Last night and I celebrated St. Lucas Day by attending a 6:30pm screening of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I didn’t expect to find out that the Obi Wan from the original trilogy was really a clone… That explains so much…. The movie was great, and there was a person in a full Chewbacca get-up in our theatre (Chewbacca wearing a Red Sox jersey, no less).

BTW, I’ve plugged this to lots of you already, but check out ITConversations, a site with hundreds of MP3/AAC tech related interviews, speeches, panel discussions, etc.

My evil reach extends beyond all boundaries.

Following up on my previous post:

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grahams  r5         burn.isc.rit.edu 13:28       12               99.9%purist!
grahams  r5         burn.isc.rit.edu 13:28       14               nakedtourist!

Is it me, or does the PS3 controller look like the Apple/Bandai Pippin Controller?

My birthday present from :

Had a lot of fun at the Nine Inch Nails show last night… It was great to FINALLY see our hometown heroes, The Dresden Dolls… I’ve held tickets to see them on like 4 occasions but something has always come up (except once when I simply forgot about the show altogether). The dolls rocked, although they played too many covers, imho… I was actually concerned because I’ve heard a few live recordings of their stuff which didn’t do much for me, but they really rocked out last night..

Nine Inch Nails put on a good show, but I am still not completely sold on the new material. It’s not bad, don’t get me wrong, but it’s also not great. Fortunately the venue was a theatre with seats, so I was able to sit when standing on one leg got too tiring… I really shredded myself physically last night, though.. I’m staying home today as I can barely move and I am catching ‘s code.

On the train ride home last night I sat next to this guy that was talking to his friend about how he was teaching a class and he told the class to go to a Wikipedia page and add something appropriate to it. The next day he took them back and they looked to see if their changes survived.. Then he said he took them to the entry on the Broadcast Flag, because it was the day or day after the court shot it down, and showed them how current the Wikipedia can be.

He kept talking and eventually I butted in and said to him “Is this a High School class, because it sounds like it’d be a lot of fun”. He replied and said he was a high-school CS teacher.. We started talking about how much the curricula has changed since I was in HS (when I learned Pascal on an IBM XT), and he told me that he teaches Python because it’s pretty easy to cut your teeth on but is also a very practical language. We just discussed his class until his stop arrived, but it was a very cool conversation. I’ve said for some time that I’d like to teach HS computers at some point, and this really just reinforced this notion..

Rewinding a bit, on Wednesday I attended the BMac meeting. User Group meetings are always hit-or-miss, but having been nearly trapped in the apartment for two months straight, I’m trying to take advantage of my liberation any way I can… :) It was actually a good meeting, and unlike the previous ones I’ve attended, now I have my Powerbook, so if I get bored I can goof off on that.

Man, it sure is tiring to come back to work…. The physical demands of crutching around the building, especially since our secure lab is diametrically opposed to my cubicle, are substantial. tried to convince me to ask for the company wheelchair while at work, but I think I am going to skip on that… brought me a Garbage Plate from Tahou’s on a trip out here this weekend.. He got the guys to package it up in component form, so it was actually pretty good when I assembled it all… The only thing that didn’t quite come out the same was the home fries…

My company is hiring full-time and co-op Software Engineers, so if anyone is looking (and isn’t a spank), drop me a line. US Citizenship required, 6-month commitment required for co-ops, must be able to obtain a Security Clearance.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails first had the crowd bobbing back and forth to blaring guitars, then had it singing along to “Hurt”, by the late Johnny Cash

Saw the doctor today, everything is looking good… He said that it is all healing straight, and while bone has filled all the gaps, it isn’t fully dense yet. But he put me on 25% weight bearing for the next two weeks, and then I progress to 50% weight bearing for another two weeks. After that, I see him again, and he said barring any surprises I will progress to 100% as tolerated from there.

Most importantly: I can drive.

So that’s the good news, I actually stopped by work today just to say hi, turn in my doctor’s note, and make sure I could make the drive without any leg issues, and all went well. Everyone was excited to see me, and I plan on going back tomorrow morning!