This blog has permanently moved to freevirusesandspyware.com. Yes, that URL is correct. :)

Just curious if this still comes up on anybody's radar. As always, it's been a crazy year (almost) since I last wrote anything to this LJ page. Can't really give any details here, but off and on I consider writing here again if anybody actually sees it.  :) 

Sunday was gorgeous here (pushing 70 degrees!) so we decided to get out for our first real training ride of the season. We were both guessing we'd do 30 miles, maybe 40, but wound up doing 50! We went from Redmond right into downtown Seattle and back. It was a great ride (albeit a bit far!), and I was able to help somebody with a broken chain ( Read more... )

This is pretty funny, I assume it was part of BillG's 'back to school' tour thing he did last year, going around and speaking at universities. I doubt it will make much impact getting future grads to pick Microsoft over Google, but points for effort. Check out Bill Gates and Napoleon Dynamite.

Last year, Shannon and I were joking about how many things had happened to us in just a few months:

• I graduated from college (finally).
  
• We got married.
  
• I got a hot job at a company where I've always wanted to work.
  
• Shannon bought a new car, her first since 1993.
  
• I bought a new car, my first new car ever, after not having a car of my own for four ( Read more... )

Here's a random question for anybody that might actually look at this (probably nobody anymore). Yahoo music has a commercial out with a spaceship going around beaming up little computer cartoon performers--does anybody know who does the rap song in that commercial?

I really, really like my job so far. Is it perfect? No. But I like it anyway. I like the place, I like the people, I like the project, and I feel like I'm part of something worthwhile. I've never been happy at work before--it's weird. I don't mind getting up in the morning and working a full day. In fact, I kind of look forward to it ( Read more... )

I love my job so far. I'm sure it's going to get more frustrating in the next few weeks as I really delve into the code, but so far I really like it. Good money, good people, cool product, new car, great apartment (close to work), and Seattle is really growing on me fast. I'm a little surprised about some things--like the fact most of our work is ( Read more... )

Costco is fascinating. I read a very interesting article a long time ago (in Fortune, maybe? I'm not sure) on their typical demographic (vs. Sam's Club, in particular) but I'd never been a member or actually looked through their website until recently. The store is pretty great, for a number of reasons (frozen Ahi steaks--yum!), but the website is ( Read more... )

Ok, $20 for a remote control Hummer at Costco may be one of the best purchases I ever made. Millie (our dog) loves remote control cars, and this one can go pretty much anywhere. (Plus it was cheap enough I don't really care if it gets trashed going through grass, wet grass, or totally flipping over going up and down curbs.) She'll chase it until ( Read more... )