o-kay! despite appearances, the "big weekend ride" did not, in fact, kill me. it was at Blue Knob State Park in PA. really beautiful park with some great riding for all skill levels. the park, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Great Depression, faces the ironic fate of being shut down due to budget cuts in a misguided cost-cutting measure spurred on by Depression 2.0.
just now finally finished my first plumbing project, and it was a success. granted, it took me three days (maybe 8-10 hours of work) to do what a real plumber would've done in an hour, but it was very educational and involved fun things like propane and solder. and i swear, the water main break that took out water to several surrounding towns the night i started had nothing to do with my project.
fun trivia fact: silver-based solder is used in places like hospitals because it melts at a higher temperature. this is good for maintaining services in places where it's important to keep as much running as possible even in the face of a fire in part of the building, but a mild pain when you buy it accidentally and have to get pipes really hot before it'll stick.
while i hear the east coast's been getting a crazy amount of rain, we've just been really hot. wednesday night i dreamed i was in a loft bed in a hot room with a fan i couldn't get to work right and couldn't get to sleep because i was too hot. in my dream. that's not good. around the 10th or so, i'll be heading out towards NJ and surrounding areas. dates are still tentative, but i'll likely be in NJ and MD for about a week.
work's been progressing, but slowly. i'm just a slow implementor. the other ends - design/architecture and testing/revision - go very well, even for very complex things, but it just takes me forever to do new implementations. i don't suppose anyone's good with Objective C?
just now finally finished my first plumbing project, and it was a success. granted, it took me three days (maybe 8-10 hours of work) to do what a real plumber would've done in an hour, but it was very educational and involved fun things like propane and solder. and i swear, the water main break that took out water to several surrounding towns the night i started had nothing to do with my project.
fun trivia fact: silver-based solder is used in places like hospitals because it melts at a higher temperature. this is good for maintaining services in places where it's important to keep as much running as possible even in the face of a fire in part of the building, but a mild pain when you buy it accidentally and have to get pipes really hot before it'll stick.
while i hear the east coast's been getting a crazy amount of rain, we've just been really hot. wednesday night i dreamed i was in a loft bed in a hot room with a fan i couldn't get to work right and couldn't get to sleep because i was too hot. in my dream. that's not good. around the 10th or so, i'll be heading out towards NJ and surrounding areas. dates are still tentative, but i'll likely be in NJ and MD for about a week.
work's been progressing, but slowly. i'm just a slow implementor. the other ends - design/architecture and testing/revision - go very well, even for very complex things, but it just takes me forever to do new implementations. i don't suppose anyone's good with Objective C?
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