June 2008 Blog Posts

Ok.  Woke up at 8:00am.  It took one hour to have every environmental variable twisted and re-interpreted into the phrase: You picked the wrong time to stop smoking.  At 9:06am, I rolled a cigarette and smoked it. Even the Habitrol (like Nicroderm patches) manual...I would read happy phrases like "Congratulations!  Now that you've decided to quit smoking, you should pick a date within the next 2 - 3 weeks as your offical quit date."  Key word is within.  What my mind said:  2 - 3 weeks from now; I obviously did this wrong; I didn't prep enough; I'm not...

So, first and foremost, I will (hopefully) be posting daily for the next month.  I've decided to quit smoking.  I feel like ass all the time and have a 4-month old son for whom I've promised to quit.  I will, starting tomorrow, be using the patch, eating excessively, and curling up into a fetal position.  I will also, as a reminder to myself and a small benefit to mankind, provide an entry each day recounting my pain and suffering.  I've "quit" twice before for 2+ years.  If I can make it 30 days, I should be golden. I have...

Ok, I'm on a major OCD track with screensavers.  I've written a stupid Maze Runner one, which you can download here. I need to update this and the Yagol one for the Preview dialogs, plus potentially add some settings.  Currently, the preview for the Maze Runner looks like this: Which doesn't really show the guy running through the maze.  Not sure when I'll get to this as I'm now focused on my next masterpiece! I'll also throw the sourcecode up for Yagol and this soon, even though I get no love from my (limited)...