So far this year, it seems Fridays have been split about evenly between looking forward to some weekend plan and being glad to be done with the work-week and ready to just spend the weekend sleeping. Today is both. A snarky comment yesterday led to tension in the workplace, and I find myself thinking that I’m happiest when I can just sit back and program, without having to deal with other people. On the other hand, I’m looking forward both to meeting some friends for dinner this evening and to meeting some new folks on the spontaneous walkabout tomorrow, and really hope the weather will be decent.
The one other thing that’s been rattling around in my skull is that I want to take a vacation soon. Not necessarily some grand trip overseas, but a week or so of getting out of town and away from everyday life. I wonder if I can put together some sort of spring-training trip, perhaps. Sounds like a good thing to investigate on Sunday.
- There’s just a little more than 24 hours until 24 Hours of TV begins. Are you all a-twitter with excitement? I’ll be checking in at some point.
- Will talks about The Phantom Menace that has the movie companies suing DVD player manufacturers. He figures it’s a warning shot for the next generation of players. [vodkapundit]
- Turns out Congress is Making a Meth of the PATRIOT Act and
mission creep will turn runny noses and lobster fishing into terrorist acts.
Will I end up being a terrist for wanting my sudafed come allergy season? [instapundit] - A new service, Flyspy Brings The New Web To Airline Ticketing. The description makes it sound pretty damned cool, and I wish it was live now. Kottke has more, including some alternate ideas. [kottke]
- Dori says February Ain’t Short Enough, and while there haven’t been any deaths or even close calls around here, I have to agree. I’m ready for February to be done. [backup brain]
- It’s not all that often that I’m happy with things I wrote six years ago, but as I deal with the various headaches in trying to turn my current contract into a full-time job, I really like the Feedback on Programmer Compensation I gave to Joel Spolsky back in 2000.