An interesting article on the development of long-term, "Social Infrastructure" software. Give it a read. The article also brings up a point I'd like to make myself.
The web design behind this blog is utterly amazing. I'm duly impressed. Interesting content as well. Righto.
I feel icky linking to Matt Drudge, but this is rather interesting.
In an effort to bring a little more 8-bit NES influence into the blog, I'm introducing a new set of "avatars" for my blog. This is a somewhat cheesy idea, but for some reason, I think it's very cool.
A bit of thanks: Paul/Grapefruit, Haggin's resident "unusual" guy last year, is into editing sprites from video games. Which is a weird hobby, but definitely cool in an old-skool sort of way. So he edited some Dr. Light sprites from NES Mega Man games. So now I have 8-bit Zach sprites! Woo! A glowing review on my blog and a bit o' free webspace to my man for such a kickass item!
I made a few edits to fit my specific avatar needs, but this is essentially the work of the esteemed Paul/Grapefruit. So, without further ado, I present the entire emotional spectrum of 8-bit Zach avatars:
Heh heh. Oh yeah.
So, it looks like, for the second time this week, I'm going to be pulling an all-nighter. This one was pretty much unintentional. Preface: Yet Another Lab Report is due at 8 am this morning. So, at about 8 pm Wednesday, Tim calls saying everyone is getting together at Logan's to do some homework. Of course, I realize that "doing homework" means goofing off and getting about 5% of the intended work actually complete, yet I go anyway.
I manage to actually finish about 25% of the report while (a) kicking ass at Trivial Pursuit, (b) partaking in a bit of Bacchanalian Excess, and (c) generally goofing off with Tim and the boys. So I had a good time, but got little work done.
I get back around 1 am, finish up the lab report by 2:30, but by then, I couldn't really get to sleep. So around 4:00 am, I just get up and start doing laundry, blogging this very blog, and working on some "avatars" for the blog. I'm going to be very sleepy...