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Monday, March 26, 2007

Finally remembered my password for this... note that my current blog is at http://jcomeau.unternet.net/blog/. If you try the links on the past blogs you'll see that blogspot lost a lot of my past information... that was why I had to move it to my own server.

posted by John Otis Comeau 12:08 AM

Sunday, December 28, 2003

Warbussing and warwalking along Hollywood Boulevard yields many, many APs all the way to the beach, mostly linksys, and many with weak signals. The one I'm using at the moment is outside of Offerdahl's bagel shop just west of the Hollywood Mall. Nice strong signal I caught while on the bus a few days ago.

Doesn't look like I'll accomplish any of my goals by yearend, but I am proving to myself that I can survive homeless if not moneyless. The last 3 days I've dayslept on the beach while staying up all night. I recharge my cellular batteries in Starbucks and in public parks (many in Broward have free power), and use the internet at places like this or at the house.

posted by John Otis Comeau 6:33 PM

Friday, December 12, 2003

Making slight progress on my vehicle and dome. Main impediments now are lack of energy and distractions (primarily having DSL internet access.) I waste too much time with trivial frivolities (trivolities? is that a word?)

I have sold a lot of my books and other stuff on eBay and Amazon. But there's no way I'll be done by year end on that score.

posted by John Otis Comeau 11:09 PM

Tuesday, December 02, 2003

The list of individuals and companies that have screwed me over, in one way or another, over the past 12 months is growing and growing. TGI Fridays, UPS, PayPal, Wachovia, Salvatore Wise Jr. of Philadelphia (or someone pretending to be him), and others I can't think of at the moment. Every entity that gets money from me without reciprocating in the form of goods and services loses. Either they lose by having me take my business to their competitors (TGI Friday's mistake has cost them at least $3000 since March) or they lose by having me initiate legal action against them (Sal Wise now has a record with the FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service). I am merciless to people who take my money, but so far I stay within the law. God help everyone if I decide to move beyond that limitation.

posted by John Otis Comeau 4:10 PM

Thursday, November 27, 2003

Built the first prototype of my new vehicle idea today at the home depot, and managed to push/pull it home over the next 9 hours or so. I'm exhausted. Pictures should be forthcoming.

posted by John Otis Comeau 1:34 AM

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Please forgive the profane venting in my last post. Since then, PayPal has royally pissed me off also. I'm about ready to switch to other auction/payment services. Maybe Yahoo for auction and Stormpay for payments. When is online business going to jump on the cluetrain? Probably never. But at least I'll give someone else a chance, and punish the companies, however slightly, who have proven they don't deserve my money.

Started working on postforth again after a few years' hiatus. It will probably be win32 console mode first, then linux ELF later. This is the long-promised update to the compiler.

posted by John Otis Comeau 6:51 PM

Sunday, November 23, 2003

Fucking eBay! Their goddamned invoice doesn't include the insurance amount, and their shitty "contact us" link doesn't work because when you get to the "send email" button it tells you your browser is rejecting cookies when that isn't the case. Tried it with both IE6 and NS7. They just don't give a flying fuck about customer service.

posted by John Otis Comeau 2:03 PM