That sound you heard? That was my head exploding.

Programming and late nights have historically gone together. Not only is the intarweb held together by a lot of Mountain Dew and late night coding sessions, but us computer programmers have a reputation for our monitor glow tans and anti-sociality (though most socialites do their real socializing at night, not during the mornings for instance). However once we join the real world (IE graduate from College) we tend to find that we have to keep more normal hours than we would prefer. I, like many other coders have found that I really don't get clicking until after noon, and often I start really firing on all cylinders code wise only after 4pm. However once it rolls past midnight, there is a negative side to things.

As long as things are flowing well, you're golden, but if you start encountering a bug, it is often hours before you will find even the simplest problem. And if, God forbid, as has happened to me tonight, you find out that what you are attempting simply isn't possible because someone made a decision in some code that you have no choice but to use, and that it would be possible if you didn't have to use that piece of code, well, your fragile mind is like to snap.

I'm heading to bed. This will all feel like a three day bender in the morning, but now it feels like death.

The New Family Member

I realize I've been bad at updating this thing. May was my last update and November the one before that. There will be no NaNoWriMo for me this year as I'm working two jobs already. But I thought I'd post a picture of Henry who is our new kitten (though we got him a couple of months ago now.
 

The Better of two Pumpkins

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Originally uploaded by Tegid.

So this was my second carving after I rememberd how carving a pumpkin works. Originally I considered a big scene, but ended up deciding to try a face in profile (this is a really thick pumpkin). It turned out reasonably well, some of the better hair I've done, but I'm still not entirely happy with this. Oh well, enjoy.

A Practice Pumpkin is always a good idea

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Originally uploaded by Tegid.

So I haven't posted in forever. I am currently working two jobs (though not travelling much anymore) but I made time for my annual pumpkin carving. This was my first attempt and it sure is lame, but it was decent practice for the next one.

Jet Planes and Here Comes the Bride

So, tomorrow the wife and I hop on a jet and fly to Arizona for a wedding. Honestly, I could totally use the break from life in general, so we're going to take a week there and enjoy the hot desert air. Just thought I'd post a little something since I haven't written anything in forever. I don't have much to say, so I guess I'll get back to writing up my trip expense report.