I shut off the alarm that was blaring with all it's might to wake me up. It was a long night so I sat up on the bed trying to collect myself. My eye lids were still heavy, my vision blury, I rubbed my eyes a bit.

SPLAT!!

...

WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!! Mommy springs up from the bed and rushes to the foot of the bed and picks up WZ who was sobbing on the floor.

All this happened over the course of 3 seconds, when I heard the splat my first instinct was to look on the floor to make sure WZ wasn't where I'd put my feet to get down, my 2nd was to collect my glasses. But before I could do any of that mommy had already swooped down and picked up WZ.

Who was now sleeping in mommy's arms....

We inspect his head but.. there was a graze to indicate friction, but no bruise to indicate impact. And he had a blanket wrapped around him to keep him warm so that cushioned the fall somewhat.

How did he get out? Well the following picture sequence provides a clue.

Fact one.. WZ is able to move on the bed at pretty high speeds.

Fact two.. when he hits the side fence he starts flailing his arms madly and sometimes is able to catch the rim of the fence with BOTH hands. Then he's able to prop himself up.

Fact three.. since he only goes forwards, the only place for him to go is just down... to ouch land!

Now we've just bought a little cot to lock the little bugger in.

A few of my friend's on Live Messenger has been sending files to me with messages like

• Check out my cool pictures.
• This is me drinking juice.
• Oh my god I look so h**** (cause I don't want people to come here looking for porn again... DAMN!)

And then there'll also be a file sent along as well.

Come on guys.. this is OBVIOUSLY a trojan! Why the heck would you go download and open a file like this? All you needed to do was to just ask your friend did he actually send the message!

Now... time to scan your system for the remains of the trojan attack.

I want the page to load in 5 seconds.

That's one of the scariest requirements your client can give to you for a web application. Cause the main thing is... WHERE are you going to count the 5 seconds?

From the server? so you get 5 seconds of processing for the page?
From the client's office? but then how would you account for any proxy problems, or other network connection issues inside their office, say maybe some colleagues are downloading stuff through BT or something?
What if their ISP just isn't able to give them such performance?

Therefore I would prefer if they asked that the page has content loaded within 15 seconds, not including the other parts of the page say images, scripts, etc. etc.

But... it's always hard to convince them that the internet isn't magic and they can't expect the page to load THAT fast!

Coming back from a meeting yesterday, I was lost in thought on where to go next. Do I go to another client's offsite location to supervise a situation? Or do I go back to the office to plan what to do next? I snapped back to reality just in time to see a Toll gate closing down RIGHT IN FRONT of me!

I slammed on the brakes like what any other person who just realized he was about to smash through a toll gate. NOT FAST ENOUGH THOUGH! My wheels locked, the car skidded a bit and smashed into the toll gate. From the force of the impact the toll gate swung from a 9'O clock position to a 12'O clock position.

I reversed back to the toll booth, the operator looked at me wide eye and asked me what the fark was my problem? I told her nicely that it was an accident, I paid the toll and drove off.

This morning, on the advice of a friend I called the toll operator to see if they'd file a police report about the accident or not. After being given the run around in their automated telephone directory system I was finally talking to a real person. I told the guy I've got a problem... I accidentally bumped one of your toll gates yesterday and I want to know if everything's ok? The guy's response? "Oh.. it's not a problem, is your car ok sir? It is? That's good to hear sir, have a nice day!"

And with that call.. I'm in a much more calmer state, but I still need a vacation or I think I'm gonna go crazy!

This is not how I want to find out that my mosquito zapper bat hasn't been killing mosquitos.

Look at all the marks!