Lizard Bench Mango

So, I just got back from a holiday party at a co-worker's house. I was the youngest person there by about 10-15 years. This isn't surprising, given my office, but yeah... Anyway, that wasn't my peeve.

I normally don't mind when people say "Merry Christmas" to me. I mean, I can be happy on Dec 25 as easily as any other day I suppose. When I get told "Merry Christmas" many times in a row, it starts to get to me. It makes me feel like an "Other"... Anyway, that also wasn't my peeve.

When people ask my whether I'm going back to MD for the Holiday, I tell them that I'm Jewish. It puts an end to the line of questioning pretty quickly, and isn't all that awkward... at least no more awkward than the position they put me in... (for some reason everyone I've said this to has seemed surprised. I don't get it... No one has felt the need to apologize (Nor should they, I can just imagine someone feeling that way)). That isn't my peeve either.

My peeve is that everyone assumes that my hat is a Christmas hat.

For those that haven't seen me in a while, or have forgotten, or something, I have a fleece jester's hat. It's blue with green on the bottom, and two bell-points. It's very warm, and I've had it for probably 12-13 years. I love my hat. I wear it because I'm a juggler, and that's why my mother gave it to me. It has absolutely nothing to do with "the season" except in so far as "the season" is winter, and it's a winter hat. If it were some combination of red, white and green, I would understand the confusion. If it only had one bell-point, I would understand the confusion. This is very clearly a jester's hat. Is there some Christmas tradition involving jester's hats that I'm not aware of? I don't think so. I think people just assume that anything happy during December is related to Christmas.

And THAT bothers me.

It seems that my birthday is Pretend you're a time traveler day.

Yay?

(Whattya think tiggrrl?)

It's Friday and I'm having a poll. [Poll #1097833]

Does anyone know anything about programming for bluetooth? Does anyone know anyone who knows anything about programming for bluetooth? I'm trying to write something in C,C++, Java, perl or , frankly, any other language that I already know, that does some really simple things with bluetooth. I can't find any good references on the web.

Remember when finding information on the internet was like taking a sip from a firehose? I miss those days. I mean, just a firehose?? wow.

And when I finally get the thing on a DVD and try to install it that way, it hangs. I kill it and try it again, and it says "I'm sorry, you already have a copy running." I make sure to kill all processes that are relevant, and it still says that. I reboot and try again, and it hangs.

I have a PhD in computer science. I am *NOT* an idiot. How can I be failing to install a Microsoft product?

Excuse me while I go shoot myself.

so, it's been a while since I've posted, so here is the state of the Mango: ( Lonely )

I've decided that I need new headphones for use at the office. Only hearing music in one ear just isn't cutting it anymore... So, what headphones do you reccomend?

I'm thinking that I don't need the really expensive $100 ones, and I can't stand ear buds. So, I figure less than $35, maybe $40, and no earbuds.

Any suggestions?

So, today was my second day of work, so I had some idea of what kind of furniture I'l have, etc. Therefore I felt comfortable bringing stuff in. This, of course, included several brains (and altoids). One of the brains that I brought was a glass glowing brain. It's like one of those balls that you touch and you get jolts of electrisity. except that it's a blue brain.

Anyway, after I'd set things up, and started to work, I found that my mouse (one of the new mac mighty mouses) was hyperactive. Whenever my hand came close, it would click like crazy. After about 30 minutes of trying various solutions (replace the mouse, try a different USB port, look at various settings) we realized that the problem was that the brain was putting out too much EMF and was messing up the mouse. My Brain was too much for the mouse!

In other news, my car still has the "check engine" light on. Dang.

On the radio yesterday, I heard an ad for the Freemasons. THE FREEMASONS need to ADVERTISE? what? there aren't enough people interested in world domination? or, you know, making walls with bricks, or whatever Freemasons actually do, you know.