Asymptomatic

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I Want to be an Astronaut
September 23, 2007

When I was little, my brother and I would play in the basement in the dark. The basement was our spaceship. We drew ship controls on paper in markers and crayons and used masking tape to tape them onto work tables in the basement. We’d pretend we were going to far away places, pushing the buttons of our controls to operate our space ship.

I have a memory of receiving my first telescope. We were at my uncle’s house and there was snow on the ground. We set it up in the frigid air and looked at the craters in the surface of the full moon. It was awesome.

Collaborative Coding Technicalities
September 19, 2007

I work on several projects, both for work and for recreation, that require code editing by more than one person at a time. Some projects I’ve created on my own, while others were well established long before I came upon them. There are common threads between them, and I would like to try to point out some things that I’ve learned along the way.

When working collaboratively, a source code control system is mandatory. There is simply no other way in my mind to efficiently collaborate on a project of any size without source code management.

Change of Wardrobe
September 16, 2007

September always has a distinct flavor to it, doesn’t it? The smell of a September morning always reminds me of driving by First Lake with the mist hanging over it on the way to school.

I’ve been having this feeling lately that I should be somewhere, and maybe it’s that weird yearly pull from grade school. I had one of those dreams again last night where you can’t remember your class schedule. I tried to cancel a class, and then re-add it, and during that time they managed to move the class to a different building. Stupid school dreams.

Narutard
September 10, 2007

Somehow I’ve become addicted to Naruto, and I can’t stop watching it. I think the only way I’m going to stop is if I run out of episodes.

Naruto is kinda of anime based on manga – It’s a cartoon. The comic books (manga) come out every so often, telling the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a ninja from the hidden leaf village, also known as Konoha. Ninjas in this story are usually helpful people, unless they are specifically evil, and Naruto is in training to become the Hokage - the leader of the village. Although he’s such an idiot sometimes, his chances at Hokage are pretty slim.