I’m back from my nice three-day weekend. This weekend also marked the fifth consecutive weekend at the Disneyland Resort. I really have no idea why we have been there so often, but I think it is more “nothing better to do” than “Disney-obsessive who needs a life”. Sunday Roger and I went to Ontario Mills. Those of you unfamiliar with the Mills concept – take…
April 9, 2001The last couple of days have really been a roller coaster ride. Tuesday night I was up until 2am approving pages at work. Yesterday we all sat around QA’ing and waiting. The result? At 5am this morning, two years of hard work finally paid off. It is all somewhat anti-climatic. The waiting, the frantic coding and recoding, and the general lack of a social life…
April 5, 2001Cafe Press allows people to upload graphics and sell t-shirts, mugs, and mousepads. They claim to have more coming. Dan ordered one for his website and it looks pretty good. Better than printing on thermal transfers and doing the ironing yourself. Look for Club Josh logo items for sale soon… Over the weekend I updated the Cyber Surfin’ Safari. It is really amazing the number…
April 3, 2001StarWars.com had a really good April Fool’s joke up on their site. They converted it to April 1, 1979 – complete with reports from the set of Episode V, why George Lucas hadn’t released Episode IV on Betamax, and the screen was nice a monochrome green like the good old days. Baseball season is upon us. This season, the Brewers and the Pirates open new…
April 2, 2001Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend. Is it just me, or is this one legacy item that we have no use for anymore? I can understand its use in the last century, but I think in this day and age that we should kiss it goodbye. Dack mentioned that he has a wireless web setup in his house for less that $500 bucks. Hmmmm. Sounds…
March 30, 2001A look into the spread of Foot-and-Mouth disease. The CDC has some interesting insights. Sorta. Oszie passes along this guide to dancing that apparently is very popular on the web. And finally Survivorsucks.com has a link to Survivior Monster Island! I’m betting on Godzilla to forge a strong alliance.
March 29, 2001Mamma Mia was a great show. If you love ABBA’s music or have even heard of their songs, you will like the show. It was paced well and the cast gives a great performance for the entire show. The second act was the weakest of the two, but ends with a great curtain call of three ABBA songs performed like a concert. It’s gonna be…
March 28, 2001Tonight Roger and I are off to the musical spectacular “Mamma Mia” written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus – the two guys from ABBA. The musical is chock-full of ABBA hits and should be entertaining. Alex told me that the musical has about two lines of dialog between songs. We’ll see if hes exaggerating or whatnot. Cruising through the Club Josh site today, I…
March 27, 2001My trusty JVC VCR from 1992 has gone on the fritz again, and instead of repairing it, I think it is time to invest in a new one. Most SVHS VCR’s can be bought for less than 300 bucks. A big change since 1992 when my regular low-level 4-Head HiFi VCR cost around 400. I figure this will be the last VCR I buy since…
March 26, 2001I really thought Kate Hudson would win, and I really should have picked Russell Crowe. Oh well, my picks came out 15/23 right or 65%. Good enough to earn a tie for third place in the office pool. I thought this year’s ceremony was good. It clipped along and clocked in at almost exactly 3:30. I do think they need to ditch the “Countdown to…
March 25, 2001