Life is Fleeting May 28, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Life , 1 comment so farYesterday me, my cousin (and roommate), and my lil sis were walking back from breakfast when we saw a bunch of firetrucks, EMTs, and firefighters standing around a building down the street from our place. Some of the firefighters were on top of the building pumping water through a hole they cut in the roof. The fire was already contained by the time we got there, but there were a couple of dozen firefighers standing around and half a dozen large firetrucks. Clearly the SFFD was worried that the fire might spread to other buildings. It was kind of scary, since it was so close to our home and it could have been our building.
After we watched the firefighers at work, both Mike and me independently decided it was high time to get some renters insurance.
Bay to Breakers 2006 May 22, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Fun , add a comment
I recently did the Bay to Breakers race with Biao. Here are our photos.
Add Iconator icons to your website May 9, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Website , comments closedI’m testing a new feature of Iconator–the ability to add Iconator icons to your website. Please take a look below and let me know if you can’t see these icons or if they’re all the same: [Removed. Problem with my blog software?]
Boneheaded Quicken UI Error #768 May 4, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Programming, Weird , 5comments
Ok, there’s a lot of things I find annoying in Quicken, but I think this is easily the funniest. Check out this screenshot of the “Create Renaming Rule” window. It looks normal, right? Well take a close look at the “Contains” dropdown. Notice how the two Contains menus look slightly different? What Quicken does is show you an IMAGE (i.e. a JPEG) of the menu and when you click on it the software substitutes in the real Windows dropdown menu. It’s flabergasting–did Intuit have their intern design the menu? How could anyone possibly think this is the correct way to design an application? I think this is a perfect candidate for the Daily WTF.
Bubble Tea May 2, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Life , 4commentsYou know you go to Quickly too often when they have your order rung up before you even get to the counter.