Wishful Wednesday, and some Announcements

Once more it's Wishful Wednesday, the day when I tell you where my Caregiver's Wishlist is.

By way of additional gratitude and just general coolness, you're also invited to our annual "Sometime Around Halloween" Party at Grand Central Starport. This year it actually falls on Halloween.

... and exactly two weeks later, on November 14, some of our friends have organized a Back Yard Work Party to tackle some of the things on the wishlist. Refreshments will be provided at that one.

Done yesterday (20091013)

( raw notes )

The main thing yesterday was taking my Mac in to work and printing out the tax forms. Needless to say, it was a huge relief. (The stupid machine didn't want to print -- I ended up putting the postscript files on a thumbdrive and printing them from my Linux box, which of course worked perfectly without any fuss.

My arm and shoulder were doing much better, but in the process of getting into my car coming home from work I managed to put a lot of pressure on my right side around the bottom ribs, and did something unpleasant to a muscle there. Cyclobenzaprine and naproxen sodium are my friends.

On reflection and going through the symptoms, I don't seem to have much actual social anxiety, though I probably did at one time. What I have now is a set of very efficient avoidance mechanisms that keep me out of potentially painful or embarassing situations. Possibly it can be dealt with the same way.

I do have a lot of apathy to go with the avoidance. That's from the disthymia, presumably.

It rained all day -- no walkies. Not really a bad day, just not a notably good one.

Yet more on Sidekick

Here's an AppleInsider article that claims to have information from inside Danger and Microsoft.

Additional insiders have stepped forward to shed more light into Microsoft's troubled acquisition of Danger, its beleaguered Pink Project, and what has become one of the most high profile Information Technology disasters in recent memory.

The sources point to longstanding management issues, a culture of "dogfooding" (to eradicate any vestiges of competitor's technologies after an acquisition), and evidence that could suggest the failure was the result of a deliberate act of sabotage.

Hanlon's Razor still applies, though; stupidity is more likely than sabotage in my opinion.