The beautiful and sweet clothilde and the drunk but super-happy syber!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
IBM - too often the enemy within ranks
Friday was such an interesting day.. and night. I got my Victorian driving license (and sadly had my Canadian one punched and invalidated), arrived at work happy and bouncy as a spring lamb (before they become tasty dinner!), and found everyone stuck, looking for the reason behind the crypto initialization exception.
My first thought - after a quick mental check that it wasn't my fault - was what the hell are we using security for? Then I got all excited, finally something interesting!?
I replicated the actions, got the stack, slightly more descriptive than the others (possibly because I saw the original) and traced it back to the IBM JCE jars. Google led me straight to the answer: "IBM JCE Certification expires on May 18, 2006" .. uh what was the date Friday? hahahah! Nice work. IBM is sometimes (too often) a developers worst enemy!
With the project winding down, still a week until systest (perhaps less), we're all feeling pretty good.. and went out for lunch. I had a glass of wine and mellowed out for once. Not that my life is stressful, but apparently I'm "edgy"
Went out with an old friend to another old friend's birthday drinks. Had a fabulous time, but once again I found myself wondering why I let myself get led astray into bad habits? Drinking is OK, but not getting smashed, forgetting my reason and smoking. It's not me. It's me trying to be what other people want.
What do you do when your friends are bad for your health?
My first thought - after a quick mental check that it wasn't my fault - was what the hell are we using security for? Then I got all excited, finally something interesting!?
I replicated the actions, got the stack, slightly more descriptive than the others (possibly because I saw the original) and traced it back to the IBM JCE jars. Google led me straight to the answer: "IBM JCE Certification expires on May 18, 2006" .. uh what was the date Friday? hahahah! Nice work. IBM is sometimes (too often) a developers worst enemy!
With the project winding down, still a week until systest (perhaps less), we're all feeling pretty good.. and went out for lunch. I had a glass of wine and mellowed out for once. Not that my life is stressful, but apparently I'm "edgy"
;) I'd say I'm easily excitable. It's all apt.Went out with an old friend to another old friend's birthday drinks. Had a fabulous time, but once again I found myself wondering why I let myself get led astray into bad habits? Drinking is OK, but not getting smashed, forgetting my reason and smoking. It's not me. It's me trying to be what other people want.
What do you do when your friends are bad for your health?
Folks don't change, they just reveal
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
statement: what is wrong with middle america.
Teller: I haven't decided yet if I'm going to see The Da Vinci Code. I want to see it, but if I do I'll feel like I'm. . . supporting. You know?
Bank AVP: . . . Supporting?
Teller: The Devil!
Long pause
Bank AVP: Tom Hanks is the devil?
48 Clifty Kirkmansville Road
Clifty, Kentucky
Sunday, May 7, 2006
winter settles on melbourne
The leaves of the massive tree in my yard have mostly fallen, I'm using a little ceramic heater and wearing fluffy flannelette pyjamas (hello kitty ones, of course) and winter is definitely here.
I've decided something is missing in my life recently (aside from the tall, dark and handsome one). My mission in coming to Australia was to sort myself out, to stop being a workaholic and balance myself.
Ha. What a doomed idea. I love my work. Recently I find myself - instead of coding on a Saturday morning - *shopping* and wondering why the fashion is for tatty looking lacy messy clothes, instead of the sharp, clean styles I prefer.
I'm becoming the kind of person I don't like - or more accurately; respect.
Instead of staying up last night coding, I was downloading music from musicmp3.ru - entire CDs for around $1.
At first I thought, right on! All the music I actually want - including the European stuff that itunes stores Canada and Australia don't let me buy - and at affordable prices. I signed on for $29 credit.. (Yes, I take risks on the internet, but I investigated first and it "felt" legit.. It's strange that I'll use my credit card online, but I'd rather stab myself than give my real phone number).. anyway, I sucked down some compliations that I would normally never have paid for; Cafe Del Mar's, MOS, Buddha Bar. And some new stuff, that I would have paid for; Gnarls Barkly, Gotan Project, Zero 7, Ladytron and Pendulum.
I was _pretty happy indeed_ .. then I thought, Heavens to Murgatroid, this doesn't feel ethical.. or right at all. Isn't the point of paying for music that at least a homeopathic trace of the money goes to the artist?
But how is it right that I pay $17 for the same music that costs me $10 in Canada - even with conversion, it's not in any way equivalent.
All this copy-control and DRM bullshit, when I just want to listen to the music I paid for. I can see the point, but don't agree at all. I can't listen to my Cat Empire CD because I can't move it to my ipod - and I will not be caught carrying a CD - like some renegade from the 90s.
Also, I can't listen to any bought music at work because iTunes is unable to negociate the corporate proxy.
*Sigh* rant over. Summary, I am dubious about whether it's right or wrong to buy from musicmp3.ru - but cheap, good music feels so right!
BTW. Google Talk is the only non-browser application which gets through the corp proxy. Good for google.
I've decided something is missing in my life recently (aside from the tall, dark and handsome one). My mission in coming to Australia was to sort myself out, to stop being a workaholic and balance myself.
Ha. What a doomed idea. I love my work. Recently I find myself - instead of coding on a Saturday morning - *shopping* and wondering why the fashion is for tatty looking lacy messy clothes, instead of the sharp, clean styles I prefer.
I'm becoming the kind of person I don't like - or more accurately; respect.
Instead of staying up last night coding, I was downloading music from musicmp3.ru - entire CDs for around $1.
At first I thought, right on! All the music I actually want - including the European stuff that itunes stores Canada and Australia don't let me buy - and at affordable prices. I signed on for $29 credit.. (Yes, I take risks on the internet, but I investigated first and it "felt" legit.. It's strange that I'll use my credit card online, but I'd rather stab myself than give my real phone number).. anyway, I sucked down some compliations that I would normally never have paid for; Cafe Del Mar's, MOS, Buddha Bar. And some new stuff, that I would have paid for; Gnarls Barkly, Gotan Project, Zero 7, Ladytron and Pendulum.
I was _pretty happy indeed_ .. then I thought, Heavens to Murgatroid, this doesn't feel ethical.. or right at all. Isn't the point of paying for music that at least a homeopathic trace of the money goes to the artist?
But how is it right that I pay $17 for the same music that costs me $10 in Canada - even with conversion, it's not in any way equivalent.
All this copy-control and DRM bullshit, when I just want to listen to the music I paid for. I can see the point, but don't agree at all. I can't listen to my Cat Empire CD because I can't move it to my ipod - and I will not be caught carrying a CD - like some renegade from the 90s.
Also, I can't listen to any bought music at work because iTunes is unable to negociate the corporate proxy.
*Sigh* rant over. Summary, I am dubious about whether it's right or wrong to buy from musicmp3.ru - but cheap, good music feels so right!
BTW. Google Talk is the only non-browser application which gets through the corp proxy. Good for google.
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