⇒ long weekend web catchup

Recession update:
Sun confirms 1,300 layoffs
Sprint Nextel plans to cut 8,000 jobs in quarter
Philips to release 6000 employees into wild
several IBM employees report being laid off on Alliance@IBM
IBM confirms layoffs
AMD reports $1.4 billion loss
Microsoft slash jobs
ING Direct slash 7000 jobs
Citibank cut jobs
Macquarie Bank cut jobs
holy crap! the recession sucks! how is it that no one is legally culpable for this mess?

1914 Cyclopedia of 5,000 Puzzles...By Sam Loyd flickr photo set


note: link goes to carboard shoe show in NYC

getting_started_in_circuit_design

conductive_plate_design

ottawa_boys_invisible_invention_war

javascript_captcha_decoder

Megaupload captcha auto-fill

youtube_as_musical_instruments

picaxe_software_for_maclinux




how_the_computer_gets_the_answer

error_prompt_etching

how_to_led_papercraft_lamp

plastic_polygon_man_watches_your_ev

a_river_of_light_illuminates_from_a

boot_beep_the_story_of_the_macs_boo

lasertracing_emissions


webdesign things which will help:
101-css-techniques-of-all-time-part-1.html
101-css-techniques-of-all-time-part2.html
vector-people-illustrations/
using-css-to-fix-anything-20-common-bugs-and-fixes.html
solving-5-common-css-headaches/
10-best-css-hacks/
9 top css essential skills that every web designer should learn
sprites2
how-to-css-large-background/

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⇒ re-meaningful

important career decision made today

after thinking things through repeatedly and very carefully, I've come to the conclusion (well I'm pretty damn sure) that I did the right thing by not following through with DSD. As exciting and adventurous as the job and idea sounds, I know that in reality, the misery will set in real quick. All the extra pay will go to rent and travel/car, which is pretty much mandatory in the capital.

I know I have to do something meaningful with myself, but I don't know what. I'm more design than computing, and even so, I'm barely design. DSD is, in theory, meaningful, but I can't do it long term, I know that. To be realistic, IBM is not a place for designers either.

I dunno, after this, I have to do what's right for the rest of my days and look for meaningful work/find something meaningful to do.

I'm so saddened. That same realization that hit me last year, that work is all that I'll do from now on, has just resurfaced...

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⇒ depressing

going through the motions now...very dangerous! I need to break the cycle...I need to be stronger...I need a girl...

Went for drinks after work...kinda awkward, since outside of work I wouldn't associate with those types (I guess...I dunno)...Bourbon n coke went well...

Saw the most depressing thing on the bus today:
->beautiful angel

• dark hair


• angelic face


• that bright look in her eyes


• simple & clean


• elegant looks


• flirty, fun


• warm, friendly smile


• perfect features

TAKEN...by some fug-ass dude...
Now I'm half-pissed off because he's fug, but more because even a fug-ass chump can get an angel to himself...when will I get a break?

So depressed after seeing couplings left and right and rampant public displays of affection, I went and bought a bottle of Green Fairy to drown my sorrows...tell you how it goes later...

some anti-depressants:

Benicio Del Toro has left the cast of Joe Johnston's Wolf Man. Early reports are calling it a scheduling conflict, saying the Usual Suspects actor needed more time to smoke Camels and practice squinting. Reached for comment, Del Toro took a long drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled through his nose while nodding sagely. Sources aren't quite sure what the gesture indicated, but called it, "Very cinematic."

Manolo Blahniks [a type of foot covering popular amongst the wealthy and vacuous

quotes from filmdrunk or tyler durden or some bro/sis site.

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