Monday, August 14, 2006
I'm a bad blogger
I'm a crappy blogger. I've had an amazing summer in Redmond, and I've posted exactly 3 times. Is my posting in peril? Am I banishing blogging? Excel to the rescue!
(note: graph made in Excel 2000. Not Excel 2007. Not Excel 2003. Not even Excel XP. Don't tell my bosses, they'll fire me.)
The general trend seems to be that I post a lot towards the end of terms, and usually mostly on work terms. So why not this work term? Didn't I do anything cool?
Let's see, here the list o' stuff I did in the last 3 months:
And, of course, my job, where I coded the Reaper. With a name like that, you know it's gotta be cool.
PS: Hints for my twisted puzzle from last time: They're paintings (note that one of them is the Mona Lisa, and the title refers to Holland Berkley, a painter). The comments next to them are important for two different reasons. There is an intentional mistake in the labelling of La Gioconda. And the editor I'm using is VIM.
(note: graph made in Excel 2000. Not Excel 2007. Not Excel 2003. Not even Excel XP. Don't tell my bosses, they'll fire me.)
The general trend seems to be that I post a lot towards the end of terms, and usually mostly on work terms. So why not this work term? Didn't I do anything cool?
Let's see, here the list o' stuff I did in the last 3 months:
- Mission Impossible: III (May 13)
- Took the Underground Tour, and learned about Seattle's origins (May 20)
- Watched the Cirque du Soleil's Varekai (May 25)
- Attended Bob's 60th birthday party in Vancouver (May 27)
- Gave Dad a whirlwind tour of MSFT (May 28)
- Climbed the Grouse Grind (June 3)
- Watch the 9-o'clock cannon go off in Stanley Park (June 4)
- Watched the Twins at the Mariners; extra innings & 2 grand slams (June 7)
- I made Jennifer's day (June 8)
- Attended Mike & Adrian's wedding in Saskatoon (June 30-July 2)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (July 7)
- Microsoft Intern Puzzleday (July 15)
- Turned legal drinking age for the 3rd time (July 20)
- Jenn visited! During a heatwave, though! Still, we did:
- The Experience Music Project (July 21)
- The Science Fiction Museum (July 21)
- Pike Place Market & the Seattle Festival (July 22-23)
- Doubletake Exhibit (July 21)
- Dinner at The Nicest Restaurant We've Ever Eaten At (July 24)
- Trivia Night @ Red Hook Brewery (July 26)
- Microsoft Intern Game (July 29-30)
- Saw the Blue Angels (August 5)
And, of course, my job, where I coded the Reaper. With a name like that, you know it's gotta be cool.
PS: Hints for my twisted puzzle from last time: They're paintings (note that one of them is the Mona Lisa, and the title refers to Holland Berkley, a painter). The comments next to them are important for two different reasons. There is an intentional mistake in the labelling of La Gioconda. And the editor I'm using is VIM.
