Monthly Archives: May 2003

Lying Democrats

Posted on May 30, 2003 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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Bad Geek Joke

Posted on May 29, 2003 by Joey Gibson

From The Fishbowl comes this really bad geek groaner: If a tree falls in an application, and nobody is around to hear it, is it logged?

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Frank, Dean and Sammy

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I’m listening to my Rat Pack Live at the Sands record, reveling in the silky sounds of Frank, Dean and Sammy. I listen to this record a lot because it’s just so cool. Recorded in 1963, the boys are at … Continue reading →

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Singing Microwave

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Joey Gibson

In the kitchen at my office they bought us a new microwave a few months ago. We only had one at the time and there was always a line at lunch time to use it, so they got us a … Continue reading →

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Newton’s Three Laws

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Joey Gibson

A friend just came up with this and I thought it was really funny. Since he has no website, here it is: Newton’s Three Laws of Corporations Any policy stays in place unless acted on by an outside force. The … Continue reading →

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Israeli and Arab “Peace Summit”

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Joey Gibson

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The Manchurian Candidate

Posted on May 27, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I can’t believe I’d never seen The Manchurian Candidate before last night! What an amazing film. I’d actually seen part of the rotating flower show/Communist roundtable scene, but the entire scene is absolutely chilling. For those of you who haven’t … Continue reading →

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My New Car

Posted on May 24, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I just got a new Saturn L300 and I love it! If you’d like to see a few photos of it, go here.

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Disney World Days 1 & 2

Posted on May 24, 2003 by Joey Gibson

We arrived in Kissimmee, Florida around 1700-ish yesterday, tired but happy. We checked in to the Comfort Suites Maingate East and were treated to an enormous suite, the absolute largest hotel room I’ve ever been in. It was huge! At … Continue reading →

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Disney World Days 3 & 4

Posted on May 24, 2003 by Joey Gibson

On Sunday we spent most of the day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and had a great time. There’s quite a bit of stuff to do there and lots to look at. Thomas had a great time at the Festival of … Continue reading →

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Office Space And (C)Rap

Posted on May 23, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I finally got around to watching the film Office Space last night. Extremely funny film, but the sound-track was quite possibly one of the worst I’ve ever suffered through. Nothing but track after track of vulgar, disgusting (c)rap. One of … Continue reading →

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Jython Is Just Too Useful

Posted on May 22, 2003 by Joey Gibson

A colleague just came to me asking about Java serialization and output options. We’re going to store some partially filled Serializable DTOs in a BLOB in our database so he needed some info. Our talk then turned to options for … Continue reading →

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Journalists Don’t Spin Stories, Do They?

Posted on May 22, 2003 by Joey Gibson

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Tracking Down a Log4J Problem

Posted on May 21, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I had a really interesting time tracking down a Log4J problem. We’ve been using Log4J for over a year now happily and even happier with the Commons Logging package on top of it. But last week (while I was on … Continue reading →