Archive for June, 2009

Better than I have in a few years.

Friday, June 19th, 2009

I don’t know if it’s the gluten-free diet, or what…
But the last week (especially) I’ve noticed that I physically feel better than I have in years. More energy, I’m sleeping a bit better, waking up a lot better, and I don’t feel blah all the time.
Shoot, last night I got the bike out and rode [...]

Projects, Projects, Projects…

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

It’s been a while since I posted anything here. Let’s see, what have I been up to lately?
Elizabeth is teething. She’s super-grumpy. The poor kid is in pain.
The guest room closet is still a disaster. I need to trim it, then make the storage cubby things. I plan on doing the trim (as much as [...]

Potential Project Over-Kill: I’m using ANTLR

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I’ve known of ANTLR for years. I’ve never used it.
In fact, somehow I’ve managed to skate by all these years without building a proper language lexer or parser. I know, it’s almost shameful. I’ve done a lot more code-wise at work, and at home, than most of the people I’ve worked with will ever dream [...]

One Car Brand I’ll Never Purchase Again: SATURN

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

I have a 2003 L300, I really like that car. I hate it’s service record. Things go wrong on this car that should -not- go wrong on a car this age. Let me (try) to recount the ways.

Chewed through tires (2.5 sets) like crazy until I had the rear-end control arms shimmed at 80k miles. [...]