and I’m really missing it. My stress levels are through the roof, I’m grumpy, tired, not sleeping well. Hopefully I can get on the bike tomorrow.
Today was definitely one of those days. Woke up this morning, to find that Grace’s car had a flat tire. Had to frantically scramble to get Gwen to school and Grace to work and for me to run to work in the nick of time. Then I had to fight through the hell that is Edmond rush hour traffic to pick up Grace. Finally, to really top of the night, I changed out Grace’s tire for the spare. Can we just pretend that today didn’t happen?
That’s what I did today, absolutely nothing. In fact, I never really got out of my fuzzy slippers. I did get quite a bit of email written and caught up on a bunch of paperwork, but even then, all of my labor didn’t amount to much. It was a perfect, lazy Sunday.
The Christmas tree finally came down today and went to the backyard for dismemberment. Now to pack up all of the ornaments, wreathes, candles and candy canes for another year.
I’m still just captivated with the light I get in the office. I got this nice portrait of my colleague and good friend Steve with the nice morning light through the blinds. Steve and I have been working together off and on for a decade now. In fact, he gave me my first tech job here in OKC when i returned in 2002. i guess I have to thank him for a lot of my professional success here, but I won’t let him know that.
I’m not the only one who is drawn to taking photos of the sunset over Lake Hefner.
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