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Nothing much going on today. My work gave us all the entire week off, but after I had already booked travel out of here leaving on Tuesday, so I'm enjoying this Monday while doing all the things I'd do if I just had more time.
I saw something truly amazing today. After I got an oil change, I went to AutoZone to pick up some touch-up paint to fix a largeish paint scrape that I had stupidly put on my car after I drove it up against a pole, leaving pole paint on the bumper. The AutoZone guy looked at it, then grabbed some carburetor cleaner and sprayed it on, and the unwanted paint just rubbed right off! The bumper now appears good as new. It was the coolest thing I've seen in weeks. I love AutoZone. Those people are so helpful. (And yes, I've already washed off the cleaner that was left on there. And heck, even if it eats all the way through the original car paint, it won't really look any worse than the scrape did. Only time will tell.)
And now I'm relaxing at Panera, putting in some time on a coding contest. It's really little more than an ad for Intel's Threading Building Blocks library, but it's also an opportunity to brush up the ol' parallel coding skills.
We're heading to New Jersey tomorrow for Thanksgiving with morganie's family, as well as her high school reunion. That could be interesting.
I saw something truly amazing today. After I got an oil change, I went to AutoZone to pick up some touch-up paint to fix a largeish paint scrape that I had stupidly put on my car after I drove it up against a pole, leaving pole paint on the bumper. The AutoZone guy looked at it, then grabbed some carburetor cleaner and sprayed it on, and the unwanted paint just rubbed right off! The bumper now appears good as new. It was the coolest thing I've seen in weeks. I love AutoZone. Those people are so helpful. (And yes, I've already washed off the cleaner that was left on there. And heck, even if it eats all the way through the original car paint, it won't really look any worse than the scrape did. Only time will tell.)
And now I'm relaxing at Panera, putting in some time on a coding contest. It's really little more than an ad for Intel's Threading Building Blocks library, but it's also an opportunity to brush up the ol' parallel coding skills.
We're heading to New Jersey tomorrow for Thanksgiving with morganie's family, as well as her high school reunion. That could be interesting.