July 2007 Archives
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
I'm always pleasantly surprised to find wildlife in the city. It's like having bits of home, you know here, well, at home. :) We have a raccoon that lives someplace in our backyard. If you watch at the correct times of day you can see her slide between our house and the house next door. She moves from the back to the front at dusk and from the street back to the yard at dawn. I've seen her many a time in the light well in our bathroom. I can't figure out how she manages to squeeze herself in such
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Or rather, perhaps I spoke too soon. Today is not a good day. I'm in a lot of pain. Even with all the Advil running through my system. We're in crunch mode on a project and I haven't been icing like I should. Or taking breaks and stretching. Or using my wrist brace (it slows down the typing dammit). I often forget to take my afternoon dose of Advil. And I think I really upset my knee when I walked around the block yesterday to clear my head (but it felt so good to get outside!). So, cranky pants are
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Time to give an update on the whole gimp factor. The hand is getting better. I think I've figured out what repetitive motion is causing the tendinitis: mousing on the track pad of my MacBook. I put my thumb down on the button and mouse with my right hand. *sigh* I should probably dig out my external mouse and use that at home (it isn't an issue at the office - I use a mouse there). I should probably call physical therapy and see what kind of stretches I should be doing with it. Though "thumb stretching" makes me giggle
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Of course, I would be lax if I didn't plug Adaptive Path's UX Week event coming up next month. Sarah has done a kickass job pulling this program together and I really think it's going to be great. For keynoters, we have Deborah Adler (the Target pill bottle), Jan Chipchase (design research for Nokia), the interface design team for the $100 Laptop, and Adaptive Path's own Dan Saffer. Other speakers include Jared Spool, Bill Scott (Ajax guru), Liz Sanders, Dan Brown, Indi Young, Leisa Reichelt. And tons of Adaptive Path people, like ME. A recent addition to the program is
Posted by Chiara | Category books
Posted by Chiara | Category books
enough
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
Thank you for smoking
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
White Oleander
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*smooch* I hope you have a great day today.
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Injuring body parts without suffering any kind of trauma seems to be my specialty lately. I've had pain in my my lower thumb joint as well as my knee for awhile now, yet I didn't do anything to them. No falling. No twisting. No banged in a car door. They just... started hurting. A lot. So, finally, last night I went to the doctor. It would appear that I have tendinitis in my hand and tendinitis and bursitis in my knee. They also did an x-ray of my knee to see if I've got arthritis in there too. So, lots
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
E and I are sitting in our living room, while all around us fireworks are going off. Why aren't we out in the street or watching from the dining room window? Well, I've gone back to a stance that I used to firmly hold a long, long time ago. Fireworks don't mean celebration to me. I know, I know, I'm weird. Especially since we had the KFOG Kaboom party a few months ago. But I don't care what the Chinese say. Sitting in the living room, hearing the boom-boom-boom of the explosions, I can't help but think that this is
