Sunday, February 27, 2005
Quiet Today
Sorry for the lack of posts.
It’s something of a “lazy day” atmosphere around these parts to begin with, and I am not feeling that inspired. Something yesterday disagreed with Deb’s stomach. My theory is it was the salad, and it hit her harder than me, though it hit me slightly too. Or perhaps it was the dressing. She had catalina. I had ranch. My mother and grandmother are notorious for having dressing that is out of date, sometimes as much as a year and more, so I checked the date on the ranch before I used it. But more likely it was the salad itself.
Lazy or not, I am trying to do some work on a program we have in beta. I need to add a handler for PDF files to it. I didn’t write the original, so it makes things interesting. Speaking of making things interesting, Sadie is making it so even to compose this post, nevermind to examine the workings of a program and figure out what to do with it. All for free. Adding a major new feature to a beta program being tested for me by a client that is making demands as if they were financing its development and making any weighing of working on a long-term, longshot versus work that pays money now lean undeniably in their favor.
We had a fantastic visit with my brother and his kids and my mother and grandmother yesterday. There will probably be pictures at some point, either worked into the dailies, as their own post(s), or both. The comedy team of Michelle and Billy had fun dissing their older sister, who was too good to join the others. Sounds like she has oldest child syndrome in spades, combined with being well into her teens, combined with having learned early how to work the system (her mother, that is). Still, I was impressed with the scope and vociferousness of their gripes. At times they sounded like they belonged on Saturday Night Live. Sadie latched right onto Michelle, as she does with some people.
Anyway, back to work or something…