I logged into my Web server via SSH this morning, as I do every day, to be greeted by a new prompt: jailshell-2.05$ I was also thrown into the top-level directory, rather than my usual home directory. I began to notice some other differences — new directories, inability to view my live Web logs, as […]
Entries from May 2003
jailshell-2.05$
Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 · 6 Comments
Tags: technology
Memorial Day Skiing
Monday, May 12th, 2003 · Comments Off on Memorial Day Skiing
This rules: There’s been so much snow this year that Kirkwood is reopening two lifts over Memorial Day weekend. Skiing at the end of May! Who knew? Since Jen will be in New York that weekend, I just may hit the slopes. Kirkwood Mountain Resort Winter 2002-2003: News
Tags: skiing
The Go Game
Sunday, May 11th, 2003 · 1 Comment
Jen, Jess, Ben, and I arrived in Washington Square Park in North Beach at about quarter past 12 on Saturday. We headed for the southwest corner of the park where we spied the table covered in 1980s lunch pails — He-Man, Spider-Man, Rambo, and the like. With the photo of the giant cell phone leaning […]
Tags: photos
Official Adult
Friday, May 9th, 2003 · Comments Off on Official Adult
At 26.1 years of age, I am officially an adult, according to a new report from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. I have completed my (undergraduate) education (22.3 years), am on track to be married this year (25.7 years), and will be fit to support a child in .1 more years or […]
Tags: anecdotes
Keratoconus
Friday, May 9th, 2003 · 4 Comments
I was diagnosed with keratoconus in 2000. Keratoconus is a disease that causes the degenerative thinning of the cornea and usually starts with astigmatism. Many people don’t even realize they have the disease. One in five people with keratoconus will need to have a corneal transplant at some point in their lives. Fortunately, I am […]
Tags: anecdotes
100 Faces Productions
Thursday, May 8th, 2003 · 1 Comment
Big news: I’ve received my first chunk of revenue for my consulting business. With that, my first hosting client site is up and running: 100 Faces Productions, LLC, which will be the future home of my Dad’s next installment of his 100 Faces of Marin book series. Very exciting on multiple fronts. Stay tuned…
Tags: web stuff
Happy Birthday to the Scoob
Thursday, May 8th, 2003 · Comments Off on Happy Birthday to the Scoob
My Scoobie celebrated its first birthday on May 4. With just more than 18,000 miles, I’ve driven her quite a bit since the 11 miles on the odometer when I drove off the lot a year ago. So happy birthday to the Scoob. I pay an arm and a leg for the car that’s caused […]
Tags: wrx
Serious Bloggers Use MT
Thursday, May 8th, 2003 · Comments Off on Serious Bloggers Use MT
As an avid Movable Type user, I really like this quote from yesterday’s short story in the NY Times about the forthcoming TypePad hosted blogging service (written by fellow Vassar alum David Gallagher; it’s a small Web world, after all): Although the powerful features and elegant design of Movable Type have made it the tool […]
Tags: blogging
I Sneeze, Therefore I Am
Wednesday, May 7th, 2003 · Comments Off on I Sneeze, Therefore I Am
According to some silly new research, the way I sneeze is actually a perfect fit for my personality: “The ‘Enthusiastic’ sneezer is a charismatic leader who makes a show out of sneezing multiple times — really loud.” As Jen can attest, my sneezes are damn loud. [via FARK]
Tags: comedy
Bush’s $5k per Hour Joy Ride
Wednesday, May 7th, 2003 · Comments Off on Bush’s $5k per Hour Joy Ride
Democratic Congressmen are accusing Bush of “flamboyant showmanship,” as Sen. Robert Byrd put it, when he landed May 2 via Navy jet on the deck of the USS Lincoln prior to his speech declaring the end of the war in Iraq. Rep. Henry Waxman of California is calling for a release of the financial impact […]
Tags: war
