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November 06, 2004

It's all fun and games...

About two weeks ago, I had a little bit of an accident that sidetracked me for a couple of days. Because I had crutches and now have a noticeable limp, I figured that I might as well explain what happened here (since I usually get asked at work-related events and conferences) in the hopes that I don't have to tell the embarrassing story anymore.

Two Fridays ago, we were hanging out in our office talking about a meeting we're planning with representatives from Europe, US and Japan and Barak mentioned the word "team-building exercises." Of course I had to make a joke and say "what are we going to do -- trust falls?" For those who don't know what a trust fall is, here you go.

AmbulanceAnyway, after I made the joke, I had the genius idea that I could try to catch Andrew. Like any stubborn person, the more he told me I couldn't bear his weight, the more inclined I was to try.

I was able to convince him he could trust me. Seconds later, he his head hit the door as he landed on top of me and my knee cap popped out of its socket. Five minutes later, the ambulance arrived, I was on a really mild morphine high and on my way to the emergency room.

HospitalWhen I tell this to people, they laugh and say "no, really, what happened?"

I'm sorry to say that this is the true story and that I indeed had a incredible case of lack of good judgment. Now I may have to get knee surgery and had to cancel our Christmas vacation.

So there you go. That's how I hurt my leg.

November 04, 2004

Building spell Check and WYSIWYG is a lot harder than it seems

Staff_meetingI'm just testing the new spell check and WYSIWYG functionality in TypePad.

Here's more information about the new features.

Let's hear it for the TypePad team! There are a lot of subtle behaviors that make the new features cool. My personal favorite is the way the QuickPost bookmarklet handles quotes. So, when you select some text on a page and then post from the bookmarklet, the quote will be indented and attributed to the link where it was found.

The TypePad team kicks ass.

November 03, 2004

Canada 2.0

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You'll be hearing a lot of "I'm moving to..." the next couple days. Well, I'm not moving anywhere. I'm staying put. The borders? Well, that's another story.

From the moment I woke up this morning, I been hearing Ving Rhame's Marsellus Wallace character from Pulp Fiction in my head:

"Hey, Red America you've just lost your Canada 2.0 privileges."

November 02, 2004

Don't just Vote

You know, I'm not going to say "Vote." And leave it at that.

Vote for Kerry/Edwards.

Being in the Bay Area, the odds that someone is voting for Kerry is pretty good and in our circle of friends and coworkers, the odds are even better. So, everyone pretty much assumes we all vote the same way. The truth is, when I ask someone "did you vote?" I really just want to know if they voted the way I did.

Hey, I'm just being honest.