August 2006

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August 2nd (Wednesday)

Judge a co-worker by the stray email

:: 22:30 :: (Odd) people, Work ::

At work there’s a woman who has irked me from the beginning. I don’t know why she gives out this stuck-up vibe. I suppose it’s like anti-charisma. (…)

August 7th (Monday)

Unicode detective

:: 20:13 :: Computer & Gadgets, Work ::

I was asked to provide translations for a couple of words in “tricky” languages and in the message it said “Unicode values will do.” Well, I can ask the translations from vendors but I started wondering about the Unicode values. (…)

August 8th (Tuesday)

Smitten

:: 20:53 :: Mobile phones ::

I think it’s love at first sight. I know it’s been only about 6 months since the current one came into my life but I feel this is The One! (…)

August 13th (Sunday)

Misfirings in the brain

:: 19:48 :: (Odd) people, Language ::

Chatting with Vera, I noticed I misspelled all the time. I wrote “where I you flying on Tuesday?” without noticing it. (…)

August 14th (Monday)

One step closer to kangaroos

:: 22:57 :: Tourist of Oz ::

Today I went to the police station to apply for a passport; it took a bit over half an hour to queue! (…)

August 15th (Tuesday)

Why N73?

:: 21:49 :: Mobile phones ::

As people (or at least I) tend to rant about their crushes, I have to continue. Why am I suddenly so passionate about this gadget?

It’s Nokia. There is no rationality behind this. (…)

August 16th (Wednesday)

A bit of a candid camera moment

:: 18:43 :: Miscellany ::

This morning on my way to work I went to the grocery store as usual to buy some lunch. All summer I’ve bought only cold food like wraps or sandwiches, and so today I got a sandwich with salmon. (…)

August 18th (Friday)

Things you shouldn’t hear from a tech support

:: 18:32 :: (Odd) people, Computer & Gadgets, Work ::

Today our latest tech support addition (probably/hopefully just for this summer) was doing something on Adobe Framemaker. (…)

August 20th (Sunday)

The only way is up

:: 12:12 :: Books ::

In senior high (or 10th grade) we got a 3-year assignment to write down and review with a point system of our choice every book we read. (…)

August 21st (Monday)

I just don’t have anything to say right now

:: 19:07 :: Quote of the Day, Web design & Coding ::

I had received the following spam comment which was sort of refreshing after the “Hi Jane! (…)

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