Zellyn: 2007

2007-12-21

Interview

Interesting interview with Kim Stanley Robinson. (I have his Mars trilogy if you'd like to borrow it.)

2007-12-11

US vs RSA

“Whoever imagined that you would hear from the United States and from Britain the same arguments for detention without trial that were used by the apartheid government,” Archbishop Tutu said. story

2007-12-02

This Christmas

This year, I'm feeling more Christmasy than I have in years. We have a beautiful, fragrant tree, with retro opaque coloured lights. I've even listened to local radio Christmas music!

This evening, we watched This Christmas. I've been seeing previews for it on the Marta televisions, and my curiosity was piqued. I thoroughly enjoyed it: 4 out of 5 Zellyn stars^TM (Side note, the preview for First Sunday was totally hilarious, but probably very silly!)

2007-11-29

Training

Today, we finished up a four-day training class at work, learning Ruby on Rails. It was a lot of fun - it's amazing to have a really knowledgable instructor who knows both how to communicate the information you're learning, and a wealth of background information. My brain is a bit tired, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Between that and learning Django over the past month, I feel thoroughly prepared to build highly functional websites!

2007-11-28

Dad's Web Site

Here's Dad's web site: Angus Hunter

2007-11-21

Photos Taken in Atlanta

Photos taken in Atlanta

2007-11-16

I want...

...one of these

2007-11-02

Dirty Monitor?

Try this.

2007-10-16

New Job

As of October 8^th, I'm working at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. So far, it's great. I'm on a really super team, learning interesting stuff, I ride Marta to work, and I'll get to work from home one day a week. Sweet!

2007-09-07

Al Gore and the Internet

I knew it was too silly to be true. Turns out Gore was partly responsible for the creation of the internet. Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf (who really did invent the internet) weigh in.

2007-08-13

Cumberland Island and Harry Potter

Cumberland Island... was magical and beautiful: We saw wild horses within arm's reach, sand dollars lying on the beach, miles of empty white sand, endless live-oak forests, ruined and restored mansions, lovely dunes, and a friendly little armadillo. However, we managed to visit during some kind of heat-and-humidity wave, with the heat index hovering above 110, and once we had seen everything there was to see nearby (within 7 miles or so by bicycle), we decided that it would make more sense to enjoy than to endure our vacation time. We returned early and enjoyed our air-conditioned house thoroughly! Hopefully we can return sometime in cooler weather.

For much of the time, there was nothing to do except reading and trying to avoid the heat, so Bevin and I read two books each in about three days! For me, it was the sixth and seventh Harry Potter books, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The last two books seemed much less evil than the earlier ones (I think I've only read books one and two), and by the time I finished the final book, I was quite sad to part with the now-familiar cast of characters.

For all you Harry-Potter-haters, I'm fully aware that you now think I'm either irretrievably lowbrow, or sliding down the slippery slope towards witchcraft and sorcery. I don't care: I'm too busy buying pentagrams. At Walmart!

If you Care

For the reference, Bevin and I really enjoyed Knocked Up. Nobody else that I've talked to that's seen it seems to agree. YMMV. (If you do try to see it on video, I would guess, judging from our experience with The 40 Year Old Virgin, that you should avoid the "Unrated" version like the plague.)