Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Well

Work is no longer so boring. Got lots to do now that the boss is back. We didn't end up getting the WY contract, but that's ok, we're looking to get more grants anyways. And now we're doing PDFs at work using ActivePDF. Nice piece of software, that. Dropped it in, and 10 minutes later we were making PDFs. Of course, I took a couple of hours to better intergrate it into the report engine, but still very easy.

Just rearranged the living room, now we're getting an entertainment centre from the inlaws, and instead of a double-mortgage payment, the wife wants (she initiated it!) to instead get a TV (which I like the idea of). I wish HDTV weren't so much fluff. Way too expensive, and if it's like my digital cable (can't name names, it's against TOS, after all, that 1st amentment is only for gov't, not gov't sponsored monopolies), then the digital channels will be CRAPPY quality. Very obvious visual artifacts, and even worse "skips" when it decides it's too far behind. Oh well, we're get a nice 28" or something like that, and do something with the old, working, yet HEAVY (read: H-E-A-V-Y) TV. It's like 32" or something, but as heavy as *I* am.

Cleaned the back bedroom a little, the wife did WAY more work on it. Sure, I moved the bed and heavy stuff, but she cleaned it. And lifted alot that I wouldn't want to without promise of ice cream or something. It's really nice, too.