Archives week 52 of 2005
Dec. 26, 2005 - Jan. 1, 2006
Sleep descends disquietly (Comes back for a rematch a few hours later...)
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Rather a slow start today. Got up on time, but didn't sleep particularly well. By the time I'd sat down to work I realised I just wasn't clear-headed enough to be charging anyone for my work. 3 hours of napping later it's already dark out, but at least I feel like I could write a ...
Cousins you've never known (Family gatherings...)
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Vindaloo.
Went to a family gathering this afternoon. The root of the tree gathering is three brothers, one of whom was my grandfather, all of whom are now dead. Probably 20 people, of whom we only knew 6 or 7, with none of those coming from our generation (though I use "our generation" loosely there, the ...
I Remember
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Vindaloo.
For years I never knew
Whether they were blue
And I was wrong
That they were grey
Or that they were grey
And I was wrong
That they were blue
But these last few nights
I lie awake and see them
Somewhere between those colours
And I remember you
A few shots from the party (Still working on the best settings for very-low-light operation)
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Vindaloo.
Most of the shots I took at the party turned out fairly poorly, either they were washed out (flash) or very dim/blurry (no flash). Oh well, some day I'll get that all worked out and be able to take images in low-light situations without losing 90% of the pictures to blur.I've spent the bulk ...
End of an Era (Christmas dinners at the Greenhams are no more...)
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Just got back from visiting the folks. We went down to attend the last Christmas dinner at the Greenham's place. Was wonderful to see all the crowd from when we were growing up.
Need to get warmed up and get started on working now.
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.