April 30, 2007 by Nitin Dahyabhai.

Here’s an odd combination of things that made me wake up just after 5AM today.

Fact: my apartment has large windows in every room. This allows for plenty of natural light to enter during the day and was one of the main reasons I chose to live here.
Fact: while I listen to music a lot it’s not usually very loud. This means that for someone my age, I have almost perfect hearing. Those high frequency tones that they say only teenagers can hear are only quieter for me, not completely absent.
Fact: the head my bed has always been adjacent to the large window in my bedroom.

Result? One of my neighbor’s alarm clocks just woke me up.

Have a great week people!

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March 27, 2007 by Nitin Dahyabhai.

Call me crazy, but it was a proud moment when they delivered the name tag that went on the door of my first office. It just felt so official, even almost 7 years ago. Rummaging through some papers on my desk just now, I was surprised to find that the flyer for the IBM Reception at EclipseCon listed all of the IBM presenters attending the conference. There were quite a few of them…wait a minute…NOOOOO!

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January 5, 2007 by Nitin Dahyabhai.

How do you clean up a vacuum whose bag has unexpectedly burst, covering the inside and parts of the outside with large amounts of dust?

Duh.

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December 31, 2006 by Nitin Dahyabhai.

With an old buddy in tow, I made my way to Ben and Cynthia’s last night for a New Years Eve Eve get-together. Frankly, they live pretty far out from where I am and the quickest route that Google provided wasn’t simple. Plus it was dark. And raining. And I’d never been there. We only took two wrong turns.

And then there was this stuff that Mark brought along to drink. Non-alcoholic, of course, since everyone knows I don’t drink (isn’t it time for fake rumors of me being a recovering alcoholic?), but good grief it was stronger than the syrup they use to make fountain drinks! The evening was otherwise filled with delicious finger-food, Guitar Hero, and not one, but two different Karaoke games. Mark claims to be tone-deaf and I didn’t do any singing, either…allergies, you know how it is.

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December 19, 2006 by Nitin Dahyabhai.

It’s almost Christmas. How can I tell? The fat man is back on Coca-Cola bottles.

It was only a few days ago that one of my favorite online communities was extolling the virtues of Egg Nog, at times even swearing allegiance to it. Of course I’d be betrayed days later. Remember kids, if something’s chewy, chew thoroughly. If that something is Egg Nog, for goodness sake throw it out. Being violently ill is too high a price to pay just to get your money’s worth.

And no, there were still a few days left before the expiration date. Who decides these dates anyway? It’s a conspiracy I tell you.

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October 8, 2006 by Nitin Dahyabhai.

Two of my friends just got married, to each other no less.

It’s rare that I attend a wedding where I know both the bride and groom well, but with these two it was a natural fit. Honestly, at times I wondered how long Ben was going to wait before asking Cynthia to marry him, given how obviously the two of them were meant for each other from almost the first time I saw them together. Way to go you two.

Many friends and familes were on hand for what turned out to be a very touching ceremony involving quotations from diverse sources as The Princess Bride and Babylon 5. As my Evil Twin would say, NERDS!

Among attendees, old friends from Gamers’ Gauntlet, including Bad Mojo, who has an uncanny ability to spot a camera when you’re trying to take a picture of him.

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