Author archives: Mike
PyGTA this evening! (7pm at the Linux Caffe)
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Snaking.
Don't forget that tonight (Tuesday) is the PyGTA meeting, the first at our new venue. Be there.
Some VOIP-ing to round out the day (Which is now way over my scheduled 9hrs)
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Vindaloo.
Spent the rest of the evening on the VOIP platform, mostly going through the whole process of registering someone, setting up the hardware, testing that the hardware works, that they can call, that they can get voicemail, and little things like that. It did not go spectacularly well. I think many of the problems were ...
Ah, that new startup smell (Critical conversations over dinner)
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As mentioned a few weeks ago, had a few interesting ideas for new companies. We're looking into one of those now, bringing in friends with experience in starting and running larger companies to kick the tires and tell us what's needed to get to the next step. It's rather fun.
The weird thing is that, ...
Architect's Geometry
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Rough fingers slide
Across padded silk
Tracing high-order curves
Exciting interest
Denying the alure
Of architect's geometry
Implying there should be
A higher calling
To a lower end
Academia
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Vindaloo.
It is a dry bazaar
Stretching across hard-cracked soil
Each our little stall
Full of dessicated thoughts
Polished as we might
Tattered with the lack of funds
Not fit for the greater market
Hoping to set up the next day
A little closer to the stream
That someone might stop by
But not so close ...
The Blankets
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The Blankets
Angry with my nighttime thrashing
Play a cruel prank
Pretending to be you
Calling me to hold them
As I sleep
Pleasant visit and then coffee (With an annoying traffic ridden commute in the middle)
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Out to Mississauga again to visit Shiva and Shademan. Pleasant little brunch and then about 3 hours out walking in the rain. Got a little wet. Wound up leaving far too late and then hitting very heavy traffic. Spent something like 30 minutes in line at the grocery store (more traffic of a sort), then ...
Two half books (Neither particularly relevant)
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Design Theory.
Spent the day on two books. The first was "The Projective Cast: Architecture and Its Three Geometries" which was, as you will recall, something to which I was rather looking forward. This is a very large book (about 360 pages), of which I only read the first 250 today. Honestly the thesis just hasn't popped ...
I don't use office applications enough (Openoffice eats my business proposal...)
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Very frustrating evening here. Had one of those "oh, heck, I should save this since I've put so much effort into it" moments, you know the ones. You're sure the software is supposed to be doing a backup in the background, but still, you don't want to rely on that.
Oh well, hit save, hunt ...
A Book to Read (Stumbling through the news-feeds)
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Will have to find Architecture and Its Three Geometries at the library. Sounds like an interesting read.
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.