The end of June has come already. This morning I woke up at six thirty and decided to get out of bed. My cold is still really bad and I can barely breath. I feel pretty crappy. Dominica slept in for another half an hour but was up by seven. Nothing like getting up nice …
Author Archives: Scott Alan Miller
June 29, 2007: Still Snifling
The Seattle Times reports on students in Essex County, NJ (that would be Newark) being unable to comprehend when to write like normal people and when to use instant messaging abbreviations. But then again what do you expect in a city with giant billboards announcing that most students never manage to earn a diploma who …
June 28, 2007: I Have a Cold
Today was my work from home day and boy did I need it. It has been a long week. Oreo was really ready for me to stay home. He was so tired that last night he decided to just come home and go to bed – he didn’t even bother to eat his supper! That …
June 27, 2007: The Caribbean
I was reading Wil Wheaton today and he mentioned that you can read the award winning novelette “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” by Cory Doctorow for free online. By the way, if you are interested in utility poles you can learn more from Christopher Joyce on NPR. Since I have been playing Sid Meier’s Pirates! …
June 26, 2007: Pied Piper Day
On this day in 1284 A.D. one hundred and thirty children born in the city of Hameln, Germany were lead out of the town by a piper dressed in fancy colours and were never seen again. Seven hundred and twenty three years later we are still wondering what happened to the children. Anno 1284 am …