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Date: 2003-03-31 10:23:09 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001385.php

The kind of memories that turn your bones to glass...

Date: 2003-03-30 15:53:58 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001381.php

Voice recognition searching from Google. Totally cool, but practically worthless.
You call a phone number, speak your search terms, and then a page opens up with the results of your search. Jeremy and I played with this for a while at work today, and it was neat, but I can't entirely know why you'd want to use it. The only thing I could come up with would be if you know how to say something, but haven't the foggiest idea how to spell it. Unfortunately, Google doesn't know how to spell Saskachewan any better than most people can say it...
A neat toy, though, nonetheless.

Date: 2003-03-29 17:01:21 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001377.php

Software developer humor, along with some software user humor.

Comments:
"Hah! I loved the stupid solitaire."
     -Nic   [2003-03-30 23:52:32]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-29 16:19:27 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001376.php

I'm honestly not trying to be a pro-war smart ass, so give me the benefit of the doubt, here, but where the hell did all this military force come from?
Seriously, if anyone can explain away my ignorance, please do so in the comments.
If they've been, as they claim, so horribly deprived because of sanctions, where'd the money come from to pay for all this shit? If the UN inspectors claimed they didn't have any weapons of mass destruction, where are these Iraqi missiles coming from? Most importantly, if the American military was surprised by the strength of the Iraqi resistance, and they were supposedly overestimating the threat posed by Iraq, then what does France et al. have to say about it? I was never totally pro-war, nor anti-war, but I was always a little more peacenik than not. I'm sitting at center now, and starting to lean more the other way.

Date: 2003-03-28 11:18:47 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001372.php

Highlights of the Gulf War Drinking Game via memepool



Comments:
"I'm so going to play this from now on! Woo hoo let's get wasted!"
     -Char   [2003-03-28 11:25:05]
"For the last point, I don't believe Clinton is still president so you are going to have to revise that one. Since Bush didn't dodge the draft and has served in the military, unlike his bastard of a predecessor."
     -Patriot   [2003-03-29 10:56:34]
"No, I won't revise it, because I didn't make that website. And for your second statement to be valid, you'd have to use a pretty loose definition of 'served'."
     -trav   [2003-03-29 16:26:30]
(3 comments)

Date: 2003-03-28 01:37:46 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001371.php

Recently, Joi posted about blogger codes, and it reminded me (when he linked to Jason's decoder and not mine **wink**) that a long time ago, I'd written a JavaScript to automagically decode peoples' blog codes for them.
Well, last night I was talking to Manager Dave about how I met Jason, and I was telling him about how, by total coincidence, Jason and I both wrote our decoders on or around the same night, and both sent an email to the leatheregg guy, thus both of us have links at the top of the main page. I sent him an email a day or so later, and we've just kinda kept in touch ever since.
Anyway, I mentioned that it's ironic that I wrote mine in JavaScript, and Jason wrote his in PHP, which has since become my own language of choice. Following that was a short conversation about how silly it was to have done it in JavaScript to begin with. (Or, as Dave put it, "Did you do it that way because that was the only screwdriver you had at the time?") Well... yeah, kind of. I had to do it that way, because JavaScript and Java were the only languages I really knew, and I certainly wasn't masochistic enough to write an applet. At the end of the conversation, we agreed that if I'd've written it in PHP, I could have done it in ~15-20 lines of code (outside of the lookup table for all the text).
Tonight, utilizing ideas from Dave during that discussion, I did re-write it in PHP, and it turned out to be seven lines. Who knew. (For the curious: JavaScript/PHP).

Comments:
"You SO are my hero."
     -D*   [2003-03-31 07:48:42]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-25 21:27:36 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001358.php

I do web development to pay the rent, and at work, the Powers That Be seem to take pride in making sure that we're always using the latest in design capability castration software. First, there was Dreamweaver, now this.

Comments:
"*sneers in general direction of Macromedia*"
     -Jeff   [2003-03-26 02:20:02]
"Ugh!"
     -Fran   [2003-03-27 02:45:46]
"Key words from the description:

Notice some trends? I mean, heaven-fucking-forbid that you have to know anything about HTML to make a WEBSITE."
     -trav   [2003-03-27 23:29:43]
(3 comments)

Date: 2003-03-21 17:36:09 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001343.php

Gregory Alan Gibson is the son of a bitch of the day.

Date: 2003-03-21 16:23:08 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001341.php

Former Vice President Al Gore has been named to Apple's board of directors. Apparently that "I invented the internet" comment is carrying him pretty far.

Date: 2003-03-20 22:43:53 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001332.php

My parents run a Bed & Breakfast in their house. What their website doesn't show is that they turned my childhood bedroom into a bathroom when we renovated the house.

Comments:
"Hey...but isn't it comfy and cozy??? AND you get cappuccino in bed when you come home!!! "
     -Your Mom   [2003-03-20 23:41:23]
"Gotta admit, it's a pretty nice bathroom."
     -Jeff   [2003-03-21 12:26:31]
"Heh heh. MY rooms (both of 'em) didn't get turned into bathrooms! I loooove you, Monkeyrabbit!"
     -D*   [2003-03-21 15:40:25]
(3 comments)

Date: 2003-03-20 14:41:56 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001328.php

"...and some dickless piece of shit fucks with it."
"It's chicken shit. You don't fuck with another man's vehicle."

 - Vincent, and Lance, from Pulp Fiction
My CD player is gone. Ryan's and John's CDs are gone. So is my passenger-side window. What kind of moron breaks into a car outside of Speck's Bar? I mean, seriously, who fucks with the cars in the parking lot of a biker bar where you're likely to get your ass kicked through your face if you're caught?

Comments:
"you know you've got my love! (you can't steal that through a passenger window)"
     -Nic   [2003-03-20 15:19:21]
"Whoa. In the week after I moved away from the Lincoln Green apartments, they've had a rash of car break-ins (my neighbor Lisa's car) and plumbing problems. Are you OK??? Will insurance hook you up???"
     -D*   [2003-03-21 15:42:51]
(2 comments)

Date: 2003-03-14 11:38:42 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001305.php

Ryan hated the old photo I had up, so he took some new ones, and they've been incorporated into the designs.
Me, with a beardI suppose I should explain the beard, for those of you who aren't aware. When I went to college, one thing my sister told me was (I remember this vividly), "don't experiment with facial hair." It was actually pretty good advice, I've seen some nasty lookin' experiments walking around campus. Ryan and I have a bet, though, and the first one to shave loses.


Comments:
"I dunno, man. Plaid, beard. Long hair, messenger bag. I can't tell if you're gonna go to a protest or shoot something."
     -Jeff   [2003-03-14 12:22:53]
"Neither, I'm going to my office to write code."
     -trav   [2003-03-14 13:19:21]
"Wow...that IS a change!! I like ALL photos of you...you're my baby :) See you tomorrow!!"
     -Your Mom   [2003-03-14 13:31:59]
"oh my goodness.....the beard?! you look like a hippy/beatnick! Peace out:)"
     -miti   [2003-03-14 15:23:07]
"Your mom's comment so easily could have been mine, except for the "see you tomorrow"... :(
Okay, nevermind, I tried to be cheerful."
     -Nic   [2003-03-16 20:16:25]
"My birthday is coming up, and all I want is for you to lose the bet."
     -Missy   [2003-03-17 10:49:25]
"Oh, please, please, please, my sunshine, nix the American Taliban look. I thought we had a deal? I wanna see a picture of Ryan? Ok, ok, ok, if it's cooold in Fargo, and the beard keeps you warmer, I will keep my mouth shut. I love you."
     -D*   [2003-03-17 11:36:48]
"You know....I kinda like it...really, I do! (Now if THAT doesn't make him shave it off, nothing will!!!! ;);) "
     -Your Mom   [2003-03-17 16:49:19]
(8 comments)

Date: 2003-03-13 21:13:18 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001303.php

"I was dumped once, more or less."
"It's terrible, isn't it? Don't you constantly question your value--like why was I so easy to cast aside? Didn't I have merit?"
"...and you wonder if the other party's going to come to their senses and call you back."

  - Bartleby and Bethany, in "Dogma"

Date: 2003-03-12 23:28:32 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001302.php

This post by Jason does a little to explain my recent post about living in California. I've never really liked the idea of living on the west coast, but as time goes by, I realize that all the things I'm really interested in exist almost exclusively in that arena. In short, I've got more Apple in me than I have MIT.
This doesn't lessen my love for Chicago, though.

Comments:
"Do you wanna work at an oldies radio station in Palm Springs?"
     -Sis*   [2003-03-14 08:12:57]
"Can you hook me up?"
     -trav   [2003-03-14 11:21:16]
(2 comments)

Date: 2003-03-12 19:20:33 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001299.php

I amwas taking Geography 262. Apparently, it doesn't satisfy any of my requirements for graduation, as I previously had (mistakenly) thought. I really needed to take something off of my plate anyway to free up my time.

Comments:
"Remember that Friends episode where... Rachel goes, 'What if I was the President? and Ross retorts, 'Well then we'd be in trouble. You don't know where any countries are.'"
     -D*   [2003-03-13 11:22:47]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-12 00:52:16 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001297.php

Transfer speed: 938 Kbps
My cell modem is a little flakey sometimes, but at times like recorded above, the geekiness of it is almost too much joy to behold. God bless CDMA 1xEVDO.

Date: 2003-03-11 22:36:00 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001294.php

What the hell is wrong with you people? I've always had an inherent trust that even when I didn't immediately agree with them, my government had reasons for what they were doing. I realize there are often things that aren't apparent to me, and that's why the system is the way it is.

That trust is sick, and dying fast.

Comments:
"Well, you see little Travis. The reason you have the freedom you have is because the US has gone to war before. And since you like your little lattes and be able to have the right to free speech, I'd think that you would understand that war is necessary to keep peace. If you don't like this country you can always go to North Korea where by simply saying a bad word about the government ensures that you, your family and all the way to your grandchildren will be put in interment camps."
     -Patriot   [2003-03-12 22:54:59]
"That is exactly my point; I enjoy the freedom to say that my government is acting against my wishes (and sign my real name when I say it). Whether or not I like coffee has nothing to do with this. What I'm trying to point out is that the possible/probable war in Iraq has apparently very little to do with freedom, and instead falls more into the category of war for war's sake. As I've said before, I can appreciate that it's frustrating to be a government that has to continually deal with such an asshole, who shows no restraint in his actions, but I don't see how it's a good idea for us to push brute-force-forward against so much international resistance. Sometimes, war is necessary for peace and freedom. I, along with many others both here and abroad, don't see that in this case."
     -trav   [2003-03-12 23:38:12]
"To offer a third angle, I see this war is necessary not for freedom or security in this country, but for freedom of the Iraqi people and security of all the next-door-neighbors of this madman. I see it as the job of the biggest kid on the playground to protect the lunch money of the smaller ones. So I disagree with you, Trav, with respect. You're a smart guy and I know your opinions aren't unfounded. And, Patriot, I disagree with you because you're an ass."
     -Jeff   [2003-03-13 20:22:17]
(3 comments)

Date: 2003-03-10 15:24:40 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001287.php

And they say goldfish have no memory
I guess their lives are much like mine
And the little plastic castle
Is a surprise every time
And it's hard to say
If they're happy
But they don't seem much to mind.
      - Ani DiFranco, "Little Plastic Castle"

Date: 2003-03-09 14:14:36 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001284.php

This picture at Jason's site (palm trees!) reminds me a lot of San Antonio, Pheonix, and Florida. All places where I'd much rather live than here.

Comments:
"I'd rather be there with you than here in Florida. I don't care how cold it is."
     -Nic   [2003-03-09 17:29:19]
"Honey, you don't know what you're saying. I called my best friend in MN today to tell her it's hot here so I bought Ireland, my 16-month-old goddaughter, a summer outfit. She said it was ten below, and maybe one day would be summer. "
     -D*   [2003-03-09 18:27:13]
"For those of you who do not know: If you ever find yourself with this view in front of you, and are looking for Travis, turn around. You are now facing the wrong direction."
     -DWS   [2003-03-10 02:00:14]
"Brrrrrrrrrrrr..is all I have to say...we've been sick for almost 2 weeks, thanks to this weather...I may not wait to retire to move south!!"
     -Your Mom   [2003-03-10 09:43:59]
"Erm... that is to say... ahem. s/wrong/right/r Thanks. "
     -DWS   [2003-03-10 13:57:23]
"For all the non-Unix people who attend my blog (read: everybody), what Dave means to say is: "I made a mistake. Mentally search my previous post, and replace each occurance of 'wrong' with 'right'."
He's referring to the fact that that picture was taken looking south from the IACC; directly behind where I'm standing is the path to the office."
     -trav   [2003-03-10 15:29:15]
(6 comments)

Date: 2003-03-09 12:41:18 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001283.php

It's Jeff's birthday today, and this morning, I gave him the gift of wakefulness.

Comments:
"Yeah, and in return, he got an incoherent string of burps, scratches, and grumbling."
     -Jeff   [2003-03-09 17:41:23]
"Oh, how I wish I could've heard those burps and scratches...well, maybe not............. Happy birthday, Jeff!! You're no longer a teenager!!!"
     -ND Mom   [2003-03-09 20:05:59]
(2 comments)

Date: 2003-03-08 16:48:46 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001278.php

"The companies whose value came from distributing content in ways the market no longer wants – can you hear us Recording Industry? – can stop thinking that bits are like really lightweight atoms. You are never going to prevent us from copying the bits we want. Instead, why not give us some reasons to prefer buying music from you? Hell, we might even help you sell your stuff if you asked us to."

     - Doc Searls and David Weinberger in World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else.

Date: 2003-03-08 13:12:37 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001277.php

What the article doesn't say is who forged them?

Comments:
"Ollie North?? hell, he'll take the fall"
     -mgr nick   [2003-03-11 16:46:59]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-07 16:49:53 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001272.php

Feeling of accomplishment: before I left work, I updated my web To-Do list, fixed my timesheet, and updated the announcements on the intranet site. All of these things accomplished either totally or in part by software I've written that actually works.

Comments:
"You ROCK!!!"
     -D*   [2003-03-07 17:16:32]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-07 12:18:44 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001269.php

"So if you in America consider Osama bin Laden a hero, we are not jealous of him. And if the Arabs consider him a hero, we are not jealous of him. Jealousy is for women. And men are not supposed to be jealous of one another. "

     - Saddam Hussein's translator, in an interview with Dan Rather

I'm not entirely sure what to make of this. First of all, I realize how frustrating it must be for our government to have to work with someone like Hussein--a man who tells lies to his people and the world, shows no restraint in his actions, and does and says things that serve no purpose but to complicate the process of achieving common good. It pisses me off that he can't be more forthcoming and rational. By the same token, however, he makes some good points. He highlights his faith in God, his intent for peace, and his loyalty to his country. One is tempted to buy into a little naivete and almost believe it. I resist this temptation and mark it all as bullshit until I've seen reason to do otherwise, but what really hit me was his propsal of a internationally live broadcast debate.

Hussein, no matter how crazy, is a brilliant man. The fact that he uses his brilliance to be an asshole doesn't degrade the quantifiable strategic skill by which he accomplishes he goals, and if I were him, and I took so much as a quick look at our president, I'd want a live, uncensored debate with President Bush, too. Dubya would be ripped apart. Anyone who's ever seen him speak knows it, including Hussein, the American people, and, most importantly, the American government. I'm not proposing that it's a good idea, as I don't think this is the way these sorts of things should be solved, I'm just pointing out that President Bush's verbal immaturity is a big issue in foreign affairs. What I am saying is that I agree with Saddam Hussein when he says
I believe that it is the right of the American people, the Iraqi people and the world that we show our evidence clearly so that they can see for themselves. So, why should we hide from the people? Why shouldn’t we show them both perspectives? We as Presidents -- President of the United States, and President of Iraq. This is what I am calling for. We will either make peace, and this is what we hope for -- and spare our people harm, or whoever decides anything other than peace, will have to convince his own people with the facts. This is the -- the gist of my proposal, my idea.
Again, maybe not through a live televised debate, regardless of the incompetence of our president's speaking ability, as I don't think this how these things should be settled, I'm but I do think that if our present trend of action was the best way, there would be more support outside of President Bush's cabinet. If there is something we don't know that might convice us, bring forth, otherwise, modify the trend.

Comments:
"Horse hockey. Buffalo biscuits."
     -D*   [2003-03-07 17:17:29]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-06 10:31:36 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001264.php

Bush: making political satirists obsolete since 2000

Comments:
""Leadership sometimes involves bucking public opinion" (When asked about the mounting protests of MILLIONS around the globe)"
     -George W. Bush   [2003-03-06 14:11:19]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-06 09:53:56 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001263.php

The capacity to experience positive emotions remains a largely untapped human strength. The possible benefits of positive emotions seem particularly undervalued in cultures like ours that endorse the Protestant ethic, which casts hard work and self-discipline as virtues and leisure and pleasures as sinful. Departing from this ethic, I will argue that the best solutions to problems stemming from negative emotions are ones that capitalize on positive emotions.
     - Cultivating Positive Emotions to Optimize Health and Well-Being, by Barbara L. Fredrickson

Comments:
"I feel like I should say something. I'm not sure what to say, but yeah."
     -Nic   [2003-03-06 15:21:03]
"Well i think the entire article was in general a good read probably because i was tested on it."
     -bianca   [2003-03-06 21:41:19]
(2 comments)

Date: 2003-03-05 20:58:05 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001259.php

Oh, my.

Comments:
"This is getting really sticky."
     -Nic   [2003-03-05 21:57:55]
"Yeah... I've always backed the war in Iraq, but did so under the assumption that we weren't going to start World War III. "
     -Jeff   [2003-03-06 13:26:33]
(2 comments)

Date: 2003-03-03 18:27:23 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001247.php

Maybe this wasn't all that far fetched, I mean, what else can this kind of shit mean if not the classical example of begging for something?

Date: 2003-03-02 16:22:40 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001241.php

The more time goes by, the more I warm up to the idea of living in California. More specifically, Silicon Valley.

Comments:
"San Antonio... San Antonio... You are getting sleepy..."
     -Josie*   [2003-03-03 08:25:03]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-02 14:38:27 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001240.php

I don't know if anyone has played with Opera 7 yet, but I'm falling in love. It's faster than IE by a factor of three, and supplies you with neat metrics data while you're doing transfers. I can tell you, this web developer is switching browsers.

Comments:
"On your recommendation, I gave it a spin. Kicks ass, yo."
     -Jeff   [2003-03-03 18:14:06]
(1 comments)

Date: 2003-03-02 13:42:47 (Author: trav)
Link: http://travis.kroh.net/archives/001239.php

This entry (if it's the first time you're seeing it) should have a darker gray header, because you've never seen it before.
Now you've seen it.
Reload the page.

Comments:
"Ack! You went old school on me!"
     -Nic   [2003-03-02 23:08:58]
(1 comments)

 

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