Tip of the Quill: A Journal

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Attack deflected.

Anybody wondering where this weblog’s been for the last couple of days has a couple of anonymous jerks to thank for the server’s slowing to an absolute crawl. Apparently someone decided that our server was an excellent target for an attack. Luckily Nick seems to have solved the problem, and I’m in the middle of […]

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Blizzard? What blizzard?

It’s 3AM here in Boston and I don’t see a single snowflake out my window. If Jack Frost is listening, BRING IT! Blizzard. Pfft. And yes, I’m taunting the snow gods on purpose for one last winter fling before Spring starts in earnest. I was warned that Boston winters were horrible, dangit, and this winter’s […]

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New feature list!

A big thanks to all of you who have stopped by today to watch the development go down here in real time. In the last day-and-a-half I’ve added sIFR titles to each post (these pages now only use two graphics plus the Flickr photoblog, no kidding), moved the sidebars around, brought back the archives, polished […]

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Slow Sunday.

I have a million things to do right now. I have more than enough client work to fill out the week, I need to finish up my taxes, I need to do stuff to get ready for school, I have work to do on the new Inkblots, but right now it’s 77 degrees in Chicago, […]

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New Rule.

If you call me, leave a voicemail. Especially if you don’t have caller ID. And especially if I happen to be sleeping at the time. Jesus.

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Things are looking up.

I’ve whacked that last post because it was just whiny, and because things are looking up since then. The business partner that was headed out on vacation called me back and laid the groundwork for me to keep hammering while she’s gone, which is awesome, I got an email from a new potential client which […]

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And, not ten minutes later…

So I posted that little “Not dead yet!” note, then refreshed the page, and felt guilty at how small and lonely it looked sitting there on the page. You, my friends, deserve a more detailed update on my own personal la vida loca. Therefore, I will now take a brief break and procrastinate some more […]

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Heading home.

I’m going to be offline for a couple of days. Many of you know that my grandmother had a massive stroke last fall, and had been in a nursing home since then. Last week she came down with a fever, which then grew into full-blown pneumonia, and yesterday she passed away. I’m heading back to […]

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Irony.

Bitten by the health bug, and then stung in the face by the cold bug. Sunday’s mental and physical conditions were all over the map, including two or three heavy-duty naps, one point where I totally zoned out while sitting in my parked car for a good fifteen minutes, and now I’m sitting here at […]

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Current conditions in Chicago: sunny and co-o-o-o-old.

So as I mentioned in my last post, I’ve once again been bitten by the health bug. The wheels on the bike go round and round, and the gray metal dumbbells go up and down. I’ve also been investing some money in various pieces of equipment. Last fall I bought some Nike ACG equipment, including […]

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